After a month and a half.. behold..

[asher4857]

Didnt know where to put this.. figured more of you would appreciate it here since most people dont go to the CA forum..

Its been a month and a half coming and I am glad to say that my CA18DET swap is finished. Recieved the clip on June 2nd and began work immediatly. Sorry no pics of the actuall swap in progress. Just some of the final stuff.

Me and a friend (anumeric on the forums) did this at my house during weekend and any other free time. Changed out the usuall stuff.. timing belt, thermostat blah blah. Fired up immediatly and runs great. Driven 40 miles and its the best 40 miles ive shared with my 240..

First time ive driven without radio for a while.. wastegate is music to my ears now.. Without further ado, heres the pics..

Intercooler installed:

Final engine bay pics:

Final Car shots:

Me with my baby:

Sorry for all the pics. Just so happy you know? Haha.. love this thing even more know. Thanks for looking, enjoy!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4TFiIjiDxo
Modified by asher4857 at 6:01 PM 7/25/2006

[ReD*PiG]

Looks CLEAN man!Good luck with it!

[Sneaky-Russian]

Nice, dude! Is it fast?

[Driftless240]

Very nice work. How much did you pay for the swap? Pignose love! YOu car is pure sleeper. Plan to keep it like that?

[asher4857]

Havent tested.. still breaking it in.. 40 miles down.. 460 to go.. seems fast though..

[asher4857]

hahah PIGNOSE POWER!!!

Me and my friend did the swap so i saved on labor

the engine was 1100 shipped and add on all the other parts (maybe an extra 700 including oil and bs like that)

about 1800 in total id say... deffinatly worth it

and yea, as far as body is concerned.. its staying that way... ill be painting soon but not body kit or conversions for me..

[rico05]

Welcome to the CA family!

[thechinamannN]

nice, +1 for the ca

[Driftless240]

Awesome. Glad to hear that. 1800 not bad. Have Fun.

[asher4857]

oh yea, for anyone interested.. Miata battery.. perfect size.. fits right in the old spot with plenty of room for the FMIC..

[eds13]

oh yea, for anyone interested.. Miata battery.. perfect size.. fits right in the old spot with plenty of room for the FMIC..

sweet! now i know what i need!

congrats on the swap and welcome to the CA family

[takaramotors]

+1 for the CA

[x240xdrifter]

1800- money you spent on your CA1800- number of cc's of the CA

Sign from nico gods?......I do believe so.....like when I was saving for my 240 I made 240 dollars a week....The nico gods work in mysterious ways

[PantherRacer]

Man, you are making me pine for my car NOW.CANNOT WAIT FOR THE WEEKEND!

[One_Love]

yea its a sign, you made the wrong choice

JUST KIDDING

[capwred]

looks good.and welcome to the ca family.already knew about the fmic.it looks good now keep it clean and going.

[TOPSECRT88]

Looks nice, good work dude! I would like to know what FMIC that is?

[SeVa-S13]

SSA especial.

[nvrplzd240]

looks good bro

[frsh13]

looks like clean work... always hits a soft spot on me when I see an engine thats not a sr,ka, or rb in a 240

[anumeric]

Not the cleanest swap but not bad for a couple of smucks. lol would've been done much sooner if it wasn't for cash money shortage and the bad weather on the weekends. But now you can help me with my parts I have sitting around. Also now's there 2 halfway decent cars in pwncaeks, wtf is this world coming to? lol

[SeVa-S13]

Also now's there 2 halfway decent cars in pwncaeks, wtf is this world coming to? lol

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[asher4857]

lol... pwncaeks is moving on up i gues..

and the intercooler is the SSAC S14/S15 SR Kit. The piping fits perfectly unlike their labeled CA Kit..

[hannibal]

Looking good!

CA's have to be the best bang for the buck swap. Half the price of an SR, a thrid of the price of an RB, and just as much fun.

[driftin8ez]

Good job! Looks clean. Just keep it off the guard rails.

[Ca_Silvia]

and yea, as far as body is concerned.. its staying that way... ill be painting soon but not body kit or conversions for me..

Sleepy eyes maybe? What about thhe 4x4 is that going to be thrown in to the money pit?

[asher4857]

i already did the "brown-wire" sleepy eye mod.. got tired of it after a few weeks... what do you mean 4x4..?

[RB20DETodd]

Looking good!

CA's have to be the best bang for the buck swap. Half the price of an SR, a thrid of the price of an RB, and just as much fun.

my rb20 was 1200 from venus and im pretty sure it would molest the **** out of a ca, clean swap asher

[asher4857]

yea, where I ordered my CA from, rb20s were 1100 as well.. but lets not start this argument in this thread.. thanks..

ca's are like mini rb's anyway..

[Silvia240 24'7]

try and keep it clean looks great bro nice work