Miles and condition

[240Driver39]

Alright, as im sittin here bored and reading a bunch of stuff on turbo Ka's and such, and i got a question

honestly i wouldnt be able to do a project like this for a while, but i was curious.

An argument against the ka-t is when u have higher miles. now my question is with my motor, i have 113k.  It pulls very strong, has perfect compression on all cylinders and such and i would consider this motor to be very strong still.  How relative is condition to mileage?, i realize that this may have been asked b4, but it was just something i was thinkin about, like what would stop me from just boostin on my motor at the current time with those kinda miles?

[Nismos14]

i'd imagine that the normal wear and tear of so much mileage would, no matter how strong the motor is, be a problem, but i could be wrong

[Red Comet X]

i have 145,000 miles on my ka24de plus hotshot headers and injent CAI. runs perfect. except for the Idle air valve problem i had for half a year, which i fixed with some carb cleaner...

[shrumhead]

I have the same engine as red comet w/ 137k miles...and it couldnt run any better.  It runs perfectly

[Natty]

I win &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
156,000 miles on my KA24DE and it runs like new. Do tuenups, don't overheat it, and chang fluids and it'll go forever.

The !@#$ transmission is a different story. Mine is just about to go, but I want 5,000 more miles before it does &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

Jeff

[drift freaq]

I would say that yes a NA engine can have high mileage and run great and last a long time . When you put an engine under boost though you are adding a lot more stress to the parts especially if the engine was not built specifically for boost.
Now granted a low mileage KA can handle boost well but just like your body as it grows older it may still perform fine but it gets wear and tear on it . This is almost impossible to prevent in fact its pretty much a given.
It is pretty much taking a risk putting an older engine underboost due to normal wear and tear that can weaken stuff that if not boosted would work fine . Boost raises compression by packing a denser air fuel mixture thereby creating more power. MOre stress period.

[s14slide]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Natty @ Nov. 23 2002,10:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I win <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>
156,000 miles on my KA24DE and it runs like new. Do tuenups, don't overheat it, and chang fluids and it'll go forever.

The !@#$ transmission is a different story. Mine is just about to go, but I want 5,000 more miles before it does <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

Jeff</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
sorry you thought you where a winner, but I got you beat w a 192,000 miles w/ i/h/e on a 95. &nbsp;and every thing but the previously listed mods is stock. &nbsp;and by the way, tranny and diff work great!! car loves me, I love her. &nbsp;she's never left me hanging and I almost always run the car hard every where I go. &nbsp;Trying to see how long she'll run before the motor gives w/ someone learning to drift and proper maintenance.

[240Driver39]

haha, when did this thread turn into a mileage war?

yeah drift freq, i figured normal wear and tear would be the main factor against such an option, thanks for the reply

[mrmephistopheles]

Let's not forget about engine cooling.. &nbsp;KAs are prone to premature failure if they overheat. Not saying that it's a guaranteed failure, but it's alot more likely.