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Terminal, looks wicked man! Guys, if anyone wants to sell up their rims, please PM me. I'd buy a 2ndhand set from one of you. Cheers, Brendan

Are you 100% positive it wasnt a intercooler hose that popped off? The car would be a real jerk to run if one has come off...... maybe you should take the front bumper off and have a good look.

I AM good mate, REAL good!!!!!! :lol: Brendan

Too true Stu, too true........ Look, Im not the best rider out there, but I havent crashed yet and can handle myself aok out there in the hills. As mentioned I ride occasionaly with an ex-500GP racer from the Barry Sheene days, so you learn a lot from that sort of experience. Ive got a decent brain, and I learn fast (maybe I should learn to shut up on this forum though!) Ive only spent around 9k on the bike, which doesnt make me rich in my eyes. I wish I did have cash, fact is I dont go out due to the dicky knees hurting me too much too often. That non-going out cash has gone onto the bike/car. Im sure fellas with nice GTT's GTR's or GTsT's put more into their cars than I have into the bike. I just got lucky with my first house, bought at 90k 7yrs ago in Woodcroft (borrowed 90k), sold last year for 210k and had paid off around 50k to the loan - pure luck thats all, Ive worked my butt off full-time for the past decade and put all my cash into my first set of bricks & mortar. I got a lot of flack from the first comment - the fireblade spanking comment. Fair enough, Im over it now. At the time I thought everyone was a bit bonkers pretty much. I still insist a quick bike thru the hills will get to A-B and back to A way before a quick car would. Think of these factors in favour of a bike; 1second overtaking, pure/insane acceleration, higher top speed, quicker to get to top speed etc etc. Drawbacks are brakes and traction/grip. Cheers guys, we've all got our own opinions, and thats a good thing on such a diverse forum as ours (thats right, Im here to stay! I love my rb25det Stagea!). See you all on the next cruise. Oh, and if you see my Fireblade roving up behind you (or alongside), please dont run me off the road! Thanks, & cheers to you all! Brendan

Might take the Fireblade out on one of the next 2 Saturdays.... $80 is a good deal.

Easy, grab a 260RS Stagea wagon. Weapon of a car being GTR based, and practical as well being a wagon. Look half decent and can get it landed and on road for under 40k.

Very intresting info here....... In my Stagea Im using a ebc/sitc/safc combo with z32/fpr/pod/fmic/exhaust combo and got 160 4wkw, shifts arnt that great but will eventually do the MV actuator valve upgrade. Tuner has said that when I hiflow I should be upping the injectors and getting a full ecu like an Autronic, spend a little bit more rather than go the eManage. Has anyone got info they can share on Autronic's (Windows interface for the home tuner), and whether they'd be better / easier to use than a eManage? Cheers, brendan

Looks very nice, are you ever going to cut up the front to allow for more air for the large intercooler?

Sorry, dunno, will ask the question to the tuners..... They said it was hard to get a decent power curve due to the Nismo fpr being *hard* to tune properly due to poor regulation results. Cheaper option than injectors, but a bit of a band-aid patch if you ask me. But for $150 cant go wrong at this stage of the build up. Cheers - Brendan

Graham West have been nothing but honest with me, I reckon they are very trustworthy - thats the main reason Im going there. They look you in the eye & tell it like it is. Heres an example, was going to have highpressure fuel lines installed, they reckon after looking into it, that the current Jap spec stuff in the car is way better quailty that general aussie spec stuff. So they didnt do the job to save me money and make sure I wasnt going backwards with my car mods. But Id suggest every mechanic has good / bad stories about them. I deal with Ashley & mainly Brett West, both are top blokes.

FYI the 040 is now installed in my Stagea, only noisy on startup, cant really hear it at all. For the money and the good name to the brand, go the Bosch.......

On 5th Gear last night (fri 25/11) on foxtel at 11pm, Tom Ford thrashed a 120k+pound Lamborgini Guilo(?) new 05 supercar around the track, fastest car around their track ever at 49.85seconds (faster than all ferraris, bmw M3s & porches etc). He tests cars on that track every week, so is Highly Experienced. A UK bike journo then went around the same track only minutes after on a 9kpound Ducati 999 stock motorbike, ran 49.41secs, faster by .44secs, and the car costs over 12times more than the bike. Am I still ok to say the fireblade would spank a skyline anyday of the week? Just been for a 190km ride in under xxmins, there's no way a car could keep up. Impossible. I must have overtaken 10000cars in my time thru the hills on bikes, and been overtaken 1 in that time by the crazy Porsche GT2 driver earlier mentioned, when the bike was totally stock (ie wasnt set up to suit my weight/height). This is a SA thread of the forum, a forum that talks about turbos, non-turbos, art, games, Jap news, stereos, parts for sale, general comments etc. Sorry Ax5.., got every right to have a chinwag about bikes. No rules here to say otherwise. Trick, anytime bro, Im not one to back out when I know Im right, and yes, adrenaline is still coursing thru my veins after the ride! :) hehehehe Funny stuff, looking forward to the next catch up so you guys can beat up on me again!

