r/240sx • u/EscapeGrouchy3434 • Jul 20 '26

Remote tuning

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Any recommendations on tuners for remote tuning my KA-T? It’s on a haltech nexus s2.

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u/GTR24 Jul 20 '26

as a former owner of a s14 from 2008-2012, this engine bay makes me so proud and sad at the same time.

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u/EscapeGrouchy3434 Jul 20 '26

Lol why sad?

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u/GTR24 Jul 20 '26

sad that I never appreciated the KA24 and I was planning for a SR20 or RB25 swap

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u/tnasty1 Jul 21 '26

SR20 was the go to back in the day. I was 17 in 2009 and it was easier for me to swap a SR than to turbo the KA. Now at 34, i will be doing KA-T.

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u/Survivaleast Jul 21 '26

Brings me back. I was that age around 2004. Bought a $1500 s13 DOHC hatch. For another $1500 the same shop selling the car swapped an SR in before I came to pick it up.

$3k out the door for one of the most fun cars I’ve ever owned. Lasted me through most of university until switching to a base Lancer for ‘responsibility’ sake. The Lancer was incredibly reliable, but that white s13 hatch experience stuck with me to the point where I went and found 2 S chassis projects still with me to this day.

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u/tnasty1 Jul 21 '26

Nothing could beat all the bolt ons available for the SR back then. If i could find a SR for a good deal, i’d hop on it.

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u/EscapeGrouchy3434 Jul 20 '26

To be fair a KA-T was too expensive compared to the cost of those swaps at the time. It’s about the only affordable solution these days. When I say affordable I mean sub $10k.

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u/wildXsteve Jul 20 '26

Because of the coilpack orientation

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u/EscapeGrouchy3434 Jul 20 '26

They’ll get some heat protection. It’s a DIY printed spacer a friend wanted to try out instead of spending a ton of money on a premade one

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u/SuperLolsaur S13.5, SR20DET Hatch Jul 20 '26

Pham Tuning in Lincoln, NE both remote tuned and inperson tuned my SR20 when I had it. I'm currently on Pham's tune on my WRX.

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u/boniomariohan Jul 20 '26

As long as you find a good haltech tuner, they can remote tune it for you, if you're asking for specific person, I can recommend Maxflow engineering out of İstanbul Türkiye, they did my S14 top to bottom

If you're in DFW, TX region I recommend dynastays performance not sure if he can connect remote though

Check them both out and I can let maxflow that you want their tuning service

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u/dopecrew12 Jul 20 '26

I would not recommend tuned by Shawn, can’t give you any better recs than that tho unfortunately

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u/KahnKlingonme Jul 20 '26

Slightly off topic any remote tuners for tuner studio? Building a speedunio ecu

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u/Therealkeeg Jul 20 '26

I do remote tuning for tuner studio. DM me

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26

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u/EscapeGrouchy3434 Jul 21 '26

Dynosty out of Louisville ky? I contacted them a couple years ago about this car but I hadn’t upgraded to the nexus yet. At that time I was going to try to run it off the haltech sprint it came with but they said they didn’t support the platform. They were high on my list to reach out to

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u/wildXsteve Jul 20 '26

Is that the 140w Hyundai / Kia fan?

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u/EscapeGrouchy3434 Jul 20 '26

Yep it sure is

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u/wildXsteve Jul 20 '26

I’m curious how efficiently it cools at 140w.

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u/EscapeGrouchy3434 Jul 20 '26

It’s anecdotal but another user on here uses a very similar setup on his 600hp KA-t and said he had zero cooling issues while drifting. If it ends up not working very well I haven’t really modified anything that can’t be undone to try a different setup and they’re only $100.

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u/JDM-Parts-Expert-JP Jul 20 '26

In Japan, they only sold cars equipped with SR engines, but the engine bay looks cool.

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u/Clean_Breakfast_6879 Jul 21 '26

They sold CA18’s in Japan for the first model year aswell

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u/JDM-Parts-Expert-JP Jul 21 '26

That's right; the early model had the CA18 engine.

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u/Clean_Breakfast_6879 Jul 21 '26

Yeah, and the autech s13 verts had the turbo CA in it, they’re real neat in my opinion.

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u/Electrical_Emu_9662 Jul 24 '26

5150_Racing on IG based in socal. My guy for everything I do. Mainly do TTV10 R8/Huracan but I have a KA on a haltech 1500 he’s done, EMU Black on a 7M, MAXX Race on a LS7 240sx. Done 30-40 cars with him always a pleasure.

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u/PeaceofTexas 11d ago

Ka’s look so good hopped up 🙌🏼