hey guys why is there so much ca vs sr hatred i love the ca18 i think its great for 1200 and other small datsun, but every sr owner wants to hate bcause they had ca18 in a ####ty heavy silvia and think ca are no good wtf is the go with these people? i had a guy at tyre shop tell me to put a sr in my ute coz his 1600 had one and was better he didnt like ca coz not powerful enough, mind u he weighed about 160 kilos hmm any thoughts people.

i hate both. want my opinion? keep the a series

both great engines including the a series. The CA is getting harder to find off the shelf and resonably priced perfromance parts now. I think the CA and the 1200 are a great match, but I went SR due to the wide variety of parts available and engines are only $500 for a good one (stock).
Mind you the SR was a dog to get in the 1200....ah I love the A series...

i dont know?, because the the best motor for power was / is the FJ, i'm not a fan of alloy block & OHV motors.

I love the A series as well, but wanted the lil Sunny to be powerful but with the driveability that can only come from a stockish motor.
I was never going to get that from an A series, and chose the SR as it's newer and has 200cc of extra bragging rights..

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why arent you a fan of the simplicity of ohv's??
and i have a soft spot for fj's

Sr due to timing chain but Ca due to size and power... it is more than enough for a 1200... SR just seems like overkill and everyone wants one since they comannd a pretty price a week out from racewars.

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that's OK, there aren't many alloy blocked OHV motors around! A few old V8s and a couple of V6s. that's about it.

i think he meant he doesnt like alloy block motors and ohv motors not all alloy block motors that are also ohv

Hmmmm, now how hard would it be to make a replacement A series block in alloy? With an AY head it would be very light & very grunty, just the way we like it.

Alloy block + AY head = mmmmm [excuse me, I just need a private moment here]

I think that one of the reasons that some don't much like the A series is because it's so humiliating to be beaten by a dinosour design from the dawn of [automotive] time that costs [by comparison] pocket change, is easy & cheap to maintain & service & makes their new fangled la-de-da engines look crook.

Well, that's my story anyway.