As far as I remember, yes.
... and swedish *lol*
As far as I remember, yes.
... and swedish *lol*
Lol, gotta say they loom amazing quality, out of the two, would you go for the ati or ross harmonic dampers, the ross ones are a bit more pricey but look simply beautiful. Also i dont want it to be underdriven since im only revving to 8.2k
Afaik, ATI do not sell dampers for ca18det.
However, both are good.
Ah meant the powerbond, believe you listed a while ago on someone elses thread
Yes. I have that one and it is very well made piece.
Remains hinged baffles, cleaning and painting
Nice update that man and hope all is well,I'm doing something similar to my spare sump soon,
the OE sump looks terrible imo with nothing to stop the oil surging away from the pick up as car accelerates
its amazing the CA lasts as long as they do with just 3.5 litres of oil sloshing around in that badly designed sump
and the pick pipe itself is not the best design either,the SR20 pick up looks slightly better
I want to be able to use its power and not be worrying constantly what the oil is doing
I can't afford a dry sump set up or even an Accusump tbh so sump mods are next best option
I am about to decide between a couple of lid designs. A simple version like the S14 or a more thought over dito.
Last edited by shogun; 05-01-2014 at 16:58.
Guess what...
The server that hosted my pictures have been restored and the project thread is alive again
Awsome! Finally I can read your whole project with pics.... =)
Last edited by Ronny-CTS; 21-03-2014 at 08:28.
Well Ronny, enjoy.
It will take you a while
Love this thread soo damm much. Its one of the few that everytime i look at inspires me to keep on trekking with mine in the hope it would even been half as cool
The garage is being overhauled. Good for the motivation
Dude I have just spent the last 2 days (in-between working) reading this thread and it is simply amazing! I wish I had the space and money to strip my car down and do a really thorough build like this. You have my respect Shogun!!!!
Thanks pippin.
Your words boost the motivation to keep on building
Hi, is your project finished yet?
A check valve is installed in the cylinder block of the ca18det. This valve is a part of the oil lubrication system and is easily neglected when the motor is refurbished.
The Check valve is located in the block between the 3rd and 4th cylinder. You have to remove the cylinder head to access the valve. In the picture you spot a triangular/oval shaped cutout in the head gasket, slightly upwards to the left of no 4 head stud a small hole is located. This is the exit hole of the check valve. The purpose of the check valve is to maintain pressurised oil in the hydraulic valve lifter channels.
When cleaning my engine block I flushed it wit hot pressurised water and dried it with compressed air and an air gun. Extra care was taken to flush the oil channels from both directions. From oil pump towards head and vice versa. When flushing from the oil pump area, a thin powerful water spray came out of the hole in the check valve, In the other direction the valve blocked the water. A good sign of a fully operational check valve.
The pictures show:
1. Engine block with check valve installed.
2. Check valve removed
3. Check valve (broken).
4. If it is not possible to flush the oil channels direction from the oil pump towards the check valve, you have to remove the valve. The valve is hard to remove without destroying it. Nissan no longer store these check valves (part no 11036-D4200). If needed you have to ask a mechanical work shop to make one for you. You will need to bring the old valve and the engine block for them to measure and make it right.
nice to see an update on this beast
you pulled it apart again to do the check valve?
Nope. I just share knowledge this time.
so is it running/ or nearly running?
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