HELP ON KA24DET GREDDY TURBO

[s13ka24det]

hi, i doing a ka24de with the greedy bolt on turbo kit and greedy intercooler? Iwant to know how many pound boost with the stock ka can ? I know the greedy bolt on is 6psi running about 225. i waiting on a thicker head glasket so i can lower my compression to run higher boost? is that a good idea? I know with the thicker gasket=lag time. The company that i special ordearing the gasket from it takes about 2-4weeks. well do you guys think i can use a stock head gasket and still be able to run high boost with the stock intenal?

[Florida240sx]

The stock ka can handle 350rwhp.The break limit is 400.But this is under careful tuning. Can blow up your car on 7lbs of boost just as easily as 27.Although there is more room for error at the 7lbs.Headgasket isn't needed but would strengthen your engine.What is your current compression? I'm running 7lbs and doing fine althoguh car has only run for 100miles.Had some issues getting fixed right now.Only relation to my ka failign to the turbo is do to 13yr old parts..Radiator and I didn't have my heat shields positioned correctly.I don't think that head gasket is going to affect you much. Make sure you get that emanage tuned.

[s13ka24det]

hey, how would i be able to get the emange tune? and how push do u think i be pushing with setup i doing right now?

89 s13(95ka24de motor)arp head studcometic head gasketgreedy turbo kitgreedy intercoolerwalro fuel pumpgreedy boost controlloil catch canstage 3 clutchkoyo raditor

[turbo98_240sx]

with the greddy kit? and tuning the greddy kit requires there software (witch can be had for free if you look hard or I can point you to it .) do you have any way to view A/F? you might consider getting a BOV if you want to run more boost on the kit just my .02 on that. Plus soon you will be out of the range of the MAF so you will need some sort of boost sensor or a new MAF, and If I'm not mistaken you will need pistions to get to the 350/400 I think they can go after about 300 or so, don'tl quote me on that though.

[s13ka24det]

oh yes, i have a blitz bov . can u help me find some souce info on tuning the emange? i not going to boost over 12 cause i just building the car for drift.

[turbo98_240sx]

check out the e-manage group on yahoo

[Red-KAT]

I'm running the Greddy kit, mostly.

The injectors top out fast. at 12:1 pushing 260whp the injectors are at 100% duty at 50psi base fp. (this is at the psi below)

[C-Kwik]

http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcrob/rt-fuel2.html

In reference to using a thicker headgasket. Read this artical. Pay particular attention to the squish bands(more popularly referred to as quench areas(bands) in the auto world) and the boundary layers. There are some good question-answers under this article that further elaborate on this and would explain some of the negative effects on this from adding a thicker headgasket.

My take? Forget thicker headgaskets. I'm not opposed to stronger ones, but I am against thicker. If you want to lower compression, play with the shape of the combustion chamber(professionally of course, though professionals tend to like even smaller combustion chambers), or use lower compression pistons. What are your power goals anyways? The compression in the KA is fairly low by today's performance standards. 15 psi is easily attainable with most turbos without detonation as long as you supply enough fuel. I think some have done near or over 20 psi. Beyond this, the bottom end is going to become questionable. Might as well opt for lower compression pistons at that point and ditch any thoughts of using a thicker head gasket.

[ChicagoS14T]

My friends cousin ran the Greddy kit on his 97. The kit was fine from the start. He boosted it at only 5 psi, but he also went for the FMIC option. His motor had a little under 100K when he installed it. Now I dont know what hes done thus fur except for a custom downpipe but he is pushin more then stock boost and as far as I know its holding up good. One problem you will run into for sure is with the tune for the Greddy E-manage as it is preprogrammed for 96 and up ka motors with OBD II. This is the reason I didnt consider the kit for my 95. The kit is fine but the E-manage will need to be reprogrammed as previously stated. The KA is fine with up to 15 psi of boost depending on the compression and other factors, aka gaskets, radiators, etc. Your stock clutch should give you problems near the 200whp mark. The Greddy kit with the FMIC is known to produce about that. Im waiting for the IAP kit I ordered and can't wait. Check out http://www.KA-t.org for more issues with what the KA is capable of.