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One fell victim to the KA-T...


nissanfanatic
02-17-2005, 08:55 PM
This one is kinda weird because I have no idea what I was racing.:rolleyes: But anyways, I had just picked up some food in town and was headed home. I pulled up to the only stoplight in our town and this van pulled up behind me. I watched the perpendicular lane's light change from green... to yellow.... to red. Time to go. So I drove completely normal across the intersection watching the van turn behind me. Then out of nowhere, this car just comes up on my ass. I was like WTF???? So I gave it a little gas, you know, the kind of gas to get a soccer mom off your butt. And I continued this to about 45mph. The speed limit was 35mph. He wasn't leavin. So I punched it, hit boost instantly due to 3500rpm, and then he punched it. I could tell he punched it because he stayed with me to about 60mph, then about 4-5 lenghts appeared between us. I was at 90 in about 5-6seconds and he was back there, but not too far. By the time I got around 100, he was back there. IDK what his deal was. I know he did a ricer-fly-by when I turned. I can't stand those people. I think it was one of the infamous ricers around here.

Cliff notes:
Got food
annoying driver came out of nowhere
annoying driver went nowhere

turbo2nr
02-17-2005, 09:23 PM
lol nice run.. finally a race.. man i rember those day when you first start off and people dont realize about you, you get some of the wierdest races.. damm 45-90 in like 5-6 sec good job.. sound like you would be like a good match for the probe..

i say get some rims and a nice drop and a huge fmic and youll get alot of attention.. hehe

good job.. i want to hear more races

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nissanfanatic
02-17-2005, 09:51 PM
I have a FMIC. Boostdesings. And I'm even VTA right now. Yea the 6 secons was a guess. But I did time my 55-80 on camera. It was about 3.2-3 seconds. Its the result of a T04B with a .69ar turbine and now a 3" full exhaust.

Body mods really aren't my style. I gotta get the fuel system taken care of first. Thanks for the support man.

turbo2nr
02-17-2005, 10:04 PM
yea i know the feeling i can care less some times how my car looks as long ass it runs, as long as it clean and low im happy.. that my style sleeper status, just low and sleek and clean.. so no one suspects..

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nissanfanatic
02-17-2005, 10:29 PM
I may go out to the highway this weekend with a couple friends. For some reason, when I see a Vette or something go by, I wanna go play. But I know I don't stand a chance. Too much hope in my car I guess. I'll see what happens tomorrow.

Marc-OS
02-17-2005, 10:48 PM
w00t for KA-T's. I'll be KA-T by the end of the month.

TatII
02-18-2005, 12:29 AM
nissanfanatic did you feel any different in power from the boost design fmic? also did you notice any lose in throttle response?

what is the a/r for your compressor? my T04B is a .60 A/R on the compressor and .58 A/R on the turbine, this replacement turbo i got ( that still burns oil ) freaking spools so much harder and flows so much more air then my original one. my original one at 9 psi only flowed 38% on the Z air flow meter. the new one flows 44% on a cold day!!! i had to richen it up by 4% across the board on my SAFC to play it safe.

which means turbo2nr we should meet up again soon and i'll show you how my car feels now.

nissanfanatic
02-18-2005, 12:36 AM
You know, the Boostdesings intercooler definataly gave more power, but it actually improved throttle response. If you were only closer to Fl, I would meet up with you and show you just how well though out the kit is. The intercooler is very small, but very efficient and the bends are very smooth. BOV is much more vocal and I'm assuming functional.

My turbo is the same as yours with the .69ar turbine. It spools hard as hell. Like the Escudo on GT3.hahahah Tonight when I was messin around before the run in with Captian Doofus, I punched it in first gear at like 2500rpm, and when I hit about 3K, it just spooled and kicked the back end out in this parking lot. It was super cool...

So do you feel a 6% increase in power? So you should be around 245whp now. Nice...

Are you running a restrictor or -3an line? You may even need a restrictor with 3an, but I don't see why. No problems here, even with 5w-30 synthetic.

