Hey guys. Some of you may remember me, I was a moderator here years ago... it's funny, I've been CA Sean for years around my friends, so it's only fitting I'm gonna be building another one!
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I love CA's, but I really didn't want to get another 240sx. And I've moved on to BMW's over the years. I've always loved BMW styling, I've had an E46 and E36 M3. Now I have an E21 320i. I have the original M10 in it, with a pair of dual sidedraft weber carbs, a cam, header, exhaust. And it moves pretty good. But is probably only making 130hp on a good day. Which is fun for a little while, but I really want to go fast...
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CA18 Sean, on Flickr
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So I was searching craigslist the other day (never a good idea) and I found a pair of disassembled CA18's for $250. Complete with transmission, ecu, wiring, etc. I've now ordered CP pistons (84mm, 9.0:1CR), Eagle rods, Tomei headgasket, Tomei 256 poncams, Tomei valve springs, and dropped the block and crank at the machine shop. Still need to decide on turbo and injectors. Going to be running a Motec with a custom wiring harness. A good friend of mine does motorsports wiring and Motec tuning for Porsche racecars and he's helping me on the wiring and tuning side. Power goals are 400whp range. Obviously tiny BMW diff and brakes and suspension isn't going to cut it, so I have front and rear S14 subframes/R200 nismo diff/axles/multilink to replace the antiquated trailing arm BMW setup. Gonna be fun