gettting ready to turbo my car with the ka. have 85,000 miles and was wondering should i hot tanks the engine or just look for another low mile engine.
thanks
new engine or hottank it? 85,000 miles.
The wiring totally depends on what engine management you use as well as what gauges you put in, gauges are easy but a standalone with new sensors is more challenging. A JWT ecu is as easy as plugging it in but other engine management options might require an almost full re-wire of the engine related stuff.
ahaha i'm sorry bro, but 85k miles and your worried. my KA is still on it's original parts with 203k miles and it still running 255 compression, KAs just don't crap out after 100k or anything. they live nice and long. Lots of altima people keep them around for 250+k miles.
don't worry unless the compression or leakdown readings are bad. If you want to be safe, the best thing to do other than internals is some head work, at which time you can get things cleaned up a bit and it should be dandy for boost.
don't worry unless the compression or leakdown readings are bad. If you want to be safe, the best thing to do other than internals is some head work, at which time you can get things cleaned up a bit and it should be dandy for boost.
you could just browse through the forum, through the first 10 pages, and read up on what people are using, and read the replies to questions people ask.. it might give you a good idea.You could learn to read compressor maps and do some math and stuff too, but I'm not that good at that so I can't help you much there.