Turbo?

ok, i got a question. i have a 2000 nissan altima, only got it cuz i can't afford better, 67k miles, good quality and shit, i know the previous owner and she took great care of it. anyway, it goes too slow, i need to turbo charge that shit, the celica i had before my dumbass friend totalled it could smoke this thing and i really am not used to the slow accel and speeds. anyone know where i can find turbo for this thing and prices, i've checked my usual places, can't find any upgrades for this car. also, i need to make it AWD, can anyone help me out?
thanks~

I have a 2000 altima as well. I just bought the car about 2 months ago. I've been told that the best thing to do rather than turbo charge the engine you have which is a KA24DE is to swap it and drop in a SR20DET A.K.A. a blue bird. Oh by the way i use to have celica 2.2 gt 5sfe and the altima will take the shit out of the celica any day unless if it the 7th generation celica GTS! Good luck!

Javy

If you want a turbo for you car go on the internet and type in KA24DE turbo kit. I've seen the kit run about for $1,000 -1,500 dollars.

I have a 2000 altima as well. I just bought the car about 2 months ago. I've been told that the best thing to do rather than turbo charge the engine you have which is a KA24DE is to swap it and drop in a SR20DET A.K.A. a blue bird. Oh by the way i use to have celica 2.2 gt 5sfe and the altima will take the shit out of the celica any day unless if it the 7th generation celica GTS! Good luck!

Javy

Sorry I dont mean to bump up this old thread..

No, turbo the KA and you will get wayyyy better results, however get ready to break the bank on tunning, due to our ECU settings and Nissan they only way that it will run properly is with a stand alone or by doing a OBD I conversion which you will have to get an ECU and send it to JWT and then they will remaped for you.. the wait time i think i like 3 months for that.. and turbo kits, F-Max has a kit for the Altima.. but dont count on the intercooler pieces on been the right one since turbonetics has a problem on sending the right ones.. if any of you need a lil more info let me know, ill try to help a lil more..

Sorry I dont mean to bump up this old thread..

No, turbo the KA and you will get wayyyy better results, however get ready to break the bank on tunning, due to our ECU settings and Nissan they only way that it will run properly is with a stand alone or by doing a OBD I conversion which you will have to get an ECU and send it to JWT and then they will remaped for you.. the wait time i think i like 3 months for that.. and turbo kits, F-Max has a kit for the Altima.. but dont count on the intercooler pieces on been the right one since turbonetics has a problem on sending the right ones.. if any of you need a lil more info let me know, ill try to help a lil more..
an sr20det will get better gains and can take more boost. all the stock engine internals are turbo ready and can stand up to 500 hp. no ka24 wil take that abuse stock.
an sr20det is a gst skyline engine once you hit the GTR and GTST is when you get the RB series 6 cylinder turbo engines. they're all basically the same engine it's just different application. the silvia,bluebird, and lowest model skylines are all sr20det's. the way the ka24 is used in both, the 240sx and altima here is the same with the sr20T over in Japan
i'm not saying don't turbo your KA. one kid on these forums named TATII, has a nasty ka24 240sx that he made turbo ready. and by nasty i mean good.

Sorry but I rather turbo the KA because the money that has to be spent doing the sr20 swat into the altima you could buy a turbo kit for the altima and fine tune it and still have a good amount of money left. and as far and handling the HP on the sr20 yeah they can handle it but you will have better outcomes if you turbo the KA.

I dont think there is a turbo kit made for the second gen. altimas (98-2001). There is one for the first gens. The KA motor cannot handle more boost than the sr20 stock, but if you build it right it will. Ive have never seen a turbo second gen. and only heard of 3. Those three, built custom turbos and spent an ass load of money doing it. I prefer the ka motor myself, bigger displacement,more tourque. As for an sr20 swap, it is expensive, and thats if you can find an sr20 motorin good condition to swap into your car. I have heard that they a turbo for the second gens is in research but prolly wont be out for a couple of years.

guys read whut i just found on the internet to fix this debate. the sr redlines at 7500 the ka at 6000. whut ever . no replacement for displacement first off. but anyways read this and see if you agree.

http://www.import-autoperformance.com/SR20swap.html


reply to this and we' ll see. it is all bout taste but if you want to spend the money be my guest . the stock ka in your car now can make 220 on 7 psi . the sr can make 170 in stock trim. 50 more with same psi?........

Hey probe...try looking at the date next time. Its been 8 months since the last post....just a friendly reminder...

There are no turbo kits for a 98-01 Altima. You can use the kit from the 1st gen altima and mod it to fit the second gen. Witch i realy dont think would be to hard. Now the big problem as stated before is The ECU is non reprogramble. To get around this go standalone,..Best chocie, or swap in a 1stgen ECU. Which would work but you will have a cell on all the time.
Now to swap an sr20DET into your car it Would be possilbe but it will cost you alot of money. And i am almost possitive making the car AWD is extreamly hard if not impossible.
Now for the sr20 or Ka24 discusion. I would jsut turbo my stock engine. Forget the SR20. The Ka24 already has just about every thing you would need to turbo charge the engine almost as if nissan had planed it to be that way and changed there mind while still on the drawing board. The engine has an Iron block, and oil squirters for the pistions. There are more things but i cant think of it now. Those are things comenly found in turbo charged engines. Also you can make alot of hp out of the KA for less money spent then putting the same amount of money into the sr. Now you may argue yeah the Sr can run high boast on stock internals. So what. Whats so geat about lots of PSI if you can make the same hp on less psi. Realy it comes down to this. Do you want to spend alot of money to swap in an engine into your car and make all this super high HP. That you wont realy beable to use b/c of wheel spin and wheel hop (FWD) And in the end make your car not to streetable. Or turbo your Ka for less money and make more then decent HP that can be used. Theres a guy on Altimas.net that has a turboed 1st Gen altima runing just about 300HP and 310 tq. Thats very impresive if you ask me. From what he says the ride is very Tq'y and fun to drive compared to an SR that he drove that was yes fast but wasnt to tq'y it was just smoth. To me tq'y sounds and feels like more fun. And would you realy need more for a FWD car? So for less money spent and decnt HP rating's for a motor that started off with 150HP I would stay with the KA24DE.,.....

Who cares how old the post is hes sheding some light on some people.

I have a 95 altima 5 speed yes, 5 speed, its a rare car, its quick but the tranny does not hold up, going on my fourth tranny, as for the sr20, if u can do it go 4 it but after the money u spend on that u probably should of thought of another car, those ecu's for ur car r 800 dollars , ur car could be quick with jus these three mods, mine was and i was surprised, intake of course, gutted cat, if no emission laws,2.5 pipe from the cat back, take out that back seat, and gut that car as much as possible, if ur not satified with all that or after spending thousands on that turbo think about a spec-v those r quick, a nissan dealership was sellin one for 9,500 i wanted to jump on that , think about a trade in man, bodykits for ur car are also nice if u wanna go for looks

The KA motor makes more reliable HP.