wtb:solid lifters for ca18det

[catchumdaylee]

im in need of solid lifters for a ca18det ,tomei is back ordered and i have been waiting about 4 months ,im willing to pay what ever i dont care about shipping i just want them now im willing to take used ones aas long as they are in good shape ,its the only part i need to finish my motor that has been over a year in the making so at this point im willing to pay good money if some one has themmy email is [email protected]

thank you donnie

[biosehnsucht]

if you can find someone w/ RB26DETT solid lifters in stock, you can get those. that'll give you two spares - get two sets, you'll end up with 3 complete sets for CA, sell the other two

now, why do you need them. Got some cams intended for solid lifters? if not, you'll need to, and otherwise you don't need the solid lifters.

[catchumdaylee]

from what i have seen and from spec im pretty sure its the same lifters as the rb25 not the 26 and the ones from the vq30dett will also work but i cant find any and yes i have solid lifter cams 272\ 10.35

[cortina-mk1]

tomei, jun & hks have all stopped production on CA parts nowso its only what is left on the shelves

[float_6969]

Does anybod know how the solid lifters on the tomei/jun/hks adjust? Is it shims like Nissan uses on the KA, or does it have some sort of thread and locking device.

[niscort]

They are shims. FJ shims can be also be used

[btustison]

RB26 lifters won't work, they are the wrong design internally. 26s use a longer valve stem and a deep lifter, all of the engines with hydraulic lifters have a shorter valve stem to leave room for the lash adjustment mechanism. We tried this on an RB20 at the shop, you can have 12mm shims ground or you can use RB26 valves. I suppose that if you are doing a bunch of work on the engine anyway and you happen to be lucky enough to have the better part of an RB26 top end laying around you could use GT-R parts. Personally I would just call some shops that specialize in RB or VG engines and see if they will work you a deal...

[biosehnsucht]

hrm could have sworn it was RB26's.. I know VG and some RBs and the CA share em, so maybe its the "lesser" RBs

[CA19DET]

i have VG lifters in my engine...

you can have them made easily at a good machine shop. my roomate told me he could make them in a day..

[float_6969]

i have VG lifters in my engine...

you can have them made easily at a good machine shop. my roomate told me he could make them in a day..

I was just going to mention this. A solid lifter IS NOT a complicated device. Any decent machine shop should be able to kick out 16 of them in a day. I would take a lifter from the CA down to them, and if you can get ahold of one, one from a KADE. CA is hydralic, but the KADE is solid. I'd take both of them down there and basically tell them that you want the KADE lifter made in the same dimensions of the CA lifter.

[CA19DET]

ding ding, exactly, and your could get some trick forged aluminium blanks and get super light, strong ones...

[boost_boy]

im in need of solid lifters for a ca18det ,tomei is back ordered and i have been waiting about 4 months ,im willing to pay what ever i dont care about shipping i just want them now im willing to take used ones aas long as they are in good shape ,its the only part i need to finish my motor that has been over a year in the making so at this point im willing to pay good money if some one has themmy email is [email protected]

thank you donnie

Those solid lifters have little shims underneath them as well. All of mine had to be re-sized because of fitment issues. If you're not going to go balls-out with your car, I wouldn't wast my time with solid lifters.

Dee

[catchumdaylee]

boost boy if you have solid lifters how much for you to sell them ?also what brand are they and what was RESIZED on them ?

[boost_boy]

boost boy if you have solid lifters how much for you to sell them ?also what brand are they and what was RESIZED on them ?

I have a fully built engine that's been together now for a couple of years that also has a head outfitted in JUN gear, but the solid lifters or any part of it isn't for sale. The CA's solid lifters were never a hot item because the stock hydraulic ones did such a good job at meeting the average person's need. They are not going to be easy to find as you may already know, but I can ask a friend if he can possibly squeeze a set from his supplier. Answer me this, what exactly are your goals with this motor? You don't really need the solid lifters for the cams you mentioned, but you can also forget about trying to rev the thing to 10,000 rpm as well without them. Those hydraulic lifters you already have will safely support over 8500rpm which in the sense of sn old engine like the CA18DET, is marvelous.

You should focus more on the head and the clearance issues you will have. I do recommend getting forged pistons and having the valve reliefs on those pistons increased to clear the valves because of the high lift cams. If you don't do this, you will bend the valves immediately. And later on if you find some solid lifters, you can experiment with them. But for right now, take my advice and focus on those things I instructed you to. You do this and you'll be just fine.

Dee

[slownslurious]

are those my old cams?