Another one of my cars, I've had this for aaaages (got a soft spot for S12s) because it popped up at the right price and it was the exact one i wanted (coupe, SGL, all options except auto). Got it back in 2011 i think.
Anyways finally got it on the road as a daily last year (i daily a bike usually, but good to have a car too), bit smokey but all good.
A year later and now it's really smokey (not surprising with near 400,000km on it), so i picked up a spare motor from a bloke nearby and rebuilt that.
The plan is build the motor and later on low blow turbo (5psi, 7psi max) just to pep it up slightly. I don't need the car to be super fast or anything like that (I have my Silvia for that...if i ever get it back on the road haha!), so it's more like a bit of a restore, a bit of a mod but all in all keep it as OEM looking as possible under the bonnet.
How it looked just prior to going back on the road (driving mum around the back yard haha). Got the wheels when i lived in Japan about 10 years ago in anticipation of having an S12 again one day.
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Old engine inside, pretty worn out but not damaged (just!). Bored it out 1mm oversize.
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Anyone know what causes that strange wear pattern at the top of the bores?
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Modified the CA20e oil pickup to clear the CA18DET crank brace.
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Test fit CA18ET turbo manifold, with CA18DET turbo. This is all for later, for now it'll be stock until it's run in and then i'll get the electronic side of the turbo stuff worked out, and then finally the turbo.
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Head is stock, ports are...not fabulous, but fine for now.
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So this is where it's at as of yesterday, rebuilt engine in, just fiddling around with a few bits and pieces and it's good to go.
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