R32 Ka24det

[tom]

Last year my 97 kouki got rear ended, I need a chassis to swap the motor into. I looked at numerous different options and tried to find another clean kouki but they were way over priced. I already had a R32 GTR so I had lots of stock parts laying around. So I decided to buy a R32 gtst and swap out the RB20 and swap in my fully built KA. This is the process it has made.

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Found the R32 GTST on Japanese Classics website decided to buy it, though I will never buy a car from them again.

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The car arrived January of last year. The car seemed to be just pieced together which didn’t bother me since I wanted to track the car. Plus the RB20 ran perfect.

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I contacted the the guys at Full-lock llc to help me with the swap since I was super busy with work. They pulled the RB20 the first day the R32 showed up and I sold it the next day.

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Now we are just waiting on the a wire harness from wiring specialties, then I’m taking the car to get retuned. Since the motor was already tuned on a AEM EMS V2 @19psi on 93oct but had cold start issues and the guys at full lock found it had a broken head stud and head gasket that was starting to go which was swapped for brand new arp studs and a cosworth HG.

[FaLKoN240]

Approved. I've been following your post on the crappy facebook pages. Happy to see you made it here.

[afishysilvia]

I love the blasphemy going on here...subscribed.

[MiamiGrinch240]

This is amazing, congrats!

[codyzsilvia]

Hell yeah this is dope

[turbo2nr]

Excited! chassis looks perfect, and I am partial to Ka-t..

What was the power numbers on the current setup? What size turbo? More details on your ka-t setup?

[tom]

It made [email protected] with the broken head stud and bad head gasket. The turbo is a AGP 256RS with .75A/R twin scroll housing. Here’s a rough overview.

Motor:
JE pistons 9:1
Manley rods
Cosworth HG
ARP main/ head studs
Super tech valves/springs
Crower 264 cams
JWT cam gears

Fuel:
Custom fuel rail
ID 1000cc injectors
Walbro 450 pump

Turbo:
AGP s256rs .75A/R twin scroll
Full Race manifold
Tial wastegate
Hks Bov
FMIC

Drivetrain:
Exedy twin disc

[Tearlessj]

Found the R32 GTST on Japanese Classics website decided to buy it, though I will never buy a car from them again.


Well since you brought it up, you can't leave us hanging.

[tom]

When I called them when I started looking for a chassis. I told them I didn’t care about the motor, just that the chassis was clean. They told me the car would be a good choice for what my plans were. So I received the car and I noticed issues off the start the bumper was zip tied on and trim pieces were worn out. Which wasn’t a big issue since I had spares. Then I found out the car use to be a auto and was swapped, which is my fault for not checking the vin. Then we found rust holes under the front fenders which have been repaired thanks to full lock. And then we found side damage they were hiding under the side skirt. Whenever they had the car painted some asshole kept touching the rear bumper, who knows why. But now the rear bumper has 20 finger nail marks. I’m just not happy with them and they just told me what did you expect from a 15yr car. Lucky almost all things have been repaired or replaced with new parts.

[[240sx]]

A KA powered Skyline... you must have tons of 'haterz'.

Looks beautiful man.

[jumpman2334]

wow, that is good to know about japanese classics. i was under the impression that they only imported clean stuff (look at the celsiors they have), that is good to know. either way, that stuff should have all been listed in the ad.

seriously love the unique-ness of this. you will be keeping purists up at night.

[MiamiGrinch240]

;6311807']A KA powered Skyline... you must have tons of 'haterz'.

Looks beautiful man.

Prob gets less hate than LS swaps. Never seen so much hate for a motor before.
I love this KA-T R32 idea, but I’m also partial to KA’s & have never used any other motors in my car. KA is such an underappreciated powerplant. Everytime my hood is popped I end up correcting at least 2-3 people that think it’s an SR.

[afishysilvia]

Prob gets less hate than LS swaps. Never seen so much hate for a motor before.


Amen to that. This thing looks super clean, I can dig it.

[speedgod^s13]

I ain't gonna lie, when I read the title, my blood pressure started rising. But, that KA is putting out really good numbers, and I'd argue that it's a better platform to build, vs the RB20, at least in these these times.

[MiamiGrinch240]

I'd argue that it's a better platform to build, vs the RB20, at least in these these times.

For sure. I think the purists would go crazy if you pulled a 26 out of a GTR, but this makes perfect sense.

[speedgod^s13]

For sure. I think the purists would go crazy if you pulled a 26 out of a GTR, but this makes perfect sense.

Even a non-purist would be a fool to yank out a running 26 to replace it with a KA.

[tom]

Well it was only a RB20, people either love or hate my build.

