awesome work Lemonhead, big fan of your work.. will be interesting to see it go...


the beauty of the A is the weight, it's simple and ultra reliable, I'm sticking with it..
in the 1000 having 650kg to start with is always an advantage..

I was at the wreckers today and saw two Nissan Sentra cars with CA16DE.

Is that better than an A15 or E15? We all know how well the CA swaps into Datsun 1200.

1.6 liter Nissan

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If you where to look at a 1000 a light engine is best and
for that matter the A, E, CA, GA and QG would be a nice pick.

The CA and QG would be the best in the 1200 unless you can fit
a reliable and easy to get L series however the L series is a
big motor as Nick pointed out and would be close to the SR.

If you want old school reliability Im thinking the A
if you want modern and reliable Im leaning to the GA, QG now
only due to its toyota 4age like cosworth architecture where
CAs has hydraulic lifters. CA has best high end power potential.
All Nissan engines seem realible with good servicing yet the A,
GA and QG have no timing belts a definite bonus.

Now Id be interested to see the weight difference between
an NA ga16, qg18 and ca18 to see if there is an advantage
in this area.

DD the ca16de suffers less than the ca18de and ca20e from
head gasket failures due to the smaller bores yet weighs
the same as the ca18de. Id prefer the extra 200cc unless turboing
with capacity restrictions where the ca18de is not legal.

The CA motors have the most affordable rwd aftermarket and
factory support for manifolds so size vs cost per hp its a winner.

Thank you Dundee1000.

Found a picture of some bolt on goodies for the new motor.

Just have to order the dry sump rocker cover from TDC to have all that is needed to get the motor going with an A-series head.

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mmmm shiny new oil pump

also need to remember that using a or e series will result in the same gearbox problems. 5 speeds and strong a series boxes are hard to find.

The main reason DD why i would put the ca16de qabove the a/e15 is its a more modern motor. The feedback from my rally mate was that the e- series is just too "agricultural" for his purposes, but he was also using it NA, which is uncommon for that motor.

The big advantage of the CA16de is that it is small enough to potentially have less issues with registration, and its shares similar parts and knowledge with the CA18de/t. Sure more cubes is always a winner, but when you are limited in capacity, the CA16de could be the winner.

Lemonhead, u running the A series head? pm Dattoman, he had some A series dry sump stuff...

im not sure how good 4age's are but the gearbox fits in the tunnel, its 100-120kw stock as a rock and parts are hell cheap. ca's are good but who wants to chop chop their datto. i have b4 and never again