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wow $700+ bucks! this could be totally devistating, just been reading about high flows, not sure that I would benifit, not really a car I want to be spending money on power mods - its pretty quick as it is and im pretty sure once I start to modify I wont stop

f**ksticks, looks like ill be getting grubby tomorrow and taking the turbo off to have a big look around.. then trying to find the funds to have it rebuilt - any ideas of how much I'd be looking at for a rebuild?

Hey guys, I have searched and searched for an answer and I am really struggling so thought Id post a question with symptoms and hopefully someone can help me out without shouting out use the search function Ive got a 1996 RS4 auto on 160k, stock a rock bar turbo timer, boost guage and turbo smart boost tee set to 7psi.. Ive never had any problems with it and has always run like a dream, apart from a cold start squeal which im assuming is either power steering belt or main fan bearing car has been recently serviced with plugs, oil, filters etc.. coils look fresh and no signs or arching or deteriation over the last week the car has developed a whine or flutter when on boost, sounds almost like heavy induction whistle but with a stock air box and paper filter I have been a little dubious, then yesterday whilst driving over the parent in laws it started playing up.. first thing was revving up high, it usually changes gears around the 3000rpm mark on a gentle run but I was up at 4 - 4.5k and not going anywhere.. this is my first Auto boxed car and it felt like the typical clutch is going in a manual slip. it played games all the way home with over revving and not really going anywhere so jumped on the search function and started looking at gear box slipping faults and the like.. checked gear box oil and its at a nice level and still a lovely colour of pink Then on the drive home... it got much worse, then noticed that at 2500rpm where the turbo is usually about to kick in I have no boost its still in vaccum.. I dont get up to 0 psi until about 4500 and the car is still not going anywhere, unable to hold gears and generally being a dick jumped on peninsula link and was able to keep at 75kph at 4000rpm which most of the holden drivers were loving so up nice and early this morning, had another long search about boost leaks and turbos etc went out and checked all turbo hoses, and vaccum hoses, have replaced a few that looked a little suspect and still no change. one of the inlet rubbers had a slight oily residue to it though so the question is, am I looking at a blown turbo or a f**ked gearbox, my mind is leaning towards turbo as if the gearbox was gone id still be hitting boost? but as you can understand I dont want to go spanking out lots of money just for the sake of it. any help would be much loved, the car is my family wagon and used everyday for back and forth to work

awesome cheers dude - what tyres are you running to get that all under the arches - any modifications for them to fit or just slap them on? Lowered too?

thats hard as nails - what wheel sizes are you running on that!?

if you still have these next week Ill take them just waiting to find out if I have a job or not - im just down in mornington

oil change - boost controller and boost gauge mouted in the drivers air vent, boost set to 8psi and it runs so much better in the mid range now, think the fuel consumption has dropped too - gotta wait til next fill up to confirm that though, wrapped the c-pillars in 3m carbon wrap too.. next up plastidip the front grill and give it a good wash polish and wax

what size wheels and tyres have you got set up there? looks about the same as I want to get on mine just having trouble finding style of wheel to match the green paint nicely

not quite at that stage yet

can you chuck up some photos of the door cards please dude

can you get some closer photos for me please dude - whats your reason for selling?

yeah worked the center pair out just need to work out the side ones now

yeah tried pulling it out and it seemed as though I was going to tear the face of the unit off - seems pretty tight in there

shit sorry - series 1 1996 model rs4 is that helps

Hey guys, Ive searched and searched and guess what - searched and cant find anything. I want to remove my RHS air con vent from the dash but cant for the life of me find any information about it and find out how to get to the mounting - ive found a picture on ebay of the vent and it seems to be mounts at the top and the bottom but how to get to it?! any help would be much loved

Fgjoh seems to have disapeared off the forum totally - he was doing some clock pods and lower pillar mount pods and seemed to get loads of people interested and then disapeared - he was also making sub enclosures for the rear left on the boot - ID love someone to start making them if he has stopped og thread here : http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/389060-fgjoh-custom-fiberglass-sub-enclosure-and-gauge-pods/

and the plastic clips that hold the rear section of head lining in place - (there a join just above the rear seat - need the plastic clips to hold it back up mine are all snapped for some reason

do you have keys by any chance - my rubber has worn out on mine and makes unlocking difficult

no chance you have spare keys do you?

my driversside has cracked almost right to the rear of the car, im going to get them off - if I can work out how and glue them up and then the idea is to use tinting spray so they are not blacked out thats if the glue doesnt show up onces ive fixed them up

gonna get on this - was thinking of a carbon wrap for the whole center console so that should finish it off nicely - thought about getting rid of cigarette lighter but its too handy for phone charging now to find a second hand gear selector surround to experiment with

its great.. i do a mixture of city country and freeway driving, country is a pain due to roundabouts everywhere and lots of changes in the speed limit just changed o2 sensor, reset ecu and done my first tank since using shell 98 and dropped from 14.82/100 to 12.91/100 this whole tank was using the power button also, nice driving a few heavy moments here and there as its just too tempting but overall a gentle drive. was having issues with stuttering at 80/100kph and more so in normal driving mode hence using the power button it seemed to clear it for some reason so see how we go with a tank on normal mode

looks great - what size gauges are they? did you have issues with depth? cheers Pete

thats interestinga and worth a look, whats the difference in price from shell to united 100?

Just clocked my last tank on vpower using 14.82/ 100. Devistating.... Just changed o2 sensor and reset ecu . see how it goes this week. The old sensor was totally ruined black and dark brown at the tip. I've just started using the fuelio app to track fuel usage it's pretty good