GA16 or CA14...

[NeX]

hi all, i was asked to service an Almera,

i popped open the bonnet and saw straight away that is was a 1.6 and not a 2.0.... today i am going to order the parts but i was just wondering, Almeras came in 1.4 too, and when i drove the car it was much slower than my micra, so now i am wondering if it could have been a CA14 engine?

do the GA and CA engines look exactly the same? because i don't have the car with me so i cant look at the numbers,

also would it actually matter? the air filter, oil filter, oil, front brake pads etc should all be the same right?

it looked just like a GA16, it certainly wasn't a 2.0 but it was disappointingly slow and i thought the 1.6 would push an almera as well as a 1.3 can push a micra at least?

 

[nexussteve]

Slow maybe stock, but I've heard the GA16s can produce near-on 400BHP on stock internals?

 

[superls]

the 1.4 almera is a GA14 not CA14 so are exactly the same to look at as the GA16

 

[NeX]

turns out it is a 1.6, how disappointing

 

[joesouthgate]

Maybe it will drive better after the service?

 

[NeX]

Maybe it will drive better after the service?

i hope so, because it was disappointingly slow and with a 1.6 ready to go in the micra, i am wondering if there is any point...

 

[James]

i hope so, because it was disappointingly slow and with a 1.6 ready to go in the micra, i am wondering if there is any point...

They're like 100bhp standard, but cast iron block so weighs blummin loads! I had the GA14 in my Almera, 85bhp but it never felt "slow slow" lol

 

[NeX]

They're like 100bhp standard, but cast iron block so weighs blummin loads! I had the GA14 in my Almera, 85bhp but it never felt "slow slow" lol

tell me about it, i had to lift the GA16 engine out of the back of the cabriolet by hand! i am sure the almera weighs a lot which will slow it down, but i was hoping for 30bhp more than the micra there would be a reasonable difference.

 

[frank]

fit a QG18 nex (Y) same GA weight but more powazz

 

[Ian]

Wouldnt you be better off going SR20?

 

[NeX]

i have a GA16 sitting around and no money, so the easiest option is 1.6 at the moment

 

[tomwest]

i thought about this swop, but decided the engine was too heavy. better off doing cheapo mechanical tuning to a cg13. it might not end up as fast as a properly done 1.6 but it is loud enough and picks up quick enough to make you think its a lot quicker than it actually is!

p.s. i spent £600 on my micra, have since spend another £120 on parts (including £55 on greenstuffs and £30 on fpr and the rest on HT lead and sparks) and its faster than an e36 bmw 320. they're supposed to have 150bhp standard!

 

[sr20bud]

their quite heavy the almera's tho if it was disappointingly slow it maybe something else i drove a 1.6 one down for its mot a while back and i fought it was quite pokey. my old sunny before i got the gti was a 1.4 and i turbo'd that and was very happy with the performance even tho the turbo came off a isuzu trooper 2.8 lol. i did have a couple of issues when it came onto boost it spat like hell and i think that was down to the maf so id recommend getting a 300zx maf or something if your going to turbo. nothing wrong with the ga's just like has been said their heavy lol.

 

[NeX]

their quite heavy the almera's tho if it was disappointingly slow it maybe something else i drove a 1.6 one down for its mot a while back and i fought it was quite pokey. my old sunny before i got the gti was a 1.4 and i turbo'd that and was very happy with the performance even tho the turbo came off a isuzu trooper 2.8 lol. i did have a couple of issues when it came onto boost it spat like hell and i think that was down to the maf so id recommend getting a 300zx maf or something if your going to turbo. nothing wrong with the ga's just like has been said their heavy lol.

maybe, but it was like, i put it in first gear, foot to the floor and you would expect a back in the seat feeling, but there was nothing, it just pulled away like a moped. it sounded healthy enough, but maybe after a good service it will be better. i have all the bits for the service now so when i get the car back i will do it all up and give it another try. i am sure in the micra it will be better than the 1.3, but i don't think it will be much better.

i had a 1.6 micra a while back and that was like a rocket, that thing really shifted, but then it was fully stripped, and an open exhaust.