my ca18det from australia

[Buddyworm]

Loving it. *Is an MHI fanboy*

What are you doing for an elbow/downpipe? I've got the same manifold and the downpipe I was sold with it doesn't !@#$ing fit The wastegate arm gets in the way.

[magnus in aus]

I bought a dump and front pipe off a guy that had a whole trust kit that went to a garrett setup. Mine fits perfect, misses the firewall and wastegate runner. Im sure a exhaust shop can make you one up? Trust have gone bankrupt this week so you wont be able to buy one from them

[Buddyworm]

Yeah, I think I'm just gonna buy a cheap gasless and learn to weld as I go. Don't really care how gross my downpipe looks. Hell, I could even get a bunch a bends, tack it together and get somebody good to finish it for me.

As to Trust, it's a ****ty deal. But from what I've heard GReddy is still good to go and Trust is pretty much just gonna restructure in order to pay off their huge debts.

[magnus in aus]

If you do decided to make one your self and weld it yourself, Make sure you bolt your flange to a flat metal surface to ensure you dont warp the flange when you weld. Unbolt it once its cooled right down

[magnus in aus]

im bored

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[r34 gtr]

Hey, you painted the fenders! Nice! It looks a lot better now!

[magnus in aus]

heres some pics of what it looks like complete. will be going lower when i get bolt on wide body.

[r34 gtr]

Nice to see I'm not the only owner of a black CA18 powered s13 who runs it below the "E" mark on the fuel gauge. Looks good!

[magnus in aus]

need to drain the last few ltrs out of it before it goes to the dyno this week

[r34 gtr]

Any specific numbers you are looking to get out of it? Or are you just going to tune for as much power as possible, while still retaining 100% indestructibility?

[magnus in aus]

i spoke to a guy yesterday who made 230kw atw with the same setup as me. running 23 psi.

so id like 200 230kw atw

[magnus in aus]

the ca is tuned

made 273hp atw @16psi/ 204kwvfull boost by 3800rpmpeak power at 6500rpm

i have a boost leak so it wouldnt hold 20 psi. once i fix that it should see close to 300hp i hope

heres a bad video and picture of my graphhttp://au.youtube.com/watch?v=C-PVvtb4XGA

http://img296.imageshack.us/im...9.jpg

[r34 gtr]

Nice power figure for just 16psi! Full boost by 3800rpm on that turbo is great!