be prepared to hate this guy :)
he doesnt make anything for anyone
just himself absolute beautiful work.
http://www.wu12.de/

go through his links and enjoy EYE-Candy!
just a hint

just when he couldnt get crazier he even made his own compressor engine from a CA18DE
http://www.wu12.de/komp.htm

sometimes you have to just shake your head and ask WHY?

and then the answer always comes back the same .... because they can

and because few of us can

Saw this couple of months back. A lot of time spend!

I call it feeding strawberries to a pig.

or truffles

He has basically eliminated all the ugliness of the CA and then some

yeah thats true guess its a personal thing and as said cause he can. Personally i dont mind the look of a stock CA just want to colour match tappet covers to engine bay colour.

Ca is a great engine and surely stock looks better than these eager rolla clowns trying to make it a Yota donk:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/ ... ie2k2/cae186det/motor.jpg

In the looks department the Ca design brief was inspired by the 80s racing blueys / Skylines (who wasnt when you saw those beasts!) & was not developed further like the RB series. The RB engine was smoothed out to add more finesse, less blockiness while CA had a short life replaced by the smooth but bigger SR20. Mazda mx5 had the nicest retro period finish but design brief was retro Lotus.

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4113/5021717662_bb52cc3202_z.jpg




I love the CA but by just removing the blocky breather at the top & using connectors at the back sides with welded flat smooth tops with rounded edges helps. There is plenty of cast material thickness there, suits our period cars much better. Custom smooth plenum/inlet mani also helps the CA look much better also, colour or polished finish both work.

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That is mighty impressive.
My only critisism is his plenium design.
Whilst it's beautiful, it's not designed along the lines of best practice. It's not tapered, and there are no trumpets protruding into where the air speed is higher.
That's about all I can fault though.