TatII
02-18-2005, 12:48 AM
i wouldn't say 6% faster, it just flows more air. my car hits 9 psi by 5.5K in first gear. and in second gear its like 3.5-4K.

however i have a hard time spinning my cars or getting the rear to step out from a roll becasue my 5 zigen typhoons are 22 lbs per rim without tires, and i'm running 225's all around. so its alittle more grippier then your 6 inch wide 195's.

i'm running a oil restrictor on my -4an oil feed line. i think i'm gonna switch to mineral oil instead of synthetic. maybe the thicker oil would save me alittle.

nissanfanatic
02-18-2005, 12:58 AM
Thats 205s buddy:lol2:

eh I figured with more air, you would have gained a little power. But its cool that you have a good working turbo now.

But I'm gonna say the biggest gain lately has come from my new downpipe.

What weight are you running right now? I'm assuming 5w-30 becuase of temps.

Whats the word on those nismo injectors and JWT ECU?

TatII
02-18-2005, 01:18 AM
i'm running 10w40 to seal the rings better ( i dont like the take chances ) and i got the jwt ecu right now in my room, and i'm buying modified larger stock injectors to flow 615cc. i'm just waiting for my paypal echeck to clear.

nissanfanatic
02-18-2005, 01:36 AM
Cool. I will be awaiting results.

turbo2nr
02-18-2005, 11:20 PM
nice progress form the both of you.. its kinda nice to have the same to cars building on the same board.. you get to see how different parts affect preformance..

and that next time i can well hang out again.. if your up to it u can race my boys sti and hopefully bust his ass.. he need to be shut up.

damm i cant wait to see tat cars with the injectors and dynoed.. hopefully ill make it for the dyno session, if you want my boy needs to dyno his 300ztt (450 claimed hp) if you want we can make a day out of it it should be fun...

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nissanfanatic
02-19-2005, 01:10 AM
I'm gonna dyno after I get my SAFC and injectors. I'm really shooting in the direction of Anthony's car. I'll probably do 8-9psi with that setup, and maybe more after I get a Z32 MAFS. hahahahahaha tire ownage. I don't want to spend too much money on this engine because I would like to get my project engine done pretty soon. hahahahahaha tire ownage.

Tat and turbo2nr, you guys know Ivan just opened up a forum on his website right? www.phatka-t.com Its mainly the same crew, which is really cool. I love being able to get advice from people making 2-3 times as much power as me.

nissanfanatic
02-19-2005, 01:12 AM
And Tat, what do you mean by "take chances"?

TatII
02-19-2005, 01:40 AM
yeah i know ivan has is own site, and i've actually met anthony in person once. just a note, remember anthony's car is weird like that. only he seem to be able to get away with it. unless you have a techtom mdm or a apexi multi check monitoring the igntion timing at all times, i don't suggest you go anthony's route with the stock ECU. you should know that on nicoclub, people are blowing those things up and another reason why anthony's car is still around is becuase his timing can afford to be advanced alittle becuase he has a built block with 9:1 compression. so his engine can afford to take a small hit if a glitch were to happen.

i know a guy name paul pretty well, he has a KA-T as well and hes blown up his semi built engine 4 times, the last time he threw a rod out the oil pan. he never played with timing and boosted to 13psi. he then swapped in a stock KA and he played it safe, and met up with anthony and used his techtom and checked that his timing was also at 15 degrees BTC at WOT, after he swaped from a auto to 5 speed. he then continued to run 13 psi and blew cylinder #2.

i wouldn't trust the computers own retardation either because i personally hooked my car up with a scan tool, and when i tested timing my car was also pulling back timing to 15 degrees BTC. when i went to advance it back to base timing on the distributer, the car started knocking when i opened her up, so i had to back off the timing again. its timing spikes like that for no reason at all, thats stopping me to wanting to run more boost on a stock ECU. thats why i'm waitin for everything to piece together and use the JWT ECU. when i put that in, i'm still goin to leave base timing at 17 degrees BTC, and hook a scan tool up to it, and see what the total timing advance is with the new ECU program. then if its safe like at 17 total or 19 total, i would advance my base timing back to 20 degrees.

also turbo2nr, when are you gettin the car man?!? buy my rims!!!

nissanfanatic
02-19-2005, 02:09 AM
I know all about the ECU woes and such. I am running a BTM right now so timing isn't really an issue. I'll probably buy Anthony's Multichecker after I get my fuel stuff. I only want like 105mph-110mph in the quarter out of this engine. I will borrow a scan tool during tuning from a friend of mine.

turbo2nr
02-19-2005, 04:20 PM
soon soon... it not gona be what i want but ill work with it...

hehe.. soon you'll will be giving me tips on timing.. hehe

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