Gtr injectors fit KA-E?

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I'm gonna buy these skyline injectors from themadscientist. I wanna know if they will fit right into the KA-E that i have now? themadscientist said that he was pretty sure they would fit but i wanna be totally sure before i spend money on them and find out they don't fit.


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They will fit but getting them to work you will need an ecu retune or piggy back.

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what's this "piggy-back" you speak of?

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GrEy240SX wrote:what's this "piggy-back" you speak of?


Are you going to turbo you’re motor?

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not yet. I will though. I just have to get new injectors and i thought might as well get some bigger than stock ones.

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I assume that your going to add boost to you’re engine.In order to get the “pulse” right you will need some kind of computer like one retuned from JWT for those injectors. Or you could use a “piggy back” which will attach to you’re existing ecu and you can make changes to the signal after the stock ecu. Those injectors will “fit” on you’re motor but there is way more to it than just making them fit.

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See I'm quite new. i know i have to put a resistor in. What are the signals for? and how much would a piggy back be? which way is cheaper?

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It is a great idea to get bigger injectors but do NOT use them until you are ready to turbo you’re car. Those are real big for an NA KA motor. I say get them. 200 bucks for those injectors is a good deal.

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If mad says the resistor will work then fine but I say you need to have some electrical experience.

try to find someone to help you when you put them in.

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yea...madscientist said the resistor from a CA will work fine. Is that what a piggy-back's job is?...same as resistor?

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i got my dad to help me :) plus i think mad is giving the wiring diagram too..

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yea...madscientist said the resistor from a CA will work fine. Is that what a piggy-back's job is?...same as resistor?

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I will draw you a wiring diagram, it's very basic stuff, hell I can do it :( To explain what the piggyback is going to do for you, the fuel curve in your computer assumes whatever flow your current injectors have, 260cc I think? You throw in 444cc ones with 58% more flow and you will saturate your engine with fuel because the computer doesn't know you changed them. When you get the turbo and put them in get something Like an Apex SAFC. It works by intercepting the air flow signal and allowing you to change it before it reaches the computer. You are lying to the computer to change the fuel flow. So you throw the R injectors in and it is crazy rich at idle, kind of coughs until boost comes up and then gets a little lean at the top so you would use the piggy back to change this. You go with something like -20% at 1000, -15 at 2000, -5 at 3000 as the boost hits +5 at 5000 and +10 at 7000. That's just an example but a good piggywill allow you to tune out the larger injectors so the car runs right. I would reccomend you do the following before using them;

Send them off to be cleaned and flow tested

install an adjustable fuel pressure regulator

get a good quality Air/Fuel meter

get an Apex SAFC

these are the tools that will allow you to get the car purring like a kitten

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so i can't use the injectors even if i use the resistor? that sucks...now i'll need more money to get all those extra things like the apexi safc and stuff...:(. it wouldn't be good to just use the resistor with the injectors until i get those things?

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bump

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the injectors will work in the sense that they spray fuel as they should. The problem is your computer will run them like they are 260cc so you will be rich as hel. In a simplified example imagine the water you use to brush your teeth in the morning(I hope you brush regularly dental hygene is important:D ). Your sink foucet is about 1" in diameter and the valve is turned to 50%. That is just the right amount of water to get the job done. Now I sneak into your bathroom during the night and run a firehose to your sink. If you set that to the same flow of 50% can you stay in front of the sink at all? That is the problem, you need the SAFC and or fuel pressure regulator to turn down the time these injectors are open because they flow more, you could brush your teeth with a firehose if you could turn the valve down to 5% instead of the 50% the fucet needed to do the same job.

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LOL leave it to mad to explain this so perfectly

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i get what ur saying now madscientist. What are a good brand of injectors for my KA-E until i get a turbo. I don't have a job so money is tight...i'm only 18. I don't think i could buy all those extra things for the GTR injectors.

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i say hack the maf ....if you out in the 444cc they are 64.38 % bigger than the whimpy 270s.... if you know what size the stock maf and if you pased algebra 1 you can do the math...

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but you will still run rich


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