New in forum S13 ca18det owner

[ivatar]

1Hi everybody, this is my first post, i have a long time in this forum but only reading sorry for my english i m from Venezuela and i dont have practice at all, I have a nissan 200sx 1994 S13 ca18det (w/o secondary butterfly) I buy this car and in my first day spun bearing appears -.- (bad maintenance bad oils etc...) it remove the motor and making all new. I have a lot of question about it, the first one, i live in a tropical country (the minor temperature is about 23 C) i want to remove the water ducts and all warming system of the intake manifold somebody has done this already?

I want a daily car whit a least 350hp

My list of piece i will change and update in the car.

-New intercooler front mount

-Oil pump, water pump, walbro fuel pump

-Fuel regulator

-Piston wiseco

-Connectin rods pauter

-Cams gear tomei

-Head stud kit and studs intake ARP

-Head gasket cosmetic

-timing belt power enterprise

-Rob Bearing and Main bearing ACL

-Motor mount nismo

-Cluthc 6 puck ACT

I will make and oil cooler and place it in the older intercooler mount.

For now i will run with the stock turbo, injectors, ecu. Later i will update for a Gt3071R garrett and megasquirt tune for the suspencion i think i will buy megan coilover damper kits track series.

I appreciate any sugestion.

Some photos

Is sad and boring in my garage







Mitsubishi Crap

I will update soon

And the update and spun bearing and really bad maintenance for the old owner

The spun bearing a good rod bearing and the main bearing

Thats is not oil its wax





The crank in the spun bearing look good but waiting to january to do the test.

Modified by ivatar at 7:02 PM 12/31/2008
Modified by ivatar at 8:05 PM 12/31/2008

[CakeEater]

Welcome, and sad to hear your bad luck....

Here is two ways of re-routing your coolant lines:

http://www.driftopia.com/2007/...ation/

http://www.driftopia.com/2007/...-to-1/

Hope those help. There is also alot of usefull info on that site for the CA.

[ivatar]

Thanks a lot for that info

[ivatar]

Update 31/12

[nismo592]

hey...nice to meet someone from south america.

[sjbsuperman1425]

damn that sucks. but nice car..i like the 200sx Center Garnish..haha

[ca18detgabby]

looks like fun times a head of you

it would be awesome to buy a car with proper maitance done..... just once. is that too much to ask

O well. gl with your build it sounds like it should be sweet when its all put together. keep us posted.

[zil40]

just a heads up on your pistons make sure the wiesco pistons are notched for the oil squrters mine werent and i had to block them off they told me they would charge me to fix the prob i know there were a few guys on clubs12 with the same prob so make sure

[float_6969]

If you go with the CP pistons they require no modification and work great.

[zil40]

that would be my choice if i was to do it again the money i saved on the wiesco pistons came back to bite me in the a**

[float_6969]

It kinda sucks too. It wouldn't be that hard for them to fix the problem. Did you ever try to contact them and let them know that they don't fit properly?

[chalander3443]

I say, upgrade the valve train with RB appliances. They are much stronger. I think, depending on your cam's lobe, you have to purchase new lifters too.

[Cams]

Saludos desde Panama, America Central.

Welcome to the CA18 forum, probably one of the most helpful and friendly forums in all the Internet.

I have now almost 2 years dealing with my 200sx so feel free to contact me if you find something that you think is different to the 240sx or to the JDM CA18 engine.

Good luck with your rebuild. It will be well worth it once it is done.

[ivatar]

Thanks for all suggestion and good ideas, for now i only built the botton i dont touch the head, when i upgrade the turbo i built the head.

Saludos cams, a question for you in panama can found parts for the ca18det?

[Cams]

Not many available here in Panama, and depends if the part is shared/used on some other, more common, nissan engine.

I was able to buy here things like:Brake PadsFront Brake RotorsEngine Temp SensorAverage quality (Chinese/Korean) Oil Seals (retenedoras de aceite)Belts including Timing beltSparkplugs

Had to order from the US at stores:ThermostatBrake BoosterTiming Belt tensioner pulleysThrottle Positioning SensorFuel pump (upgraded)

and many things 2nd hand but in great shape here in the forum:CASInjectorsPower TransistorCoil PacksTurboFuse Box

Still pending to find some replacement Rear Brake Rotors, which have Drums for the Handbrake and Brake Pads for normal braking on the 200sx.

Many other upgraded parts bought at different stores like the NICO sponsors.