Okay, currently my KA is faced with a death sentance and im not gonna fix it. Not worth the effort do fix that particular piece. SO, before it craps out (at which point ill build it up for high HP NA for another car) i want to swap it out for a JDM turbo motor. My choices went as so: CA18DET, SR20DET, or RB20DET the rb25 and 26 are too labor and funding intensive, so ill leave that to the big banks. Personally i dont like the design of the sr20, the rocker arms and single row timing chain, and everone and their grandma does that, so narrowed it down to RB20 or CA18. They are both relatively cheap (under a grand) but shipping will kill me. I know that the rb20 ill produce more torque and will probably give more power in the long run, but its also bigger and heavier. I dont know which one i should go with, so anyone who has either of these, help me make my mind up. Or anyone who knows a lot about either motor, its strengths and weaknesses please shed some light.

 

..Okay, the KA is oficially dead... does anyone have anything useful to say about either of the motors?

 

id personally go with the rb20det over the ca18det, im not gonna go into a major explanation, but basically because i believe the motor has much more potential than the ca18. Not to mention it is 6 cyl vs. 4cyl. But then again id choose sr20 over both of them. You are right though, everyone does have it, but just remember that everyone has it for a reason..it is a great motor as well as parts are easy to come by for it and the swap is simple. So basically id choose sr or rb, but if you refuse sr i guess its rb lol

 

what kind of power are you looking for and what do you want to do with the car? personally i would choose the CA over the RB20, just my opinoun of what i like better. plus no one has the CA...

 

Here are just a few places ive found that sell the CA18...i have not dealt with any of these companys so i do not no how good they are...
http://www.jarcoinc.com/inventory/halfcuts/

http://www.japanmotorimport.com/index.php

http://www.sunrisejdmmotors.com/index.html

http://www.jdmenginescorp.com/index.php?main_page=index

http://www.japaneseengineimport.com/eng/home.htm

http://www.jazzproparts.com/

again ive never had any experiance with these companys, im just finding them for your convenience...good luck, keep us updated!

 

Jarco ****ing rocks. Never always got excellent deals through them.

 

This will be my DD for the next few years, so im probably not going to try to put down more than 250-300 ponies... at max. Im looking to shoot for about 200-225 at the wheels, so with a few mods the CA should be pretty quick, or the RB will be there waiting. lol... see the SR isnt out of the question, its just that the price is so inflated because everyone wants it, because everyone knows its a simple swap and dont want to try anything new.

HOLY **** JARCO IS EXPENSIVE!

 

yea well i would just for the CA then if your nt looking for majar power... plus you can get that shiat for pretty cheap! im still trying to decide if i want a 200hp NA KA with tasty throttle respone, or a SR with 250 hp thats all my power goals are really, but every one and the step sister has SRs lol so idk what im going to do....i guess get a job first, im kinda thinking of being of pizza boy cause it sounds really fun being able to drive/drift yor way to delivering a pizza lol, how do yall get paid...if you dont mind me asking?

 

Well... it seems pizza hut in my area of town gets shafted. We get 7 bucks an hour plus tips, which isnt bad, but the places we deliver to suck. Poor *** neighborhoods, trailer parks, and a couple other neighborhoods. All in all, its okay, but im not gonna deliver anymore. I think it had a big part in the death of my KA. Other pizza places though seem to get much better tips, from what their drivers (my friends who drive for em) tell me.

 

hmm well we got alot of decent neighbor hoods around me so maybe we would get a little more...idk, just an idea cause it seemed like it would be fun lol, but my car is broke 75% of the time lol so idk if thats the job for me hehe!

 

yeah same with my 240...