anyone with a ka-t from california?

[a240sxpinoy]

I was just wondering, wanted to chill and meet people around cali with ka-ts...

i hang out around walnut, pomona, area a lot.

[240sxvaj]

i go to cal poly pomona so i live in pomona on the weekdays, but still waiting to get the motor built. hopefully be done by end of june. after that we can have a meet.

[a240sxpinoy]

are you serious? what the hell. i go to cal poly too. lol even though your car is not done we should chill. my brother and some other guys that i meet keep telling me that turboing the ka is a dumb idea. i need proof. help me out man. lol

[240sxvaj]

There's nothing wrong w/ going ka-t, the only reason why there are a lot of blown ka-t is because most of the guys that go ka-t rush and dont put enough money in the tuning/cooling components. Heres a few thing that is better for the ka: bigger displacement 2.4L>2.0L, ka's will make more hp/torque than sr20 that is psi for psi. ka's have iron block meaning a little more heavy but stronger than aluminmum. i made 247whp 241wtq on a stock t25 @ stock 7-8psi boost. tuned by a afcneo. w/ a built block you can boost up to 20+psi and it will be bullet proof thats assuming the tune is really good. If you havent already, check out Ivans ka-t on youtube.com or amsperformance.com

I also have a friend that argues w/ me about going ka-t, One thing i notice that these people dont know anything about ka-t. You can go faster than a sr w/ about the same amount of money and still be reliable.

What year&major are you? If you need any help w/ your build you can email me at [email protected] we can meet up.

[nissancefiro]

if you wanna meet up theres meet every tuesday in the city of moreno valley, of the exit moreno beach, if you like to go take the 60 east to moreno valley exit moreno beach dr, make a right and make a right into the gas station and theres a WENDY'S and you'll see everyone there theres a s14 ka-t very fast ka-t

[240sxvaj]

if you wanna meet up theres meet every tuesday in the city of moreno valley, of the exit moreno beach, if you like to go take the 60 east to moreno valley exit moreno beach dr, make a right and make a right into the gas station and theres a WENDY'S and you'll see everyone there theres a s14 ka-t very fast ka-t

How many cars usually show up?. you guys know Riley?he has white s14sr20 in s13 coupe

[a240sxpinoy]

oh im walking this spring. 5th year and got two more classes but im going to walk. lol kinesiology major. um ya ill let you know when i get everything together...

as for that meet..hmm ill try to come out of these days..summer is going to be really busy. got a senior project i must complete.

[sunnys14]

I'm in Norcal Sac area.

Anyone see me?

[240sxvaj]

oh im walking this spring. 5th year and got two more classes but im going to walk. lol kinesiology major. um ya ill let you know when i get everything together...

as for that meet..hmm ill try to come out of these days..summer is going to be really busy. got a senior project i must complete.

I'm 3rd year in Mechanical engineering. its a Bi*tch to get the classes i want, so might even take me 6years to complete but i'm also taking summer classes. But yeah we can meet after i finish the car.

Or if you want, me and few of my buddy practice breaking in the basketball gym on wednesday's around 7-10pm

[nissancefiro]

How many cars usually show up?. you guys know Riley?he has white s14sr20 in s13 coupe

thats crazy yes i know him, wtf then call him, and lets go out and slide we know places, hit us up,

[240sxvaj]

thats crazy yes i know him, wtf then call him, and lets go out and slide we know places, hit us up,

still waiting to get more money to pay for labor to do the motor build. as soon as i get the car done i will hit up guys up. Riley used to work with me and got me and my bro into the drifting. Honestly the car have too much money put into it so dont know if we want to drift it and crash(usually happens for beginners). Maybe when i finish college and get a real job.

[1991h9]

I`m in nor cal. I used to live in pittsburg. Chico`s where im at now. Haven`t went ka`t....yet!!!! But saving up though. I have a post on the little things i need to go kat.

[a240sxpinoy]

nice nice. so wednesday nights at the gym...hmm we'll see. hey email me your number or something 240sxvaj. finals week this coming week. its going to be a *****! lol

oh ya mechanical is crazy hard. i was civil before then switched to kinesiology.

hopefully when my car is done, someone should make a meet. half way point between socal and norcal. that would be sweet.

