CA18de into KE1x

[toy-rota]

new to the forums, just got my hands on a nice ke11 shell. its been stripped and ready for a full re-build. i have a ca18de to put in. if this has been done buy anyone reading. was there any significant hassles to look out for

[big wad]

just wondering, if your going to the trouble of fitting a de , why not a det. gotta be the best bang for buck in the universe.cheers bigwad

[skiddz]

i know of a guy who has/is doing this into a ke10.... he is on rolla club and his username is bender

[Julz01]

yea very true not really worth going for de when you can put the det in and only other real trouble with it will be doing the intercooler piping . If you want a NA motor why not a 4age , at least there are alot more moding options for it then the ca18de

[Bananaman]

Well, speaking from experience with my ke20 (and i can only assume ke10 is smaller) - to get the engine far back enough to clear the swaybar, this put the shifter back to the point of needing some taken out of the seat rail that runs across the floor. To have it in this spot and keep it low, also needed a bit notched out of the brackets that go from block to bellhousing, to clear the steering properly.

Like i said could be different for ke10, but if anything i'd assume its worse.

The CA's are pretty heavy units, you're not taking advantage of their solidness () by running a turbo, you're going to have a heavy engine and not alot of power to show for it

[toy-rota]

got the shell and motor,box,loom,extractors as a package off a mate. there always the option of running some boost later.

[jfallen]

I'll sell you my spare turbo CAmanifold and GTiR T28 for $340, I'll drop it off. worth the effort as the DE motors while solid are fairly limited, and the extra effort for turbro power is very small.

Cheers
Jordan

[Bananaman]

I binned a standard exh manifold, and will likely do the same with the standard dump unless i get it running using it to start with.. it'd be very cheap to convert, but i guess the DE doesn't have oil squirters?