I'm all for KA-T's, built though. I have gone through too many pistons on stock KA-T's to enjoy it at all. It sucks having to pull the head and oil pan off every other month to replace pistons. If I had $3000, and wanted the best bang for the buck, it wouldn't be a KA-T, It'd be a Redtop with a FMIC, Greddy Plenum, T28 BB, exhaust, and a ECU tune. $3000 would get me a nice turbo setup with a safc2, but still the ringlands suck. Build the motor, then I get an ebay turbo setup. Stock KA's will only last with more money dumped into the engine management, so do that, then no build or, nice turbo setup. Money for money, the SR, it can be done quick, and it's reliable.