# want power? go ka.

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [June 4, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-power-go-ka/125081 "2009-06-04T19:38:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-power-go-ka/125081/22 "2009-06-05T05:55:59Z")

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> [@Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/190):
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> its all personal preference. main reason ka is turbo’ed is cuz its already on the car and if you put money into it. you save the money that would cost to buy a sr and the labor money to swap it in. but if you had both engines sitting out of the car and both came with the car. ppl would usually choose sr becuz it comes stock faster already.
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> both built have reached high hp. 700+ whp

Yeah but here is the issue. Everyone who goes KA-T wants a turbo, so when that KA-T setup doesn’t work out…what do they do? They go SR.

I think almost everyone I know with the exception of 1 person who has gone KA-T, has gone SR after.

So in the end, you spend $1000 - $2500 + all this work to get your KA-T running. And then when it messes up, you spend $3000 - $4000 to go SR and have to do more work + have the hassle of selling your previous ka-t setup to someone.

And the cycle continues.

Seriously, think about it. How many people do you know that had gone KA-T and after failing, went back to a completely stock NA KA? (In the same car)

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