180B gearbox cross member Might know someone with one of them tomorrow.

Both short stanza boxes, 63a 5spd i used ca g/box crossmember and removed a-series box mounts in tunnel, 4spd I used 180b g/box crossmember (holes redrilled) and that bolted to mounts in tunnel, but I widened tunnel with oxy + scissor jack a tad.

Quote:Actually, there is only one cam.
The CA18DE is twin cam with the suffix letter 'D' standing for Double[OHC] or perhaps Dual[OHC]
The 'E' suffix is for 'Electronic' & I have presumed that this means Ignition & Fuel injection.

The straight CA18 is a single OHC engine with a carb, a CA18E would have something Electronic & of course the 'T' suffix is for Turbo.

[EDITED to remove incorrect information. See my next post]

To address the original question asked, I do not know the weight difference, but doubt if it's very much.

The L18 has been a proven performer time & time again for decades. Properly built, they can appear bulletproof & can deliver more performance that a street driven 1200 should ever really need.

The L series carries a legendary status, is relatively easy to find, cheap to buy & easy enough to overhaul.
It's the better, even if lower powered, choice for a 1200 in my view for many good reasons.

Oh damn gotta get rid of my nice big radiator. Well another thing to sell with the A14 and 5 speed i guess. So what box are you running in the standard tunnel ? You may have said but im in the middle of typing so will get a reminder.

Rad will be a issue, A-series and L-series coolant inlet and ooutlets are on opposite sides, anything from l-series car won't fit under the bonnet (too high but maybe bluey rad). Im using a SAAB 900 radiator. Pigdog is using a camry rad i think.

Yeah you won't get smaller than 14's over those brakes without negative offset.



Unfamilia good to see your getting closer, free bits are cool!!

Awesome man. This is getting closer by the day. My coupe is running Bluebird struts and a big HQ radiator that should be enough to pull it up and keep it cool Ay ?. The front discs wont allow anything smaller than 14's so i imagine there Bluebird as well

They are basically the same weight without accesories.

There is approx 15kg more engine and 5kg more gearbox in the car with the l-series v a-series, if you were to move battery to the rear and put a H165 under the rear end weight evens out pretty quickly. If you look at the amount of crap that gets crammed in a 1200 engine bay when doing a CA or Sr swap no wonder they can upset handling.

Both my sedans are using manual tunnel without cutting firewall/rad support etc.

L-series for the win!!

Sweet mate. great when things pop up for free or next to nothing. Especially these days considering how rare things are getting. Tossing up whether to do the conversion to me coupe Or keep looking around for a good sedan shell. May finish the work on the coupe and sell it to fund a L18 sedan. Would love both but cant be to greedy.

ive got sedan. 120y tunnel from sedan too.

picked up L18 with 70,000kms from new for under $100 aslso have a spare L18 bottom end and picking up free L16 complete with 4 speed manual.

Cool man. Sedan or Coupe ?