Ca18det

[Legend Killer]

Alright before anyone gets up me for not using the search button I have and it hasnt answered any of my questions.

1. Has anyone on this site installed a ca18 into a gli yet?

2. If so is there a thread that i missed that you can give me link?

3. Also what kind of price am i lookin at for this swap.

I know that one mount is different and that the ca20 parts most of them fit straight up. Is there anything else i should be looking for?

[Jono]

1. not sure

2. see 1.

3. are you going to be doing the work yourself, or are you gonna get a mechanic to do it? As far as I know the gearbox will bolt up, the engine mounts should bolt up (which one doesn't?) the hardest part would be the wiring, which isn't hard if you've got a couple of wiring diagrams and a brain.

Externally the blocks are the same. The differences between CA20E and CA18DET are an oil fitting for the turbo and the deck height is a bit taller on the '20. All mounting bolt holes, etc are all the same on both blocks.

RWD vs FWD CA18 - AFAIK the only difference other than the wiring loom is the water pump feed pipe, it's a lot shorter on the RWD, and faces the opposite way. But you can swap this block-to-block anyway.

Use all your '20 ancillaries and mounts, and just bolt their brackets to the '18 block. Belts, lines and stuff should all line up.

[MAG86]

faaark....

sounds piss easy!

pity about the non-lsd boxes for the CA engines!

[Jono]

There was a CA LSD box released on U12 Bluebirds in NZ.

[ZEXTCY]

I have a CA LSD box lying around out of the N13 GT's from Japan

Not sure if want to sell it though as rare as hens teeth to find, but for right price anyone can be pursuaded  hehe