[1991h9]

Anyone knows the difference between the gt35 ball bearing turbo and the gt40 besides the hp difference on jimwolftechnology.com.For example, yes the 40 is more hp but which one spolls faster? It doesnt say on the site i dont think.Or if anyone knows a good turbo that spolls at about 3 but that can handle 450whp easy?

KAT>SR202.4 / 2.0

[240sxvaj]

Anyone knows the difference between the gt35 ball bearing turbo and the gt40 besides the hp difference on jimwolftechnology.com.For example, yes the 40 is more hp but which one spolls faster? It doesnt say on the site i dont think.Or if anyone knows a good turbo that spolls at about 3 but that can handle 450whp easy?

KAT>SR202.4 / 2.0

You should make a new thread or do some searching first.

[1991h9]

Only thing i can find is that the bigger one holds more hp but the other one holds just a little less but spools faster, and doesn`t say how much faster or when. But yes i guess i do have to do more, i`ll have to call the place or something

[spooled240]

I'm 3rd year in Mechanical engineering. its a Bi*tch to get the classes i want, so might even take me 6years to complete but i'm also taking summer classes. But yeah we can meet after i finish the car.

Or if you want, me and few of my buddy practice breaking in the basketball gym on wednesday's around 7-10pm

I'm planning on transferring this fall to cal poly pomona and I'm majoring in mech. engineering also!

If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in pomona with my ka-t (i'm scared for it getting stolen )

[240sxvaj]

Sounds good, ka-t comin together. i just saw your other thread for track time. looks good man, hopefully we can have a meet at cali spdway.

cal poly isnt that bad w/car theft, just make sure you have good alarm,club,lock for clutch pedal. The only bad place is pomona, but on campus it should be safer.

[spooled240]

ah that's good, I'm gonna rig up some kill switches with my dated alarm lol.

[a240sxpinoy]

yup. sounds good! more ka-t's around this area! YAY!

ya just run all the necessary equipment! and park at the safe places.

[jt15833]

nico is like eharmony for car pplhaha

[spooled240]

true, i've met and hung out with quite a bit of nissan people through nico, especially where I'm at, the nissan crowd is a minority in honda-city.

[831_salinas240sx]

Im from the central coast. anyone around the salinas valley in the area? gimme a haller

[spooled240]

bump anyone else?

if this was concerning essars, we would have 4 pages by now lol

[1991h9]

whats it like to smogg it here in cali?

[a240sxpinoy]

eh i couldn't even pass smog with my twin cam right now...(i swapped it from a single to a twin)

my friend helped me out and we created a vacuum in the egr system while smoggin it and it passed. im pretty sure my egr is bad.

as for smog with a ka-t? i have no clues yet. im almost done with my set-up...

where are all the other ka-t's at?

i just need to get the ecu tuned and ill be going ka-t!

[240sxvaj]

whats it like to smogg it here in cali?

You wont pass smog going ka-t in cali. you wont even pass visual inspection, the only way is to cheat. If you are asian and the smog people are asian then most of the time they will deal with you.

[spooled240]

You wont pass smog going ka-t in cali. you wont even pass visual inspection, the only way is to cheat. If you are asian and the smog people are asian then most of the time they will deal with you.

hehe find those smog shops that have the beater rx-7's, 240's, etc. parked out front and you know they are willing to bend the rules lol

I took my all my boosting parts off and threw all my stock crap back on last december and my car passed smog, then I threw all the parts back on a wk later

Do any of you guys know if that greddy kit will still pass smog?

[a240sxpinoy]

i really dont know but i think it would. most of greddy's turbo kits are carb legal but i really dont know.

i think without the front mount it would?

[spooled240]

i don't think a front mount would pass visual..but there was a CARB legal greddy ka-t kit that got discontinued and I heard somewhere that it isn't even smog legal anymore. CARB legal turbo kits usually have about 5 psi of boost and give you 50 hp anyways....lame