Question for you KA-T guys

[jononioo]

THIS IS NOT A POLL!!! Just list your thougths and views about the following questions.

Question: Are you satisfied with your KA-T?

Question: Was your KA-T worth the trouble?

Question: How Manly PSI do you boost? How much power do you put to the wheels?

Question: Is your KA-T dominant in your town? (or do you get your ass spanked)

Question: How long has your KA-T setup been working "Properly"?


Thank you for your time!
-Jonathan

[branch757]

man you might get flamed for that one...
but i have the same questions

[nismo2491]

1) yes
2) yes
3) uhhh power to wheels, never got a chance to dyno before selling it but was pushing 18psi on built internals, pump gas, and s-afc w/ wideband to tune with
4) I only got beat by a low 11 sec mustang, but I also only raced a low 11 second mustang, I don't really street race and built the car end of october and sold in april so never got to run it at the track
5) see above..

I'm building another ka-t drag car right now, I'll let you know what the power output and stuff on that is but it will be fully built, standalone, t3/t4, nitrous, etc...

[Gladman]

Question: Are you satisfied with your KA-T?

Yes

Question: Was your KA-T worth the trouble?

Yes

Question: How Manly PSI do you boost? How much power do you put to the wheels?

Last time car was on road, 15psi, 350whp.

Question: Is your KA-T dominant in your town? (or do you get your ass spanked)

I havent lost yet.

Question: How long has your KA-T setup been working "Properly"?

Car has been on and off road since last spring.

[jononioo]

are these cars your daily drivers?

[Lurkable]

Question: Are you satisfied with your KA-T?
- Yes.

Question: Was your KA-T worth the trouble?
- Yes.

Question: How Manly PSI do you boost? How much power do you put to the wheels?
- Manly enough for your mom.

Question: Is your KA-T dominant in your town? (or do you get your ass spanked)
- I don't enjoy rough trade.

Question: How long has your KA-T setup been working "Properly"?
- LOL

[ghostuss]

KA is proven. GO for it. if ur engine condition is good, boost it stock and run 250hp daily won't be much trouble unless you hehe hit the speedlimit like someone I know... 250 = low 13's ? I don't think you can dominate on the street but you will smoke ricers easy. It would be fun to drive since KA = mad torque. Now if you want to go highpower with a built internal. Then those questions are irrelevent.

[sideview_180sx]

questions like this remind me of an idiot trying to ask a good questions, but still deriving from an idiot. How much HP and how long was a KA running without problems are good questions. all the other shit are just idiotic, somewhat liek a kid who gets a b16 in a civic and can't wait to go running around racing everyone thinking he isn't going to be beaten and as if he won't get caught while trying to accomplish it.

[jononioo]

Originally Posted by sideview_180sx

questions like this remind me of an idiot trying to ask a good questions, but still deriving from an idiot. How much HP and how long was a KA running without problems are good questions. all the other shit are just idiotic, somewhat liek a kid who gets a b16 in a civic and can't wait to go running around racing everyone thinking he isn't going to be beaten and as if he won't get caught while trying to accomplish it.

All of my questions are valid... Most of the questions are opionion questions. Don't flam my thread. If you don't have anything to contribute to the thread then dont speak at all.. ok

[Ghst 01]

Question: Are you satisfied with your KA-T?
Yes

Question: Was your KA-T worth the trouble?
No trouble, except some install issues due to not having all tools necesarry to do the intall.

Question: How Manly PSI do you boost? How much power do you put to the wheels?
Somewhere around 8-9psi.... around 230-240 to the wheels.

Question: Is your KA-T dominant in your town? (or do you get your ass spanked)
I can pretty much run anything with the same amount of mods as me...

Question: How long has your KA-T setup been working "Properly"?
Over a year with no problems... except having to replace the nuts for the mani.. put about 20k miles on it

[EchoOfSilence]

haha. caught between the two still, seeing as I'm sohc and would have to swap a motor in anyway. turbo-e isn't worth it IMO

[infinitexsound]

yes it is.......... e is just as good as de.... personally u have not seen a 12 valve do some dirty work...

[SochBAT]

I'm planning on doin that KA-Te build in the upcoming year or so. Building the KA-T relies on good tuning. I've heard of guys gettin close to 370hp dailydriven, and working like it was fresh from the factory. You'll probably get close to spending the same amount of money for the entire KAT build as you would an SR, you just won't have to wait as long to get KA parts. And now that everyone and their moms are gettin SRs, you'll KINDA standout in a crowd. Go with your guy feeling. If you are scared your KAT will pop on you, spend the cashon the SR. Just don't cry when you have to source out other SR internals if it busts.

[broken_s13]

Originally Posted by sochbat

If you are scared your KAT will pop on you, spend the cashon the SR. Just don't cry when you have to source out other SR internals if it busts.

there are some places that have SR parts in stock SOCHBAT.. I feel its more of prefrence..

[jononioo]

Originally Posted by sochbat

If you are scared your KAT will pop on you, spend the cashon the SR. Just don't cry when you have to source out other SR internals if it busts.

I KNOW my ka is gonna pop. Its just a matter of time. Im trying to plan ahead and get a new engine along with all the parts ill need to go ka-t. Its gonna be alot of trouble, but you guys seem to think its worth all the trouble so...ey, im goona go for it. But for now im gonna go with 370's(own),Safc2(own),plx-m300(still looking). Hopefully with a good tune i should be able to crank out ~250 w/ a t04b or 50trim t3/t4e.