Dayz special edition Stagea RS V Four 82150kms, automatic, RB25DET engine, Attessa 4wd New Oxygen sensor, timing belt & service at 81000km Got 141.3kw at 4wheels @ 10psi installed most of the following: - 3inch JustJap stainless single dump pipe system - 3inch Catco high flow catalytic converter - 3inch Dayz edition cat-back exhaust system with quiet muffler - K&N pod filter in custom enclosure - R34 GTT intercooler - Hybrid dual stage Electronic Boost Controller - Apexi SAFC Super Air Fuel Computer Now 160kw at 4 wheels @ 12psi added the following: - Apexi SITC Super Ignition Timing Computer - Bosch 040 fuel pump with direct battery feed - Nismo adjustable fuel pressure regulator - Nissan Z32 Air Flow Meter - Apexi 'hybrid' front mount intercooler Cheers, Brendan

And here's the latest, 160awkw @ 12psi: Dayz special edition Stagea RS V Four 82150kms, automatic, RB25DET engine, Attessa 4wd New Oxygen sensor, timing belt at 81000km service Bosch 040 fuel pump with direct battery feed at 13.8volts Nismo adjustable fuel pressure regulator Nissan Z32 Air Flow Meter 3inch JustJap stainless single dump pipe system 3inch Catco high flow catalytic converter 3inch Dayz edition cat-back exhaust system with quiet muffler K&N pod filter in custom enclosure Apexi 'hybrid' front mount intercooler with custom pipe kit Hybrid dual stage Electronic Boost Controller, set to 10 & 12psi Apexi boost gauge Apexi SAFC Super Air Fuel Computer Apexi SITC Super Ignition Timing Computer

Fact is AX5..... , that a bike for the cash far outperforms a car worth 4-5 times that cash value. Simple as that. So no whilst I cant afford a second hand GT2 or GT3 (hey, can YOU?) I can afford an 8grand bike, which Ive since put another 9grand into. Also, in defence of myself yet again (and Ive simply been defending myself due to ppl taking my throw away line far to seriously), after 7 knee surgeries Id be VERY foolish to even contemplate hoping on a dirt bike again. Dirt bikes require knees to be used as suspension joints, I cant do that. I have no knees. I simply ride road bikes because I cant play SANFL (2nds) footy anymore. Its a passion & something you can better yourself with each ride - you'd understand if you rode, but you wont understand if you dont. Im not a temp aussie, I love life and am living it to the fullest, depsite my disability. Have no need to be silly on a bike and crash, I use my grey matter. Simple. Plus my skills are reasonable to say the least. Deluxe, cheers for the nice backup. We're mates we are! FYI Ive also paid off 170k of my 270k home, so Im sitting pretty. House Stagea Fireblade Wife Kidsx2. I think Im doing pretty well............ my 2 cents.

140 is about right, thats what mine was on with those sort of mods. Maybe more due to the GTR cooler and the split dump pipe. Ive got the full 3inch system with single dump pipe, best to see the South Australian section, titled "My Beasts", for details on the stagea and the fireblade.

You saw my Stagea yesterday at the dynoshop - thats got a front mount with return feed to the standard holes in the 'airbox' side of the engine bay. With the 'dohnut 180degree pipe' maybe install at an angle going under the engine as such, in lieu of straight down. Im still able to use the spotlights, for photos see Stagea section "the intercooler thread".

Bumps on cambered corners, blind corners you cant see thru, trucks going 5mph when you're approaching at the previous corner at max speed, with a clifftop to the side.... one mistake and its all over red rover. Sounds great! When?!!

Hiyas all, If you're intrested Ive had the car dynoed now, picking it up later this arvo, will post a dyno graph in the Stagea Dyno section later. High pressure fuel lines were seen to be unneccesary, as the standard lines were in excellent condition and it may have been going backwards to replace the perfect condition jap items with Aussie spec stuff. Bosch 040 fuel pump is done, SITC is installed, Nismo fuel pressure regulator is doing what its supposed to do and the injector duty cycle has come down a fair bit, & the Z32 afm is working and being read by the SAFC. Apparently the tune is ok, for the budget parts Ive installed, a little up and down though. Have been reccommended that when I hiflow the turbo that I take off the FPR and use larger injectors, and take off the SITC, SAFC and EBC and replace it with an Autronic full computer. Seems like a good idea, need 5k first! So I'll save for a year and a half and see what I can do there, but wont be worrying about all that for a fair while now. I'll be happy as it is for a fair while Im sure. The Stagea is putting out 150kw....... up 7%.

It was taken Hell Seriously.... and so they should have!! lol Great for a laugh, certainly a funny read. Guess Im gonna have to move states now though as I cant cruise here again; I hear Tasmania is a bit out the way / backwaterish! Brendan

Sweet! For once I wasnt stressing over what I said (well, not much any ways) - ususally I do and have sleepless nights when I open my big mouth, but slept alright last night (as far as you can after 7knee surgeries anyhow). Stagea has been tuned today on the dyno, 150kw at the 4 wheels up 7%, so ready to say g'day again to ppl's on the next cruise. Next cruise though we all need to know where the next stop-off point is tho, so slow coaches in cars like me can make my way there without being left behind! Cheers to you all, brendan

I guess we're all keyboard warriors as such, Im finding its just too easy to start typing away and get too involved in the subject (if its close to your heart as such, ie being challenged and told you're a dreamer and full of it). Sorry all if Ive offended anyone, I guess thats how it is though. Had to defend myself. Anyways, how about we arrange another cruise and all be hapy-happy-joy-joy friends!

Cool AMS, Im glad your all ok with that. Hey, if you guys want to have a read see the Sth Australia section, titled midnight cruise..... geez, I got attacked hardcore! its all good though Brendan

yah, sorry. Im out. (but if anyone wants to do a delemer run to really find out the truth.......)

I rebuilt my bike engine, so its got me thinking..... new pistons, bored / honed / resleaved / mineral washed piston bores? Could have been the new rings on the new pistons scrapping metal away from the fresh sparkling bores, seeing that now the sound is going away the rings should be bedding themselves in. Be careful during run-in though. Id suggest a oil change asap due to the heap of metal files that you'll find in the oil...... but thats normal. Then another oil change around 100kms into your run in, and again at 500kms if you want to be pedantic (I would!). Best of luck, Brendan