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my buds going boost and to be hones safe 7 psi. on a healthy motor but thats wat i have gotten frm the search i have done others that actually have ka boost will tell u on this site better info on y to keep it low.
 
on a well maintanced motor its supose to take to 15psi max but safe daly driven 7-8psi is ideal and safe. Trust me ask anyone on this fourm that knows me and my motors they will tell you. instead of people telling me what todo,what will work and what won't-i just tried it out to see what would happen. I went through 7 kat setups(all motors blew) just to try to see what stock interals can hold. 7psi is the way togo!!!
 
on a t25 you can boost as much as the turbo can take lol t25 is small for a KA. around t3 size turbo and 10psi with a safe tune is what you want for a fast car.. for drifting though id stay on 7psi unless you have new rings and other stuff on your motor. KA-T = KA-Timebomb. :eek:
 
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on a t25 you can boost as much as the turbo can take lol t25 is small for a KA. around t3 size turbo and 10psi with a safe tune is what you want for a fast car.. for drifting though id stay on 7psi unless you have new rings and other stuff on your motor. KA-T = KA-Timebomb. :eek:
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and you will eventually be KA-Terminated. Out of nowhere, fatigue sets in and good bye number 1 and 4. Not a single danger in the standalone tune, just things break. expect them to. Find another running engine if you turbo your ka to keep under your work bench, and you better have a place to swap it.
 
If you are going to put pistons in the engine i highly suggest you add rods to the list of modifications. The reason why i say this is because the aftermarket pistons are heavier then the stock pistons. The connecting rod was not engineered to throw around a heavier piston, not to mention in a forced induction application. Your rods will fail prematurely if you try making power with after market pistons. If you are not down to build a serious engine just keep another engine handy. Or run the stock engine and build a race engine on the side so you can take your time with it. I ran the stock engine for 22k miles beating the living shit out of it traveling 400 miles to events (23 events\track days) bouncing the car off the revlimiter ect and able to drive it home. I tuned the engine safe, it lasted quite a while but it was never engineered to make 250% power especially for extended periods of time.

Though my engines life span it got 7-12.5 psi of boost from a t04e whether i was at the drag strip or drifting.
 
forget SR.. there's a reason why ppl boost KA's.. it's mainly preference.. you cant tell someone what to do lol.. but to stay on topic.. could a well maintained KA24E (sohc) take 8lb's of boost if done correctly?
 
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