i'm such a bastard

today i was driving home from school when all of the sudden i see all these cars pull out of my schools parkinglot. 1 is a 350z vert, 1 modded wrx, and a few TC's.

well i was minding my own business cruising down the middle lane at like 40mph when the Z on my right lane was approaching a slow moving truck. naturally i should've slowed down a little and just let the Z cut me off before he the gap closes up. well i heard him get on it and what did i do? i let him go alittle then i floor it in 2nd and the race is on! well long story short i didn't let him in and by 75-80 mph he had to cut over to the service lane to pass the truck and i got alittle over a car on him.

not bad that i was able to pull on him in such a short time. the car definitly got faster then before with my new T04E and new bar and plate intercooler.

wow man, sounds like lots of fun... can you ballpark how much power you're makin' at the wheels???

where do you go to school?

nice kill

Nice....

Glad to see the T04E is working out well for you! Get back to the track and get some 110 traps.

110 mph trap? no way, if i trapped 110mph that Z would be a speck in my rear view. i go to school in farmingdale. i'm guessing like 270-280whp.

1........nice kill
2........nice car
3........nice modds
4........but im dissapointed you didnt go with the SR set up......lol j/k

thanks for the compliment. the idea of going SR is still floating in my head. maybe when i'm done with building the KA i will try running a SR and see how the drivability is on it.

Well orion trapped 110 at 12psi on basically the same setup as you....

update yo mods tat!!

its basically the same thing, i never mentioned i had a T04B in there before. so yeah, anyways i'm still having problems with spark blow out. i've gapped my iridiums down to a .27 gap and i still blow out my spark sometimes at 14.5 psi. i need to save up for some magnacore wires now.

Nice kill.

yes magnacore a good wires.....and if you go SR you might get better gas mileage......lol

I actually think its cool you kept the KA and didnt go SR. It adds a little unique-ness to the car. plus it would of been much more $$$ money if you had gone with the SR20.

and I know this wassnt the case but that race you pulled on the Z33 was a prime example of how to stop a ricer fly by.

nice kill tat, but i say if you were really trying you would put a whole in the 350z, i gotta feel your car again soon..

ka-t all the way

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just recently raced bry's EVO from a roll, we were pretty close with me barely walkin him in 4th. i gotta fix my misfire cuase i was missing the whole way. also after talkin to nissanfanatic i'm gonna advance my timing by like 2 to 3 degrees, that would help me pick up a few more hp's. then i'll go race again.

also for the people who i don't know in person bry is one of my buddys with a EVO running 21 psi, full turbo back with no cats, and a intake. i'm iffy about the results but i'm just happy that i was finally able to edge him out alittle but the thing is, i still gotta find where did the rest of the hp go. there are many members in the ka-t community who runs less boost and makes more power.

Good kill. I've more or less given up on finding a fast 350Z to race. The VQ motor isn't exactly easy to mod, as i've read in Import Tuner. I mean they put money into intake and exhaust and saw a whole whopping 5whp. Not that great. Luckily it responds well to boost, so i'm sure the upcoming Skyline won't be a dog. I've had several races with 350Z's, and they were never even close. Heck I saw a HKS turbocharged one that was slower then my lead sled at Speedway.

Anyways, wish you luck getting the bugs worked out, and pass up on the SR motor, cause the KA seems to be doing you pretty well.

Hate to say it, but KA-T isn't too unique anymore.lol

One of the best things I noticed about the Magnecor wires was that they are very durable. The OEM plug boots fall apart over time. Magnecor plug boots will prolly last forever.

Tat, look on ka-t.org in the ECU tuning section and find the XS coil charging device. Look into that for your problem with spark blowing out.

yeah you are a bastard, but I can't say I haven't done the same thing at times :evillol: nice kills

I actually think its cool you kept the KA and didnt go SR. It adds a little unique-ness to the car. plus it would of been much more $$$ money if you had gone with the SR20.


Depends on how you do it.
An sr motor can be found for around $2,000-$2,500. Much lower in some cases, just look them up.
The proper KA-T setup can be pieced together and built around affordability but may end up costing the same amount anyway. KA motors aren't getting any younger and a low mileage boost-built engine may seem a bit more appealing than trying to keep ole yeller up to par.
But anyway, long story short, I finally turned up the boost on my sr and damn...It'll shake you by 10psi and then drag your body across the tarmac as it nears 14. Don't really like to go that high. I'd like to keep my car alive long enough for it to see many sideways days and a larger snail to spin (lets face it, the s13sr20det t-25 is nothing).

