all you CA owners

[silviaGTR]

i did some searching through the forums, but found mixed results. i'm going to be future 240 owner, but wanna run the CA.where did u guys get your CA18DET engine? over here in the Bay Area, i here people talk good stuff and crap bout the ones we have. e.g. Venus imports

[zmannz]

Check out ebay, or look through the forum here, they go all the time. You can also go through any one of a number of importers on the web. When I bought my first engine swap, I got it on ebay, and I really got lied to about the motor. The second one I ever bought was from an importer who really did a good sale. The motor wasn't in the best of shape, but the guy told everything good, bad, or indifferent about the motor. In cali, you will probably find a shop within a couple hours of you that would buy the clip ad install it for you, or just get the clip. Swapping a mototr is massive work though, fair warning. I would suggest finally that you spend at least a month researching ever part of your plans and make sure you can or have the resources to complete the project.

[r34 gtr]

Got mine from Venus back in '02. I don't know how they are now, but I got one hell of an angine back in the day.

[ca18detgabby]

Got mine from Venus back in '02. I don't know how they are now, but I got one hell of an angine back in the day.

any correct my grammar......



best advice either hit up boostboy(Dee) if he has any left or go to the shop itself. finding a decent harness these days is impossible. ask them if it is ok to take a few pics(specificly the intake manifold, ignitor, MAF, and ECU) as those tend to be the only places that really give people hickups in their swap.

if you are ordering over the web, Jhot is about the only people I would trust these days.(no offense to our sponsors, but god sliced up harnesses and missing pieces are getting to be very common and impossible to find replacements)

PS if and when you check out the ECU, I would check to see if it is tuned.

btw there are several threads about this.... searching is your friend.

[rico05]

JHot sent me a motor in the spring of 2004. Had it in since June of that year and only a headgasket replacement 2 years ago. Good stuff.

[silviaGTR]

any correct my grammar......



best advice either hit up boostboy(Dee) if he has any left or go to the shop itself. finding a decent harness these days is impossible. ask them if it is ok to take a few pics(specificly the intake manifold, ignitor, MAF, and ECU) as those tend to be the only places that really give people hickups in their swap.

if you are ordering over the web, Jhot is about the only people I would trust these days.(no offense to our sponsors, but god sliced up harnesses and missing pieces are getting to be very common and impossible to find replacements)

PS if and when you check out the ECU, I would check to see if it is tuned.

btw there are several threads about this.... searching is your friend.

yeah searching is my best friend, that's what made me decide CA over SR. lol.call me naive, but why should i check if the ECU is tuned?

[r34 gtr]

It will give you an idea as to the car's past life in JDM-land. If the ECU has a wicked tune on it, then the engine was probably run very hard.