sr20det would be cheaper than KA-t wouldn't it?

I have a 92 hatch with 123,000 miles. I was thinking about getting a turbo for my KA because everyone said that it was the best if you are on a budget, but something hit me. The turbo kit from f-max that i want is 4500 bucks. Now if i got an Sr swap for around 2500 (for the full front clip), I will have saved 2000 dollars!!! So why is the kit cheaper? I am still not completely against either one. All i am asking is for the 300 or so hp that i am looking for,and the budget that i am on, would I be able to mod the sr20det to what i could do with the turbo kit? Keep in mind that i must rebuild my engine.

well most people build there own kits and you can make a nice KA-T kit for 2G or less. If you gotta rebuild then you can go all out with stronger insides for your KA or just go with the SR20 if you dont wanta rebuild thats up to you. But in your case it might be cheaper to swap

You mean like piecing together with different parts? Is that good quality? What kind of turbo would you use? What piping?

well most people build there own kits and you can make a nice KA-T kit for 2G or less. If you gotta rebuild then you can go all out with stronger insides for your KA or just go with the SR20 if you dont wanta rebuild thats up to you. But in your case it might be cheaper to swap
exactly right, when u make ur own kit can be as low as $600

what kind of hp can you make? I am pretty interested now. what turbos are good?

what do u want to do though drag , or track or drift ???

if you do the work yourself, you would save money. However you if can't, they it will be more expensive to do the swap than the turbo.

exactly right, when u make ur own kit can be as low as $600
thx I used 2g as a bit of high balling figuring top of line new parts maybe some install time too. but yes 600 even can be done!

I've seen lotta high HP Ka-ts 400hp or higher on pump

i tryed to find that thread on the guy that turbo-ed his car for like $700. the one that had the home depot piping. that was this forum, i don't know who posted it tho.

thought it was on 240sxforums or zilvia or something like that...i dont remember it on here, maybe someone advertised it cuz they saw it on a different forum, but i definetly rembember having to sign up for another forum to see it

i can't remember, but i wouldn't mind checkin it out again. besides, it may help this guy out with his question.

i built my own ghetto turbo...paid around 800 for everything. 370cc injectors, Z32 MAF, SAFC-II, T25, Custom made Mani, Hot pipe, downpipe, walbro 255 pump.

i tryed to find that thread on the guy that turbo-ed his car for like $700. the one that had the home depot piping. that was this forum, i don't know who posted it tho.

That's Fresh Alloy... I remember that car too. This forum has very FEW KA-Ts, so I'm pretty sure you didn't see it here. It ran around 5-7 psi right? It looked pretty damn good, and looked clean and proper, but I think he had a boost leak problem.

Even if you get a clip for $2500 the SR swap will end up being way more I would think after accessories. If you get lucky and get the stock SMIC with your clip and all the needed parts, you'll still need to pull it all apart and check it out and there's always gonna be lots of little things you need to get, (clutch, oilpan, fluids, gaskets, etc etc) So if you are budgeted I'd probably go with the Depot Turbo o-P

after all of the money you spend buying, shipping, and installing you still only have 205hp where as with a KA-T at 5lbs, you could have in the neighborhood of 215 hp depending on what turbo you get and the specs of the turbo. You will also have way more torque. And in the end, you will only spend about $1500.