I was wondering how fast have you been driving with your A-series engine with or without turbo?

Mine was 12.5/180km/h

#### that is dam good. i take it your datto is turboed. Very good time... go the dattos.
Never taken mine down 1/4 but will when a15 goes in. keen to see some more times

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have a look here at an old thread about times and performance

Finn,
Some 15 odd years ago 13.7 @ 107 mph.
A14 turbo ( T2 )
Hand built injection with fuel only computer.
Looking back bulk room for improvment and your times come as absolutely no surprise and to be quite honest I don't know why so many people muck around putting larger, heavy engines in a car that was never designed for them when a well done turbo A series has just so much potential.
Cheers
Dave

With the mildly tuned GX 85 HP wonder I managed a 17.8 , the guy in the lane next to me woth the 70 Cuda went 12.2.....I know cuase I had 5 seconds to look at the board.

Tom

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well said. We share the same point of veiw. A- series > CA yer not really but lighter and heck of a lot cheaper

I've ran 140 kph i've got no idea how it ran that fast.

Must have been the air.wont do that again.

My race 1000 coupe with a15 gx head webers and all sorted (improved production class) circut car not built for the drags
Ran 15.01
with 5 year old tyres.
cheers Mark
Ps about 130 hp at the flywheel

15.2@154kph. 30jul06 on 175/70/14's

0.9 bar on pump gas with an A15 (stockish)

Pager - How could a correctly engineered A series turbo motor be cheaper than fitting a CA?

Forget the driveline, suspension and brake upgrades, as they will be necessary with either motor choice.

Once you factor in custom pistons and rods, headwork, custom head gasket, head stud kit, turbo purchase, custom manifolds and injection set up, aftermarket ecu etc the bills start to add up big time.

A CA halfcut is $2000 - $2500. Add to that your crossmembers, loom modifications, clutch modification, tailshaft change and all the other small things that are needed in an engine conversion and I still think you would come out of it with more coin in your wallet.

The only way I could see an A series turbo being cheaper is if you, or a good mate, were very handy with a welder and a set of spanners and were able to make your own manifolds and build the motor yourself.

I ask because my preference would have been to stay with an A14 and engineer a turbo kit for it rather than fit a CA18DET but I couldn't find an economical way of doing it properly.

Regards Matty