ca18det death prevention

[PeterT]

i remember you spending full day underneath that car in rosegreen??????

Oh yeh, well the turbo fell off, but it wasnt a death problem!

[yowdy]

rite i had my fair share of ca18s,, had one that was 321 brake,,my advice is a good oil cooler and good oil, make sure all the breathers in the head are good,, oil catch tank and if your budget allows acl bearings are a must

[PeterT]

if your budget allows acl bearings are a must

it doesnt

well do the breathers alright for sure, never thought of that thanks, and a ghetto catch can will do the job sure! i must sort an oil cooler and mount it in a hole in the bonnet. it will probably get too many smacks up front for it to be safe

[Stevo]

it doesnt

well do the breathers alright for sure, never thought of that thanks, and a ghetto catch can will do the job sure! i must sort an oil cooler and mount it in a hole in the bonnet. it will probably get too many smacks up front for it to be safe

Will it run long enough to get up sum speed to crash it

[PeterT]

Will it run long enough to get up sum speed to crash it

I live on a hill, so should be ok for a test run anyways!

[yowdy]

bla ha ha oh yea are plugs are cheepo so ya wont here the rattles

[eileen]

going by my ca which is a monster since the word go and has never seen rebuild, all i do is very regular oil changes and services. every 2.5k.. 3k AT MOST. and hell she gets hard abuse. no baffled sump etc etc...
edit; and always warm up and cool down...

best prevention is buy a sound one. simple.

[s13-ste]

baffled sump, gem will sort ya with that, oil cooler and good oil. then just abuse the fucker.

[nissan_doctor]

Without a strip down/inspection then you are playing russian roulette with any 15+ year old standard turbo charged engine.

If the engine is PROPERLY rebuild to manufacturer specs with new bearings(race ones not needed unless you plan on hiking the power a good bit.) rings, oil pump etc the you will have no issues once its tuned correctly and looked after properly.

There is nothing wrong with the design of the ca. they are not a weak engine, most at this age just have worn bearings, rings, pump, ring journals etc.
These are what cause failures, not any design flaw.

[PeterT]

Without a strip down/inspection then you are playing russian roulette with any 15+ year old standard turbo charged engine.

If the engine is PROPERLY rebuild to manufacturer specs with new bearings(race ones not needed unless you plan on hiking the power a good bit.) rings, oil pump etc the you will have no issues once its tuned correctly and looked after properly.

There is nothing wrong with the design of the ca. they are not a weak engine, most at this age just have worn bearings, rings, pump, ring journals etc.
These are what cause failures, not any design flaw.

Yup yup dont get me wrong I know its not design, just ways of preventing death because i dont know the history and its high miles!