The CA Power still Lives!!!

[driftin8ez]

Ok well as some of you may know i crashed my car during an inclemate weather outing i had about a month ago. I was very upset needless to say and was very serious about getting rid of the car and calling this car thing quits for a while. Well that didnt last long. I found a new coupe shell for super cheap and the CA will live again. It will take quite sometime for me to transfer over the parts ecspecially wiring all my guages, boost conroller, Digital climate control, Turbo timer, etc... Then comes all the mechanical swapping. I cant wait to get all my parts crossed over from my old shell:

to my new one:

Don't worry it looks a little rough in that picture but the rails and shock towers are supper clean. I will be crossing over most of my straight panels as well, getting the body totally straight, and then getting it repainted. The CA Bug has planted a never dying seed in me! LONG LIVE THE CA POWA
Modified by driftin8ez at 12:25 AM 10/15/2007

[kapower06]

amen brotha! lol.

Sorry bout your losses, but hopefully it opens up some new doors for you. Your should step-up your game and go top mount t3/t4 or gt turbo. and a standalone. I need some competition besides Dee and Mean_Green_s13.

[float_6969]

Hey now, I'm working on it! TMS's HKS turbo kit should be on my car as soon as I get the rest of the funds together.

[kapower06]

Awesome float! hopefully a little friendly competition will be good for us. lol. That HKS kit should be sick!

sorry bout the jack Driftin8ez, good luck on your switch over.

[driftin8ez]

Funny you should mention that. I think I found a sweet deal on a gt3071rs from a friend at school. Im just not sure if that turbo would give me any usable power??? It's a real garret turbo too! That and maybe a haltech, 2.0 block, hmmm. I have a little something in mind. But seriously would that turbo be any good as a bolt on? New injectors are obviously in order but ya... And good?

[r34 gtr]

It would be a pretty solid match for the CA I think. Ive seen SR's make a lot of power on that turbo, and if an SR can spool it so can you.

[driftin8ez]

It would be a pretty solid match for the CA I think. Ive seen SR's make a lot of power on that turbo, and if an SR can spool it so can you.

Very interesting. So you think if i throw some 550's on there and reflash my ecu i would have a decent set-up until i finish building my "real" motor?

[kapower06]

get on streetfire.net and type in beemens. although hes sr20 he has a gt3076r(my turbo) which is bigger then the gt3071r and slows up slightly later. He hits full boost around 4300rpm or so. My guess, a ca18 with the smaller 3071r would spool about the same. I would say full boost no later than 4500rpm. Also dont forget that your start making positive boost way sooner . and transient response with the gt30-35r turbo is phenomenal. Between shifts there is almost no lag at all.

If your going to go 3071r I would say stick around 14-16psi with those 550s and get it tuned correctly. You ought to see around 325-350whp, until you get a standalone. Also please check out the twin scroll 3071r's they are insane with the proper mani.

[r34 gtr]

Those 550s are going to be totally inadequate for real power with that turbo. If you are going to have to buy injectors you might as well go for some 780cc deals or something.

[driftin8ez]

point taken on the injectors...

[dash]

I believe Mobne on sxoc ran a GT30xx on his ca18 before switching to the current 497hp GT35R. A few videos on youtube featuring the GT30 in action

[driftin8ez]

It's looking a little better now:



I'll try and keep the thread updated as i go.

[Liquid_Neon]

ya know, ive seen ur sig and noticed ur wheels. but i dont think i ve seen them close up. those are sexy rims you have there.

and the new shell dont look too, too bad. primer gray but no to many beat up spots on this side anyway.

[Romulox]

I just got a 89 coupe with a CA already installed. Im having a little trouble with it though. whoever did the swap sucks at it.it has an automatic transmission, sooo i need to do a manual swap.all my friends say CAs suck/are slow. but it seems to me that they are tough little motors that can make some decent power.either way i already love CAs!

[r34 gtr]

Looks like if you scraped off enough primer you'd have a pretty decent red coupe!

[driftin8ez]

ya know, ive seen ur sig and noticed ur wheels. but i dont think i ve seen them close up. those are sexy rims you have there.

and the new shell dont look too, too bad. primer gray but no to many beat up spots on this side anyway.

Ya the shell really isn't that bad for $450. And it's a 5speed and still drives. The rims are 15x7 BBS wheels that weight about 9-10lbs each and are super stronge. I've put them, to the test a few times. I paid $300 and a set of stock saw blades for them.

Looks like if you scraped off enough primer you'd have a pretty decent red coupe!

I know the paint under the pin stripping was mint when i pulled it off. Doesn't seem like there was much bondo on the car either.

I just got a 89 coupe with a CA already installed. Im having a little trouble with it though. whoever did the swap sucks at it.it has an automatic transmission, sooo i need to do a manual swap.all my friends say CAs suck/are slow. but it seems to me that they are tough little motors that can make some decent power.either way i already love CAs!

Random but thanks for sharing. LOL

[Romulox]

Random but thanks for sharing. LOL

how was my post random? it seemed to be on topic to me.

either way jankey *** wiring is annoying.(im buying a new harness $350)

the white one is mine.

[r34 gtr]

Red X = fail.

Dude, my car has a crease on the rear 1/4 panel in exactly the same place. Your paint is better though, haha.

[driftin8ez]

ya i was wondering how that could even happen. Did you witness yours being made or did i come stock when you bought the car? LOL

[r34 gtr]

It was a factory option I believe.

[kapower06]

lol.

What color are u gunna paint your new coupe? Also those wheels look good. once again good luck on your change over.

[driftin8ez]

IDK yet... I always have a problem with painting the car anything other than the color it came but i HATE red so thats not going to happen. I was thinking maybe two tone white/gold??? Kinda like... a new coupe with a small tribute to it's fallen brother.

[ca18datsun510]

gold.

there is no other option.

but with pignose and black interior.

[ilovecoupes]

Maybe stick with the champagne/ gold. That way you could save some money, by reusing the doors, fenders, front bumper, hood, from you crashed car.

If not, black or white is always classy

[driftin8ez]

gold.

there is no other option.

but with pignose and black interior.

I do want to go pignose this time around definitely. Seeing as this car is a 90 IDK where the previous owner went wrong and got a sharky bumper. As for the color we will see. I might wind up going gold but i was leaning towards white as well. We will see when the time comes.

[kapower06]

Pignose FTW!!!

I've always wanted to do a nice dark metallic blue with black hood,roof,and hatch.

Also the gold would probably look good.

Good luck and keep up the good work. Hows your transplant going?

[driftin8ez]

ya.. The motor swap isnt going to get started for a while unfortunitely. I have so many labs, plus class time, plus 30 hours of real work. I may have to wait till winter break for the motor to go in. Gives me time to save for a turbo and injectors.

[r34 gtr]

My CA front clip was a white/gold silvia. It was so freaking hot, it was nuts. Too bad I only got half of it. White with a gold on the bottom or I kill you.

[driftin8ez]

ya thats what i wanted to do and everybody shot me down real fast saying go all gold or all white.

This paint scheme:

on this car (ill give you anouther two-tone coupe so you can see how the lines run)



I think it will look sick!

[driftin8ez]

So with my wheels it will look something like ummm this:

Warning Driftin8ez's Madskillz at photoshopping attempt!!! Last chance to look away!!! Don't have any liquids in your mouth or it will be coming out of your nose very shortly!!!

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