I love my Sr but now going KA...

tiger · 01-01-2005, 01:12 AM

Well i'm over here in Japan, had my 180 for about 2 years now, I love my SR. it's time to go back to the states, I am not wasting money sending my motor back, I think i'm going to expand my horizons and start learning about the KA. Anybody know
if it sounds as sexy as the sr with straight pipes??? of course with 2 1/2 inch exhaust installed....Grr I love that sound..

raemi · 01-01-2005, 01:35 AM

i ran my s14 straight out the cat. (too lazy to fix it) it was loud as hell but it was kinda fun to set off my brothers gf car alarm everytime i left my house.

tiger · 01-01-2005, 05:09 AM

but did it sound good though like a growl sound... really throaty...deep u know?

NeveR · 01-01-2005, 10:55 AM

I'd be running the SR with 3" piping.

raemi · 01-01-2005, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tiger
but did it sound good though like a growl sound... really throaty...deep u know?

it was deep and loud. louder then a turbo mr2 running open downpipe (if you can imagine that). i wouldnt do it unless it was a track only car.

pitchd · 01-01-2005, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tiger
Well i'm over here in Japan, had my 180 for about 2 years now, I love my SR. it's time to go back to the states, I am not wasting money sending my motor back, I think i'm going to expand my horizons and start learning about the KA. Anybody know
if it sounds as sexy as the sr with straight pipes??? of course with 2 1/2 inch exhaust installed....Grr I love that sound..

2.5"???? is your SR n/a or something hahahaha... thats fairly small!

- adz

tiger · 01-02-2005, 12:42 AM

no, it's not NA. 3 inch exhaust.. sorry.

pitchd · 01-02-2005, 01:01 AM

haha... its ok :P

you americans need to adopt the jap language...

straight pipes? haha - dont straight pipes belong on chargers and LS1's LOL... turbo back exhaust without a cat is what you mean im assuming :P

and my advice from what ive researched KA24DE is *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*... youll munch through headgaskets with a turbo bolted onto it due to compression ratio bein all whack

stay with CA, SR or RB... its a proven... none of this trying to run forced induction through an atmo block - youre asking for bent everything!

us aussies are lucky - we get all the imports from JP and even our locally made nissans run the good motors - ka24de is only used in nissan vans here

- adz

tiger · 01-02-2005, 01:23 AM

no I meant straight pipe exhaust...no cat.... no muffler. There is no set language for what we should call a import exhaust, jesus christ.... i'm living over here, a straight pipe is a straight pipe. most people over here don't have cats. it's just plain exhaust.. straight pipe is straight pipe, nuff said. Since when do you know anything about the Japanese language?

Parry · 01-02-2005, 01:31 AM

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Originally posted by pitchd
haha... its ok :P

you americans need to adopt the jap language...

straight pipes? haha - dont straight pipes belong on chargers and LS1's LOL... turbo back exhaust without a cat is what you mean im assuming :P

Straight pipes are straight pipes. It would just be pipe, no mufflers no cats no nothing, as he said. You don't get out much do you?

Quote:

and my advice from what ive researched KA24DE is *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*... youll munch through headgaskets with a turbo bolted onto it due to compression ratio bein all whack

From what I have seen detonation will cause blown up headgaskets like that, and that is a tuning issue. Also, you can use heavy duty metal headgasekets (copper I believe) that are designed for boost. You could also o-ring the block I suppose. If you are consistantly blowing headgaskets out of it you really don't want to do either of these things....headgaskets are much cheaper then blocks.

I know there are people out there running solid and fairly reliable numbers on the KA. I am, however, not really the person to ask when it comes to both turbo setups and tuning or the KA.

pitchd · 01-02-2005, 01:39 AM

ahh the internet needs emotions/voice tones

keyboard warriors lower your keyboards please!

it was sarcasm to some extent.. im just not used to it down here as we just call em just a straight through system/turbo back system... "straight pipes" down here are used by the muscle car guys... different languages for different scenes is all!

youd be much better off going for a metal headgasket btw... its just common sense - unless you want to spend big money to get reliability out of an atmo motor - dont bolt a snail onto it... atmo and forced induction blocks are different due to the fact they take different levels of stress

in the end... i still believe CA18DET, SR20DET or RB20DET would be a much better bet considering you really need a reliable motor to take drifting competitively and seriously... not only the money factor but also consistancy!

goodluck with it,

- adz

tiger · 01-02-2005, 02:03 AM

well, you should have acknowledged the fact that we are from two different places and we don't always use the same terminology and not wasted your time telling me what you think I should call my friend's exhaust.

