Turbo charging the ka24de!! is it worth it?

[crazem]

I've read a lot about turbo charging the 240's stock plant, I also just bought the new SCC mag an it talked about how you can build your own turbo for pocket change, which in a lot of "OUR" cases (speaking for many of us) it sounds like a great deal!!! but here comes the ORDEAL!!!!! on e-bay there are literally hundreds of kits already set up for the KA engine, for a lot less than pocket change......... now does anyone here has tried to get one of these? and if that is the case what do u think about the product? reliability, cost effectiveness, product quality and so on........?

[S13 240SX]

yes its worth it if you have a strong ka still with good compression numbers and low mileage and run no more than 10psi on stock internals., I have the same mazgine, I plan on using the same turbo as they did for the 240 in the magzine, the turbo was a holset hx35.

[sidewards]

Those Ebay kits are trouble. The turbo's they use are low quality, any thing that says greddy,hks,turbonetics STYLE is usually trash. You could build a good reliable kit from new parts for about 2k. Go to http://www.jgstools.com they have good cheap manifolds and turbo accesories.

[mirra32]

do some reading buddy....so far my budget build it @ $700, and i got all my parts from NICO members and other forums, used...700 for turbo and everything....go ahead, but just take it easy and don't blow your motor....eric

i've heard so many things about cheap ebay stuff....just be carefull....alot of ebay cheap turbo's are not any good...well, from what i read....

[crazem]

hey thanx for the info!! but just as a question, how much have u spent so far on the project?

[USDM240]

not all Ebay cheapie turbos are bad. just some. ive used the XS Power turbos buy SS Autochrome and they have all been fine. they use Garrett internals. however, dont expect to boost them to 25psi unless you want to blow the front of the compressor housing off.

[crazem]

thanx for the info!! now how much HP r u making with decent boost on these systems?

[Chezedik]

Can you confirm surely that they use Garrett stuff?

[240Knightrider]

turbos are gay j/k

Get my supercharger kit when I release it early may

[Chezedik]

Dude, blowers are cool, but I will probably still pick turbo just because it will probably take an M90 to pull the numbers my home-made t3/t04b will make.