ludi´s ´90 S13 CA18DET

[ludi]

Hey guys, I wanted to introduce myself and my project. I am from Germany and 24 years old.

After buying I changed suspension, the brakes and the wheels.

- HKS Hipermax D
- HKS filter
- full Z32 Brake-Kit
- 5-stud conversion
- very rare R32 GTR V-Spec Wheels (8x17 ET30)




Later I fit a new intercooler, fuel pump and an exhaust system.

- S15 OEM Intercooler
- Mongoose Exhaust with 3Inch tip
- Z32 fuel pump






And a little video on the track - not realy fast ...



Greatings, ludi

[ludi]

I had a long time a lot of fun with driving, but I wanted a little more power.

- Garrett GT2860R .86AR
- ARC-Intercooler with custom-made piping
- HKS EVC 3
- Horsham Stage2 Chip
- Ebay Header + Elbow








Greatings, ludi

[ponchs13]

Welcome, looking good

[ludi]

Thanks!

On a beautiful summer day I give full throttle on the highway at only 0.9 bar broke a spark plug and damaged the exhaust valves ...




There were two options: SR20DET or build the CA18DET.

Greatings, ludi

[ludi]

I decided to rebuild the CA and bought the following items:

- Wiseco Pistons
- Eagle Rods
- ACL Bearing
- HKS Headgasket
- HKS Camshafts
- Adjustable Cam Gear
- ARP Headstuds
- NGK BKR8EIX

I'm still waiting for the connecting rods ...





And now I wanted more power (as always ...)

- big Blitz Turbokit K3T-450 (KKK-Turbo, external Wastegate, Blitz-Manifold)
- 700cc Sard
- Nistune
- R33 GTST throttle body
- big watercooler
- VDO Gauges
- LC-1
- YellowJackets Coil Packs
- K&N Filter
- ...









Greatings, ludi

[S13Lovell]

Halo, where are at in Germany Ludi?

[ludi]

I live in Cottbus, just 100km from Berlin. I see you live near Nuremberg. There are many 200SX drivers.

Greatings, ludi

[S13Lovell]

No not really actually. I had a red 92' and that one is the only s13 ive seen since ive been here. I've seen 2 or 3 s14 tho. Yours is very clean tho keep up the good work man.

[themadscientist]

Clean car and good planning on your upgrades.

[alms24sebring]

Agreed. Nice car and awesome build. Nurburgring it!

[ludi]

Clean car and good planning on your upgrades.

Agreed. Nice car and awesome build. Nurburgring it!

Thanks guys. I'm waiting, unfortunately, still on the rod ...

But there were also some new parts:

- Recaro Speed (old version)
- R33 GTR Brake-Kit (324x30 discs with YellowStuff pads)
- Yellow Jackets ignition coils






I hope the wait end soon and the engine can be installed and adjusted. I would like to finally drive the car. Unfortunately, the Nurburgring is really far away from me (650 km ~ 400 miles), so I'm moving now on the race tracks all around Berlin.

Greatings, ludi

[SeVeN]

Achnee.... Gugg ma einer wer da is... der Ludi

[ludi]

Finally the engine is finished and it can go on! There were problems with the Turbo kit (was for RHD and without ABS) and now I just use a GT2871R for my plans.










Greatings, ludi

[adrianfromthecastle]

nice! I love ca-18's

[Driftnaut]

I dream about having a built ca in a black hatch ha, that's probably going to be my next purchase!

[ludi]

Last three days ...






























Not many words, but I think it is self-explanatory.

Greatings, ludi

[ludi]

Filled with oil and water ... Battery is connected (not connected coils). Engine is started, is assumed to oil-lamp. A little oil topped up.



Ignition coils plugged, set in NIStune Z32 MAF and 700cc and bang, jumped!

Another picture of the intake:



The car is tuned at 23.06.

Best regards, ludi

[ludi]

Greatings, ludi

[ludi]

So the car is finally mapped and run very well. There were a few problems, but these were now resolved gradually. (Silicone hoses slipped from the piping, air mass meter too close to the turbo, boost controller failure, etc.) Currently best time of 100-200 km/h (~60mph- 125mph) is 11.7 s with 1 bar and with no boost controller. Car is tuned to 1.4 bar.