Just forget your stereotype about exhaust terminology k?

tiger · 01-02-2005, 02:05 AM

sorry to post twice but im not trying to be mean or be a b*tch. Just saying.

pitchd · 01-02-2005, 02:20 AM

you can use the edit function hun :P

and i was just being sarcastic... it hasnt been a good start to the new year for me so my appologies

and to answer your original q - KA and SR with exhaust wont sound alike at all

- adz

tiger · 01-02-2005, 02:43 AM

yea, it's ok. maybe i'll just work on my suspension and other things and later take out the KA and get an SR. I don't know anything about the KA's. If I come across a smashing price to ship my motor i'll do it. I just need some info about the little mods you have to do when you put it into the 240.

pitchd · 01-02-2005, 02:50 AM

the amount of SR swaps in the states now... im sure you could easily find one back home

i was going to say... be different n go CA18DET or RB20DET but then i remembered you guys barely have SR parts let alone the above 2 mentioned motors...

suspension is where its at

- adz

FD3S_pilot · 01-02-2005, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tiger
Well i'm over here in Japan, had my 180 for about 2 years now, I love my SR. it's time to go back to the states,

where in the U.S are you heading back to?

tiger · 01-03-2005, 03:24 PM

CA. My home is in TN, i'll be in CA for a littl e bit.

Stannyboy · 01-03-2005, 03:33 PM

sr to ka.. hmm I was glad to rid of my ka to go sr.. but if wanting to be different is the case then do it.. but make sure you have money to build the ka to do what you want with it. this is just my opinon... Ka is a great motor no doubt about it.. but when wanting to expand and gain more power of it.. your better off building a sr. plain and simple.

240drftr · 01-04-2005, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pitchd
the amount of SR swaps in the states now... im sure you could easily find one back home

i was going to say... be different n go CA18DET or RB20DET but then i remembered you guys barely have SR parts let alone the above 2 mentioned motors...

suspension is where its at

- adz

actually mate theres plenty of sr parts in the states.

tiger · 01-04-2005, 01:04 AM

Yea I went to the site.... www.srswap.com
there are also plenty on the net too. : D I'm so happy I want to stay SR.

Ghost of Duluth · 01-04-2005, 05:59 AM

This is funny. Hell these days if you want to be different, build a KA-T. Every swinging *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* in the land wants or has an SR. The problem now is that the swaps are being done by some less than professional people. So folks are buying cars that have some janky SR swaps in em. Redtop engines coming from Japan now are scraping the bottom of the barrel as well. Plus, everything is 3-infinity days away with an SR and especially CA and RB. Makes more sense to me to go with an engine that you can readily get parts for and that are laying all over the place cause people who do SR swaps just toss em. You can make the same power with a KA for less money and come out with some more torque. Think about it.

Add up the cost of the SR, the swap, then the aftermarket parts to beef it up. Now add up the KA-T. Manifold, turbo, injectors blah blah. You come out cheaper, especially if you know someone who can help you out. SR swaps are all about being JDM, plain and simple.

But if you are doing this for just sound......play around with mufflers.

tiger · 01-04-2005, 01:33 PM

Well it's not about being JDM with me. I love the engine, I know everything about it. I've lived in Japan for almost 2 years now. I can see how it would be all about being JDM in the states. To me it's just my baby and I'm not familiar with the KA. I don't know what i'll end up doing. I know that I love the SR though. It's a great motor. I am a girl so I dont have a swinging *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*. ; )

Chachi · 01-15-2005, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tiger
but did it sound good though like a growl sound... really throaty...deep u know?

