CA18DET HP CAPABILITIES

CAN ANYONE ASSIST WITH INFO FROM OWN EXPERIENCE . I NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CA18DET ( 200 SX , S13 ) MOTOR IS , IN STOCK TRIM. WHAT BOOST CAN THE MOTOR SAFELY HANDLE . WHAT POWER CAN BE MADE REALISTICALLY . IS THEIR ANY SPECIFIC KNOWN WEAK POINTS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH ME. REGARDS , CHRISTO

What we like to do is to put a spacer in the oil pump to push up the oil pressure, we do this on the Sr20's and Ca18dets with great results.

I had a 115wkw 181 nm (uncorrected sr20 N/a) and my friends dad had a Ca18det with a hybrid t3/t4 which made around 340whp +- bakc in 2000 and did a 12@202km with semis in a datsun...seemed to work well for him 2 😀

Try it 🙂

I ran 350bhp on a stock CA without any issues on the limits sideways all the time.

As long as you look after the engine, service it and keep everything cool and in check you can run up to 350 without any major issues.

djtreble wrote:

I ran 350bhp on a stock CA without any issues on the limits sideways all the time.

As long as you look after the engine, service it and keep everything cool and in check you can run up to 350 without any major issues.

I would really like to see this. 😮

Charlvdw wrote:

djtreble wrote:

I ran 350bhp on a stock CA without any issues on the limits sideways all the time.

As long as you look after the engine, service it and keep everything cool and in check you can run up to 350 without any major issues.

I would really like to see this. 😮

same here the most i could get was 220 in stock besides a turbo

I have run more than 255hp on the wheels for a good 4 years now, no problems so far. That is close to 300hp...

Gary57 wrote:

I have run more than 255hp on the wheels for a good 4 years now, no problems so far. That is close to 300hp...

yes but yours isnt std when i say std i mean from factory so std injectors etc

Oh sorry thought he was asking about std internals. I did 162kw on the wheels with stock injectors and a unichip when I bought my car... That is the most I have seen. Other than that I would say 208hp on the wheels is the most.

Gary57 wrote:

I have run more than 255hp on the wheels for a good 4 years now, no problems so far. That is close to 300hp...

Thats close to 300 yes but 350 is still a deep wallet away. And its you driving the car anyway.

Well I am running 204 KW atw with "stock" internals. Bolt on's pretty much all the way... I was promised forged however 😈 Damnit. Will soon find out what the limits are however since I will drive it like I stole it... see if it holds and then double the boost.

Appologies, obviously I was running bigger injectors, oil cooler, huge GT2876R, Exhaust, Walbro, Wraped Mainfold, FMIC, mapped, etc but the engine internals were stock. Even the cams were stock.

djtreble wrote:

Appologies, obviously I was running bigger injectors, oil cooler, huge GT2876R, Exhaust, Walbro, Wraped Mainfold, FMIC, mapped, etc but the engine internals were stock. Even the cams were stock.

THANX TO ALL WHOM HAVE SO FAR CONTRIBUTED ADVICE ! AGAIN , STOCK " MOTOR " IS WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN . WHAT MAX BOOST ? ANY SPECIFIC KNOWN WEAK AREAS OF THE CA18DET MOTOR IN " STANDARD " TRIM

REGARDS
CHRISTO

Gary57 wrote:

I have run more than 255hp on the wheels for a good 4 years now, no problems so far. That is close to 300hp...

255hp is over 300hp at the engine~!^^