Motor went into the car today! tomorrow after im done working on all the customer cars, i will have my electronics guy begin wiring up the motor as i finish putting on all the odds and ends. i still have alot of work to do under the hood to make it look good. i still have to finish weld my turbo manifold, and dashboard. hope to have it running on a base map by friday night. and maybe driveable to the track to show it off on tuesday, just depends on how much we knock things out in the shop this week.

 

what is the purpose of the trigger wheel? are you gonna use it instead of a CAS? im a bit lost

 

The Trigger wheel does the same thing as the CAS. The Trigger reads the position of the motor with the crank and the CAS reads the position of the motor with the cam shafts. The CAS has 4 missing teeth and 1 trigger slot. The CAS is less reliable in terms of working properly.

 

ok wait. is there only one way the CAS will go on?

 

nice

 

ok wait. is there only one way the CAS will go on?

Yes the CAS goes in only one way. If you look on the shaft of the CAS you'll see a slot for a half cut moon. The shaft goes into the exhaust cam shaft which is you look at the end you'll see a half cut moon the goes in smooth.

but with Megasquirt a CAS is not required the FORD EDIS replaces that. In a few months the release of the router board will need the CAS if you want sequential injection.

 

i remember that guy who did the ITB conversion on his KA was running a trigger wheel so he could use the coil pack system off of a ford escort

 

were using the same setup. Its called Ford EDIS (Electronic Distributorless Ignition System)


heres my write up. Lots of pics and info should help you clear up some questions.

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/164446

 

megasquirt wiring has started, wired up the injectors, alternator,coolant temp sensor, and starter. Still need to wire up intake air temp,TPS,and VR sensor. im still playing with the location of the wiring to hide every bit of it as much as i can. so far you cant really see any wiring from the front of the car. we have two bundles going into the fire wall. all wires are covered in a see through mesh, makes for a cleaner install look.

mounted my EDIS module and a Dodge neon coil pack in the car, the neon coil pack allows for easier mounting , and use of customizable wires since i will need them to be a little longer then normal. the wires will come up from behind the engine near the trans and into the back of the motor to keep them hidden. we are making a custom fuse and relay panel since my whole car is being re wired. once the motor runs i we will begin on the chassis harness which shouldnt be very hard. im doing away with keys all togther, none of my locks work except ign so i have no need for it. ill just hide a kill switch, then have ign power and push button start.

head on view, needs cleaned up some, but very little visiable wiring

all the wires for the motor going to the firewall, the wires not wrapped in the black mesh , will be and ran with one of the bundles once i get plugs for those sensors. they are for the intake air temp, and TPS.

megasuirt mounted near factory location

the start of the nerve center of the cars electrical system, its a alum plate thats mounting where the glove box door used to be. i put the alum dash on the back burner till we get the car running and driving it will be going in when i do the roll cage.

I will have more pictures this weekend when im motivated to do a little more work on it.





Modified by Not_a_sr at 11:50 PM 7/6/2006

 

lookin good

 

Nice write up, Megasquirt is looking more and more like the choice for me. Any specific reason you chose the CA18 over the 20, or the 25? You limited to displacement?

 

LOL because the CA18 isnt a RB motor. Plus the CA is the lightest of the popular 4 cylinder motors. Yes the SR20 weighs more. CA are just as capable as the SR20 just people arent educated.

 

nicely put pumaking

 

i dont see the reasoning in getting a motor thats 6cylinders and has the same displacment as a 4cylinder, and a RB25 is just out of my budget, because i like to break things and dont have the patience or budget to be shipping parts from unreliable suppliers or out of country.


this motor will be making 400+hp by winter, then ill probably start building another chassis for my next motor swap which will be Ls1 possibly turbo but more then likely just a heads and cam car.
we just started another shop car thats a 96 FWD talon thats being converted to rear wheel drive, its getting a ford 9" solid rear axle and a LT1 from a vette as the power plant.
these two cars and a few other friends cars will be used to showcase our skills and capablities.

 

LOL because the CA18 isnt a RB motor. Plus the CA is the lightest of the popular 4 cylinder motors. Yes the SR20 weighs more. CA are just as capable as the SR20 just people arent educated.

thank you someone that knows shits about there motors.
the sr swap is overdone and people just don't know better.
'SR'="street racer"
CA="can accelerate"

 

Im in the process of finalizing the purchase of a 240 with a dying engine, and my big project for it will be a CA18, im soooo stoked!