You can listen to my KA with a GP sports exhaust here:

go to www.customcarperformance.com and click on projects and look for drift demo, you can listen to what a KA sounds like with 3" exhaust and test pipe

But not as deep as SR

spinitsidewayz! · 01-15-2005, 10:19 PM

i love my ka. and the look i get when i tell people that after they try and convice me to get an sr.. "dude you have a 240 but you dont have sr? what kinda drifter are you?" bwuahaha. seriously it stinks though, 190k and dying... i dont see why sound would matter much though... i could see the power rating side of the story though... im looking into a new engine. prolly a newer ka. easy to find and alot cheaper then sr. ca's looking good too. both seem more cost effective vs the sr. and since most ppl just build up sr's to beat the *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* out of them anyways... not that i dont like sr's, i'd love one, they just seem overrated and overpriced...

haha! my engines bigger then yours!

really though. w/e floats your boat. ka's and sr's both have distintively different sounds

01-01-2005, 01:12 AM	#1
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	I love my Sr but now going KA... Well i'm over here in Japan, had my 180 for about 2 years now, I love my SR. it's time to go back to the states, I am not wasting money sending my motor back, I think i'm going to expand my horizons and start learning about the KA. Anybody know if it sounds as sexy as the sr with straight pipes??? of course with 2 1/2 inch exhaust installed....Grr I love that sound..

01-04-2005, 05:59 AM	#22
Ghost of Duluth Sixgun Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Neverland Posts: 2,280	This is funny. Hell these days if you want to be different, build a KA-T. Every swinging CensoredCensoredCensoredCensored in the land wants or has an SR. The problem now is that the swaps are being done by some less than professional people. So folks are buying cars that have some janky SR swaps in em. Redtop engines coming from Japan now are scraping the bottom of the barrel as well. Plus, everything is 3-infinity days away with an SR and especially CA and RB. Makes more sense to me to go with an engine that you can readily get parts for and that are laying all over the place cause people who do SR swaps just toss em. You can make the same power with a KA for less money and come out with some more torque. Think about it. Add up the cost of the SR, the swap, then the aftermarket parts to beef it up. Now add up the KA-T. Manifold, turbo, injectors blah blah. You come out cheaper, especially if you know someone who can help you out. SR swaps are all about being JDM, plain and simple. But if you are doing this for just sound......play around with mufflers. __________________ Team SIXGUN, Don't whine about the food chain, be the top of it. Tokyo Pimps, Godzilla is coming. Lorin, oh Lorin, where have you gone?? If you're in the stands warming the bench, don't whine about the guys in the drivers seats.

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01-01-2005, 01:35 AM	#2
raemi Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 713 - 808 - 714 Posts: 111	i ran my s14 straight out the cat. (too lazy to fix it) it was loud as hell but it was kinda fun to set off my brothers gf car alarm everytime i left my house.

01-01-2005, 05:09 AM	#3
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	but did it sound good though like a growl sound... really throaty...deep u know?

01-01-2005, 10:55 AM	#4
NeveR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 33	I'd be running the SR with 3" piping.

01-02-2005, 12:42 AM	#7
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	no, it's not NA. 3 inch exhaust.. sorry.

01-02-2005, 01:01 AM	#8
pitchd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 43	haha... its ok :P you americans need to adopt the jap language... straight pipes? haha - dont straight pipes belong on chargers and LS1's LOL... turbo back exhaust without a cat is what you mean im assuming :P and my advice from what ive researched KA24DE is CensoredCensoredCensoredCensored CensoredCensoredCensoredCensored CensoredCensoredCensoredCensored... youll munch through headgaskets with a turbo bolted onto it due to compression ratio bein all whack stay with CA, SR or RB... its a proven... none of this trying to run forced induction through an atmo block - youre asking for bent everything! us aussies are lucky - we get all the imports from JP and even our locally made nissans run the good motors - ka24de is only used in nissan vans here - adz

01-02-2005, 01:23 AM	#9
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	no I meant straight pipe exhaust...no cat.... no muffler. There is no set language for what we should call a import exhaust, jesus christ.... i'm living over here, a straight pipe is a straight pipe. most people over here don't have cats. it's just plain exhaust.. straight pipe is straight pipe, nuff said. Since when do you know anything about the Japanese language?

