My Ka Build Thread
07-26-2007, 07:41 PM
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My Ka Build Thread
so it starts here, this will be an ongoing thread until this KA is fully built and started up
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July 07
motor number 3 has been out for a while.. removed head to discover what i knew was wrong, bad exhaust valves. I discovered that the pistons were in great shape from the top, ill remove them soon to see how the ringlands looks etc.. overall im happy with the condition of this motor. I beat the hell out of it for a year in NA form and then i boosted it for a year and it did very well.
Upon quick naked visual inspection, the cylinders were completely dry and had no oil or coolant in them and no cracks
Headgasket is in awesome shape
now for the head
Normal carbon deposits
excessive build up and scared exhaust valves
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July 07
motor number 3 has been out for a while.. removed head to discover what i knew was wrong, bad exhaust valves. I discovered that the pistons were in great shape from the top, ill remove them soon to see how the ringlands looks etc.. overall im happy with the condition of this motor. I beat the hell out of it for a year in NA form and then i boosted it for a year and it did very well.
Upon quick naked visual inspection, the cylinders were completely dry and had no oil or coolant in them and no cracks
Headgasket is in awesome shape
now for the head
Normal carbon deposits
excessive build up and scared exhaust valves
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07-26-2007, 09:05 PM
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im not worried about that bro lol i got 2 years out of it.. if that happen so be it.. even with a proper tune **** happens over time
im doing a full forged build bro. and ill be going with tec3 all ends covered.. remember i was running 8psi all that jazz about timing this and that was irrelevant to my setup....
I don't mean to come off like that but all over people just keep saying what they think is wrong.. i simply drive my car hard and things will break no matter what you do... F1 and nascar blow **** up lol with the most ultimate tunes you can get.
people really think to hard about turbo setups.
im doing a full forged build bro. and ill be going with tec3 all ends covered.. remember i was running 8psi all that jazz about timing this and that was irrelevant to my setup....
I don't mean to come off like that but all over people just keep saying what they think is wrong.. i simply drive my car hard and things will break no matter what you do... F1 and nascar blow **** up lol with the most ultimate tunes you can get.
people really think to hard about turbo setups.
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07-31-2007, 02:06 AM
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keep me updated, looking forward to it.
I plan to go turbo soon, goal of 400whp minimum setup (haha) and I intend to do a bottom and head build up... just not sure on turbo yet... I can only run 93 octane so it kind of poses problems for me, not race gas. It's doable but, at the same time I want low end... can't have it all
I plan to go turbo soon, goal of 400whp minimum setup (haha) and I intend to do a bottom and head build up... just not sure on turbo yet... I can only run 93 octane so it kind of poses problems for me, not race gas. It's doable but, at the same time I want low end... can't have it all
07-31-2007, 03:58 PM
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just want to forge everything becuase when i get back ill be looking to break into the local drift circuit... just need the security... swapping motors is cool but im kinda getting tired of it...
08-13-2007, 10:21 PM
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08-26-2007, 03:21 PM
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alright got down to pulling the pistons out and boy were they Figgidy ****ed... no wonder my compression was so jacked and it took about 3 min to start sometimes lol
I didn't spin a bearing on this motor, but was very close to it
cly number 2 and 3
ringlands of hell
cly 1
cly2 ( note i dropped this on the head also and more broke off}
cly3
cly4
the best one however you could see very small imperfections
Crank is in awesome shape
Time to degrees the block
once i dried everything off. i inspected the cly walls visually and physically and there were no cracks however cly 2 and 3 had some scaring on them
Off to storage and then machine shop
I didn't spin a bearing on this motor, but was very close to it
cly number 2 and 3
ringlands of hell
cly 1
cly2 ( note i dropped this on the head also and more broke off}
cly3
cly4
the best one however you could see very small imperfections
Crank is in awesome shape
Time to degrees the block
once i dried everything off. i inspected the cly walls visually and physically and there were no cracks however cly 2 and 3 had some scaring on them
Off to storage and then machine shop
04-03-2008, 05:18 PM
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no i stop the build as sooon as i got my orders... i knew what time i was going.. i said sadly because i can only own one car.. which means im getting the skyline no Silvia.
