The Mighty CA18DET | Everything You Need To Know In 5 Minutes!!
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2022
- In this video I explain what makes the CA Engines special and the backstory about how they came to be.
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Great video! Thanks so much! We love our CA18DET over here in europe and I agree it's totally underrated.
That’s good to hear man! I really want to get a 4port head from you guys one day to try!
It is and will always be my favourite engine. The 180sx is my dream car, has everything I am looking for and is sexy aswell.
It´s not "underrated", people just want "the new things" CA20-CA25-CA26.... But the CA18DET performs and ressist more than the CA20det
CA18DET 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Great video!
Cheers!
Awesome video👍🏻. Can you please give more info on the pistons of the CA18DET? Is it forged pistons?
And how much horsepower can you squeeze out from a CA18DET with stock internals.
👍🏻Thanks
I’m not sure if they are forged. I think they are just cast. Stock bottom end 300-350hp would be the limit. The head won’t flow more than that anyway.
Love my CA18DET in my 180SX its was a daily for 14yrs before I moved for work and now I stil have it 23yrs thougts it's in Australia waiting for me to return one day
Dam that thing must be a time capsule after not moving for so long! Do you have pictures of it back in the day?
@Jarrodwillemse I might have some but they would be I Australia and I'm in Malaysia. My mate was a drift team mechanic so she runs sweet all the goodies with ceramic coated every bit of inlet and exhaust and sits on 9x18 and 10x18 Work Meister S1 2pc. It's gunmetal grey and the wheels have black spokes and a classic Kakimoto Racing R exhaust and rare trunck spoiler/wing all other exterior parts are stock so cops dont hassle. When I finally return she will go for a full refresh but now it can just sit in the shed back home.
@@kanenstuff Sounds sweet man. Would love to see it one day!
@Jarrodwillemse if you live in South Australia and when I finally get home you can check it out. It was about to get a refresh paint job so need to put the bumper on and a few things as it hasn't started since 2014 but sure be all good with some love.
Hey mate I live in Melbourne currently. But who knows I might visit soon!
my 1990 exa ( pulsar nx for americans ) came with a ca16DE fun little car
I didn’t know Americans got ca engines.
@@JarrodWillemse they came in USDM s13s as well as pulsars. not common as there isn’t many of them
To what extent if any are the CA and SR related to each other? For example did the SR also carry over the characteristic un-skirted crankcase block that can be traced back to the original license built Austin engines?
I have another video talking about comparison between the two engines.
Great video as always! I do prefer CA18 over SR20s. Had two and never had any problems with them! On a side note, what oil would you recommend on a stock CA18? Not pushing any mods, just keeping the power as it is
Thank you! Yeh you never hear stories of ca engine blowing up unlike sr’s. If it’s cold where you are then 10-40 should be ok considering the engine is likely old and clearances are worn. If it’s hot then you could go 10-50.
@@JarrodWillemse ye I’m from Europe, so CA18s used to be cheap. And because they were cheap people used to trash them and replace. SRs are way more sought after here as CAs have bad reputation in general. Great engines in my opinion still, even though they are being forgotten nowadays
@@marcinjedrol That's funny. Here in Aus so many SR's and they seem to be all thrashed. I guess its supply and demand.
@@JarrodWillemse im from spain and its true here ca18det are bad reputation so people with schasis swap to sr20det
But in the late years the sr20s also suffering from bearings i think years of drift and abuse is the reason.
In France too. In the french schassis community lot of owners swap for SR20, RB25-26, 1-2JZ, even someones for LS or 1UZ.
And yet I heard in Japan in 90's, they nicknamed the CA18 silvia's "baby Godzilla".
Tho the benefit of this reputation is we have low prices for CA pieces compared to other japaneses engines.
do you know the oem CA18det coil pack harness wire size/diameter in mm² ?? i have read something about 14 awg, which is 2.0mm² but is it really that thick or is it 1.5-1.6mm² ? maybe the conversion from awg to mm² is not correct
Hey mate I’m sorry I can’t help. My car never came with the factory harness so I can’t measure for you. I’d recommend talk to an auto electrician.
Hey bro if I have a fwd ca18de motor and want to make it rwd what I’d have to change if you’d know by chance?
hey mate you need different intake and exhaust manifolds, engine mounts, rocker covers
I'm not sure the 'DET' head was developed until much later. Your opening summary is Google misinformation at its best!
Thanks for the feedback. Are you able to tell me what I said that was incorrect?
From the start "The CA18DET was produced from 1982 to 1991" I think you mean the CA18 engine family was produced from 1982-1991??
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I have a ca18det swapped into a nissan hardbody 😅
That’s sick! Does it go well?
I have a CA on a stand that has been machined and assembled with wiseco pistons. Has lots of other goodies. I will keep it at this point ( went LS ) and throw it in something since everyone just waste my time when I tried to sell it. Hasn't seen any action, 0 mile
Don’t sell it man even if you don’t use it, it will still go up in value. One day you might buy a car to put it in. I’ve been hoarding ca and sr parts because I know they will only become more expensive.
im trying to swap a ca18det into a 1987 nissan sentra se, pls hmu i could use your brain to understand this swap better
@@kiranpatel7759 ask away!
Where can i get an air intake cover like yours?
Hey mate you can make your own like me! ua-cam.com/video/EixituLeLeY/v-deo.html
Hey bro! What TPS do you use with CA18?
Stock Mate haven't changed it.
Can I put the head from a CA18det onto my CA20E from my 1986 pintara.
Hey mate it might be possible I heard of people doing it from a ca20de
Its basically a baby rb26 not so? It shares the same architecture at least
I think the head on the 26 is abit different and it also has itbs. Its more slimy to the rb20 and 25.
If you have a pulsar would you want to sale it
If I had a pulsar I would definitely keep it haha.
R this engine legal in California?
I assume so if it came in the car originally and retains its emissions devices.
I thought the CA replaced the F series
What are the F series of engines?
@@JarrodWillemse FJ20ET