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Discuss topics related to the CA18DE and CA18DET series engines.
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r34 gtr
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I would have gone with the 2876, but whatev. Blow it up and post pictures.


niscort
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ks13 wrote:dead link niscort,
think the site crashed overnight.. link seems to be fine now

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AFSil80
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Which valvesprings and lifters are you using?

I'd like to run a dual-spring set up, but I must be looking in the wrong places.

meminto
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Not sure if that question is for Niscort, I am using RB25springs and solid lifters..

meminto
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Achieved a little more today before the threat of rain...

All fuel lines and the start of the fittings...

Red = pressurized fuel line to motor..Blue = non pressurized return line to tank..



I still have to mount it all properly, but rain delay

I was able to mount my tft touchscreen yesterday arvo..



Cheers

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Nali
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WTF....this is exactly what i want to do to my car.......curious.

Please keep us updated.

hotgemini
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I can't quite follow whats happening with the fuel lines there. It looks like you're intending to run two lines for the entire length of the car, then Y-piece them together into a single line and then split those two lines via the T-piece back into two lines, is that right?

Wouldn't an alternative have been to join them into one line in the boot and only have to fit up one single (larger) line under the car? or am I missing something? Fitting hardlines neatly is a **** of a job after all.

meminto
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Hi, yep that is what I am doing...

I considered alternatives, this is the way I want to run the lines...

meminto
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Took some shots of the manifold/injector setup today, another 1.5 weeks to go unfortunatley, still waiting for the cams to arrive..











Enjoy...

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r34 gtr
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Hot! I like how you've hidden the fuel rail on the underside of the manifold. This setup is going to be cleeeeaaannnn!

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ca18detgabby
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holy hell that purple fuel rail is hot. where did you get that?

meminto
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Yeah its not a bad looking rail lol..

http://www.billetturbochargers.com/fuel_rails.ews

Thats where I purchased it from...

bentvalves
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TV screen on the passenger side for watching movies or tuning?

meminto
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Both, Its actually a touchscreen LCD, will perform various functions including tuning/swapping maps, GPS, wireless internet/lan, music etc.. basically a media centre..

I have true 5.1 surround using a game theatre with my carpc..

I designed the screen to be removed easily for passengers...

DALAZ_68
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wow....something rare to see here, (im from los angeles) its a cleanly built 240...were did u get the hard lines for fuel...im lookign into doing ur set up but single pump...i hate rubber

meminto
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Hard lines were through summitracing.com

I replaced them as the id is slightly larger than the factory lines..


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RagingPanda
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very nice sir. Just don't be like most of us and have a "work in progress" for 6 months later hahaha. I really want to see the outcome and of course don't rush, you might forget or mess something up if you do.

meminto
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Cheers mate..

Not far away now from assembly.. Some pics of one cam...





Arrived yesterday, nitrided billet with custom profile and oil galleries for adequate oiling of the buckets...

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NUT-CSE
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Those are so purrty!!!!

Care to share the specs?

bentvalves
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yea and the holes in the cam lobes, are those through holes?


meminto
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I will share the specs once its all completed, I had to have them made as the profile could not be sourced anywhere off the shelf...

And yeah the holes are proper oil galleries...


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ca18detgabby
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any word on how much that fuel rail cost you? I want one.....

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ca18detgabby
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ps def need to check out the company/project cars on that site

meminto
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Yeah 250 aus was what it cost me...

Not bad for a nicely made rail...

meminto
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Some more work todaqy, under the car mounting fuel filters and assembling lines...





Also made and routed some of the brake lines, here are shots of the braided work so far.





NOS Solenoids..



Finishing under the car tomorrow and hopefully started on mounting the boot gear..


Ca_Silvia
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Wow dude top notch

meminto
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Cheers, yeah its all starting to come together now...

Here is some more work completed today... Upholstery and mounting of the fuel gear







And the car itself..



Cheers

Buddyworm
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The rest is awesome, I just can't handle the bumper. Love the two-tone paint, but oh god is that thing hideous.

meminto
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lol, it's funny, some people like it others don't..

I like it... but if I get sick of it I will change it...

ZenkiRHD180SX
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Buddyworm wrote:The rest is awesome, I just can't handle the bumper. Love the two-tone paint, but oh god is that thing hideous.
You'll only ever see the back anyway


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