Project - Damn CA

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:59 am

Gary57 wrote:I wonder what other parts will fit the CA???

Oooh, Imagine that a CA18VET

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:42 am

Oooh, Imagine that a CA18VET

That would be awesome, even better than a SR.

Rezlo · Post by **Rezlo** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:34 am

Gary57 wrote:
Oooh, Imagine that a CA18VET
That would be awesome, even better than a SR.

man that would take some serious exhaust and charge pipe work

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:37 am

man that would take some serious exhaust and charge pipe work

Sorry to be ignorant but why?? Never really looked closely at a VE head.

Has anyone actually looked to see if it would fit??

Rezlo · Post by **Rezlo** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:40 am

1st off SR-VE is TOTALY different to a CA, belt vs. chain, cyl spacing ectr,

CA to B? he he he

you would have one seriously confuzed motor!

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:42 am

1st off SR-VE is TOTALY different to a CA, belt vs. chain, cyl spacing ectr,

CA to B? he he he you would have one seriously confuzed motor!

HEHE ok, could call it a Nisda BA18 or even Honisan

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Rezlo · Post by **Rezlo** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:45 am

Gary57 wrote:
1st off SR-VE is TOTALY different to a CA, belt vs. chain, cyl spacing ectr,

CA to B? he he he you would have one seriously confuzed motor!
HEHE ok, could call it a Nisda BA18 or even Honisan .

OR a Nisad or a sinda how ever you hook it up.,

Honda motors run anti clockwise.

Phinx · Post by **Phinx** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:15 pm

**** UPDATE ****

OK.

I might be keeping the pistons, I will have to see.
Spoken to a Few guys with CA and there is a good chance they might work

The engineering company I’m going with will be able to check the pistons and confirm that they will work...

Work being done by engineering will be

Strip
Weight match
knife-Edge crank
Tear Drop the Crank
Flywheel work
Full Dynamic Balance
Assemble and guarantee

Rezlo · Post by **Rezlo** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:31 pm

Phinx wrote:**** UPDATE ****

OK.

I might be keeping the pistons, I will have to see.
Spoken to a Few guys with CA and there is a good chance they might work

The engineering company I’m going with will be able to check the pistons and confirm that they will work...

Work being done by engineering will be

Strip
Weight match
knife-Edge crank
Tear Drop the Crank
Flywheel work
Full Dynamic Balance
Assemble and guarantee

And in 2 months (average time it takes for rebuilt motors on this forum to blow up) youll cry because your crank is cracked in half?

Do it once, do it right,,,

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:36 pm

And in 2 months (average time it takes for rebuilt motors on this forum to blow up) youll cry because your crank is cracked in half?

Why would knife edging and flywheel work do cause it to crack?? I know they remove material but surely they would only remove what is not nessesary??

Rezlo · Post by **Rezlo** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:40 pm

Do some research on it, gets very interesting and very complex, especialy with nissan SR20 and CA18 cranks.

There is a reason turbo motors are counter weighted so well...

Save the money on machine costs, buy decent pistons.

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:43 pm

Save the money on machine costs, buy decent pistons.

Agreed, I would never spend R4000 on a set of nice forged pistons just to machine then to make them fit. If I couldnt afford proper forged pistons I would get the stock ones ceramic coated.

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:00 pm

Rezlo wrote:
Phinx wrote:**** UPDATE ****

OK.

I might be keeping the pistons, I will have to see.
Spoken to a Few guys with CA and there is a good chance they might work

The engineering company I’m going with will be able to check the pistons and confirm that they will work...

Work being done by engineering will be

Strip
Weight match
knife-Edge crank
Tear Drop the Crank
Flywheel work
Full Dynamic Balance
Assemble and guarantee
And in 2 months (average time it takes for rebuilt motors on this forum to blow up) youll cry because your crank is cracked in half?

Do it once, do it right,,,

LOL - mine's lasted over a year now (with almost weekly drifting) and about 20 000km's. thank god!

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:17 pm

I have a very light flywheel which did make a good difference, but because of this I have a lumpy idle

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Phinx · Post by **Phinx** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:42 pm

Thanks for the advice....

Will look into it