KA-T project finally about to get rolling

[Kaleo55]

ROTM +1

How'd the dyno go?

My baby "Cayenne/Pepper" got dressed and rolled out into the sun and on in to downtown Philly and to Philly Dyno for a tune. Wow... besides dodging every friggin pothole in town we made it. Was nice to see the car outdoor for the first time since December 6th. Was proud of her... First base pull, no-tune, she hit 230 rwhp no prob, 7lbs of boost. second pull she made 276, third final she made 281 but we stopped because she crept up to 17lbs, shut her down at 5000 rpm. We're confident she can easily handle 17lbs boost but we were concerned the waste gate wasn't openning when it was suppose. Got a few more bugs to work out, switching out the SARD FPR for a fully adjustable Aeromotive unit. The power steeing pump is toast, and we re-adjusted the waste gate repalce the spring and switched vacuum port. So... here she is ... To all you NICOnauts... Thanx for all your support... Back to the Dyno tomorrow

Kal

[tjmhillz]

congrats damn shes a beauty... wat was ur hp goals??

[jrivera]

So nice

[WDRacing]

Awsome work so far man. I really look forward to seeing the finished product. Hopefully I'll see you at some shows.

WD

[Kaleo55]

Thanks all... The car went to the dyno yesterday for the final tune (for now, until I break her in a bit), and we made 338 rwhp at 5000 rpm 14lbs. The AEM tru-boost Gauge/Meter was spiking so we by-bassed the AEM unit and limit the boost to the 5lbs Turbonetics waste gate spring. So now she easily makes 231 rwhp @ 5lbs 5200 rpm, not too bad...she revs so smooth through every gear and just wants to go...love it! I post the dyno and more pictures later.

Just want to thank you all again for your support and enthusiam, with special thanks to Mike and Willi at JDM Motorsportz, Eric at Philly Dyno, Beezer at The Engine Shop, all the Jose's at Jose & Sons for the beautiful paint, AMS for the suppling many of the internals, Extreme PSI for being so close... WD for your constant support...

[rlvq35de]

congrats, I have boost issues with the greedy unit, i ordered the AEM tru boost, gonna try that. Im doing the same, running off the wastegate 14lb spring only now.

[srpowr86]

yo brotha,she pulled out the shop kinda hard. make sure she still got some grip on does tires.

[nelson8708]

ROTM +1

+10000

I just read all three pages of this build and i have to say that this is the best build i have read about. No corners cut, built motor done right, beautiful paint job......Sir i bow down to you and your paitiance

She looks great. Hope you get your e-manage and boost controller problems worked out. I say she could put down 300+hp easily as a daily as long as the turbo can put it out (didnt see what size it was)...

Great build

[xTearsFallForeverx]

haha. I just read all 3 pages too. Thats a real nice build man. With I had the money and patients for that ... my $19 an hour just doesnt come fast enough.. ISO: MAD OVERTIME lol.

[sicride]

whenever I'm feeling randy, I just come to this thread, get out the KY, kick back... and ya know......

relax..

[Kaleo55]

whenever I'm feeling randy, I just come to this thread, get out the KY, kick back... and ya know......

relax..

Haha... that's pretty funny and a nice compliment, thanks... She's fun to drive, although the lo boost setting isn't going to be satisfactory for very long... haha She's so needy... never ends...

[Kaleo55]

Thought I'd rejuvenate this thread a bit, Will added a video on Youtube of my baby getting fired up for the very first time... here's the link and a couple of recent pics...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctA6wL6gr04









Kal

[WDRacing]

WOOOOOT!!!!!! Flames out the turbine FTMFW baby!!!!!

To bad she's so ugly though man...

[sicride]

oh man she is sooo hott. Are you planning on getting new wheels? or are you doing wheel spacers? 5mm in the front 15-20mm in the rear should do it.

[Kaleo55]

I thought I'd resurrect this thread and give you all an update. After I'd say about 2k miles or so, and a couple fo car shows, I've had pull the car off the street. After a brief trip to Maryland, on the return to Philly the car overheated. It's possible I blew a head gasket. The engine was blowing tons of white blue smoke. The car's in the garage, we've pulled the motor and it's about to go back to the Jeff at the "Engine Shop" for ful diagnostic. Hopefully the motor's all good and no major damage to block or head. The car has been a absolute kick to drive and has left me wanting for more... here's a couple of recent pics... yes I switched out the wheels to 18" TSW's Norgano's.

[Ryanz32tt]

All i can say is wow, just wow. Amazing stuff man ...i have to ask one thing though ..what do you do for a living!?!?!?!? lol

[thomasjamal]

Is it too late for your car to make the NICO calendar?

BTW, definitely hope there is no significant damage. This was a great build and I'd hate to see it so short lived...

[WDRacing]

Those rims are SO much better looking. I hated the other ones. With all the money you have in that thing how the hell did you overheat it? Before you do anything else, buy a full set of gauges with warning lights. That way you don't have to worry about anything.

Hopefully its just a headgasket. Old iron blocks aren't "to bad" to have overheated. They don't warp like the Honda's etc.

Best of luck fixing her up bro.

[Kaleo55]

I'm hoping for the best, I know the block still has good compression. Initial visual inspection of the rods and crank look good. The whole timing assembly gonna have to be replaced, it was making a hella racket and we found bit and pieces of the stuff in the oil pan. By the way the timing gears and tensioners were NOT Nissan oem, so let that also be a lesson, beware the cheap knock off's. You get what you pay for...

[gripstr]

Congratulations man....

What is the estimated cost of the KA-T build? Im hoping to Go that direction myself as well

[GEO]

$8.5K

[jpadilla12]

I hope everything goes well with the fix, definitely one of the cleanest Ka-t's around. Keep us updated on the progress!!

[sil80drifter]

need new headlights =]

sil80

[WDRacing]

Here's a bump of a good thread for everyone that hasn't browsed through it.

[scheffler]

DAMN Nice build man

[sommmatt]

Wow. Just went through the whole 3 pages of this build, and I must say, it definitely is amazing and an inspiration for myself.

[zzk2739]

Wow If you want too, you should sell that car and split the money to everybody that posted on this wall lol. that is a beautiful car. Deff like the news wheels. looking good. i hope this is what you want, cuz it probley took you along time to save that cash!!!!!!!!!!!Peace

[nelson8708]

Motor mounts by JGS Precision... on powder coated brackets

if you had fitment issues with the motor mounts it is because in these pictures they are upside down. I can believe i didnt notice it earlier. Hey if it works it works.

[idahotuner]

i hang out i n the sr section mostly. but this is one badA$$ build. love the paint. it is really close to what my integra was.



i am thinking about doing my 240 like this aswell kinda liek my personal trade mark for the cars i customize.

no flaming my integra i was in my ricer stage.

[WDRacing]

If by close you mean way different, then yep...pretty close