Keep posting though...i wanna read more about how you guys like your ka-ts!!!

[EchoOfSilence]

Originally Posted by infinitexsound

yes it is.......... e is just as good as de.... personally u have not seen a 12 valve do some dirty work...

as a turbo motor? i'll admit that I haven't seen any interesting builds for an e-t.

[infinitexsound]

i smell it,from EchoOfSilence..


dude u dont know what ur talkin about..... u need to tell the guys racing in gt3 class that their cars are weak for running ka's in them... and u should tell rebello racing to stop building KA's cause its a waste of time.......

[EchoOfSilence]

Originally Posted by infinitexsound

i smell it,from EchoOfSilence..


dude u dont know what ur talkin about..... u need to tell the guys racing in gt3 class that their cars are weak for running ka's in them... and u should tell rebello racing to stop building KA's cause its a waste of time.......

don't start jumping to conclusions. not once did i say the ka is unworthy of anything. all I implied was that the de would be a better base to build off of. calm down

[Gjohnson7]

Anyone with an opinion, of the best turbo kit or self kit to go with for about 250 to 300hp. I'm picking up a spare ka someone is giving and planning on rebuilding it and boosting it.

Just looking for ideas. Still new to this.

[SochBAT]

Even when you find that SR part, it'll cost you a pretty penny. Check out other KA-T sites for their feedback on their cars, like KA-T.org, or phatkat.com (?). They all seem pretty happy with their setup, and its reliability.

And if your tuning skills suck, beef up on it before making that KA-T. Reliability all relies on tuning. And having that money for tuning.

[Ghst 01]

IMO either the SR or KAT will give you good results if you buy quality parts.... do things correctly(install, tunning), and know how and where to shop... either one can be better than the other depending on previously mention... this topic has been discussed to the death.......

[infinitexsound]

Seriously to death, just tired of ppl knocking on the KA.. blah blah yada yadda.. any motor is capable of anything... just dont knock the KA..... thats all i ask... in NA or TURBO

[Gjohnson7]

Originally Posted by infinitexsound

Seriously to death, just tired of ppl knocking on the KA.. blah blah yada yadda.. any motor is capable of anything... just dont knock the KA..... thats all i ask... in NA or TURBO

Preach brother!!!!

[EchoOfSilence]

Originally Posted by infinitexsound

Seriously to death, just tired of ppl knocking on the KA.. blah blah yada yadda.. any motor is capable of anything... just dont knock the KA..... thats all i ask... in NA or TURBO

I wasn't knocking on anything.
Just sharing a thought. If anything, instead of immediately docking me, it'd be nice if you would inform me of ka-e(t) builds.

[infinitexsound]

ka-t.org...... search ka24et

[jononioo]

Hey guys, can i have my thread back....thanks!!!

Originally Posted by jononioo

THIS IS NOT A POLL!!! Just list your thougths and views about the following questions.

Question: Are you satisfied with your KA-T?

Question: Was your KA-T worth the trouble?

Question: How Manly PSI do you boost? How much power do you put to the wheels?

Question: Is your KA-T dominant in your town? (or do you get your ass spanked)

Question: How long has your KA-T setup been working "Properly"?


Thank you for your time!
-Jonathan

[orion::S14]

Question: Are you satisfied with your KA-T?

Yes...have been for more than 2 years.

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Question: Was your KA-T worth the trouble?

What trouble? Bolt it on, work out the bugs, make good power. Easy.

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Question: How Manly PSI do you boost? How much power do you put to the wheels?

12psi, 298rwhp.

Setup/dyno charts here: www.KA24DEvelopment.com

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Question: Is your KA-T dominant in your town? (or do you get your ass spanked)

That's a pretty broad question...

On the street...it does pretty damn well.

At the track...low-13s at ~110mph (easy launch).

SCCA autocross...I run in SM, and am 2nd for the year (PAX: 34th out of 393 total drivers)...but I run street tires, and SM PAX is NOT friendly.

On the road course...has more than enough power.

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Question: How long has your KA-T setup been working "Properly"?

+2 years.

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The SR is a great motor, but the KA has a ton of potential as well...

- Brian

[Zen S14]

Question: Are you satisfied with your KA-T?

Yes.

Question: Was your KA-T worth the trouble?

Bought a kit and installed it. Tuned on dyno. No trouble at all.

Question: How Manly PSI do you boost? How much power do you put to the wheels?

8psi and 239-243whp on a dynojet, repeatable over the span of 1 year on 93 octane gas. I dynoed it four times.

Question: Is your KA-T dominant in your town? (or do you get your ass spanked)

Sorry I don't street race. However, at the track it runs 13.8-14.0 with a stock automatic tranny. Similar setups runs mid to low 13s with manual depending on driver and traction.

Question: How long has your KA-T setup been working "Properly"?

1 year and a half. 150+ runs down the 1/4mile, daily driven the first 8 month.
No breakdowns, just change oil every 3-4K and flush tranny after one year.
Motor has 150K+ all stock internals.

[Gjohnson7]

Not trying to hijack jononioo's thread, but do you guys mind posting your setup/kit also? Thanks

[TheSpeedFactor]

lets see some pics