turboing ka24e
10-03-2003, 09:23 PM
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turboing ka24e
so i currently got a ka24e and i have a friend who is selling his garrett turbo and i was wondering how hard would it be to turbo my engine?? and what would i need to get and replace?? and how much it roughly cost for it all
10-03-2003, 11:12 PM
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I think we need to know some more informatiom. How many miles does your car have? What is your compression? what type of turbo is it? What do you want your car for? track, autox, street. It is not that hard to put together a low psi turbo kit. it all depends on how much mechanical skill you have. You will need several thing for a basic turbo kit. First a turbo, for the ka you are going to need atleast a t3 turbo. Next you are going to need exhust manifold. You can buy one already made or have a custom one made. Down pipe to connect turbo to the exhust. Intercooler if you want one, also need custom intercooler pipes. Some way to control boost, you want some gauges to monitor your oil temp, boost, air/fuel. also need oil lines for the turbo, which requires you to drill the oil pan for the return oil line. that is basicly what is needed for a low psi turbo. if you want more boost then you need to upgrade you fuel system, need to rebuild the internals of engine. the cost depends on what you want out of this turbo. You can put together a junkayard tubo kit for about $1000 and it will be good for low psi. or you can buy a kit for about $2000-$3000. hope this has helped.
10-04-2003, 09:58 AM
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turbo
its a T2T3 garrett turbo. and yeah all that info really helped. ive got about 180 000km on my engine and im not 2 sure what my compression is but i was looking to have the turbo just for the streets and sometimes the track
10-04-2003, 10:09 AM
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Re: turbo
Originally posted by azn_fire_fly
its a T2T3 garrett turbo. and yeah all that info really helped. ive got about 180 000km on my engine and im not 2 sure what my compression is but i was looking to have the turbo just for the streets and sometimes the track
its a T2T3 garrett turbo. and yeah all that info really helped. ive got about 180 000km on my engine and im not 2 sure what my compression is but i was looking to have the turbo just for the streets and sometimes the track
10-09-2003, 06:08 PM
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Hope this helps. A turbo'd '89 240 w/ KA24E. 
http://www.**********/links/installs/turbo240/240sx.htm
With 7.5 boost, it ran 13.71@107.9mph
I emailed the tuner and they told me the complete kit from them is CAD$6000 and up. That's about US$4500-up. The high price is probably due to the kit is still a custom-made one and not produced in large quantity yet, or something else I donno.
Anyway, Good luck, man!
http://www.**********/links/installs/turbo240/240sx.htm
With 7.5 boost, it ran 13.71@107.9mph
I emailed the tuner and they told me the complete kit from them is CAD$6000 and up. That's about US$4500-up. The high price is probably due to the kit is still a custom-made one and not produced in large quantity yet, or something else I donno.
Anyway, Good luck, man!
11-03-2003, 10:28 AM
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honestly
why would you want to spend $4500 on a turbo kit for the ka24e when you could get an already turbo'd sr20det for $2500-3000 or less if your lucky and get more reliable and better power?
Just my $.02
Josh
Just my $.02
Josh
11-03-2003, 12:29 PM
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Re: honestly
Originally posted by Dounveeme
why would you want to spend $4500 on a turbo kit for the ka24e when you could get an already turbo'd sr20det for $2500-3000 or less if your lucky and get more reliable and better power?
Just my $.02
Josh
why would you want to spend $4500 on a turbo kit for the ka24e when you could get an already turbo'd sr20det for $2500-3000 or less if your lucky and get more reliable and better power?
Just my $.02
Josh
11-03-2003, 10:11 PM
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yea that was pretty much my train of thought. i mean why spend that kind of money on a n/a motor thats not built for boost when you could get one thats already build for some real psi and with a lil more work serious power!
Josh
Josh
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11-05-2003, 01:43 PM
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$4500... man take a look at the import-autoperformance.com kit, I've been running it and its been running well.
As for swapping out the KA motors for a used motor.... thank you I'll take that "truck" engine, it does quite nicely.... You have no idea what you are missing out on.
As for swapping out the KA motors for a used motor.... thank you I'll take that "truck" engine, it does quite nicely.... You have no idea what you are missing out on.
Last edited by alan-n; 11-05-2003 at 01:45 PM.
11-06-2003, 12:55 PM
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Good points.
At the moment, and this changes all the time, I'm leaning more
towards boosting the KA since parts are cheap and easily found.
It makes a great learning project as well.
And, after getting pulled over and sent to an inspection, you won't be s**tting bricks.
At the moment, and this changes all the time, I'm leaning more
towards boosting the KA since parts are cheap and easily found.
It makes a great learning project as well.
And, after getting pulled over and sent to an inspection, you won't be s**tting bricks.