Regardless, I respect a KA-T as much as I respect a fwd tt 3000gt or a 3000gt converted to a vr-4 (which you should do by the way musashi) and both hold high standings in my list. I just think so many people went over to KA-T to be rebellious and unique but now everybody and their neighbor across the street wants to do it and when something gets whored that hard (if its got a .org site built around it for instance) then I'm afraid it just loses the originality.


The 240 is an awesome platform either route you take. I just chose sr because high mileage murdered my once so beautiful 3000GT.


By the way, good kill. I thought your previous tune was supposed to be around equal to the whp of a 350z so I would have assumed with the 270-280whp that they would be disappearing in the rear view but maybe he was deeper into the powerband when it started. Good kill indeed

I just think so many people went over to KA-T

People went over to ka-t after a few pioneers found out that it wouldn't blow up on 4psi...

Make it last.lol 250whp on an SR isn't gonna shorten its lifespan... I push damn near 290-300whp on my stock bottom end KA daily and it has lasted well over a year and shows no signs of giving up anytime soon.

Most if not all boost related engine casualties are a result of carelessness. May it be poor matinence, poor workmanship leading to failure, poor part selection, BEATING THE HELL OUT OF IT WHEN ITS COLD(big one there), or other neglegence, I don't see too many engines just fail due to excessive power. It just doesn't happen very often...

KA motors aren't getting any younger and a low mileage boost-built

lol, while your young engine sits in a junkyard for god knows how long collecting dew, dust, age and not being started... Hmmm... I'd rather take my chances with an engine that at least gets run often rather than sitting for extended periods...

People went over to ka-t after a few pioneers found out that it wouldn't blow up on 4psi...

Make it last.lol 250whp on an SR isn't gonna shorten its lifespan... I push damn near 290-300whp on my stock bottom end KA daily and it has lasted well over a year and shows no signs of giving up anytime soon.

Most if not all boost related engine casualties are a result of carelessness. May it be poor matinence, poor workmanship leading to failure, poor part selection, BEATING THE HELL OUT OF IT WHEN ITS COLD(big one there), or other neglegence, I don't see too many engines just fail due to excessive power. It just doesn't happen very often...



lol, while your young engine sits in a junkyard for god knows how long collecting dew, dust, age and not being started... Hmmm... I'd rather take my chances with an engine that at least gets run often rather than sitting for extended periods...


I wasn't really taking any pot shots at the ka motor... Didn't I state I have much respect for a ka-t? :screwy:
I was just throwing out the perspective a lot of sr owners have, not trying to exert it's dominance... I would have gone ka-t had I not been plagued with high mileage motor issues on my previous car.
Chill out :rolleyes:

ka-t setup a decient 1 can be done for 1500 w/ fmu. if you know where to look and how to get parts, it just takes some time on your part.

my ka-t setup should run me about 1500 with 370cc and safc for fmu, thats running a t04e, fmic, 3" downpipe, ect. and boosting around 8psi is and easy 200whp. its been shown on a good setup with a to4, 10-12psi can get your from 220-250whp, easy.

but the sr20 is a good way to go, shit i used to want a sr20 in my 240, its just on your preference, it install for me will be a headach, the biggest reason that im going ka-t is that i dont have 3-4k do put down to do a sr swap, so im buying peice by peice. but regardless sr20 or ka24 both great nissan motors with tons of potiental.

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like i said, when i blow this engine or when i get sick and tired of the intermitting tuning issues, i'll just swap out my ka and swap in a sr and call it quits.

If only we could get 8.5:1 CR stock on KAs....

10-12psi on some setups is at-upwards of 300whp...SR and KA-T...

swapping in a different engine can just open a new can of worms. every engine has their problems. switching to a motor new too you is asking for more problems.

damm structure240sx finally made it to a/f lol welcome.

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i hate when things get bad names for no reason

i hate you tat i hate you

welcome ant. yeah i'm aware of the problems the sr has. nismofreak kinda gave me a hint of how he deals with similar problem.

however i am very curious to see how an sr runs. plus i can transfer most of my ka-t supporting mods to the SR. don't worry about it ant me and nissanfanatic have been showing good results and good reliablity with the engine so far. most members here knows that i've been boosted for almost forever.

now i want to read more threads of you burning bikes from a stop!!!