Apexi ITC on a KA24DE/T

[dopeyx27]

HEy I searched but i couldnt find anything on it. I was wondering if I can use a Apexi ITC on my KA24DE soon to be Turbo. I heard it can only be used on certain cars. Can someone please enlighten me =). Thanks!

[LigouriRd]

Yes it works, I have been using it for the past two years.
The only wierd thing is after installing it I believe I had to advance or retard (caint remeber which) the distributor by one tooth. Cause me a lot of head scratching then all of a sudden it worked.

[wangan_cruiser]

yea when turboing a car from na to turbo i think u always have to retard it a degree or so


correct me if im wrong

[LigouriRd]

True, that if you are turbocharging a car with out a timing controller like ITC then you would retard the base timing so that under load the total timing is reduced.
However, the distributor has like 14 or so teeth, one tooth is like 25 degrees thats a lot of retard. All I know is that with the distributor cap off the rotor does not point exactly at the first plug position but it runs fine that way. Perhaps the ITC phases the camshaft position sensor strangely and I compensated for that with at the distributor. Just something to be aware of and to try if the engine doesn't fire after install.

[dopeyx27]

Thanks for the help you guys! exactly what i was looking for