dont do it on the cheap… you can definately make the set up run well and be somewhat reliable, but i still dont know many people on their first motor.
imho the key is tuning. forget mafs, tuned ecu or SAFC… get an AEM and have it tuned properly by Dan or Sasha.
no need for an upgraded throttle body and a stock SR T25 will be fine, cheaper and easier to get…
i think bobby ran 270 lb ft tq on an SR T25 or something like that…
i’ve driven a half a dozen bottom mount KA-T2 set ups, they feel great, but they never last too too long. Mind you these are motors in cars that get teh shit kicked out of them too.
darkforcejackal had one that never blew up and so did originaldriftmaster or something… i think they both had better tuning than an SAFC or DFJ ran low boost the whole time…
ka-t ftw my cousin bought originaldriftmasters car last year and well turbo needs a rebuild but the engine is still strong even after daily beating at 14.7 psi and many ”top end” runs.
The car is tuned with bikirom and thats probably why it stayed together for this long. This is his setup http://http://www.ka-t.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23040