i thought i seen on here someone said the gray top ca20e and the black top,one of the 2 makes a little more power then the other? jw if thats true?

True. Black has more power, solid lifter motor.

False. The silver top HLA motor has the 3-4 extra hp... Black top was 110, and the silver top is 115.

Is it noticable? Nope

Black top is 102HP
Silver is 99HP

stand back and behold the horsepower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whopping isn't it!

That's like 3% more power!

3% more....sweet i can use that for...umm...maybe help pass the geo lol damn Ca20e

Not if you have an auto you won't.

lol

Truely, I don't think their is really any difference in power between the 2 engines... changes are pretty minor, the biggest one being the black top has solid lifters and the silver top hydrolic ones. Would that change the total output of an 8v engine... I don't believe so. I prefer having the black top one for strenght and because it cost nothing to maintain/replace but I really don't think you could attribute a 3 hp gain on lifter changes. The other changes are the ignitor an some other minor difference that IMO would not be enough to have any difference on the actual number the engine is putting, even less on your own butt dyno. Now if you guys want to know why nissan advertise those numbers, I don't have an anwser for you, probably just a change in the mesuring equipement between the time they dynoed the silver top would be my wisest guess....

yea i was jw about it mines the black top u can hear them solid lifters

does anyone know the torque difference?

I believe both are like 116ft/lbs for both engine type, since I have never heard of an other figure for a stock Ca20

I keep finding 116 for both also. @ 3200 for the '85 model.

yah, well hp is a made up figure anyways....so there you go!

the mkIIs have the aiv, which might fuck up some power.
black top for life!
...brb, gonna commit suicide

lol.....


there is no stupid ca20e questions, just stupid ca20es.

yup lol Ca20e =