CA18ET information

s13eater · #1 09-09-2006, 10:29

mine has the crank girdle in out of the 200sx.

datdrift · #2 09-09-2006, 10:44

did you need to use longer bolts to fit the girdle, cos ive got a few det bottom ends lying around that i could pull one off

northerner · #3 09-09-2006, 12:13

datdrift empty your PM box matey!

Nebuchernezzer · #4 09-09-2006, 12:21

The Pinny with the sound deadening removed and the air con removed should be around 1100kg-1150kg is my guess.
Lighter then my old SR powered Gazelle SGL anyways haha.
It's still a toss up here, i can get a CA18ET engine loom ECU and gearbox for $600 or i can get a CA18DE engine loom and ECU (no clutch/flywheel) for $200. I'm leaning towards the DE right now, it shouldn't cost me a great deal extra to turbo it and it'll bolt up to the existing Pintara gearbox.
But i have to have info to weigh up my options properly

Thanks guys.

datdrift · #5 09-09-2006, 13:18

yeah but you probably wouldent be able to run more than 6/7psi on the de+t due to the higher compression ratio of the n/a engine so you would be limited for future mods?
pm box emptied

Nebuchernezzer · #6 10-09-2006, 00:43

Nah my S13 SR20DE+T conversion in the past was happy to run on 1bar or more.
9.5:1 compression seemed to be a sweet spot, 10:1 on the later S14/15 motors were limited by detonation when turbod though.
I'm expecting to be able to run 1 bar from T25G on the CA18DE.
Not to fussed about what happens after that the Pintara is a project with a budget of only $1000 complete.

Ronin · #7 10-09-2006, 08:43

You can't turbo a CA18DE due to the high compression, if you have turboed a SR20DE it was probably a low compression one from a Primera GTe which have a low compression engine. The compression ratio on a CA18DE is 10.5:1.