Some pictures of the mapping session with Jonne from www.sky-engineering.com:






Current spec-list:

Engine:
- CA18DET
- ACL-bearings STD
- Wiseco pistons 84mm
- K1 rods
- HKS headgasket
- Tomei springs
- HKS camshafts (In: 256/8.8 - Ex: 264/9.0)
- OBX adjustable cam-pong
- Garrett GT2871R .64
- braided lines
- 700cc Sard-injectors
- ARC turnflow intercooler
- Bailey BlowOff
- K&N Luftfilter
- Z32 AFM
- Apex engine and transmission mounts
- YellowJackets coilpacks
- BKR8EIX plugs
- R32 GTR radiator alloy
- D.Speed style manifold
- 3 Zoll engineback
- Exedy NSK-7279HDB paddle clutch
- Zex flywheel (9.8KG)
- Z32 fuelpump

Suspension/Wheels/Brakes:
- HKS Hipermax D
- Z32 brakes
- 5 lug swap
- braided lines
- 17x8 ET20 R32 GTR V-Spec by BBS
- 17x9 ET30 R33 GTR with Advan-Slicks
- S13 Ösi-Spec Diff

Innenraum:
- S14 seats
- Nistune
- VDO Boost and Oiltemp gauge
- LC-1 with DB-gauge

Greatings, ludi

[splintercell]

nice...i love ca18det builds

[themadscientist]

Ich bin ein CAer.

[ludi]

A few recent pictures:





I had problems with the AFM and had to implement it, so I use now a Apexi air filter. Then I installed a Blitz Dual SBC and now I can finally go to 1.4 bar. The car runs really great.

Greatings, ludi

[ludi]

Greatings, ludi

[ludi]

Some new videos:

on the racetrack:



on the dyno:



Greatings, ludi

[Luchitosan]

Excelent Build Ludi, love those rims and the silver color ( i've a Red S13 euro specs like yours, and my next favorite color is silver).
I plan build like you excelent Dyno results, its real cool see you videos cause' you race with real fast cars like
BMW M3 - Amg Mercedes - RS's Audis - and others so i can see how far (or maybe not ) it's a tunning Ca18det from there i just have the engine rebuild and painted the car, need upgrade the brakes and re-check the engine.

What final gear ratio you have ? Red line ?

The only thing i add to you car is facelift bumper and kouki rear wing. Just keep it clean it's a really shinny body.
Keep goin man + + +

Salute, Luchito

[Luchitosan]

Excelent Build Ludi, love those rims and the silver color ( i've a Red S13 euro specs like yours, and my next favorite color is silver).
I plan build like you excelent Dyno results, its real cool see you videos cause' you race with real fast cars like
BMW M3 - Amg Mercedes - RS's Audis - and others so i can see how far (or maybe not ) it's a tunning Ca18det from there i just have the engine rebuild and painted the car, need upgrade the brakes and re-check the engine.

What final gear ratio you have ?
Tach Red line ?
Got lsd ?

The only thing i add to you car is facelift bumper and kouki rear wing. Just keep it clean it's a really shinny body.
Keep goin man + + +

Salute, Luchito

[ludi]

Thank you for the nice words, I really feel glad to hear that! The vehicle could go much faster. The driver is blame, that it does not go faster (currently ...);) A CA18DET engine can made very easily good power.

I drive the oem final ratio of 3.9:1. The head could 8000rpm do, but I'm only go to 7000rpm. 2014 I will then go towards 400HP + with redline on 8000upm. Yes, I have a VLSD from S14.

On the body of my car, I really want to change anything, the more unassuming looks of the car.

Best Regards, ludi

[Luchitosan]

Thanks for reponse, i've the 4.3:1 oem , spools very fast but cruise 130 km/h at 4000 rpm it's really
high for me, i'm studing if i can import some s15 hlsd with 3.69:1
And yes 400hp will be wonderfull but as you know sound easy when i said but...much money,
time and mistakes need to happen to get there for me.

If you don't mind, the rest of your head is oem except cams and gears cams?

Salutes !

[ludi]

The S15 differential has for me a too long final drive - yours would be honest interest. Yes, unfortunately power costs a lot of money. I have installed Tomei valve springs, for high rev.

Greatings, ludi

[ludi]

Service parts have arrived:



New tyres:



Oil catch tank:









Some pictures with track plates (front: 10mm, rear: 20mm)










Best Regards, ludi