I purchased my half cut 18 months ago through a WA company called Kinetic Revolution in O'Connor. $2000

I went this way as I was able to see and hear the motor running before I took it away.

They had a CA18-DE in stock also, as well as other half cuts. Im not sure what they have in stock at the moment, when I was looking this was the only CA18DET halfcut I could obtain. The example I purchased had 86000 on the clock and was complete with the exception of the struts.

Thats not a bad price. I shelled out $220 each to have mine done in Perth. The back one was pretty bad, almost a bin job and its 98% perfect.

The 1200 workshop manual states SAE90EP oil.

Hope this helps

I would recomend using spring clamps on the stanza springs before undoing the top nut on the strut. Or it flies appart as the stanza springs have alot of compression.

The 1200 springs I was able to compress by hand and got a mate to fit the strut top and nut,

Apart from that all you need is a socket set.

This process has been documented before and can be found on this website in the technical section.

I have stanza struts, stanza control arms, stanza ball joint assy and 1200 springs on my 1200 with a CA18-det.

It has also been said you need 120y castor rods. I did not use these but look into it.

If you by struts and want brakes to - get the Girlock brakes. Much easier on parts.

I payed $2000 for a complete half cut here in WA and have done 90% of the install in the back shed.

My advice is what ever figure you come up with times it by 3. Every car I have built has gone over budget. My coupe was suposed to be a $7000 project. Its 80% complete and thus far is a $21 000 car.

They are available. I brought some through rare spares. They probally were not the cheapest company to buy through but they do the job and fit well.

Not the easiest job to install.

I'm not sure where - I have tried here in WA to purchase new chrome trim for the gutters and with no sucess. Original trim is hard to source - post your findings.
I would like to find someone who can supply new gutter mouldings. Not the stick on plastic type.

I can't see how the intercooler is an issue. With all the engineering I have gone through on my 1974 1200 coupe, the only issue with the intercooler fitment was that it was "pedestrian friendly"

I feel the standard Nissan cooler is a waste of time. So I had a custom one fabricated, which goes under the front bumper. (600 x 120 x 80)It aint huge but it's more efficient than the standard nissan item. The engineers I spoke to all advised against cutting up the radiator support in any major way.