Whats all ur opinions?

i know B120DAT would say the A series bein the best bet.

but I wanna know..

Whats worth the $ workin on ur Aseries? *A15* which i have. or the L Series?

or spend the money on a CA18DET ??

What bout Supercharge the A15, bein it a constant boost ? or just gettin a stock turbo on a CA ?

which direction to go?

this isnt a Super or Turbo topic.. more of what engine u guys prefer!

My 0.02.......... I like the A series with a SC or the CA18DET or SR20DET. Dont like the L's as they just look funny and I have had to many moments that I want to forget with them.

A series is definately best for budget unless you can modify everything your self to allow a bigger engine. To go a L series or CA you will need bigger tunnel, struts + diff/tailshaft. Then you will need to get it engineered to be legal and that is like $400?? unless you know someone. Plus i'm sure there is plenty more dollars to spend to get in a bigger than A series engine in.

For budget go the A series. Same struts, cross member, gearbox, diff, tail shaft etc. Spend what it would cost on all this stuff on the A series and youd have a pretty quick streeter.

Good thoughts.

not up for a big stuff around too after compliance plates! road worthy crap! so forth..


ur dad get back to u bout that a15?

Yeah around a grand for the rebuild + that will get u some pistons to up the compression and you could always pay my cousin a little to do the head. Flow, port, polish up a bit + bigger valves and valve springs and with that cam it would give it a bit of giddy up.

Oh yeah forgot to mention. If you wanted to supercharge the a15 my cousin still has the head profile of the one the did for a fella that ran a 12.8 over the quarter.

ok that sounds good. try and get the dollars up... hopfully spend $2,000 on it.

If you want a fully rebuilt a series motor check out www.nispares.com.au. They have freshly rebuil a12, a14 and a15 motors ranging from around 400 to 1200. Saves you farting around. Only prob is theyre in SA so will have to freight them somehow.

my $0.02

swap in a std rebuilt L18 and TRX 5 speed, twin SUs and a lumpy cam.

L18s are SO much fun to drive compared to the L20s. and they take very kindly to a little bit of boost if you decide to later on.

don;t knock an FI Lseries until you've driven one, for very little money they go very, very hard.

the extra torque is....er...."fun"

Ill take your 0.02 pro and ill ask what cars do the FI ones come from and also how much it will cost to rebuild one to standard?