woohoo my ca18det is at my house

Post by **nomore_mr2** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

wow after an exhausting 1800 mile trip i fianlly got my engine home. my friend and i left friday at 11 am and returned sunday at 12 am. i'm so happy. on the way home i stopped at my friends new shop and placed my order for hks 272 cams cam gears and grex 1.6mm headgasket. the motor is already done(blown headgasket thats why i am ordering a grex) and it came with a haltech e6k. i could ask for a better set up. just waiting on teh hks manifold and turbo then it should be complete. oh yeah if anyone knows where there is a clean s13 coupe please let me know because this stuff doesnt do me any good without a shell.

Post by **ninjak84** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

Haha!You bought the engine, and performance parts, without the car?Well I guess if youre getting a good price on it, makes sense to buy it while you can. Check out our buy and sell forum. There should be some coupes for sale there I think....

Might also help to tell everyone where you're from, so they know which cars to refer to you.Good luck on the search, congrats on the engine!

Post by **JESTER** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

That's what I should do. Maybe I would go ahead and break down and by the car if I had the parts/engine laying around.

Post by **johnpoppy** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

off subject, but why did you get rid of your mr2

Post by **slw240sx** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

i got a 90 or 91 hatch both red both around 155000 on them one auto one manual, but im keeping the manual one one with suspesnsion one without

Post by **giant killer** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

you sold an MR2 and switching over to Nissan!?!?! BLASPHEMY!!.....oh wait...i am doing the same thing:P

Post by **nomore_mr2** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

hey guys, i am switching to the s13 for a few reasons. i've owned my mr2 for 4 years and kinda of sick of it actually. it was time for a change. i was extremely bored with the mr2. it just wasnt the same car as when i first bought it. also i want to make good reliable horse power. the mr2 imo sucks *** for that. the stock ecu has teh timing so advanced under some points the its nearly impossible not to knock. unless you go full ems your never gonna make good reliabel horse power. lastly i drove a friends 240sx coupe and it was alot of fun. even with that doggy ka engine i could tll this car has serious potential.

Post by **slw240sx** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

THIS IS LIKE FU_CKING CHRISTMAS MORNING MAN I CANT SLEEP im going to pick up my motor at 8:30am iahhh i feel like im 10 again... too bad its not running ohwelll ill get it going in a month or so

Post by **nomore_mr2** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

where you going to get your motor at/. is it stock? how come it isnt running?

Post by **slw240sx** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

just got her back to the garage i bought it off a former NICO member lookslikea240, dustin davis in columbus, i think its got a wiring problemn there fore has a weak spark an is running rich upon inspecting it i less then five mins i pointed out around 4-5 parts of his wiring that wouldnt even pass for a stereo installation quality

Post by **dan240** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

giant killer wrote:you sold an MR2 and switching over to Nissan!?!?! BLASPHEMY!!.....oh wait...i am doing the same thing:P

hey giant killer, beatdownvictim from revscene here (oh **** my cover's blown) hehehehe i see you ventured your way over here. CA18DET > silvia (revscene guy)

glad to see you in the ca18det forum! Didja ever get a ride from that silvia guy? cuz if you did, his car's got nothing on the DOULIK built CA18DET.

Post by **giant killer** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

hey man....wasup...yah..looking into the ca18det a bit more....but i gotta sell my 2 first..an IMO i love the mr2...it can still spank any "H" or "A" and its 15 years old! But yes...it's time for a change too...it would be nice to have a back seat for...well..you know:pface ...but i am still debating over the ca18det or sr20det...it's such a hard choice and the only thing holding me back on the ca is it's age....

Post by **giant killer** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

nomoremr2...what gen mr2 did u have?

Post by **nomore_mr2** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

i had a sw20

Post by **giant killer** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

boosted?

Post by **slw240sx** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

well long day ahead got a take out the EFI harness an start rewiring it all. and running all the vacum hoses again.. any one know what happens if you have a DET/knock sensor start fritzing out on you ???

Post by **dan240** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

giantkiller: age doesnt make it a bad thing, i assure you the CA18DET is a stout motor. Our shop's CA18DET is gettin some new toys put on it. If you're in vancouver and you see an UGLY and loud grey 240sx with faded paint and a spooling sound, you'll know who's car it is

Post by **Bizz** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

wait....vancouver WA, or BC? If its WA what shop are you refering to?

Post by **SSDwellah** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

Well there is a portland in washington so maybe that's where he's from? Although there's a portland oregon and probably 20 others

Post by **dan240** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

Vancouver BC is where i'm at. Dou Lik Industries is the shop i'm talkin bout. Dont got a site up yet, but it'll be up some time soon. We need some respectable nissan tuners up here in the pacific northwest.

Post by **Bizz** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

werd. so far the only place I've actually checked out is hyperrev here in the lower vancouver. They've got two sr20 swaps that I've seen, both of which are a little rough but DAMN fast. Out of curiousity do you guys import det clips?

Post by **slw240sx** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

BUMP

great news i just redid a ground wire on my Ign chip, put in some new plugs,(some cheap bosch platiumn 1.99) and cranked it over an it started up an ran for like 20sec an died, i was like what omfg it started, thinking it didnt really start i hit the key again an it went varoom an stayed running i gave it some gas is kinda sputtered but it revs an it stays idling, so im so happy right now ive had this thing like a week an half an i got it to run and it sat at a shop for like a month n they couldnt figure it out.. im so proud, now i just got to get some intercooler piping an other odds n ends an put it all togther right an take it around the block once its going strong an i clean her up an fix the oil leaking from the turbo return line, ill be swaping it into my 90 240sx.....

Post by **nomore_mr2** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

hey congrats man. thats great news. i pulled the head off mine today cuz it had a faulty headgasket. the thing came out in one piece like it was just unwrapped. no wonder why it didnt seal. my hks gasket hsould be here on monday so it will be sealed up then. i bougth a 92 coupe from new york and the car will be delievered on the 6th. wahoo finally coming together. just waiting on my cams turbo system and s13 front end conversion to get here and i should be up and running. i also switched from the e6k to a sds em4f. i liked this system alot better. well thats my latest news. any comments?

Post by **slw240sx** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

damn sounds like you have some cash to throw around ehh..i wish i had some xtra. im paying off the motor this week or next, then i goto pay for the IC, and im hoping to have it swaped into my car in like the next month or two, i got to go find a beater first that i can roll while this sawp is happening.

Post by **boost_boy** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

Quote » i also switched from the e6k to a sds em4f.[/quote] If you run into problems or have any questions about the SDS, let me know. I also use/have the SDS in both of my cars and am preparing to install one on my friend's S14 with SR20.

Post by **nomore_mr2** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

hey i do have a question. know anyone selling one? i am trying to look for a used one first before i order a new one.

Post by **boost_boy** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

I have an extra one, but it's an EM2 upgraded to an EM3 in which I had to pay extra for. I had originally had it made for my built CA18DET, but decided to sell it to a friend with 4Agze engine who deposited $500.00 and borrowed $210 of it back (the rest is history). I'll let it go for $900 firm........ let me know.

Post by **nomore_mr2** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

hey boost boy. does it have a harness laready for a ca18det? i think i will buy it from you. can you email me with more details. thanks email me at [email protected]

Post by **t4 mr2** » Sun Dec 08, 2002 1:02 am

hey m2, my buddy has a SDS for sale it came off a sr20 and comes with harness and everything for around 800.

woohoo my ca18det is at my house

woohoo my ca18det is at my house

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