hey all you KA turbo guys

[240sxtreme]

so far, everyone's who I've talked to has never said anything about this but....
 A friend of mine's Dad was talking to me about my soon-to-be turbo setup.  He was thinking that if I don't fully build the engine, I'd be blowing it up.
 I can almost see where he's coming from, he blew an Alpha engine after having the psi set to 24 for a while...but I'm thinking of only 7psi...I've heard that the only thing that you'll "need" to do is the fuel injectors(although some people argue that).  Any idea how strong the rods & pistons are?

(for those of you who frequent the freshalloy boards, I'll be posting there as well)

[West]

I run about 11 psi with proper fuel system and no rebuild and its fine. My car is all set to run 24+ psi, all I need is to built the motor.

7-8psi is the max you can run on a s13 KA.

[konkman]

What is the difference between the s13 and s14 KA West?

Why can the s13 only handle 7-8psi?

[rubbersidedown]

i think its just because the stock internals of the older ka engines used in the s13 just aren't as strong as the newer ka's. correct me if i'm wrong

[MingMing]

ur right, the s14 ka's hav stronger internals

[240sxtreme]

all I'm looking for is 7psi...I'm sure it'll take me a while to get over that increase (like 3 weeks) <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

I'm thinking about the nsport stage1 kit <a href="http://www.nsport.com/PowerStages.html" target='_blank'>http://www.nsport.com/PowerStages.html</a>

(Edited by 240sxtreme at 1:38 am on Oct. 30, 2001)

[Speedy2k]

Looking at the price of these turob kits... why do you bother? &nbsp;Just get the SR engine for the same price, and you will have an engine with a much smaller mileage and have the same power.

[240sxtreme]

my KA has less then 10k miles on it. &nbsp;and the HP will be higher then a stock SR20....and cheaper to replace parts, easier to find/get parts. &nbsp;and from what I've heard from people doing the SR swaps....they spend at least this. &nbsp; and how are you going to know for sure how many miles are on the SR? &nbsp;or who drove it before, and how hard?

[tanabs]

I agree. &nbsp;Knowing the guys in Japan, they run their cars HARD. &nbsp;Plus, there is much more availability of parts for the KA. &nbsp;I think I am slowly leaning towards turbocharging the KA v. getting the SR.