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coxsteve wrote:
CA18 as well to a 1200 but make sure even if you plan on using it normally aspirated base it on the Turbo CA18 as it is a much stronger bottom end,Hooking up the Tacho is a pain to these Coil on Plug Engines and something to be very carefull about,Best to adapt all the CA system to the car rather than just try to wire it into 1200 wiring harness.
When measuring for a tacho hookup I found the Ignition Module for the CA engines has 230 Volts and 10 Amps on the low tension side of the ignition circuit,That is the same s playing with a 240 Volt powerpoint in your home,Beware!!!.
How is the turbo bottom end much stronger than the NA one? they use the same crank and rods as the turbo engine. the only real difference is the turbo ones have lower compression pistons and oil squirters to cool the underside of the piston.
Also how is it a pain to hook up the tacho? there is a tacho output from the ecu. It wont work with the standard tacho as it is an induction type and is annoying to hook up to anything. but for any normal tachos you just plug them straight into the tacho output signal wire and they work. Far easier than trying to adapt the whole "CA system" to the car, which i assume you would be talking about the whole s13 wiring loom and instruments
ive done a couple of CA conversions now and modifying the CA wiring harness to make it more universal then connecting the 6 or so wires that are needed from the 1200 loom is by far the easiest way of getting the job done