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Re: CA18DET
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Posted on: 2021/1/17 3:08
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Re: my new ride 1200 ute
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Yes still loving it. One day ill invest in some decent drag radials and give it a proper go but I just love the twisty stuff too much.
Ill post pics when its finished....again....lol

Posted on: 2021/1/5 1:16
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Selling my spare block and bits:prices neg

Ca18det Short Block - Under 10k km use $4k
Pauter X Beam Rods
Cp Pistons
Acl bearings.
Machined and balanced by Brinks Performance Townsville.
Ca18det stock head - complete - never used $500
Inlet manifold - stock
Lightened flywheel - surface rust $100
cometic mls hg x 2 $100
ca18det auto bell housing. $200
Spare oem cams. $100
High amp quest alternator ( can supply bracket to suite on next batch). $450

Posted on: 2021/1/4 7:41
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Re: my new ride 1200 ute
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Hi Everyone! And Happy 2021.
I love coming back here, it feels like stepping back in time to pre fb days.

Well, I have some exciting and not so exciting news on the nugget.

Lets start with the bad:
Towards the end of last year the engine developed a misfire. At this point im running 35psi of boost. Now I have the full bells and whistles elite 2500, fancy AIM dash and all the sensors known to man on the engine.
Turns out you actually have to setup the ECU with your failsafes for them to actually save your vehicle in the event of something going wrong.
For some reason there was a miscommunication with my tuner and he thought I'd done it and I had thought by default he would have done it too.
So fair to say when the secondary fuel pump failed, the engine leaned out and caused a misfire at anywhere from 20-35psi. Now I was a bit daft and went looking for hardware issues over the course of about 2 weeks.....still boosting the car like a madman on test runs (i know - eye rolls)
Well, the inevitable happened and the faint knock of doom started in the bottom end - OUCH!

At this point, I have a knocking engine and the rb25 gearbox has given up the ghost between 3rd and 4th. After a strip down, the engine only had 3 main thrust bearings damaged.The key way in crank was damaged and the ati balancer was thrashed out too as the bolt had come out!!!! Its currently off at the machine shop and has otherwise survived unscathed!

Now the good bit......
When in Rome is the saying and as the saying goes I've seized the opportunity to make a few upgrades along the way....so for 2021 the new revised version 1.something something of this build is going to/has got:

rb26 head studs - drilled block and relieved head
new balancer
new crank trigger kit as the one i jimmied up broke
new colour scheme of the engine
engine bay paint
complete rewire with Moristech PDM module to run it all
ppg rb25 dog box.

Hoping to be back by april with some pics to share with you all.

Posted on: 2021/1/4 7:38
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It pretty much is in the peak of the wet season at the moment. I drive it early in the morning or late at night around the nearby mountain ranges. In winter its tolerable (25 deg).
Its a real aural experience and i come home deaf in the left ear with a big grin on my face :)

Posted on: 2020/3/2 12:00
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Pics of the side exit, engine bay and new haltech elite 2500 that is running the show...

I should add.....the old 6boost manifold cracked at the merge collector. A new custom manifold was made and the wastegate welded to the turbine housing for better boost control and also serviceability. The whole hot side is new and custom.

My Growley cas bracket snapped so i went back to the oem timing cover. Thought id try a new style for the year with some spare covers i had laying around.

Im looking at re-wiring with solid state relays and quick connect plug on the firewall.

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Posted on: 2020/3/2 11:42
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Re: my new ride 1200 ute
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Well, its been a while between posts!!
I've been focused on other projects such as my gen 1 rx7 and the 700hp tow rig falcon ute. Ive also been busy navigating in an evo 9 rs for targa and lots of other fun motorsport events. After completing the last stage i have purely been enjoying it both on the street and the track.
Have racked up about 15k kms on this engine now.

Went back to the dyno and although we set it up for flex fuel im running E85 full time now. Sitting on 34psi and around 525hp at rear wheels. Had to beef up the fuel maps to walbro 023 x 2 (intake o44 basically) that are staged with boost. I reduced the meth nozzle sizes and now run this as an added insurance in the upper boost levels. Still is great for cooling the air temps if nothing else.

Alternator has been upgraded to a nissan quest van 130amp unit with a custom bracket i had made as the old 80mp wasn't keeping up. The engine looks a little different with a new colour scheme for this year too.

I added a side pipe that exit through the sill on the passenger side. Its bad ass and shoot flames...ill get some pics shortly

Hope you're all still chipping away at your projects!

This year is just about enjoying the build and driving the balls off it in as many events as i can.

Posted on: 2020/3/2 11:36
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Forgot to mention i plumbed the screamer pipe back in for less hassle from the police. Also threw in a complete new exhaust system with blast pipes for extra jdm points.

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Posted on: 2018/9/8 4:09
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Bit more of an update for those that don't follow elsewhere.

Well since the last post there has been some notable changes once again.

-Hi-octane motorsports rb trigger kit was modified to work with the ca18det
-New struts and brake setup from supafatto
-Rear roll cage in the tray
-Methanol Injection setup for more boost
-Diff gears reverted to 4.11 from 3.7
-rear handbrake setup modified to actually work properly
-new brake lines
-tunes x 2. I post trigger kit install, one post meth install.
-Harnesses, clubman style

After the trigger kit install we got some clean power runs on the dyno and picked up 30hp without any changes to the tune. Amazing how much difference a clean trigger signal can improve everything. The car then ran an 11.6 at the drag strip on toyo proxes r888r with a 2.4 sec 60ft and top mph of 125.

Methanol injection with a twin nozzle post intercooler setup gained me another 60hp with a light spray and allowing me to increase boost an extra 7psi safely to 28psi. Timing was not touched and there is def more to explore with this setup but in its current state if the system was to fail it will not blow my engine up. The cooling benefits are unreal. On wot im seeing sub zero temps on the air inlet temp sensor which is positioned behind the throttle plate. I cannot recommend a simple meth kit enough even just for cooling and cylinder head cleaning purposes even without a tune for it.

Safety had been playing on my mind and after seeing some images of a fellow owners accident i decided to put a half cage in the rear. Although not full proof it is still legal in qld and adds a layer of safety that was not there before.

The goal now is to compete in the sprints and hill climbs in townsville...driving to the event and back.

Ill post up some more pics soon.

Posted on: 2018/9/8 3:51
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Hell Yeah!

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