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beans33
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Just letting everyone know my CA is back on the road after a year of rebuilding.. Ill keep ya posted on how she runs.. but thanks to everyone for the help this past year.. I know the CA community is that big, but this forum is awesome.. thanks again





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r34 gtr
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that turbo is huge. you are gonna need a heat shield for that brake MC asap. anyway, awesome man! let us know how she runs!

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roplusbee
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Damn, that turbo is pretty large. Let us know how she runs.

Masterdebater
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so how much did it cost to rebuild it? if u dont mind me asking...

Sil40sK
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Looks nice man. That's a crazy setup, you deffinatly want to run some sort of heat shield around the master cylinder. By the way what turbo is that?

beans33
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Car: 1993 ca18det 240sx

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right around 1100 for the machine work, bored .20 over with forged pistons and all new gaskets. The turbo is a turbonetics t3/t04e.. might be a little big but i got a great deal on it. With 550's. z32 maf, burned chip and safc, im ready to see how it does..

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davidricardo86
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More pics!

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Reno
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wow you gonna pop for 300rwhp?

beans33
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Ill get more pics tommorow. Yea might ideal goal is 350, im not too sure how far my current setup will take me (burned chip and safc) but eventually im gonna go with megasquirt

beans33
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here are some more pics.

No its not a water hose

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davidricardo86
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Did you have to remove the reinforcement bar for the intercooler?

Wow, the engine looks raw!

What are you going to be doing with this engine setup?

beans33
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Yea i did, the intercooler I thought I was getting was smaller. They sent me this one so I had to take it off.

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turbo-sil40
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Car: 00' Land Rover Discovery, 1990 nissan silvia conversion coupe with CA turbo swap

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what kind of manifold is that and where did you get the downpipe or who made it. The car is hott man.

cheap_sticker05
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Car: 1994 Nissan 240sx VERT! 1995 240sx

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Your motor is the sex!!! Quick question, is that radiator going to take well to the added heat? Just curious because, I am running a koyo on mine due to it running a little to warm for my taste, on the stock radiator.

beans33
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The manifold is ssac, yea i know. I dont know how it fit, but it did. I have a freind who made the down pipe, he does good work. As far as the radiator goes im gonna use this for the break in period of the motor, which I wont be getting on it. But by then I will have a koyo or some upgraded radiator. Thanks for the comments

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float_6969
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What shape is the radiator in? I'm running a brand new singe core radiator and I've never had any overheating problems. I wasn't running a turbo quite THAT big, but a GT28R wasn't overwhelming it.


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