01-02-2005, 01:39 AM	#11
pitchd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 43	ahh the internet needs emotions/voice tones keyboard warriors lower your keyboards please! it was sarcasm to some extent.. im just not used to it down here as we just call em just a straight through system/turbo back system... "straight pipes" down here are used by the muscle car guys... different languages for different scenes is all! youd be much better off going for a metal headgasket btw... its just common sense - unless you want to spend big money to get reliability out of an atmo motor - dont bolt a snail onto it... atmo and forced induction blocks are different due to the fact they take different levels of stress in the end... i still believe CA18DET, SR20DET or RB20DET would be a much better bet considering you really need a reliable motor to take drifting competitively and seriously... not only the money factor but also consistancy! goodluck with it, - adz

01-02-2005, 02:03 AM	#12
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	well, you should have acknowledged the fact that we are from two different places and we don't always use the same terminology and not wasted your time telling me what you think I should call my friend's exhaust. Just forget your stereotype about exhaust terminology k?

01-02-2005, 02:05 AM	#13
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	sorry to post twice but im not trying to be mean or be a b*tch. Just saying.

01-02-2005, 02:20 AM	#14
pitchd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 43	you can use the edit function hun :P and i was just being sarcastic... it hasnt been a good start to the new year for me so my appologies and to answer your original q - KA and SR with exhaust wont sound alike at all - adz

01-02-2005, 02:43 AM	#15
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	yea, it's ok. maybe i'll just work on my suspension and other things and later take out the KA and get an SR. I don't know anything about the KA's. If I come across a smashing price to ship my motor i'll do it. I just need some info about the little mods you have to do when you put it into the 240.

01-02-2005, 02:50 AM	#16
pitchd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 43	the amount of SR swaps in the states now... im sure you could easily find one back home i was going to say... be different n go CA18DET or RB20DET but then i remembered you guys barely have SR parts let alone the above 2 mentioned motors... suspension is where its at - adz

01-03-2005, 03:24 PM	#18
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	CA. My home is in TN, i'll be in CA for a littl e bit.

01-03-2005, 03:33 PM	#19
Stannyboy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: 818 Area... Posts: 383	sr to ka.. hmm I was glad to rid of my ka to go sr.. but if wanting to be different is the case then do it.. but make sure you have money to build the ka to do what you want with it. this is just my opinon... Ka is a great motor no doubt about it.. but when wanting to expand and gain more power of it.. your better off building a sr. plain and simple.

01-04-2005, 01:04 AM	#21
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	Yea I went to the site.... www.srswap.com there are also plenty on the net too. : D I'm so happy I want to stay SR.

01-04-2005, 01:33 PM	#23
tiger Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: okinawa for now Posts: 39	Well it's not about being JDM with me. I love the engine, I know everything about it. I've lived in Japan for almost 2 years now. I can see how it would be all about being JDM in the states. To me it's just my baby and I'm not familiar with the KA. I don't know what i'll end up doing. I know that I love the SR though. It's a great motor. I am a girl so I dont have a swinging CensoredCensoredCensoredCensored. ; )

01-15-2005, 10:19 PM	#25
spinitsidewayz! skidster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: sd Posts: 342	i love my ka. and the look i get when i tell people that after they try and convice me to get an sr.. "dude you have a 240 but you dont have sr? what kinda drifter are you?" bwuahaha. seriously it stinks though, 190k and dying... i dont see why sound would matter much though... i could see the power rating side of the story though... im looking into a new engine. prolly a newer ka. easy to find and alot cheaper then sr. ca's looking good too. both seem more cost effective vs the sr. and since most ppl just build up sr's to beat the CensoredCensoredCensoredCensored out of them anyways... not that i dont like sr's, i'd love one, they just seem overrated and overpriced... haha! my engines bigger then yours! really though. w/e floats your boat. ka's and sr's both have distintively different sounds