ka-t pwnage in CA...FML

[spooled240]

^California Highway Patrol has the authority to inspect your vehicle if they have a reasonable suspicion that your vehicle has been illegally modified. They don't ASK you to pop it, they TELL you lol

yea a red coupe piggy

and i want something around 200-220hp not too much just a daily driver

Condition of motor i think its okay maybe machine shop my head and get a new timing chain as well but idk yet

and for the budget waiting on next quarters financial aid lol and well recently got a job my 2nd day there lol

well i'd say hold off on the ka-t for now and get some money saved up to fix and freshen up your ka with any necessary maintenance first. You don't wanna be broke with a non reliable ka-t. Compression test your motor, measure valve shim clearances and change any necessary gaskets and seals first. Depending on how cheap you wanna make it, you can get stock sr20 parts to bolt on the ka with the exception of the manifold(not sure if they make a bottom mount t2 manifold for the SOHC ka tho?) and make 200 whp no problem

[Razi]

They don't make bottom mount KAE turbo manifolds from what I know.

And yes, the cops here can pull you over and tell you to pop your hood if they have a suspicion that your car is modified. Makes me piss me pants everytime a cop pops up behind me, thank goodness my car looks stock.

Spooled, do you think you'll be at the meet next week?I might drop by next week.

[spooled240]

aww you might be outta luck w/ that one s13dwa, I think you should just do the DE swap tho since it's pretty cheap, aftermarket parts are pretty readily available and you can pick one up w/ somewhat low mileage. But if you're gonna do an engine swap, you should just consider an sr swap and be done with it lol

razi i might be there next week, i hope they are not pissed at us tho...my friend daniel revved his rb20 to the moon like an idiot haha ..sounded f***in nice tho

[mRodiek]

Im from Chicago, relocated to LA

[spooled240]

cool, how do you like it? or dislike it? lol

[Cody240]

^well at 8psi i'm probably around 230whp lol but with me weighing at 135, it's like a 200 pound guy with carbon hood, doors, trunk and a gutted interior

you were there last night? did you park next to the silver 280zx?

yeah that was me I was talking to sonny about his bumper and explaining s*** about your turbo setup to my friend (he is a noob at car stuff) lol but yeah it was me in the camaro (hate that f***ing car) but it gets me around see you next week.

[mRodiek]

I love it, its 80 degrees in November! lol No mosquitoes while Im working on my car at night, and more 240s at one meet than Ive seen in my life.

Ive been to a couple of meets and people seem pretty chill too, I gotta find someone to help me with my SR though.

[spooled240]

fo sho, the import scene in general is pretty badass out here in CA. What meets have you gone to? I wanna hit up an LA meet sometime, maybe me and some friends will caravan and roll hella deep so we look soooo cool when we pull in r or if you ever have a chance to be in rancho cucamonga on a wed night you can check out the meet at deiffen's, it gets pretty good some days when the weather's decent.

hm i don't seem to remember you cody240 but I remember seeing your camaro next to my buddy's 280z. maybe i'll come out next week

[duffman1278]

Socals import scene is soo awsome. But I have nothing to compare it too lol I havn't lived anywhere else.

What do you need help with Driftboy? If it's not that much I might be of some assistance, I mean I did do my own swap.

[mRodiek]

Ive been to rancho once a while ago but not for cars lolIve been to the 818 & 626 meets a couple times, maybe Ill shoot my way over to Rancho when I get my car to run right.

Socals import scene is soo awsome. But I have nothing to compare it too lol I havn't lived anywhere else.

What do you need help with Driftboy? If it's not that much I might be of some assistance, I mean I did do my own swap.

Trust its better than where Im from Im running rich at like 10.0 AFR, car goes into safe mode @ 2500-3k which means its the MAF right? Ive tried 3 and Im trying another next week. The difference with the next one is I KNOW its out of a working car, if that doesnt fix it then Ill be looking for more assistance.

Sorry for the jack spooled.

[S13D.W.A]

oh man that sucks lol

well i would rather pick up a ka24de than a sr since i think they are not good if i would get a ticket like in your case just down grade compared to swaping all the motor and wiring which would suck lol do you know of any place that would sell the motor in fairly good shape/rebuilt??

and talking about LA im down to roll to a meet with you i go to LA alot since i grew up there lol so let me know man im down to roll

[spooled240]

i've been to japan and that's the only place that beats socal by a long shot w/ out police trouble but socal is still pretty tyte for being stateside

edit: feel free to jack this thread, no ones driving anyway lol

[S13D.W.A]

you been to japan??? i hate you!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol JK thats my dream place to visit lol

[spooled240]

^ha yeah, visiting family but i got my share of checkin it out...seeing s***ty r32 GT-R's and s13/s14 silvia's are like mustangs over there lmao

oh man that sucks lol

well i would rather pick up a ka24de than a sr since i think they are not good if i would get a ticket like in your case just down grade compared to swaping all the motor and wiring which would suck lol do you know of any place that would sell the motor in fairly good shape/rebuilt??

and talking about LA im down to roll to a meet with you i go to LA alot since i grew up there lol so let me know man im down to roll

i'd check the forums man, I've seen numerous good deals on kade's for 350 bucks

[mrgrape]

im from japan =] im going back once i get my bachelors, teach english and touge all day!

[mRodiek]

Hows the 240 scene out in Rancho? The one time I was there I saw 3 S13's in a parking garage at this outdoor mall..If only I could remember the name of the damn place

[duffman1278]

I'm going to japan as soon as I graduate, so hopefully in 2.5 years

[S13D.W.A]

LOL i wonder if people in japan want mustangs lmao

oh okay but the thing with the forums idk if ima be ripped off lol which sucks not knowing lol :/

[duffman1278]

Awhile back actually, around the early 90's Japanese were apparently big on american muscle cars. I read that they were importing our cars to Japan.

[S13D.W.A]

do you mean muscle cars as in 1967 cameros or like mustangs 5.0's??

[duffman1278]

I forgot.

[spooled240]

I think it was old cars like 57 chevy's and stuff. Back in the 90's the american economy sucked and the dollar sucked so these japanese guys would come over here with 20,000 dollars and take a classic car back with them.

the 240 scene in rancho/fontana is pretty good, there's definitely a lot of s13's around

[mRodiek]

Ill have to make my way out there at some point, any more details on what you did to make your car more stealth-ish?

[duffman1278]

I second that, what is this more "stealth equipment" shenanigans you speak of?

[spooled240]

i installed a hologram generator that de-materialized my fmic with a flip of a switch lol

but for real, i just painted my FMIC and my exhaust flat black, you can't see s*** now lol everything else is IDENTICAL

can you see my exhaust?

how bout an IC?
Modified by spooled240 at 10:15 PM 11/7/2009

[duffman1278]

You're a sneaky cat. Any engine bay shots to compare?

[spooled240]

everything else is the same in the engine compartment still flashy as can be =/ other than a brake master cylinder heat shield a made recently

i had one CHP follow me on a freeway offramp a while back with these new stealth gadgets on, i had my turn signal's on and i was driving like i was driving for my life of course, but he just passed me by thank god

[mRodiek]

Super stealthy. I hate it when they cruise behind you, its like they just wanna f*** with you and freak you out then pull away. Then again Id much rather them f*** with me than actually pull me over

[spooled240]

ha yah they just like to keep us on our toes lol

my biggest defense is to drive like i'm taking the damn behind the wheel DMV test everyday so they ain't got s*** on me

[S14toRPS13]

Planning on going back to CA. I guess I'll have to do some black painting as well.