As stated,in need of a CA18 det block/short motor,with or without internals.
Let me know what you have under the bench & how much.
Cheers

damn, took one complete to the tip last weekend.

Aint that always the way?! Oh well there are plenty out there,just have to wait till somebody spies this. Cheers

Anyone??

I've got a near complete det engine here unsure of condition bought it with a gearbox for future project. Looks the part but not game to try and turn it over till i put some oil in it. May part with it or i seem to recall you having a set of wheels i was planning to buy.

hey Bert, i might still have a block, i'm going over the Ex's house this weekend, i'll let you know, cheers Heath

Are you looking at U2LSS racing? or other class? or just building a cadet for other duty?

The ca18det blocks has the oil piston squirters which can also be retrofitted to any CA motor.

ca20e block has thick cylinder walls, thicker than most first ca peeps believed as although tall the material the L series has on the skirts is on the extra height and thickness of the casting of the CA as it has no skirts but can be strengthened using the ca18det ladder brace or a custom one like this....

Ive come across info from an old ad advertising a ca20et for speedway that it lived at 9500-10,000 rpm with methanol with 25 psi reliably.
Some peeps have also done the ca20de with good results.

Using a ca18 crank into the ca20 block works with evo 4g63 rods "OR" the crank I have with Nissan Z22e rods for much better rod stroke ratio and extra capacity.

Pictured here is the clean webbed ca18et block (as opposed to the more webbed ca18det block) same webbing as the ca20e but slightly lighter due to shorter height. The Poms are getting over 320hp with 8v head.

Andy,maaate yep you never did get around to that did you lol.Still here if you want them.Heath,Andy & D the thing is required as a spare engine/replacement for the motor in the Sunny Sports Sedan.Current engine is several years old now and probably needs a bit of a freshen up,this was the whole idea of this car RELIABILITY other than typical race car tweaks to handling/stopping etc. it,s not had a spanner put to it.Where only using 6800rpm 15lbs of boost and returning 220 hp atw,s not too bad at 800kg wet with driver.Last event in our qld.super sprint series it placed 9th.outright out of 130 odd entrys with the only sedans beating it home(just)is a FULLY hagged rex and a 700hp falcon s/sedan on 12" wide slicks. The other cars being open wheelers and a couple of lotus excige supercharged hybrids.So we figure some steel,forged internals,injectors etc.etc. may just be enough to make the differance to run a few more mega buck cars down.So as i said let me know what u have,keeping in mind what ever you have i have to totally strip it and rebuild it from the ground up including bore.Cheers guys

Still looking

Bert i am still keen on the wheels but I wouldn't make it up there real soon, on holidays from October 1st for 10 days. If your keen on the det block I have i can post a pic and i can remove the head etc.. happy to keep those bits and pieces, and hopefully do a trip up there in the ute in my holidays.