This weekend I went racing and this guy in a wrx asked me if I was going to put in THE SR. I told him no, the car's already turboed. So he said, yeah I know, but I was just wondering.
What an idiot. I just spent $4000 to turbo my 240. Does he think I want to spend that much money again to get an SR and then go through the trouble of installing it etc etc? People these days.
"You gonna put an sr in there?"
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doctorj240
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Ya I know what you mean. You gotta cut people some slack though. If they dont spend time on NICO and stuff then they really wouldn't know the power a KA can produce. It's really not their fault. Open any magazine and you'll see SR, after SR, after SR, and the openning paragraph always says "SO AND SO was tired of their truck engine and he decided to upgrade to the super JDM tyte SR baby! OH yea OH yeah, IT FEELS SO GOOD.... im tired."
240SXedUp wrote:Ya I know what you mean. You gotta cut people some slack though. If they dont spend time on NICO and stuff then they really wouldn't know the power a KA can produce. It's really not their fault. Open any magazine and you'll see SR, after SR, after SR, and the openning paragraph always says "SO AND SO was tired of their truck engine and he decided to upgrade to the super JDM tyte SR baby! OH yea OH yeah, IT FEELS SO GOOD.... im tired."
Well put. Especially the rice mag-bashing bit.
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420_240sx wrote:I am definately going to keep the KA and possibly turbo it. I live in Cali, so the emissions laws are insane
why do some ppl think that a turbocharged KA engine will have a better chance at passing smog than an sr?? it wont!!! turbocharged ka's are ILLEGAL esp. in CA! INfact the SR would prob have a better chance at passing visual bc the stock sr turbocharger isnt as visible.
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nlzmo400r
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not to bash or anything ,but you have an SR, and therefore may have somehwat of a biased opinion, just as the guys who want to keep the KA and turbo it say they have a better chance of passing emissions. Its all relative. Im an SR/CA/RB/KA, fan myself, love and respect all engines, none more than any other, just gotta see em as what they were built for
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doctorj240
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BTW did you beat the wrx?
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Unfortunately no. I was only running 7 psi while he was at about 16.5 and he had much more money into his wrx than me. It was a good race though, about 3-4 lengths which put me at about a high 13 to low 14 which is about what I expect. I also raced a bpu FD and lost by about the same margin.
BTW did you beat the wrx?
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Unfortunately no. I was only running 7 psi while he was at about 16.5 and he had much more money into his wrx than me. It was a good race though, about 3-4 lengths which put me at about a high 13 to low 14 which is about what I expect. I also raced a bpu FD and lost by about the same margin.
nlzmo400r wrote:not to bash or anything ,but you have an SR, and therefore may have somehwat of a biased opinion, just as the guys who want to keep the KA and turbo it say they have a better chance of passing emissions. Its all relative. Im an SR/CA/RB/KA, fan myself, love and respect all engines, none more than any other, just gotta see em as what they were built for
I speak from experience and what i have learned. Im not saying so and sos engine is better for smogging. all im saying is that either way you slice it its the same result, theyre illegal. A KA-T isnt gonna have a better chance at passing smog than an sr & visa versa (sp?).
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i know, and i agree, but everyone who has an SR says the same tihng you do, and everyone whos got KA-T says the opposite, although i must admit, it doesnt make anysense that a KA-T or SR would perform better in smog if they had the same turbo/exhaust etcS13GUY wrote:I speak from experience and what i have learned. Im not saying so and sos engine is better for smogging. all im saying is that either way you slice it its the same result, theyre illegal. A KA-T isnt gonna have a better chance at passing smog than an sr & visa versa (sp?).
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