[Marty01]

hey.. anyone know how involved it is to swap this engine into a 1989 Pulsar? from the info i found it seems pretty doable in a 3 day weekend with taking the final day to double check EVERYTHING... i found an engine supplier who gets me engine+turbo+intercooler+ecu+wiring harness+ i do beleive everything else i would need to go to this setup... never mind the fact a SR20DET would give MORE POWER.. im looking at getting roughly 150 at the wheels and this will give it what im looking for at a much lesser price (saving about 500 bucks) which is the easier swap.. as i dont find much use of saving 500 bucks on teh engine if i end up spending 700 more for the swap itself.. where can i find more info on this??

 

[Marty01]

eninge, the wiring harness, the ECU, a tranny, you'll also need the axles and shifter linkage to go along with whatever tranny you choose. You'll need all the motor and tranny mounts, a CA or compatible radiator so the hoses will line up right, if your pulsar doesn't already have a CA in it. Ummm I'm sure that's not all but other people will add in what I forgot.

great info! thanks a bunch.. never thaught about the radiator.. axles as well is something i wqill hafta search for.. will those out of a ca18de work?? the tranny comes with the engine.. FWD 5 spd is all i know at this point.. and BTW i will he swapping from auto to 5spd ( i know more work then i need to do.. but the pulsar im looking at getting is auto so there ) so on top of axles and rad, i would also need a clutch reservoir/hoses if its hydraulic clutch on the tranny that comes with the engine, a clutch pedal would help alot too as would the shifter itself and the brackets to mount it... asides from this.. anything else you can think of?? what about the guage cluster? i have no idea whats in the car to be honest.. i only have seen the outside of the car as of yet... which cluster can be swapped in? if i can source down a cluster from a car that orriginally had a ca18det i would go for that as it will give me the guages that "should" be there and would make things look much more 'factory' any ideas what to look for?

and to all those who read my posts so far.. thanks.. you guys are on top of things its great compared to other forums ive been on keep it up..

 

[Marty01]

Yes you will need all the hyd clutch items, as well as a brake petal from a nissan that has a manual transmission, the auto brake petals are huge and will interfere with the clutch petal. And the shifter linkage will be needed too like you said, and possible all tranny mounts( I don't know how similar the auto mounts are to the manual one but i'm guessing you'll need different ones. whatever gauge cluster is in there now should be good enough, the speedo goes to 125 and the tach goes to 9k rpms. If you don't end up using the wiring harness and the ECU and even the head for the CA18DE I'll be willing to buy them from you as it's difficult to find pulsars around here that still have parts left.

cool.. thanks for the info about brake pedal.. never thaught about that.. the engine/tranny mounts come with engine/tranny.. so the only things i need to add to my list are rad/clutch+brake pedals+ stuf i need to go from auto to 5spd... so the cluster thats in the car stock will do fine? whats the redline of a CA18DET?

 

[Marty01]

I believe it's set for 7k rpms, I don't remember what the actual rpm cutoff from the ECU is for the DE or the DET.

good good good.... im guessing for the axles, those from a1.8L powered pulsar/sentra will do? im sure it would alot more if i knew which tranny i was getting but unfortunately, im unsure exactly.. what i do know is its 5spd FWD that was in a car with a CA18DET.. if that helps.. also.. this is more of a luxury than anything else but... anyonre know if that tranny has a LSD or not?? i dont wanna buy the damn thing only to rip appart a FWD tranny to find out i did it all for nothing hehe thanks in advance guys.. if you know of any sites to give me the info im looking for.. lemme know

 

[Marty01]

good good good.... im guessing for the axles, those from a1.8L powered pulsar/sentra will do? im sure it would alot more if i knew which tranny i was getting but unfortunately, im unsure exactly.. what i do know is its 5spd FWD that was in a car with a CA18DET.. if that helps.. also.. this is more of a luxury than anything else but... anyonre know if that tranny has a LSD or not?? i dont wanna buy the damn thing only to rip appart a FWD tranny to find out i did it all for nothing hehe thanks in advance guys.. if you know of any sites to give me the info im looking for.. lemme know

*** bump*** please guys.. i need to know which axles to use.. once i have the tranny code.. ill be able to look it up myself to see if it has an LSD from factory

 

[Marty01]

I don't know for sure since there's no telling what car that tranny came out of and you don't have the code, Boost_boy would probably know though.
By the way, where are you located?

ok.. so i gotta find tha tranny code before being able to make any more progress.. im god with that hehe.. ill see if i can find what tranny it is.. but i doubt id have that info beore getting the engine/tranny at my doorstep

located in NB canada

 

[Marty01]

somewheres in here

http://nissanforums.com/showthread.php?t=61209&highlight=CA18DET+tranny


it was mentionned that CA18DE axles and mounts work in a B12.. my question is.. is a B12 Sentra the same engine bay as a B12 Pulsar???


please be right! lol

i contacted the supplier for the engine and they couldnt tell which tranny they wouldhave attached more then it will be a FWD one untill they actually ship the enginie/tranny and whatnot out to me.. so no help there.. was a longshot

i want to do this though!! even just keeping the engine internally stock