Originally Posted by McLovin'

I will say, one of the very few advantages the CA has over an SR/RB is the fact that there were quite a few variations of the CA in America, and while the CA18det was not one of them, it did use quite a few of the same pieces that the American CA18et and CA20de used. This makes find minimal maintenance parts a lot easier to find at Discount/Auto Zone.

Other than that, the CA18det seems to have a common gremlin of hesitating under heavy throttle right before boost. It seems to be cause by something different for everyone, and I have never seen a "silver bullet" type cure.

And, like others have pointed out, they are older, so replacing seals, gaskets, pumps etc. is ALWAYS a good idea. But that stuff that some people would recommend doing on any swap just to make sure its a fresh, clean, reliable one. That and the previously mentioned power argument.