where can i get 1 done professionally?
your driveway, by someone who knows how to pull spark plugs and crank the motor over.
haha any shop will do it. Why are you checking it?
Otherwise princess auto sells leak down testers and pressure gages.Than as someone already sad take 1 spark plug out at the time , screw the tester in the hole, crank the car for 2-3 sec with dizzy disconected. Add few drops of oil and re-crank , record pressure, move to next cylinder.Once all done reconect dizzy.
compression tests are easy man… canadian tire sells a fairly good compression tester for like 50 bucks or something… thats where i got mine.
basicly but take all spark plugs out, and have your foot to the floor (tb wide open) when you do it
yah keeping tb open is the most important part.and i was told to keep sparks in just do 1by1 cuz of possible hg leaks etc
yea i was thinking bout buying the greddy turbo kit for my ka24 instead of the sr…jus wondering if my engine is good enough. what u guys think bout 150 xxx
Km’s wont matter, just do a comp test and if they are higher than 160psi you should be good.
And don’t forget that the compressions should be consistent if you are planning on turboing. If you have 1 cylinder thats at 160psi and another thats at 180psi, its probably not going to be a safe set-up. They shouldn’t differ more than ~5psi.
Don’t get the gr kit . Just order parts 1 by 1etc just like everyone on ka-t does. Or if you want a kit get AMS JGS ets. And who cares what ur comp is,just blow it ip first if its shiety. Afterwards you can get another ka for cheap anyway than look for one with good comp etc.
i’ve got the AMS Manifold kit if you’re interested . . .comes with mani, downpipe, dumptube and bolts . . 
http://www.amsperformance.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=24_72&products_id=1337
iono .i was planing on buyin the greddy turbo kit
wha u guys think?
Its made for a S14…
And it blow money ball by the amount of money you pay and what you get out of it
yea i have the 97 240…anyknow if its will be an easy job to the install .
i thought +/- 20psi between cylinders was the limit for a turbo setup… +/- 5psi would be amazing, and somewhat rare on higher mileage rings & seals
I had a 5psi difference on my KA24DE with 220k on it. If you have a 20psi difference on the 4 cylinders you are going to have more to worry about than turbo’ing it.
My SR was about 3 psi off between highest and lowest cylinder
The FSM states + or - 20 PSI but i would not recomend over 10 and 5 is great
you seriously need to research your project more.
If your going to take it to a shop make sure they do both a leakdown and compression test.