Suggestions for motor ka24.

[church401]

Hey guys I'm refreshing a motor right now. The plan is to have it be n/a until a killer deal on a turbo kit comes around. I'm going to regasket the whole motor using a master gasket set. Oem head gasket and arp head studs. Any other mods I should consider before re assembling it? Thank you.

[KAT-PWR]

Nope that'll do for a low horsepower set up with a good tune.

[church401]

Would it be good idea to get a can or better valves? Is there anything else other than building the bottom end left to do?

[KAT-PWR]

My opinion is 264 cams really wakes the KA up. If you're not building the bottom end don't expect high power

[anti tyler]

Yeah cam it out, or at minimum do a hot swap.

Shit, have that thing bored and stroked and stop playing around. I've been waiting ages for someone to just up and do that.

[church401]

I'm trying to get 300 whp even with arp's, Oem head gasket , disco potato and fmic. Tuning and 550's. Running a vq transmission with white bunny clutch kit. Fresh timing set and regasket. I have aeromotive regulator Walbro pump. Aem wide band. Will the car be suitable with 264's and being n/a? Would a valve and spring kit make it more achievable. I'm only asking because people have been messing with these motors way before me. And they have way more experience. Thanks for the reply's so far helping my alot with planning.

[KAT-PWR]

I'm trying to get 300 whp even with arp's, Oem head gasket , disco potato and fmic. Tuning and 550's. Running a vq transmission with white bunny clutch kit. Fresh timing set and regasket. I have aeromotive regulator Walbro pump. Aem wide band. Will the car be suitable with 264's and being n/a? Would a valve and spring kit make it more achievable. I'm only asking because people have been messing with these motors way before me. And they have way more experience. Thanks for the reply's so far helping my alot with planning.

264s do not require different springs or valves.

People get caught up in "oh well this costs money so it must mean improvement" but they forget about what application they're using it for and often end up worse off.

Keep it simple.


Street/Strip Specification
Designed for Rear Wheel Drive applications. Plug and play application. Short duration for nice street manners, slight lope at idle. Excellent all purpose spec. OEM spring OK. V2 Specification.

[Prok0]

I would probably invest in a Cometic HG as well, but the setup sounds decent.

We made 270/270 here at 12psi on an OEM S14 turbo, stock KA with ARPs/Cometic and 370cc SR injectors/Z maf, ran out of injector so we couldnt make any more power safely, but we ran it at that for like 4-5 years on one of our employee daily driver/drift cars and it worked great.

[church401]

I would probably invest in a Cometic HG as well, but the setup sounds decent.

We made 270/270 here at 12psi on an OEM S14 turbo, stock KA with ARPs/Cometic and 370cc SR injectors/Z maf, ran out of injector so we couldnt make any more power safely, but we ran it at that for like 4-5 years on one of our employee daily driver/drift cars and it worked great.

what did you use to tune the car? thank you for the reply. makes me feel like 300 whp will resonable with my build.

[church401]

can somebody point me in the direction of set of 264's. I know the bc's cost 450$. im kind of trying to be cheap...