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beans33
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Car: 1993 ca18det 240sx

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Hey guys just giving an update. The Ca will be back in in about 2 weeks just wainting on my oil line to get made and some other small stuff. But the 8 months Ive had it out Ive rebiult the bottom end with CP pistons and Nissan rod/main bearings. Everything in the head is stock. Ecu chipped for 550's, z32 maf with a safc. Garrett t3/t04B. Ill keep everyone posted as soon as i get it in. Thanks for the help the last 8 months.


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mrzabala
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Car: 93 Nissan 240SX SE Hatch

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IF you can take lots of pictures when your installing the ca into the bay. Lol, you can even take a picture after every part you put on. It will help people like me that are planning to get a ca for our cars. Im loving the black valve cover. Its the shEx

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teddy
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Shoot man, I have a t3 oil feed line all pieced together that I've been wanting to sell. Oil restrictor as well. Anyways, it's looking good and I'm glad to see it's almost ready to go back in. Did you test fit the ssauto mani while the engine was still in the car?

beans33
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Car: 1993 ca18det 240sx

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Yea Im going to try and take as many pictures as possible, I ordered the m12x1.00 earl fitting Im jsut waiting on it to get here to get the line made. As far as the manifold goes I didnt test fit it, but theres a guy here that said he could make it work, I told him that they probably wont fit right, but he just about can make anything work, just one of those types of poeple. Thanks for the compliments I will keep everyone posted.

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Good luck with the SSAC mani. That turbo looks like it has a small enough hotside that it might actually clear. If it does I would highly reccomend some heat shielding for the brake MC. Keep us posted!

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c-rad
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I know I will probably catch a lot of flack for this, but when I get tired of the T28, I may end up selling the whole motorset and going with a :gulp: SR. Only for the fact there are many reliable top mount setups that don't have clearance or cracking issues. Don't get me wrong, I love the CA, but unless you are going with a custom one-off manifold there isn't anything out there.

Not_a_sr
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Car: 90 ca18 pwrd 240sx FB
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all you have to do is call me up, ill build one, and it will be priced competitively with the sr market.

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rico05
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I bet with cams that motor would scream. I am looking forward to some dyno numbers on that setup you have there. Very nice.

beans33
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thanks rico for the compliment even though i dont have cams right now Ill let ya know what i put down. By the way whats the most lift I can get out of some cams without replacing the springs/lifters ?

dvd
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beans33 wrote: Yea Im going to try and take as many pictures as possible, I ordered the m12x1.00 earl fitting Im jsut waiting on it to get here to get the line made. As far as the manifold goes I didnt test fit it, but theres a guy here that said he could make it work, I told him that they probably wont fit right, but he just about can make anything work, just one of those types of poeple. Thanks for the compliments I will keep everyone posted.
where did you get the fitting? was it from that site that uhh someone posted up here? the one with the 9 dollar shipping for a fitting.


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