CA18DET into 1991 240sx

[TheSnail]

I dont know about listing prices. Most Ca's I've bought were around 1100. Prices vary greatly, nor it’s luck, source, or how desperate you are. Ive paid 1300 for an SR, and 4800 for an SR. Ive paid 1200 for two compete RB's and 5400 for one RB. Ive paid 1250 for one CA and less then 600 for one CA. Putting price ranges in three categories is very broad. The most satisfying money spent are the exteems which were the $4800 SR and the $600 CA. Thats a huge margin. As for the red tops ive bought, there is nothing that the CA cant do as good or better. In fact, the "flip" car with the sr turbo was the -$600 one. I went to J-hot and picked up a auto CA for $470. Clean, low miles, not abused, and no-one wanted it because it was auto. I went to the junkyard and asked to buy the bellhousing off their 1984 200sx, but they said they would rather sell me the whole tranny for 200 then spend their time over petty change. So I went home, got the tools, came back pulled the tranny, took off the bellhousing (the tranny is useless, it's short and uses a shift linkage like a 300zx) and they sold me the bellhousing for $50. I came home, mated a ka tranny to the bellhousing, slapped on a sr turbo ($80), stock CA flywheel, pressure plate and new disk ($48), threw the engine in, and then it goes and dyno's 224. So for around $600 there was a clean, non abused and powerful engine in the engine bay.

On the side note, Big_J if you want, I can give you a hand free of charge. I need something to do and I need to get out the house.

[Big J]

Thanks for the offer to help. It's a friends car, and he has to sell his truck first. When we get around to it I'll hit you up, but it's going to be a few months off.

[sebastianHoff]

I dont know about listing prices. Most Ca's I've bought were around 1100. Prices vary greatly, nor it’s luck, source, or how desperate you are. Ive paid 1300 for an SR, and 4800 for an SR. Ive paid 1200 for two compete RB's and 5400 for one RB. Ive paid 1250 for one CA and less then 600 for one CA. Putting price ranges in three categories is very broad. The most satisfying money spent are the exteems which were the $4800 SR and the $600 CA. Thats a huge margin. As for the red tops ive bought, there is nothing that the CA cant do as good or better. In fact, the "flip" car with the sr turbo was the -$600 one. I went to J-hot and picked up a auto CA for $470. Clean, low miles, not abused, and no-one wanted it because it was auto. I went to the junkyard and asked to buy the bellhousing off their 1984 200sx, but they said they would rather sell me the whole tranny for 200 then spend their time over petty change. So I went home, got the tools, came back pulled the tranny, took off the bellhousing (the tranny is useless, it's short and uses a shift linkage like a 300zx) and they sold me the bellhousing for $50. I came home, mated a ka tranny to the bellhousing, slapped on a sr turbo ($80), stock CA flywheel, pressure plate and new disk ($48), threw the engine in, and then it goes and dyno's 224. So for around $600 there was a clean, non abused and powerful engine in the engine bay.

On the side note, Big_J if you want, I can give you a hand free of charge. I need something to do and I need to get out the house.

see i've never worked with a ca before, did the wiring for one but thats it. i still maintain that a ka-t using discarded sr bits would make you the most power for the money. on a side note i paid less for my rb25 than i did my first redtop, so i guess prices dont really matter.

[illeagle]

I was considering this swap also...was hard trying to find parts for this motor. and I do not know what is interchangable with it either, so most of the parts I found were in Australia, UK, or Japan...and shipping is more then the price of the part

and there is a JHOT here in Augusta...I am personally going to do an SR swap just because parts are easier to find, I am a name brand junkie

[SampaGuy]

I was considering this swap also...was hard trying to find parts for this motor. and I do not know what is interchangable with it either, so most of the parts I found were in Australia, UK, or Japan...and shipping is more then the price of the part

u can use a lot of parts from a ca18de (came in usdm pulsar), and anything more specific is, like u said, attainable by importing

[Big J]

u can use a lot of parts from a ca18de (came in usdm pulsar), and anything more specific is, like u said, attainable by importing

Thanks, you saved me from having to find a USDM I could substitute parts from

This really makes me want to get my own 240.

[sebastianHoff]

Thanks, you saved me from having to find a USDM I could substitute parts from

This really makes me want to get my own 240.

hey slow down there buddy, we only bought 240s cause back in the day they were fast, cheap, and didnt have that weird fwd juju goin on. they arent that cheap anymore and they werent that great to begin with.