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Post #1 post 31st January 2011 - 05:10 PM
hey everyone need a bit of help here im new to this so bear with me. so i have 1991 nissan 180sx ca18det with an intercooled turbo and i am wanting to turn the car in to a P plate friendly car so turn it in to a N/A or Non Turboed car. just wanted to know if thats possible and if it is what sort of work would need to be down.
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TwinCam16
Post #2

*reserved*

hot_hz
Post #3

do a fuckin search been covered so many times ugh

TheGeniusMoose
Post #4

Fuck off and search

NISMOgemini
Post #5

buy a N/A car then when you get of you Ps get a turbo car..

your wasting your time and money

Twist
Post #6

Fuck I love that sig, Nismo. Just needs 'can I take the turbo off my turbo'd car to make it p plate legal ?' to finish it.

NISMOgemini
Post #7

lol yeah i made it before the P plater laws. i might need to update it to include this particular question aswell lol

QUOTE (Twist @ Feb 1 2011, 11:44 AM) *
Fuck I love that sig, Nismo. Just needs 'can I take the turbo off my turbo'd car to make it p plate legal ?' to finish it.
Manic 180
Post #8

NISMOgemini for site Management!

crazy.mofo
Post #9

u cant frikin do it. car is still noted in the system as a turbo car.

crazy.mofo
Post #10

and anyway n/a cars would be cheaper most times

mitch-10-02
Post #11

another fucking idiot :headwall:

stephen16
Post #12

It has been done plenty of times, I think you just need to get it roadworthied as a n/a and all the paperwork from then should say it's na

There's alot of nob heads on here mate you probably should have searched but all you have to do is swap everything from a na model such as ecu, loom, exhaust system, block off oil and water lines and I imagine air flow meter and injectors are different

If your in brisbane send me a pm, I have a na s13 here with all the boys you'd need if you want to swap

Cheers

memmi87
Post #13

QUOTE (stephen16 @ Feb 1 2011, 04:51 PM) *
It has been done plenty of times, I think you just need to get it roadworthied as a n/a and all the paperwork from then should say it's na

There's alot of nob heads on here mate you probably should have searched but all you have to do is swap everything from a na model such as ecu, loom, exhaust system, block off oil and water lines and I imagine air flow meter and injectors are different

If your in brisbane send me a pm, I have a na s13 here with all the boys you'd need if you want to swap

Cheers


I will just add to that... being a turbo car, the compression is lower, so compression would have to be raised to keep some power from the CA18...

Seriously, it's not exactly the easiest task, but it can be done, most of the time it shouldn't, an NA variant of the motor with loom, ecu, etc, should just be sourced instead and swapped over...

TwinCam16
Post #14

QUOTE (crazy.mofo @ Feb 1 2011, 03:57 PM) *
u cant frikin do it. car is still noted in the system as a turbo car.


No it's "frikin" not.

TwinCam16
Post #15

QUOTE (memmi87 @ Feb 1 2011, 11:34 PM) *
I will just add to that... being a turbo car, the compression is lower, so compression would have to be raised to keep some power from the CA18...

Seriously, it's not exactly the easiest task, but it can be done, most of the time it shouldn't, an NA variant of the motor with loom, ecu, etc, should just be sourced instead and swapped over...


Not being able to speak for the Ca18 shit box, but the SR20det is really not that bad driven in NA form.

memmi87
Post #16

QUOTE (TwinCam16 @ Feb 1 2011, 11:37 PM) *
Not being able to speak for the Ca18 shit box


You said the operative word right there... having experience in driving an N/A CA18, CA18det and a turbo to N/A converted CA18... The converted one was hopeless and slow(er)...

TwinCam16
Post #17

It's an experience hey?

I would have referred to it as torture.

memmi87
Post #18

QUOTE (TwinCam16 @ Feb 1 2011, 11:55 PM) *
It's an experience hey?

I would have referred to it as torture.


I should have added "unfortunate" in front of the experience part... or as you stated it... torture

EDIT: I still have the torture of a CA18DET in my S13... but it is there to be thrashed, till it dies, then it's being binned faster then a $5 hooker on a Monday night and being replaced with an SR20DET

turbo x-trail
Post #19

TwinCam, I don't believe you are supporting the OP, the turbo to N/A is a horrible idea.

It is still registered as a turbo car, so it would be an illegal car regardless. Or am I mistaken?

TwinCam16
Post #20

QUOTE (turbo x-trail @ Feb 2 2011, 12:00 AM) *
TwinCam, I don't believe you are supporting the OP, the turbo to N/A is a horrible idea.

It is still registered as a turbo car, so it would be an illegal car regardless. Or am I mistaken?


Not sure how your state works, but in QLD there is nothing on registration the indicates the induction of a vehicle.

I'm not supporting it at all mind you, i'm just pointing out to the bandwagon jumpers that actually don't have a clue :thumbsup:

TwinCam16
Post #21

QUOTE (memmi87 @ Feb 1 2011, 11:59 PM) *
I should have added "unfortunate" in front of the experience part... or as you stated it... torture

EDIT: I still have the torture of a CA18DET in my S13... but it is there to be thrashed, till it dies, then it's being binned faster then a $5 hooker on a Monday night and being replaced with an SR20DET


Being a 91 model he can legally swap it for a SR20DE as well.

iBrettowski
Post #22

LOL at this thread....

twincam will get this..

wanna borrow a badge?

turbo x-trail
Post #23

QUOTE (TwinCam16 @ Feb 1 2011, 10:09 PM) *
Not sure how your state works, but in QLD there is nothing on registration the indicates the induction of a vehicle.

I'm not supporting it at all mind you, i'm just pointing out to the bandwagon jumpers that actually don't have a clue :thumbsup:


Awww true, in WA they have a record of it, (not that it matters as we don't have the restrictions), just thought some other states did too.

TwinCam16
Post #24

QUOTE (iBrettowski @ Feb 2 2011, 12:13 AM) *
LOL at this thread....

twincam will get this..

wanna borrow a badge?


:thumbsup:

truffles
Post #25

QUOTE (turbo x-trail @ Feb 2 2011, 12:14 AM) *
Awww true, in WA they have a record of it, (not that it matters as we don't have the restrictions), just thought some other states did too.



You guys down even have RWC over there. It's pretty much; let any shit fly.

TwinCam16
Post #26

QUOTE (truffles @ Feb 2 2011, 12:29 AM) *
You guys down even have RWC over there. It's pretty much; let any shit fly.


That's cause WA is that far away, by the time the RWC pads arrived there, they expired.

corporal-carter
Post #27

Hey mate same deal that I had with my car I bought a turbo car and put a na in it and spent my money on suspension and the turo motor and left the na as it was till I got off my p's

My n/a setup is for sale check my topics be perfect for u :thumbsup:

Atomic_Nitro
Post #28

QUOTE (Twist @ Feb 1 2011, 11:44 AM) *
Fuck I love that sig, Nismo. Just needs 'can I take the turbo off my turbo'd car to make it p plate legal ?' to finish it.
x 2

was more interesting reading that sig than the thread itself lol
Who would buy a turbo'd car only to N/A it ? - A dumb shit !

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