well I have a CA18ET not DET,,,its exactly the same as the ca20 except its a turbo.
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ok i had a look and took the head and everything off
ur right single cam but ohc :D
the only thing i could see from a quik look is that the blok is warn a fair bit... time for new pistons and bore job me thinks.... ill get a head from the wreckers coz the 1 its got now is fuked
thanx for the info

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is the standard pintara (4cyl) motor a CA20, or is this just the later models???

the older pintara model motor is a good one, as long as you don't work it too much. they're nice and small aswell. should drop straight into a 1200. why don't people do this conversion??? i originally wanted to do this rather than the L20b...

i thought it was a twin cam
guess not hey

Pidgeon? Sounds more like bluebird.

Is woodydat writing in pidgeon on purpose?

big cam cover maybe..definitely not twincam.. I would think.

Unless the car has a twincam sticker Then it is as good as a twincam

Cheers

Twin spark is nuthin but a hassel twice as much to service double the leads and double the spark plugs.
Are you sure its twin cam

yeh i think ill leave it in the blue bird
i like the Lseries...but the CA20 is twin spark n twin cam!! meh ill get ova it
L20b it is
thanx for the info

my mum has one in her 92 pintara, and quite frankly it does have a bit of go but is not the strongest motor and it is quite a slug nowadays. it is pretty economic though. meh it's up to you but i would go a CA18. sell the CA20 and save for a CA18