difference btw yellow or black spark plug cover?

[N.O. Accorderz]

i'm looking at some ca18det motors and ive seen some with black spark plug covers and some with an offwhite yellowish creamy color...is there any difference?

[biosehnsucht]

black is painted, normal, creamy off white color is probably unpainted, as in the paint has stripped / worn off.

[float_6969]

If it's not black it's been painted over. The plastic underneath is a yellow color.

[NeedCAforS13]

if this is the motor you're referring to, it looks like they did a horrible gold spray paint job on it...





http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...&rd=1

Looks terrible.

Sean

[N.O. Accorderz]

yes thats the one i'm eyeing out now...the motor looks terrible or the spark plug cover?

[float_6969]

The spark plug cover.

[black s13]

but the OEM Nissan oil filter looks very promising...

[NeedCAforS13]

blue doesn't mean oem... and no way would i pay $1699 plus shipping for that.

Sean

[rico05]

I got the same setup from them for $1288 shipped to my door. That is way too high to ask.

[black s13]

blue doesn't mean oem... and no way would i pay $1699 plus shipping for that.

Sean

how many other companies make baby blue oil filters? maybe in japan, but none that i know of.

[biosehnsucht]

One of my motors had a blue Greddy oil filter on it.. it looks almost like the one in the ebay pic.. hard to tell if thats a Greddy tho.The Greddy's smaller than OEM filters.

[black s13]

oh darn, it might be a greddy filter, too bad that guy didnt take care of the motor

[NeedCAforS13]

could be a nippon oil filter...



there are other companies that make light blue oil filters. just because YOU don't know about them doesn't mean they don't exist. its not a good idea to make assumptions of an engine's condition based on what oil filter is on it either IIRC biosehnsucht's motors were both blown right?

Sean

[biosehnsucht]

Haha yes one had bad valve seals / piston rings, the other (I think the one that had the Greddy filter) had a blown HG

The color looks closer to those Nippon filters, than the Greddy...

[float_6969]

Lets keep this on topic guys. Thanks!

[N.O. Accorderz]

man now yall got me thinking twice...i'mm wait out and see how much it goes up to...don't bid if you're looking...i want in on the ca club!

does that wiring harness looked hacked to yall guys?

[fanta]

I would pass on that.

[BoroBoroS13]

I would stay away from that motor set... Doesnt look to be in very good shape.

[N.O. Accorderz]

what do yall guys look for when purchasing a motor set?

[BoroBoroS13]

Things that are important to me are;

#1-Complete Motor Set-If your missing a few things here and there the cost can rise very quickly. Some parts are also very hard to find. If you can, buy a front clip so you have everything you need.

#2-Compression Test-This is to make sure there arnt any problems with the motor itself.

#3-Clean Slate-Try to find a motor that hasnt been modified already cause they will have a high chance of being mashed on by previous owners. If you really want to be picky, try to find one equiped with an auto trannie cause these motors are almost never pushed hard.

[tm_kickz]

Actually I got a ca18det with the same sparkplug cover, its not painted or atleast the one that came on my motor isnt. The oil cap was gold aswell. I did some reaserch and talked to some shops. Turns out it was only on the luxury version automatic 240s. I think they are call silvia K's. Anyways we put a manual trans and the engine ran nicely. Im not sure if that engine is the same but if you find a qold covered ca with an auto trans Id grab it reall quik. This engine runs strong...224whp baby

[NeedCAforS13]

silvia K's just is the highest model silvia (not some luxury model). its not really rare. most of the turbo silvia's were K's models with afew Q's turbos thrown in the mix.

k's = kingsq's= queensand there were afew j's = jacks

i don't know if i buy that whole luxury version having gold oil caps and spark plug covers. that sounds like a load of bs to me...

Sean

[tm_kickz]

do some research.. I guess a lot of people back then painted there spark plug covers gold. It was the cool thing to do. Black didnt get popular till later....:]

[biosehnsucht]

Black didn't have to be popular, it was black to begin with.

[Xero]

Im not sure if that engine is the same but if you find a qold covered ca with an auto trans Id grab it reall quik. This engine runs strong...224whp baby

where do you get this stuff?

there was only one CA18DET. It came in 88-90 model Silvias and 180sx', and a version of it came in the 200sx in the European model.

viola! there's your TOTAL history of the CA18DET. There were no "luxury" models, there were no special gold trim BS, it was the CA18DET, and that was it. Auto w/ gold trim has 224hp? what the hell? where did you get that? seriously, was it just some shop that had an auto CA18DET w/ ghetto painted gold crap that wanted to sell it to you high 'cause they knew they had crap?

also, especially in the time frame we're speaking, Nissan would never put their most powerfull version of an engine (though there was only ever one version that was turbocharged, it was THE CA18DET) in an AUTOTRAGIC car, ever.