Potential

[40oz]

As im looking more and more into the 240sx, i have come along way, right now im trying to decide wither to go for the SR20det engine or to stick with the stock KA. My question is what engine has more potential for horse power, which engine can with stand more HP? <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/devil.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':devil:'>

In general what can the KA and the SR engines take in km, provided that the engines have been takin care of?

[Steeles]

heres a REALLY great discussion going on on Fresh Alloy. &nbsp;highly recommended reading foranyone looking at differences.

http://forums.freshalloy.com/ubbthre....=1&vc=1

enjoy

[40oz]

Thats a good topic, but it doesn't tell me the full potential of the KA or SR, it just says what hes got goin for him.

[Steeles]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (40oz @ Nov. 18 2002,2:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Thats a good topic, but it doesn't tell me the full potential of the KA or SR, it just says what hes got goin for him.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
well then Jun's hyperlemon was putting down something close to 800hp on a built SR there was a KA+T running tens with a big turbo and nitrous Chris may's KA+T puts out 430hp there's another one in Atlanta putting out 400+ too Greaser had his SR putting 457hp and a couple guys in Dallas with 400+hp stock bottom end SR's (all these are to the wheels) so they both have potential for whatever you wanna do provided you got the pockets and like the FA said which is your flavor?

[misnomer]

In essence, they both have about the same potential, limited by your pocketbook. A built KA will be a torquier monster, with more low end power, and lower overal revs. A built SR is a high winding son of a bitch, power up higher in the RPM band. You can't guage which has the most potential, the potential of the engine block is the result of the money you put into it. I've heard of a stateside 240 with the KA pushing 600 hp at the wheels iirc (Duy's old car). Running just inside ten seconds in the quarter mile.

Very few people want or need to build a car that powerful. In essence, from both engines, you are looking at the same price for similar performance levels, just the difference of which revs gives you the power. I'm a torque whore, and will stick with the KA (or go to something beefier <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>). A lot of people are not.

[mrdirty]

I grew up in a corvette family, I like torque...

I've heard numerous people talk about being disappointed w/ the SR but I've never heard anyone bitch about a KA-T.

I'll be going KA as soon as I can afford it...

[mbmbmb23]

I'd be slightly dissapointed in the SR if I paid thousands of dollars for the swap....and ended up with 205 OEM horsepower. &nbsp;I mean...yeah....I could always do upgrades later on, but then it ends up costing alot more than just building up a KA and turboing it. &nbsp;I mean...if I could get ahold of an SR longblock, with full harness, etc. for $500 (like I can with the KA), then I'd be interested in building up the SR.....but why pay like $2500 for something you are going to have to buy a different turbo, injectors, FMIC, etc...etc... for??

that just my opinion.

-m

[Steeles]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (mbmbmb23 @ Nov. 19 2002,9:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'd be slightly dissapointed in the SR if I paid thousands of dollars for the swap....and ended up with 205 OEM horsepower. I mean...yeah....I could always do upgrades later on, but then it ends up costing alot more than just building up a KA and turboing it. I mean...if I could get ahold of an SR longblock, with full harness, etc. for $500 (like I can with the KA), then I'd be interested in building up the SR.....but why pay like $2500 for something you are going to have to buy a different turbo, injectors, FMIC, etc...etc... for??

that just my opinion.

-m</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
again its all in preferance. &nbsp;I like smooth high winding engines. &nbsp;but because of costs I was going to go low budget KAT but the oppertunity arrived to do the SR instead and I took it. &nbsp;and now wouldnt trade it for anything. &nbsp;I've ridden in similar power level KAT andenjoy the way it feels to but for "only" 205 hp I love my current setup. &nbsp;but dollar for dollar MOST people would spend about the same on either setup. &nbsp;someone who cant put together their own turbo kit for the KA is going to spend what close to 4grand on one of the xs enginerring/nsport/fmax turbo kits plus whatever install costs run? &nbsp;and be putting out on average what 230hp? &nbsp; &nbsp;do any of those kits come with bigger injectors? &nbsp;that also doesnt include your guages and any engine problems or tranny problems your still stuck with. &nbsp;for aabout that much you can do the SR with requisite boltons and be doing about the same hp levels and get a whole new engine and tranny. &nbsp;plus the ability to recoup some of the cost (i.e. selling you the KA for 500 bucks <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> and other misc. &nbsp;parts to people) &nbsp;and yes theres downsides to both. &nbsp;you could get a lemon SR (but if you shopped smart no company should let you get stuck with a lemon) or you could fire up your brand new KAT only to find the engine wasnt strong enough to take forced induction and goes boom before you get around the block. &nbsp;its all about your choices. &nbsp;Im putting the beer down and going to bed now &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleeping.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':zzzz:'>