Question About ka24de compression...

[Roger_cha]

yea i was thinking about going turbo on my ka24de. the motor has about 320 k miles on it and when i did the compression test on it all four cylinder pushes out 185 each. i was worndering if i can boost my ka, any suggession please feel free to tell..

[DALAZ_68]

thats a pretty high compression i thikn???check the FSM for compression for ur engine....

and yeah its possibe to boost this block just gotta have the fund to do it right

[coolbone28]

Thats perfect compression. Turbo it!

[Roger_cha]

thanks for the suggession but the motor has about 320k miles on it i dont know if the motor will hold and i check the data sheet it said that the compression should be around 150 to 179 psi.

[DALAZ_68]

ha i was right lol

thats usually cuz of carb build up and ****...

try seafoaming the engine and run another compression test

should change compression a bit... but i doubt by 25+ psi

if anything give it a rebuild if u wanna boost

[coolbone28]

The fact that they are all the same and just a hair over spec means the rings are good enough to hold some boost. Ill bet that those #'s are better than a lot of the guys that go KA-T. Mileage is irrelevant. If you are still worried about it then do a leakdown test and if that turns out ok i would say boost it.

Your power goals are also going to affect if you should build up your engine.

[DALAZ_68]

Your power goals are also going to affect if you should build up your engine.

thats my main reason why i suggest rebuild...or atleast change up the gaskets...