let me ask you, the bumpers and fenders and hood just bolt on? i want to know cuz i have a sentra coupe that needs a new engine and if i dont sell my turbo b12 the ill have to ask for your permission to copy your project in a later time. mines a 2 door though. will it still work? the car is amazing. you can send me a pm if you dont want anyone else to know. or if you perfer.
Ya, it's all bolt on. Technically you don't have to change the hood/cowl, but if you want that wider indention on the hood you have to change both the hood and the cowl. You also have to change the brackets that the parklights and headlights bolt onto.
The big thing for me though was the black fender trim on the coupe has holes thru the fender to hold it on. I welded metal to the back of the fender and filled it with body filler and cut the part of it off of the plastic to leave just the fender lip plastic.
oh i see, this project is so intresting because its different. look out for my next project people. next stop sports coupe front on my b12.thanx for the info
up dates please. im dying to see this car done. i ordered those fenders radiator support and lights and i need to know where you got the front bumper from cuz the usdm bumper is different and yours looks nicer. let me know and i promise ill let you take your car out before i start my front conversion. i started my car back up so now i will not be selling it. i will make it into a street beast.
Here's the deal with the bumpers. I got mine from sunnyca18de that posts on these forums, well from him and another guy in Dresden Germany. The thing is you ONLY need the bottom half of the front bumper - sunnyca18de has one of these. It bolts onto the coupes regular front bumper. As for the ground effects and the rear pieces from the rear bumper you'll have to get those from overseas. Expect to pay several hundred in shipping - I had the whole bumpers shipped and it costed TONS. But just getting the bottom half of the bumper and the ground effects shouldn't cost more than 500 I would think. Go with Fedex, get an account and ask for "great rates" and they'll cut the price by like 1/3rd. UPS will not pick up from a residence.
As for updates, I'm continuing to prep for paint. Actually, I got so sick of sanding the 4 layers of paint from the front bumper that I hired a guy to do it! Probably will be taking it to the paint shop sometime next week. Just wait till you see the rear wing I bought this for thing - it's really sets off the back end.
On a side note I tested out the ca18det in it the other day and I gotta say, WOW! Pinned me to the seat...I am amazed at the power in this little car.
Labor of love!!!! You need a scoop for that intercooler unless you are going front mount. Dont forget to post some finish pics and numbers(if you get it to dyno).
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Well for the time being - no scoop no way... I'll switch to a front mount intercooler when I decide to start increasing the power in this engine. Remember not all ca18det's came with a intercooler at all. One under the hood is better than none at all I guess...
Right now it's at the paint shop, unfortunately my paint guy is a raving alcoholic so he'll work one day then lie in a drunken stupor for the next 3 days...he does good work tho. I helped him out and in one day we fixed about 9 dents and primered a bit. Also, I converted the fuel door to be where it useds the lever to pop it so we had to weld up the old hole from where it had a key before. The car is ready to primer - the nissan Sunny bumper i had was COVERED in like 6 coats of paint, a little more sanding and it'll be ready also. As soon as his drunken stupor is over and he starts answering calls I'll get some pics posted.
I also bought a dual pod for the a pillar and a wideband air/fuel gauge and boost gauge - i'll install that real soon also.
As for a dyno - they havn't invented those in Eastern Kentucky yet, It'll be quite a while before that (I have to drive 2 hours to reach one).
True that early CA18DET has no intercooler. IIRC, early CA18DET were low psi with T2/20 (?) turbos while later ones have T25 with more boost. Your DET came with intercooler stock and without the scoop that intercooler will be heat soaked by the spinning turbo and might be worse than not having one. Just my 2 cents.
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What problems would that give me for the time being? Gonna take awhile for me to afford to have a front mount intercooler put in. Closest place is about 2 hours and wants about 1k to do it.
What problems would that give me for the time being? Gonna take awhile for me to afford to have a front mount intercooler put in. Closest place is about 2 hours and wants about 1k to do it.
Problem will be heating the charge air which could lead to detonation. May I suggest a simple hood scoop placed properly will keep the charge air from getting heat soaked. Hood scoops are cheap on E-bay and can easily bondo or welded (if metal) on your hood. Since you are in the process of doing a lot of body work, integrating one should be no problem.
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"These swaps are done more from desire and learned application with a twist of fate, rather than being orchestrated via a service manual." boost_boy My Cardomain
As you can see I have gotten my boost gauge installed, shows about 20 psi on vacuum and about 7 psi boost at about 5000 rpm. I also have installed a wideband Air/Fuel gauge, however I can't finish the installation under the hood until after the car is finished being painted.
This week we also installed the Nissan Sunny Ground effects, which took a bit of modifying on the area around the back door.
Also, we will finish installing the rear wing, as well as we had to modify the Nissan Sunny rear bumper - basically we're having to take two bumpers to legthen this one so that it will actually reach up to the wheel wells. In the pic we havn't finished the modifications on the rear bumper.
Now as soon as my paint & body guy sobers up (he's an alcoholic) this thing should be painted, hopefully in the next couple of days...
You need a scoop for that intercooler unless you are going front mount. Dont forget to post some finish pics and numbers(if you get it to dyno).
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