240SX KA-new"T" project

[jimmycricket]

I don't know if I'm posting this in the right thread?
so um. yea.
this is what I've been up to all break.
Background: my old Garrett took a dump, blew a heat seal and was blowing smoke. Decided to go with a quicker spooling turbo, same .63 A/R but it's a GodSpeed, decided to try them out, especially since this new turbo is VBand compatible rather than the traditional 4bolt to the dp. Old turbo peaked at about 3.5k and this one should do the job a spill before 3, so its gonna be fun. plus I'm still on that Highschool budget

here's the last time he came out of the cave for one last drive with the old turbo


anyways, here's the old setup:


also replaced this old stock downpipe (yes I know )


what a terrible site this was.


This was at 5:30am on his way to the muffler shop to get the new 3" DP welded and prepped with a V band ring.



and here's how the new dp sits underneath :


And finally, here is the new turbo setup:



Thanks for checking it out. Unfortunately, the car still sits in my garage. if you look close in the last picture at where the EGR Valve is supposed to screw into the bung on the Elbow pipe, it sits at an angle, and when I unbolt and unclamp the elbow in a position to screw in the EGR Valve, the resulting position throws the V band ring off center with the exhaust housing of the turbo. aka, I have to bend some things in the next week to get this sucka runnin
Anyways, I'm excited. hope yal had a good Christmas break.

[AnthonyF]

love ur gen 240. looks very nice. i'd prob upgrade ur manifold but everything else looks great!

[jimmycricket]

thanks!
The log style JGS makes are very very strong. I wanted to go with a top mount mani but this just stole me when I saw it

[Alan®]

wounderin why i havent seen your car around lately

[jimmycricket]

yea tell me about it. I can't sleep at night sometimes
Sucks not having it at my emotional disposal haha

[ryanh300]

Yo dude! Lookin great man keep it up, if I was in PTC I would drop by and help ya get her running again!

[Got Milk?]

WOW looking good.

[Krappy]

keep the mani they are great strong manis nothing wrong with it...ncie KA-T setup

[vtecgsrguy]

nice! looks good... and nice turbo set-up!!

[BuBBa DRiFT]

ewwww KA-T how gross.


how much is that mani? isnt JGS the one where you gotta weld it yourself?

[turbosx©]

it 380 and they have stages.

btw thats a sagging downpipe you got

[Krappy]

you should eliminate the EGR system

[jimmycricket]

^^ what would that do from an emissions standpoint? I want to eliminate it but i was told by a lot of people that it was necessary to keep. plus it'd be a pain in the ass to get the intake mani off and yadayadayada.
And ya, the JGS comes in stages

[jimmycricket]

it 380 and they have stages.

btw thats a sagging downpipe you got

It doesn't actually sag like in the picture when it's bolted up top to the 3 bolt from the elbow pipe. That picture was with it unbolted so of course it's gonna look like a saggy grandma

[chrisdohck]

nice bro

[jimmycricket]

thanks guys

[SiLkY_JohnSon]

Nice

[Krappy]

^^ what would that do from an emissions standpoint? I want to eliminate it but i was told by a lot of people that it was necessary to keep. plus it'd be a pain in the ass to get the intake mani off and yadayadayada.
And ya, the JGS comes in stages

welll true... i'm guessing your OBD2 from the look of your intake mani but i could be wrong... cant see it clearly... lol move or get your car registered in a county with no emissions

[takume]

looking good

[jimmycricket]

welll true... i'm guessing your OBD2 from the look of your intake mani but i could be wrong... cant see it clearly... lol move or get your car registered in a county with no emissions

Peachtree City FTL. no way in hell i'll slide by without an EGR. yea its obd2 btw

[athaocity]

its be better with the bumper on.. btw nice car too

[jimmycricket]

i'm getting the bumper repainted so for now it's just sitting. Idk where to ziptie my turn signals to though. lol.

[greasemunkey]

wasup man, this is the guy from that defensive driving class...get that thing tuned with the old turbo? dyno #'s? I'm looking into doing something like that or a ca18det. either way, looking damn good

[Civic_H2b]

looks good.

[turbosx©]

you can pass with no egr.

[bigs]

oh man. Thanks for the ride, it hauls. Can't wait until you play with the boost pressure a little.

[jimmycricket]

thanks bigs. and whats up Travis* I think your name was? I have a Jim Wolf ECU thats tuned from the MAFS and 370 injectors so no need for a tune here. Right now the actuator is at 5.5psi and it pulls a lot sooner than my old turbo, around 2.8k but should be spooling around 2.5 after I rewire the Profec and turn the boost up to 7.5low 9high. Definately missed that feeling though. Thanks for all the compliments guys. So far the Godspeed Turbo has been great, no word on long term break in yet since I didn't really break it in, it just went lol. So I'll post up how its doing after about 600miles from now.
ps. a KA-T with 3" straights sounds like nothing i've ever heard before :O

[Oz10]

Very nice looking 240! I've always wanted one of those...

[greasemunkey]

thanks bigs. and whats up Travis* I think your name was? I have a Jim Wolf ECU thats tuned from the MAFS and 370 injectors so no need for a tune here. Right now the actuator is at 5.5psi and it pulls a lot sooner than my old turbo, around 2.8k but should be spooling around 2.5 after I rewire the Profec and turn the boost up to 7.5low 9high. Definately missed that feeling though. Thanks for all the compliments guys. So far the Godspeed Turbo has been great, no word on long term break in yet since I didn't really break it in, it just went lol. So I'll post up how its doing after about 600miles from now.
ps. a KA-T with 3" straights sounds like nothing i've ever heard before :O

very nice, hope to see you at dgtrials when they start again, don't see many ka-t's up there if at all.

[turbosx©]

you def still wanna get a tune. 370 inj dont push much power

[jimmycricket]

they push plenty for what I use it for. but why the need for a tune? I mean I will get it dyno'd to check the A/R and all

[turbosx©]

caus its not spefic(sp) to your car.and the ecu is more of a guess to what timing and fuel requirements your car wants.

[ryanh300]

Yo jim, im gonna hit you up soon ill be in PTC. Also im having a meet in carrollton today, Saturday, call me if you think you can make it out..it's not far from PTC!!

[RUFFIAN]

I like your ride. big reps for being a student and still pulling this project together.

[b16ftw]

looks great man

[jimmycricket]

I like your ride. big reps for being a student and still pulling this project together.

I really appreciate that, it's very hard without a big budget because I'm not 18. Thanks though