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| Re: Ca18det vs z18det |
Subject: Re: Ca18det vs z18det
by coxsteve on 2014/7/2 21:08:31
Been there done that, A Z18 Turbo into a 1200 Ute years ago for Wayne Selby, Yeah one of those Selby's of Suspension fame one of my mates.
This Ute was Burgundy with Simmons wheels, Custom dash, Formula Ford Master Cylinder mounted on top of the Steering column support (Hooks up perfectly with the standard cable clutch pedal and use a BDA escort type separate fluid reservoir)
VW Passat wagon rear Koni shocks, Armstrong Stanza struts (The Grey Aussie made ones used the bigger stub axle compared to the Jap ones but had the small strut bodies)
Custom mounts for the cross member but the big killer is the need to replace the whole Tunnel and part of the Firewall to properly fit a Z 18 Engine but particularly the gearbox into a 1200.
We used a whole front cut from a Bluebird SS to do the Job and I still have a translation into English of the Japanese Wiring Diagram for that ECU setup for a Z18 that we did for the Job.
Heaps easier is either the Nissan C18 or a Toyota 4AGE done them all into 1200's and all the turbo's have the same issue, Because the Ute is so light it is real hard to make the Turbo load up properly and make boost so 3.7 Diff gears and sandbags in the back help.
You may have seen the Ute as it was featured in Fast Fours and Rotary's but the Mongrel who put it in claimed he and his mates built it, There was a reply regarding that aspect in the next issue of the magazine but like on page 58 what a Joke, Even the Engineer who certified it wrote to the Magazine on our behalf as he considered it one of the best and neatest conversions he had ever certified but as usual somebody else claimed the work as their own.
Happens more than people realise
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