[feito]

This isnt right, man... it's really good but it aint right man. There's something bigger than car manufactures and tuners, and it's watching all of us and what we do with our cars. I'd be careful, man.

[mattrobertsxn]

This isnt right, man... it's really good but it aint right man. There's something bigger than car manufactures and tuners, and it's watching all of us and what we do with our cars. I'd be careful, man.



What are you on about? Careful about what lmao


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[Reece]

This isnt right, man... it's really good but it aint right man. There's something bigger than car manufactures and tuners, and it's watching all of us and what we do with our cars. I'd be careful, man.

In for this as well lmao

Really cool so far dude, much better than an LS. Those are some fucking insane numbers out of a KA.

[Wknd]

My first question was why, but after reading the thread I realized I love obscure builds like this.

[EnnEssEnnKAT]

Nice build, really nice, what was the head gasket that was in there and damaged before?

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[tom]

This isnt right, man... it's really good but it aint right man. There's something bigger than car manufactures and tuners, and it's watching all of us and what we do with our cars. I'd be careful, man.

How is this not right, since in Japan a lot of drift R32s are swapped to SR20s? And if it makes you feel any better heres some pics of my GTR. What should I be careful of?



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[tuzzio]

Been watching this post on FB. I approve.

[MiamiGrinch240]

Nice build, really nice, what was the head gasket that was in there and damaged before?

I can only imagine it was a Cometic? Cosworth makes the best KA HG, run one on my setup as the Cometic’s have a rep for going after 500rwhp. Haven’t heard anything feedback wise about Tomei’s yet.

[mattrobertsxn]

I dont care what anybody says.


This thing is cool as hell

[snorkelcoupe]

Well it was only a boat anchor, people either love or hate my build.

Love this, I wonder how the different weight distribution will make the car feel

[EnnEssEnnKAT]

I can only imagine it was a Cometic? Cosworth makes the best KA HG, run one on my setup as the Cometic’s have a rep for going after 500rwhp. Haven’t heard anything feedback wise about Tomei’s yet.

Yeah I wonder because I run the Tomei but do not push that much power yet, hopefully it was another brand or stock.

[jumpman2334]

OP, ignore feito. he posts werid/dumb shit.

looking forward to more updates!

[tom]

The bad head gasket was a cometic, installed now is a cosworth. Since I have only heard good things about them, I almost went with a Tomei. But there isn’t much feed back about them on the KA.

[tom]

Wiring going in tonight, hopefully it starts without any issues.

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[tb13]

Not sure how to feel about this... Why KA-T?

[tom]

My s14 got rear ended and I already had a fully built KA. I couldn’t find another kouki, so I looked for other chassis and since I had a R32 GTR. I had plenty of spare parts.

[tb13]

My s14 got rear ended and I already had a fully built KA. I couldn’t find another kouki, so I looked for other chassis and since I had a R32 GTR. I had plenty of spare parts.

Holy shit, didn't even see the whole first page. Pretty rad setup!

[supersayianjim]

another "holy shit"!!! I approve, as im doing a kat in a 87 2 door pathfinder. why didn't you get an xs intake mani??


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[tom]

Going to have a custom intake manifold fabricated in the future, the guys at full lock automotive got the car started. The motor is super quiet, though the IAT sensor is bad and a couple small things. Can’t wait to get it retuned.

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[EnnEssEnnKAT]

Going to have a custom intake manifold fabricated in the future, the guys at full lock automotive got the car started. The motor is super quiet, though the IAT sensor is bad and a couple small things. Can’t wait to get it retuned.



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Check my fs post, I have multiple IMs fs.

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[HRhutchnstuff]

Pretty cool!

[Dolph_KYAS13]

Which headlight duct are you running?

[jj205mi]

Really nice 32 mate, it’s interesting as we never got the KA over here. And black really is the best colour on how things.


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[tom]

Which headlight duct are you running?

It’s a Motivedvd headlight duct.

[towlie]

tite now post a burnout pic

[apex128]

This has to be one of the first ka-t r32s out there. really cool that you are doing this, keep it up

[Dolph_KYAS13]

It’s a Motivedvd headlight duct.

Thanks, Looks great

[tom]

So the car is fully tuned now, Martin from RS enthalpy did a great job made 477hp. Turned the it down just a little with 466hp as the final number.

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[MiamiGrinch240]

Loving this more every day!

[dizzariot]

Dude this is super cool. Props to you, my friend.

[tom]

So after talking to Martin from RS enthalpy, I found out 466hp wasn’t the final number. The car made 488hp/[email protected] pretty stoked on how this turned out.

