ca18det drifter

[Craftsman]

Originally posted by s14driftingTX
The CA18det. As the SR swap has become more popular, it has also become easier to find oem replacement parts. With the CA, being an older motor and not many similarities widely found with US motors, I wonder if some replacement parts would be harder to find. I have researched many motor swaps and I like the idea of the CA but, I don't want a motor that I couldn't get common relpacement parts for.

From what I hear, both motors have tons of support in Japan. So don't worry about factory support and stuff like that.

The CA18 is prolly the route that I'm going to go also to cut down on cost... The SR20 is getting rediculous. 3 years ago the motor costed less than a 1000 bucks for the front clip. Now everyone is asking for 3000... I think not...

CA18s have tons of potential also...

Matt.

[s14driftingTX]

That's why I've been considering it. I can get a whole front clip for around $2000 with the CA. But SR's have gotten so expensive. I also like the rev-ability of the CA, seems like it would be good for drifting, a motor that can hang at high rpm all day long. Are there shops that do swaps or can get engines in Houston? We don't have any here.

[Craftsman]

Buy the SR20DET swap video and do it yourself... From what I hear, if you can't do it yourself using the video, you should keep yourself away from the car.

Matt.

[Ichi-Go]

There is a growing trend of people getting a CA becuase its cheap.

[s14driftingTX]

I was just wondering if there were shops in houston that would ship motors and also if there were good tuners there because I don't trust any of the shops around here because all they work on are trucks and stuff like that. Most shops around here aren't familiar with these types of engine swaps. I'm fairly confident that I could do the swap myself, with maybe the wiring being the only hard part. It looks like I may be doing a swap sooner than I thought because the ka in my s13 is leaking oil, looks like around the oil pan area, lots of oil accumulated. I'm gonna look at it better tonight to see where it's coming from.

[Craftsman]

Most of the shops do a crappy job and toss the stuff together. Noone really wants to do a motor swap.

Like I said, you're best and cleanest job is doing it yourself if you have a little bit of wrenching experience. From what I have heard about that video, it goes through every little bolt. It's great!

Matt.

[s14driftingTX]

Looks like I'm in need of a front crank cover seal. From what I've read and saw I think this is what I need to replace. Is anyone familiar with this? If anyone can help I would appreciate it.