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- Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:36 pm
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: Filling bolt holes in cast iron
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2946
Re: Filling bolt holes in cast iron
Your best bet is to braze it, Preheat to 400F or so then fill with any brazing rod, wrap with a welding blanket to slow the cooling. Once down to room temp grind it flush. If you melt the cast iron (when you weld, not braze) the high carbon in the material forms extremely hard nodules that crack whe...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:21 pm
- Forum: KA-T Chat
- Topic: What happens when you use ebay oil supply line...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6725
Re: What happens when you use ebay oil supply line...
I used 3/16 brake line. Bend it up easily, all metal, fittings available everywhere. Been on the car since 2001 without a problem.
- Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:41 pm
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Advanced
- Topic: Crankshaft and piston specs (3d model)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2636
Re: Crankshaft and piston specs (3d model)
Go grab the FSM, it's at then end of the engine mechanical chapter.
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:12 pm
- Forum: KA-T Chat
- Topic: Freeze plug removal technique
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1922
Re: Freeze plug removal technique
The correct sealant is avaition form-a-gasket. Do it right and it seals for decades.
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:09 pm
- Forum: KA-T Chat
- Topic: KAT reliability
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4822
Re: KAT reliability
11 years as a daily driver before the (stock) head gasket went. The head gasket failed because the fuel pump wiring detiorated and I ran lean.
- Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:34 pm
- Forum: Car Chat
- Topic: Green loctite, has anyone used this stuff before?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9557
Re: Green loctite, has anyone used this stuff before?
It's a common myth that loctite is anerobic. Put it in a vacuum and it won't cure either.
Loctite uses the free ions from certain metals (of which stainless has almost none) to trigger the cure.
If you try it on regular steel you'll find it cures just fine.
Loctite uses the free ions from certain metals (of which stainless has almost none) to trigger the cure.
If you try it on regular steel you'll find it cures just fine.
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:08 pm
- Forum: SOHC KA-T
- Topic: My build. Nissan AXXESS awd 5spd
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6013
Re: My build. Nissan AXXESS awd 5spd
I just bought one of these last weekend as a beater/project car/24 hour of lemons racer. $650, has a little rust problem but I'll fix it. A friend as a old WRX turbo he'll give me for free so I think a little boost is in order later this winter,
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:06 pm
- Forum: ECU Tuning
- Topic: HybridKA / ECCS-TECH | My archive of files
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3676
Re: HybridKA / ECCS-TECH | My archive of files
Thanks for arrhiving this!
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:04 pm
- Forum: ECU Tuning
- Topic: Electric Fan through Calum RT
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6233
Re: Electric Fan through Calum RT
Hey all,
Oddly enough I still have the source code sitting around for the fan temp twiddler. I no longer have any windows machines around to build it on but if any one wants the source I'll gladly give it away.
Oddly enough I still have the source code sitting around for the fan temp twiddler. I no longer have any windows machines around to build it on but if any one wants the source I'll gladly give it away.
- Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:33 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: DIY Fan Controller
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13927
Re: DIY Fan Controller
Are you on a tuned KA DE ECU and stock wiring harness? If you are, why not use the internal fan controller and stock relay? I wrote a program a long time ago for setting the fan turn on and off temp in a ROM tune. I'vr been running dual 12" fans on the stock wiring for seven years or so with no...
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:23 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: Do you have any other hobbies?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 25996
Re:
I would actually place my KA hobby second to working out and body building. I've been totally hooked on training for the last 3.5 years and i've hit the gym pretty consistantly 5-6 days a week since I began. If I had to choose to give up the gym, or give up on cars. I'd probably toss the car. :shoc...
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:21 pm
- Forum: ECU Tuning
- Topic: Lean Idle on JWT ecu, and normal driving.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2862
Re: Lean Idle on JWT ecu, and normal driving.
You've got a boot leak after the throttle plate. Lean at high vacuum is usually a leak.
It also possible that your O2 sensor is bad.
It also possible that your O2 sensor is bad.
- Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:08 pm
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: Turbo Oil Pressure Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1869
Re: Turbo Oil Pressure Question
The FSM states that oil pressure should be above 10psi at idle and between 60 and 70 psi at 3K rpm. What size restrictor do you have (if any) and where is it? I run a 3/16 brake hard line for my turbo oil feed and I haven't had any problems in 13 years. There has got to be a restriction in your turb...
- Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:45 pm
- Forum: ECU Tuning
- Topic: Looking for old info - a blast from the past
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2699
Re: Looking for old info - a blast from the past
Oh well. It was worth a try.
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:08 pm
- Forum: ECU Tuning
- Topic: Looking for old info - a blast from the past
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2699
Re: Looking for old info - a blast from the past
I was mainly looking for dasm77 and the code I wrote to wrap it and auto annotate the disassembly. I spent about three hours last night working on my google-fu and found most of it through archive.org. What I really want is the updated memory.txt file for the annotator that Calum was working on, bi ...
- Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:51 pm
- Forum: ECU Tuning
- Topic: Looking for old info - a blast from the past
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2699
Looking for old info - a blast from the past
Hey all, It's been a long time since I've screwed around with ECU tuning and I no longer have any of the software I worked on forever ago. Is any one still around (calum, deviousKA, 8-bit) who has the disassembly aid software I wrote? I know some other people kept working on it but all the old place...
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:19 am
- Forum: Welding/Fabrication
- Topic: ebay cast iron top mount issues
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8733
Re: ebay cast iron top mount issues
I've had a RevHard (what the ebay cast manifolds were copied from) on my car since 2001 with no cracks (so far!)
Do not slice the reinforcement bar between the runners. It keeps the manifold from trying to twist.
Slot the bolt holes like the stock manifold to keep it from cracking.
Do not slice the reinforcement bar between the runners. It keeps the manifold from trying to twist.
Slot the bolt holes like the stock manifold to keep it from cracking.
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:01 am
- Forum: KA-T Chat
- Topic: boost on felpro head bolts?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1650
Re: boost on felpro head bolts?
I ran OEM headbolts on 14ps for about 11 years before the headgasket popped. Fuel pump died and I went lean.
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:35 pm
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: Turbo to Downpipe Bolts
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5484
I use Stage 8 fasteners.http://www.stage8.com/
I have also used stove cement which is like 2000* gasket maker. It hardens like stone and is a real pain in the ass to get off.
I have also used stove cement which is like 2000* gasket maker. It hardens like stone and is a real pain in the ass to get off.
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:40 pm
- Forum: Chat
- Topic: is Tial the same company as turbo concepts?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2846
I've been running a Tial wastegate with the .25 bar spring for about five years. I have a profec-b that I set the boost with, it's nice having three boost levels available. In the snow I leave the boost controller off and get ~4psi. The profec-b low boost is set for about 8 psi which is good in the ...
- Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:12 am
- Forum: KA-T Chat
- Topic: How many miles have you been KA-T ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3686
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:41 pm
- Forum: ECU Tuning
- Topic: who is using JWT tunes or Enthatlpy?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5799
- Sun Dec 23, 2012 2:29 am
- Forum: Car Chat
- Topic: Don't hate me...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5754
- Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:33 am
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: Stock KA rod strength?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2385
NEVER up the redline on stock rods. The stress on the rods is to the square of RPM, you're just looking for trouble.ka-t240sx wrote:i ran stock rods with arp bolts on one of my few ka-t's that ive had.
twisted the rod at 346rwhp.
car never made it off of the dyno.
i was spinning it to 7500 rpm though
- Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:28 am
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: brake line block or Proportioning?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2595
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:19 pm
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: Stock Rod Weight?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 969
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:26 pm
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: Stock Rod Weight?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 969
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 9:25 pm
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: Brake pedal feel changes constantly
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3549
- Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:01 pm
- Forum: KA-T Tech. Basic
- Topic: Considering a T3 turbo to ditch my t3/t4
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3311
- Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:13 pm
- Forum: KA-T Chat
- Topic: Do I NEED a heat shield for BMC?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1437