[Tearlessj]

So after talking to Martin from RS enthalpy, I found out 466hp wasn’t the final number. The car made 488hp/[email protected] pretty stoked on how this turned out.

Good numbers! Almost the same setup as my car. Hopefully I make just as much, stock intake manifold? What ecu are you running? 93 or E85?

[TheRealSy90]

Awesome build. Everything seems done very nicely and nothing half assed. Props.

[d_nice]

Great build man. Keep it up.

[tom]

Good numbers! Almost the same setup as my car. Hopefully I make just as much, stock intake manifold? What ecu are you running? 93 or E85?


Yeah the stock intake manifold became one of the limiting factors, as well as not running E85. The high boost was tuned on 93+Torco accelerator. It’s running a AEM EMS V2. If I switch it will be to a haltech.

[Bushido]

cool car man, gotta love KA-T

[lunchmeat]

My inner fanboy is screaming to hate this, bit with damn near 500hp, I just can't. This is awesome.

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[j-z]

Awesome. A perfect storm. You win. For now.

[EFITTZY]

This thing is so gnarly! Hyped to see where this build goes. Keep it up OP

[tom]

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[Corbic]

Awesome build man.

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[tom]

Decided to go upgrade the oil pan with a xeccsive/tomei setup. Added a fujitsubo exhaust and abflug rear diffuser, I didn’t like the massive hks drager.



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[Slideurmom]

This car is too rad, can’t wait to see more .

[s14fiend]

This isnt right, man... it's really good but it aint right man. There's something bigger than car manufactures and tuners, and it's watching all of us and what we do with our cars. I'd be careful, man.

Your rank should say nissaTROLL on it, or nissaSHILL..... who do you think you are the Alex Jones of the automotive industry lmao?!

So theres this thing called JGTC in Japan, and it had a Toyota Supra .... mind you a Supra of all cars (advertised as Supra), in 1997 with a 3SG platform 4 cylinder engine. Tom's Castrol Supra for sure had it and possibly the Denso Supra, both had 4 cylinder based engines at some point for specific class rules, and I'm sure neither one was a slouch on the road course if you know what I mean.....

it's watching all of us and what we do with our cars.

They aren't looking at D.I.Y. enthusiasts exclusively...... they are looking at race teams and other race leagues and trying to homologate and/or replicate the racing concepts from the track to implement into automotive sports vehicles for sale to the public. An example of this would be a light Scion FRS with 50/50 weight distribution.

[s14fiend]

Well it was only a RB20, people either love or hate my build.


Just paint it red so the SR20 d!ckriders can appreciate it.... or get marker and write Vortec on the top of it or put a plastic Vortec cover on top of your valve cover.

An engine is just a "big air pump" is what most tuners say these days. So basically if you narrow it down to simpler terms you just have a 4 cylinder, 6 cylinder, 8 cylinder etc "air pump" and you build it to hold whatever power you require of it.

The fact that it will wear down and eventually acquire an engine failure is inevitable. Even n/a untouched manufacturing factory engines will break down and fail. Just when you start modifications to maximize performance is when engine failures become more evident. Everything else is subjective and based on opinion.

[s14fiend]

Finding another clean S-Chassis is tough these days.... pretty interesting swap .... you basically did this.....

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[tom]

Just paint it red so the SR20 d!ckriders can appreciate it.... or get marker and right Vortec on the top of it or put a plastic Vortec cover on top of your valve cover.

I almost got the valve cover powdercoated red without thinking about it, people would automatically say it was a SR lol. The new oil pan setup is finally in, just need a CD009 trans and the overall setup will be complete.

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[Corbic]

Just paint it red so the SR20 d!ckriders can appreciate it.... or get marker and right Vortec on the top of it or put a plastic Vortec cover on top of your valve cover.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190228/71d396d2fecb75d68180fac6b30b5db5.jpg

Day 42, they still don't realize I'm an LS1 swap.

[Memberofthe600hpkaclub]

Or....you could get my old rb25/z32 setup

[s14fiend]

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Day 42, they still don't realize I'm an LS1 swap.


LMAO I scrolled by like what the hell is this doing here.....

[s14fiend]

Or....you could get my old rb25/z32 setup

Sent you a PM regarding this....

[tom]

Getting AC lines installed.

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[Wykydtron]

I'm so glad i see builds i recognize on zilvia.

[tom]

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[tom]

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New Garage active mirrors.
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[tom]

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[tom]

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[Corbic]

So do people keep giving you the stink eye?

Keep up the good work.

[tom]

Yeah a lot of people hate it, some people don’t know what motor it is. Which is pretty funny since I have heard people say it’s a RB, JZ.