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Fairlady280z

Fairlady280z

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So ive decided to go KA-T on my daily S14...now before anyone says anything THIS IS NOT A SR VS KA-T THREAD! If i wanted to hear arguments ill search google and read the million or so threads of ppl talking about motors theyve never owned or ran. Now I made this thread to get advice and info from ppl who have actually ran a KA-T and have experience with them, not ppl who "heard" about this or that about KA-Ts. So yeah my KA has 75k miles on it and its my daily driver, no problems other than maybe a faulty 02 sensor, I drive it about 40 miles everyday...heres what im thinking

off the top of my head
Garret t3/t04e (any other turbo recommendations are welcome)
SR 370 injectors
Tial 38mm wastegate (8psi maybe? nothing crazy)
FMIC w/ 2.5" piping
JWT ECU tune (any other cheaper alternatives?)
Walboro pump
HKS SSQ
not sure what kind of manifold to get but i guess that'll depend on the turbo i finally go with
among other things

So yeah im on a budget and have only so much money to spend and its a daily so nothing crazy ill be happy with maybe 230-260whp
So can the KA-T with this mild setup get me to school and work reliably too?
Also if anyone is selling anything that i listed for my kit, let me know!
 
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There's a couple of thing that you are missing like..
- Oil lines
- Downpipe
- It would be alot easier to run a safc2 anybody can tune it.
 
here is what i would run...
T25 from SR -100 -200
ebay bottom mounted/ reinforced by a good welder - 140
ebay Sr20det FMIC kit - 180
oil lines and weldings - 150-200
bov - 200
sr injectors 370 - 100-200
walboro - 90
sr20 downpipe - 80


right there you have set up capable of making 200 - 210 @ 7 PSI, which is very safe to boost ... and at around 1000 bucks in case you are on a budget...
 
BoostedKouki said:
- It would be alot easier to run a safc2 anybody can tune it.
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How? With a ROM tune he won't need anybody else to tune it. Plus there are multiple ROM tuners in FL.

If anything I'd stay away from JWT and go with somebody more local.
 
reliability will depend on your driving style. daily abuse will reduce "reliability" by a good amount. maintenance and upkeep is your friend too. if you're interested in any custom parts, let me know. my b/f is a welder/fabricator/tuner and he's been working on KA's for quite some time know. Knows them like tha back of his hand.
 
DUDOCIUS said:
here is what i would run...
T25 from SR -100 -200
ebay bottom mounted/ reinforced by a good welder - 140
ebay Sr20det FMIC kit - 180
oil lines and weldings - 150-200
bov - 200
sr injectors 370 - 100-200
walboro - 90
sr20 downpipe - 80


right there you have set up capable of making 200 - 210 @ 7 PSI, which is very safe to boost ... and at around 1000 bucks in case you are on a budget...
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This sounds really good too, i am on a budget after all and not trying to make crazy powa, and ill still need a ROM tune too no?

Oh ChET 240 said:
reliability will depend on your driving style. daily abuse will reduce "reliability" by a good amount. maintenance and upkeep is your friend too. if you're interested in any custom parts, let me know. my b/f is a welder/fabricator/tuner and he's been working on KA's for quite some time know. Knows them like tha back of his hand.
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who do you think i got my setup idea from? ;) Ive been talking to Angle thru PMS on FSS since i remember you telling me he knows his KA-T stuff and damn he really does:bigthumbu
 
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this is what rick told me and i belive him. he said that safely i could do 250hp. now that was at the block. which you would probly get 220ish to the wheels or so. thats a good amount of power if you look at how much our shit boxes weight. anything more then that i would consider changing the pistons atleast. if not then save the dough for the SR if your not happy with these answers
 
Devil Man said:
this is what rick told me and i belive him. he said that safely i could do 250hp. now that was at the block. which you would probly get 220ish to the wheels or so. thats a good amount of power if you look at how much our shit boxes weight. anything more then that i would consider changing the pistons atleast. if not then save the dough for the SR if your not happy with these answers
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whos rick? i talked to someone who ran more than 250hp on his stock block no problems. Ill talk to him again to make sure.
 
slick rick.. 240sickness i think thats his name on here i cant remeber off the top of my head. man look at it this way. its your daily. do you really want to push your luck? what are you going to do if your motor takes a shit on you the week after you do this? then what? i wouldnt push more then 250 at the crank if it was me. but you can do as you wish.
 
hey whats up well i got a single cam turbo and its my daily im on stock internals and stock block and im at 230hp and i had the setup for 7-8 months. it all depend on the way you drive it and maintenance the car.
 
Fairlady280z said:
who do you think i got my setup idea from? ;) Ive been talking to Angle thru PMS on FSS since i remember you telling me he knows his KA-T stuff and damn he really does:bigthumbu
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then u need to quit bs'in' and get him to do ur shit.

don't go by what alot of these people say on some of these sites. they don't have a clue about the capabilities of a KA.
 
Devil Man said:
slick rick.. 240sickness i think thats his name on here i cant remeber off the top of my head. man look at it this way. its your daily. do you really want to push your luck? what are you going to do if your motor takes a shit on you the week after you do this? then what? i wouldnt push more then 250 at the crank if it was me. but you can do as you wish.
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I said for drifting, I wouldnt trust a stock engine over 260whp. If you were only going down the quarter mile thats a different story. There are alot of people who are in the mid three hundred wheel horsepower and 400+whp category that dont break. The whole thing is controlling heat that is made by loading the engine for more then 13 seconds at a time, its very easy to detonate and break ring lands. Tuning an engine for drifting / road racing is a different story then drag racing and the same power goals are unobtainable.

The advantage of running an safc would be cost, with saving costs you would clock the distributor to compensate for ignition advance while in boost. I did this route when I first turbocharged my ka. The drivability really was not there, the throttle response was laggy and part throttle was a joke, it was basically all or nothing. If you choose to get a device that retards ignition lead based off engine load (manifold pressure) then you are entering the cost region of getting a tuned ecu. A Rom tune will have better drive ability, better fuel efficiency and more reliable power then an safc tune.
 
Well I cant give my personal opinion about a stock engine over 320 horsepower because i have not made that. I could not imagine it being any more satisfying then walking on thin ice.

For what its worth though, sr20 injectors are small. On top of that they are used. New quality injectors can be found for $325. I would invest the money for more cc\min and to ease my mind that they are new and have less of a chance of failing. The smallest injector id consider would be 550cc.
 
hmmm i see that going KA-T is gonna cost me as much as going SR...maybe even more, and barely more power. I was hoping itll be cheaper than a swap but at this rate a S14 blacktop will make the 230whp more cheaply and reliably IMO
 
lol thats what the whole sr vs ka-t argument is all about why go ka-t when you can go sr for the same price.
 
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