When I was first into this car I was a big weight reduction nazi. Now I couldn't care less, but originally that was a factor. The rb was pissing me off and I was given two good complete ka24de with trannies. It's a displacement upgrade, while removing two cylinders and turbo kits are cheap. Working on the engine is so easy so much room. Since having it a slew of benefits have shown themselves. But really I just like the ka24det, it's a beast and torquey just a 10psi. I could talk about how its cheaper hp especially after parting out the rb. BUT thats not really true for me anymore because I've built it how I wanted to and plan on getting very stupid when I do a rebuild. 2.6L fully counterweighted crank is more than people sell running rb20det up here lol. But its what I want to do and I love how it already is. Wouldn't change anything. I definitely welcome the question though and feel free to ask anything about the ka as it's not what one would normally look like, plus you guys don't have them down there eh?
I have enough go pro to make a new little video soon here but here is a couple clips of it turboed
and NA last year, clutch kicks all day
Eric and Ryan are actual brothers, not me. We've been bros since high school though!