Popular Post ELEVNS Posted November 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2015 HI guys! Long time lurker new poster. just moved down to Christchurch and thought I should join the wonderful world of oldschool! Unfortunately I do not own anything oldschool anymore as my KP61 sprint is no longer with me . But I like the community on here very much so I hope you'll let me stay! booo! No oldschool? Well I have decided as my rego ran out last week, to do a full refurbish/slight restomod on this: It made the drive from Auckland to CHCH without a sweat and the mighty CA18det is going strong on 18psi with mad overtaking skills yo. Plans are: Full refurbishment of chassis/arms/bushes/underseal get the interior super lush make it a nice street car instead of a beat up s chassis that "d0ez mad skudzz ow" Ca will make 250-280kw when tuned. never take it drifting and have a lush 200 when all the rest of them are F****d Also have a fetish for rare JDM parts, have these coming: Will be ditching the A-techs to whoever pays me cash money and having it look like this: 15x7-8s and some nice clean body. Still on the lookout for wheels. So yeah! Will start ripping into the build soon. Thanks guys! (p.s sorry if the pics don't work, doing this from mobile so will fix them tonight!) 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Welcome to Christchurch/Oldschool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELEVNS Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Thanks man! Only been here a couple months, it's been great so far! Love the south 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELEVNS Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 So, a bit of history on this thing. Bought it about 4 years ago sight unseen from a DJ in Dunedin, organised to meet him in Wellington to finalise details, and drive it up to Auckland! As I was boarding a flight to wellington I received a call saying the car had run a big end by Blenheim, apparently because the turbo seals had gone and shat most of the oil out the exhaust! not fun. Results below: Weldy weldy. Towed it to Auckland, where the donk was removed and sat in a sorry state while the engine was slowly pieced back together with a new crank, forged H-beam rods, forged pistons and s15 t28. After too long the mighty CA went back in the hole, a little shinier. essentially, it had a whole metric shit-ton of teething issues, rust in the fuel tank clogging the vr4 injectors, bad tune, awful looking engine bay. Over the next couple of years, I tweaked it here and there, re-sealing the fuel tank (not fun!) new injectors, tune, new turbo, new cams, cam gears, and so on and so forth. It went from this: to this: Now with a fan shroud. (sorry for big pics, will work on it) Specs as of right now: CA18det (forged) standard crank Balanced/ matched rotating assembly 269/8.7mm cosworth grind cams, Garrett GTX2863r Turbosmart 38mm wastegate Parts shop max Hi-mount intercooler 1000cc Deatschwerks injectors 320lph deatschwerks fuel pump Tomei FPR All engine paint + cam cover etc done by me. Catch can by C's garage. Estimated 220kw atw.( no dyno yet!) So now my dilemma is whether to go to a link ECU or stick to the standard CA ecu which can barely keep up with my injectors ( 8 bit lyf!) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Tidy! I like. Link it, single best modification ever. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELEVNS Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Yeah I think I will, just gotta deloom and shave engine bay first, figure out what plugs etc I dont need then can do the link and tune! Gotta make it look like it doesnt run haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Yeah thats worth the effort - the last few link installs Ive done have been super hidden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Nah mate, lots of split wrap loom spaghetti is the look to go for these days Nice car, S13 can pull off the look with the older wheels pretty well without seeming like a tacky throwback sort of thing as it might do on something a bit newer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELEVNS Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Just trying to figure out whether to do a plug and play or full wire in link. Looking at something interesting for wheels, weds albino, advans, ssr mk3s just something quirky, not the usual ssr mesh or mk1s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Teddy's 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Looking good. I just ordered allot off similar parts too you inc the same breather fittings. The GTX 63 and 67 sound like sweet turbo's for CA's. I'm thinking off purchasing a 'power FC' ECU, I'm just not sure if they are to dated now. Will phone STM tomorrow to see what they recommend. SLURP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Looking good. I just ordered allot off similar parts too you inc the same breather fittings. The GTX 63 and 67 sound like sweet turbo's for CA's. I'm thinking off purchasing a 'power FC' ECU, I'm just not sure if they are to dated now. Will phone STM tomorrow to see what they recommend. SLURP Tuners are getting less likely to tune these is what ive heard, Go Link tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Tuners are getting less likely to tune these is what ive heard, Go Link tbh. Really, bugger, how come? I have found a rare CA18 one for $900 and thought I was onto a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Old, outdated etc. We get a few Rx7s coming through work with them and there's pretty much the one guy who will tune them modern ECUS just have so much more ability and support. Im sure there is a bunch of people who will argue road tune - do it yourself - all you need is this - MS this and that etc etc etc but for me, the support, features, accessibility to well respected tuners who know their way around Links and high level tuning will win out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 True, I was just after something simple to manager basic upgrades such as AFM and bigger throttle body type upgrades but I guess computer technology does move on quickly. Do you think a link G4 plug in unit is a good option or be better to wire engine bay from scratch? Sorry for thread hijack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtrail Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Link g4 atom is around same price. Go wire in ditch the 25 year old loom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 It's good info for all. I'm no expert but we do deal with ECUs and tuning at work on occasion and these are some basic points I know. Plug and play is simple and easy but because it plugs into a stock loom you don't always get the extra inputs and outputs of a wire in ECU. A tunable ECU is good to support modifications obviously but what's the point if you can't have it tuned to maximise the potential of your upgrades or can only get it kinda right through limited knowledge and road tuning. (yes, Some can get a pretty decent tune on the road,) If you know your way around the engine and its components then a wire in is not that hard. You're going with a common enough engine that any issues should be resolved with a quick google. The upside to a wire in is that if you change your engine (this is your third ? ) you can keep the ECU and just buy another loom or your old one may work if the wires are still long enough to reuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 In saying that, check with your local tuners. They may be sweet with the older stuff, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Yeah fair points. and I do agree. The one I was offered for $850AU was Ca18 specific new in box 'Power FC' with controller. It looks like you need to spend around $2500 for a turbo link settup, but if the link reducers tuners time required playing with the 'Power FC' might be false economy. Either way I way I will deff be paying for a proper dyno tune, I'm good at making electrical fires and that's about it. I will google tuners and quickly ask them tomorro what they would prefer, I'm almost certain they will just say the latest what ever is popular tho. I should probably check the condition off the old wires too actually. Edit, Looks like the storm can run turbo motors, I thought they only did NA motors but I is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtrail Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 If you want simple no frills then an atom g4 will do fine. And thb for a 4 cylinder they are more than capible. Turbo fine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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