About to buy a new car, my friend has recently bought an 89 240 and has the upgrade engine and its tubocharged the car is very very quick i love the cars so ive been looking at the 89-96s i was just wondering will the 240 (with the KA engine) beat a prelude vtec say a 95 from a dead stop in the 1/4 mile. i am very curious about how fast these cars really are stock and what to do for quick hp on the KA. any other opinions for cars from about $6000 to $10,000 are welcome

Nah, no way a stock 240SX will beat a VTEC Prelude of any year. Order a $3000 turbo + intercooler kit from GReddy, though, and you're set :)

that car is made for turbo, i've seen turboed 240sx pull on skylines. pretty impressive, if ii say so