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about two weeks ago i forgot to get the actual invoice (walked away with the eftpos receipt) for $120 of fuel.. wasn't a happy man when work refused to pay that back to me.. so i just filled up mine and the old mans car and took that receipt back to them and hey presto

hey folks, chasing a consult conector, if somebody around the area could offload one to me it would be much appreciated cheers, mark.

whoa.. i have the exact same setup in my car, bought it from near where you are in melb too i would be interested in buying an oil gauge that in the same series if somebody is interested

fully jdm spec drift style, yo!

as to your thoughts on hacking up the stock manifolds and welding on a new flange, being cast iron i would've thought that that would be a tad dodgy if it would even work at all? can somebody enlighten me

thanks for the info carlh, the reason i was thinking of attempting this is that it is cheap for everybody to use, software (freeware ) doesn't cost money, the only price would be the socket and chip, which isn't much, but when you start factoring in the romulators things start getting expensive as i haven't been able to find a cheapish (as in they're all around the $400 mark from what i've seen) one yet :\ anyway if anybody else can shed some more light on the topic i'd be most appreciative

yeah it's a 16 bit PROM, meaning it can't be overwritten. you can get the 16bit EPROMS (erasable programable) roms from jaycar for not much at all.. UV erasers are about $40 on special too i'm told..

good points, the consult doesn't have the ability to actually change the fuel maps, but this is where the whole emulation thing i should've been mroe clearer on comes into play. you can change the fuel / timing across the board, but with the consult you also have access to every sensor that the ecu has access too when it calculates which cell to use in each map, so theoretically all that would have to be done is to whip up a script that reads the inputs from the sensors and then reads the appropriate cells then adjusts the fuel/igintion/whatever to suit, just as the ecu would do itself. when tuning is complete one saves the image, removes the laptop from the consult port then flashes the rom in the ecu and bob's your uncle.. theorectically

and i'm #6 on the list to test drive the new r8 at eagers aspley

Hey, i'm after an rb26 head. I don't need the intake nor exhaust side, just the complete head itself.. would be a bonus if it still had injectors on it, but interested in anything people have.. i'm located in the brisbane area and pickup would be easier than postage so i would prefer it to be from around here.. cheers, mark. ps - i always thought there was a wtb thread but i couldn't find one, but if there is one then i stand corrected mods

hey, not sure if anybody else here has really looked into the whole eccs (stock ecu) remapping side of things, but i've been giving it a bit of thought as of late. actually flashing and changing maps etc on the rom onboard the ecu is not much of a problem, but when it comes to tuning the only real way i've seen people doing it is to buy a rom emulator so that maps and other details can actually be changed on the fly, ie when the engine is running, and then flashing the rom when you're happy with the maps etc. The rom emulators are big bucks, and without one it becomes quite tedious as one has to flash the rom after every little detail they change, which would suck majorly. Doing it either of these ways i imagine it would be quite hard to do a proper map trace too. anyway, i was looking through the consult protocol (http://www.plmsdevelopments.com/images_ms/Consult_Protocol_&_Commands_Issue_6.pdf#search='consult%20protocol') that plms developments have reverse engineered and noticed that all maps can be temporarily adjusted. with this in mind, i believe it would be possible through the consult port and after developing the right software (after watching dr drift i _think_ this is what he's working on) to emulate the entire operation of the ecu from a laptop and tune from that, thus eliminating the need for a rom emulator. this would also make map tracing a synch and could also be tied in with accurate o2 readings from a wideband to make sure everything is running fine. the only real problems i can see with this setup is weather or not the speed of the consult bus and refresh rate would be enough to keep up with the engine.. anyhow, just after other peoples thoughts and experiences at this stage, perhaps something could be developed together making tuning for all us skyliners alot cheaper and easier. i was also wondering on what people have done to keep the cvt enabled when implementing the r32 ecu on the r33 (the r33 ecu is alot more work to mess with as opposed to the 32 ecu).. cheers, mark.

a cheaper alternative (might do it myself if i can be bothered since i have the plenum lying around) is to take (or get images) of both gaskets to a laser cutting place, and they can make up and adapter themselves.. we did a group buy back when i owned an mx6 of a simerlar thing and it was $20 to get the plans made up and a further $80 to get it cut out.. pretty cheap compared to the blitz item mentioned above if you want to do a bit of r&d yourself

i'd be pretty pissed if a copper pulled me up for driving with lights on.. perhaps i'll be joining the 0 pointer club after my date with the courts coming up soon, i just hope my victorian license saves me :S

hah, i was always under the impression vl's didn't have factory fitted intercoolers, hence the low 7.0:1 (or there abouts) comp ratio.. you learn something new every day

yeah, from personal experience that guy is a wanker aha..

hey all. i've seen this description come up time and time again, and i thought that all rb26 blocks geometrically were the same, so what does it mean exactly when one refers to an rb26 block as being either long or short? i've done a bit of a search but couldn't come up with anything useful.. cheers, mark.

apexi power FC will do the job fine, I have one for sale, if you're interested give me a pm

well, off the top of my head i cannot list one honda vtec car that actually runs boost. running a map sensor from my understanding in an n/a car is no problem, but because a turbo car will reach maximum boost, usually at the latest by 5000rpm, that leaves another 2000rpm in this case, in which the map sensor will be utterly useless, and thus make tuning alot more "rough" so to speak.

ahh guys, where is the love? i think some people are getting a bit hot under the collar.. let's examine the facts: FACT 1: An afm is a better option for the kind of setup this guy is after FACT 2: After a careful read of FSTR32, both he and his "reliable source" don't have a clue what they're talking about and FSTR32 refuses to admit this even though he/she has been presented with credible evidence to which he/she has replied to as being "WEAK" so, the solution? FSTR32 either shuts up or pulls his/her head in and we can all go back to being happy forum users.

utilizing an air flow meter is going to offer a safer tune every time, and at those power levels the right type of afm isn't really going to lose you massive amounts of power, so personally i know what i would be using. check your facts and your "reliable source".

how about before you offer advice you actually read up and get half a clue what you're talking about before you decide to post up shit.. i'm sorry if i'm being overly harsh but i can't stand people with no idea on a subject yet want to force there oppinion onto others.

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duck tape and zip ties, you can fix anything well atleast it's what keeps the army going

hey again, i posted a thread last night, it was meant to read power steering pump, not water pump, my bad anyway, the question was would a power steering pump from an r31 so an rb30 i guess fit onto an rb25 from an r33 gts-t? Do power steering pumps from other rb series engines will bolt on? Cheers, Mark.

omg, i've been awake too long, by water pump, i really meant power steering pump.. haha sorry *bangs head against wall*