After doing our previous tuner report on the Nissan SR20DE (2.0 litre dohc motor), I ran into this great writeup of a 9 second car based on the 'truck motor' the K24DE. People always shy away from building up the K24 motor because it's a low redline, large displacement motor.
However, when you buildup a motor from scratch to be a purpose built drag motor, there really is no limitation on what you can build because you're practically replacing everything in the motor to your own specifications... so, if that were the case, the only difference between a K24 and an SR20 ends up being the price of off the shelf parts for a commonly used platform (in the case of the SR20) vs the cost of creating some one-off parts specific to the K24... either way, the net result will be two equally stout engines.
The car uses a massive single turbocharger, custom automatic transmission and slicks to produce it's impressive low 9 second quarter mile time at over 157mph!
Take a close look at these nitrous lines, these softer nitrous lines are able to curve smoothly. The smooth curvature prevents any radius changes or abrupt transitions in the nitrous flow which keeps the nitrous in a liquid state until it exits the nozzle (saving most of its cooling effect to happen inside the manifold rather than inside the lines) ...
For more information about this car, read the full article
If you're interested in a similar (albeit smaller scope) buildup of your K24DE, checkout our turbo calculator to help you design your one off dragster.
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