eBay - CA18DET Performance Underdrive Alloy Pulley

[NUT-CSE]

Found this one off crank pulley on ebay and thought someone might like it on here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...h=005

[DALAZ_68]

Found this one off crank pulley on ebay and thought someone might like it on here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...h=005

the one hting that worries me abotu those is the crank itself...

[themadscientist]

the CA crank needs its harmonic balancer, don't waste the money on an aluminum crank pulley that is just going to hurt the motor.

[float_6969]

Plus it's in Italy. Take a guess as to what shipping is going to be like.

[themadscientist]

BAM!

[float_6969]

LMAO!

Since this is sorta on topic, does a fully counterweighted crankshaft still need a harmonic balancer?

[themadscientist]

For a high revvin four banger I would think so. no rotating assembly will be in perfect balance.

[float_6969]

I wonder why there isn't any aftermarket support for them in the 4cyl arena? You can get them all day for chevy's and fords.

[themadscientist]

ati said they would be glad to make me one. I would try to get a group buy going but the mongrel horde has spam budgets and cube steak dreams. It would wind up just being me, probably dee, maybe you and greenie buying them so the price wouldn't be great.

[DALAZ_68]

ati said they would be glad to make me one. I would try to get a group buy going but the mongrel horde has spam budgets and cube steak dreams. It would wind up just being me, probably dee, maybe you and greenie buying them so the price wouldn't be great.

and me

imnto broke just stingie with my hard earn cash...

my girl pays for her own meals half the time...equal rights...right

[MeanGreenS13]

would greenie happen to be me? lmfao i would definitely take one... actually 2 haha

[DALAZ_68]

[themadscientist]

Alright then. When it was just me I decided it was not worth it but if enough people are truly interested I will contact them again and see if they are still willing to R&D it. I will start a new thread when I have some info.

[float_6969]

I'd be down.

Mike, you're a bad influence. Anytime a thread has you posting in it more than twice, it gets offtrack. Your covert ninja skills still amaze me to this day.

[themadscientist]

Don't drink with me, you could wake up a changed man

[ca18detgabby]

Don't drink with me, you could wake up a changed man

that explain why tim is..... well tim?

[D_Stirls]

There is an underdriven harmonic balancer for CA's being developed in Australia at the moment. Here's the NS.com thread;http://www.nissansilvia.com/fo...10054

Also as to why there is no after market support out there for the 4 cylinder crowd, as some one who has helped developed custom CA parts i can answer that one in that there is not much of a market to sell to (unless it's the SR market). Generally CA owners are tight and want top quality parts for very little $$$. Not all CA owners but a Majority.

P.S. Nutcase are you the bloke with the Vid's of a T61 EXA on youtube??? If you are i posted a reply a while back about your lean AFR's, i have the same user name on there.

[DALAZ_68]

all i know is id f**king buy it

[themadscientist]

Why wait for them when Ross already makes one?The Australians consistently bring good products to the table; I love those guys!

http://www.rosstuffbond.com.au/metal_jacket.html Problem solved!

[DALAZ_68]

Why wait for them when Ross already makes one?The Australians consistently bring good products to the table; I love those guys!

http://www.rosstuffbond.com.au/metal_jacket.html Problem solved!

ive seen that, but i dont see one for a CA, unless im missing something

[float_6969]

Cuz it's a $550 under drive pulley and that seems a bit steep. I'd be down for $300-ish, but to pay over $600 after shipping and everything just seems like too much.

If it's the only thing available though, what can you do?

[themadscientist]

ive seen that, but i dont see one for a CA, unless im missing something

I found a distributor who has them for the CA I just fired an email out to Ross.

Cuz it's a $550 under drive pulley and that seems a bit steep. I'd be down for $300-ish, but to pay over $600 after shipping and everything just seems like too much.

If it's the only thing available though, what can you do?

Yeah, but that is Aussie dollars, it is less than $400 in U.S. dollars.

[float_6969]

I knew that...

[themadscientist]

Then we come back to my initial worry that very few people will step up to pay what these things cost. Here is an ATI for the SR for the same price.http://www.frsport.com/ATI-918....html$400 is highly reasonable for something like this and if they have them I'm in regardless of the rest of the people. If it's a go and others are willing to jump on board I will try to get a group buy going and reduce costs of course.

