B2Fresh Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Nice looking save (coupe)... looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Welcome! Nice save.Do you live in Anderson? I live in Eureka,& have a '78 B210,+ a '78 parts car,& lots of parts. Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Welcome! Nice save.Do you live in Anderson? I live in Eureka,& have a '78 B210,+ a '78 parts car,& lots of parts. I might have asked you but if I haven't, I'm looking for Tach. Do you have one floating in your stash of parts by any chance.? Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 I have a tach,but it's going in the Blue car. Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 I have a tach,but it's going in the Blue car.Well that ain't going to work for me.. I'll go over my car to see what else I may need..Thanks Quote Link to comment
mhub91 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 I am also looking for a square dash tach. Quote Link to comment
mhub91 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Have not started a build thread for my B, but I may do it lated. For now, enjoy these pics............ 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Wow... :w00t: Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 This topic hasn't been added to in over a year, but hopefully someone's watching Dude, the 15-20 posts before yours were all from the last 3-4 weeks... :rofl: Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Very impressive "mhub91".!!! What engine is that.? Quote Link to comment
mhub91 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Very impressive "mhub91".!!! What engine is that.? Thank you! It is a CA18DE from a 1990+/- Nissan Silvia. It ain't much, but puts down approx 130hp. I planned on building this B210 to my liking without falling into the "fan boy" crowd where everyone is "stancing" out the cars and swapping in a turbo SR20. So far, I'm happy. I wanted to keep the idea of a compact sedan with a high-revving, low torque engine. I really liked my A14, but I passed it on to a friend with a 1200. I found this little CA18 on my local Craigslist page for a deal and got a complete turn key swap for a low price. The idea of the compact, high revving car really shines through with the CA18DE. 130hp / 115ft/lbs torque and it will happily rev to 8,000 rpm. High compression of something like 10:1 so it's quick to rev. Also, the non turbo CA18 is something kind of special. It's found in the USDM Nissan Pulsar in FWD lay out, however, a RWD non turbo CA is something of a rarity. You can easily find a turbo CA on ebay or your local CL. I need a new clutch, shorten the driveline and figure out something about the O2 sensor hitting the steering box and it will be done. Quote Link to comment
mhub91 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 The coil over setup is a combination of MR2 rear struts, ZX strut tubes shortened down, Eibach 225# springs, and Techno Toy Tuning camber plates (not in pic). Everything has been done by myself, including wiring, pluming, cutting, welding etc... Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 I'm very impressed in the engine and the strut assembly.... Nice work.. My friends that I hang out with at our weekly meet had mentioned to me about these motors.. There were saying to get one of these instead of dumping the money into an "A" Series.. Call me old school but I love the sound of a modified "A" Series. I can just imagine how that little power plant of your is going to run.. Kudos on your "B" as in Beast once it's done.. Can't wait to see it done.. Quote Link to comment
mhub91 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 The non turbo is somewhat difficult to find. However, the Ca18det is abundant and if you choose to build it with upgraded internals, cams, turbo etc you can make some huge power. Guys in Australia love the CA and push upwards of 300hp. Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 What kind of money we looking at for this motor plus the smog issues for CA laws.? Quote Link to comment
Tolkmod Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 What kind of money we looking at for this motor plus the smog issues for CA laws.? proly already know this, but if it's 1975 or older, you don't have to worry bout it in CA Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Yeah I know that part and I'm rolling in a 78.. Now that's my problem unless I can get ahold of a 74 or 75 hatchback.. Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 I'll have plenty of time to build me my motor by the time my car goes exempt... Quote Link to comment
mhub91 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Probably no way to get it to pass smog o California. The CA18 does not come with any sort of smog equipment. No egr or anything like that. You could probably pickup a complete ca18det swap for around $900-$1500 Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Only way to do any engine swap would be to buy 75 or older car.. Period.!!! Quote Link to comment
Tolkmod Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 I'm still tossing up 3 different ideas for my B 1- Swap to a L20b 2- swap to a Ca18det or KA24E/DE (hard to find a mechanic who would be willing to do this, seeing as I have no room/mechanical skills) 3 - just go all out on rebuilding and cleaning up my current A13 With my budget/kneereplacementissues/time/life/everythingsuckslifeissues I'm thinking #3 might be my only option lol Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Well either option will take some money to get it done.. Quote Link to comment
B2Fresh Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Need add some fresh rides.. You're more than welcome to post some. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'm still tossing up 3 different ideas for my B 3 - just go all out on rebuilding and cleaning up my current A13 I'm thinking #3 might be my only option lol Might be more sensible just to source an A15 bottom end first? Quote Link to comment
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