[DALAZ_68]

Then we come back to my initial worry that very few people will step up to pay what these things cost. Here is an ATI for the SR for the same price.http://www.frsport.com/ATI-918....html$400 is highly reasonable for something like this and if they have them I'm in regardless of the rest of the people. If it's a go and others are willing to jump on board I will try to get a group buy going and reduce costs of course.

just let me know what the conditions are

[niscort]

There is an underdriven harmonic balancer for CA's being developed in Australia at the moment. Here's the NS.com thread;http://www.nissansilvia.com/fo...10054

I gave up interest on that "development" about a month after it was concocted, has been another 6 months since that point... I wouldn't really hold your breathe.

[themadscientist]

Yeah, I looked at the evolution of that thread, not promising. I just got an email back from ATI, they are willing to make one. I am still waiting on Ross. In the meantime I will start a new thread to gauge interest.

zer...eeler

[dash]

the majority of 3-400+hp CA18s *only run the necessary parts* to hit their mark and do it reliably (& still with oe pulley). That doesn't make those CA owners 'cheap' because they're not interested in the "fancy stuff", that all belong to the "land of diminishing returns"... where only rare hardcore CA enthusiast can justify the $$$.

Of the remaining, are the less aggressive, ambitious or whatever u wanna call 'em... & I can't see much point in them droppin' hundreds on a pulley.Look around, you'll hardly find a 250hp CA18 thats been running for some time.The CA has enough essential items competing for that cash

A wave of these 'cheap' CA owners crossover into RB territory, on sxoc for example.Makes ALOT more sense to invest in a far superior drivetrain. U blame 'em ?Drive a stock rb25/gt35 powered S13... probably make u throw rocks at your CA - lol

I think Mobne runs a simple aluminium crank pulley fwiw. No issues he says

[themadscientist]

I have driven RB25s, RB20s, SR20s, FJ20s, every motor has a different flavor, My CA had no trouble with the average stoplight heroes in R33s. The 25 is a waste IMO, go 26 and quit screwin around. I'm sorry, CA owners stateside ARE CHEAP! There are a few who are willing to do it right, even if it just means a rebuild with stock parts but the grand majority are young people who decide on the motor based on no logic at all, dig in the couch to buy the motor, and when it breaks because they can't or won't understand that a 19 year old motor needs a rebuild the minute it hits your driveway blame the motor. They have no money left because they didn't plan and the car languishes in their parents driveway until they scrape together enough coin to have somebody patch it back together or they give up and jump on an RB.

This part is for those that are serious. I think you find I agree that the average guy does not need this but some of us truly need them and some want them. I don't see me crack 400hp anytime soon so I consider myself in the latter group; the OCD type that overengineers. I want this thing giving me another ten years of service. Look up some of the groundwork I have already done and you will see in the grand scheme of what I am doing a $500 damper is just par for the course.

[ca18detgabby]

I have driven RB25s, RB20s, SR20s, FJ20s, every motor has a different flavor, My CA had no trouble with the average stoplight heroes in R33s. The 25 is a waste IMO, go 26 and quit screwin around. I'm sorry, CA owners stateside ARE CHEAP! There are a few who are willing to do it right, even if it just means a rebuild with stock parts but the grand majority are young people who decide on the motor based on no logic at all, dig in the couch to buy the motor, and when it breaks because they can't or won't understand that a 19 year old motor needs a rebuild the minute it hits your driveway blame the motor. They have no money left because they didn't plan and the car languishes in their parents driveway until they scrape together enough coin to have somebody patch it back together or they give up and jump on an RB.

This part is for those that are serious. I think you find I agree that the average guy does not need this but some of us truly need them and some want them. I don't see me crack 400hp anytime soon so I consider myself in the latter group; the OCD type that overengineers. I want this thing giving me another ten years of service. Look up some of the groundwork I have already done and you will see in the grand scheme of what I am doing a $500 damper is just par for the course.

I would say there are several if not the majority of the CA builds are very Cheap, myself included.

O well it will change, the S is going to sit for a bit, now that i have a nice "beater" to rock. now the question becomes slickers or just super stickie street tires......