mad082

i wouldn't be suprised if toyota steps up production in the coming months. they probably started off slowly to see what demand was going to be like. but at the same time i doubt they will flood the market with them

I'd make a mess of her.....

Have you tried putting a boost gauge before the intercooler and one after it to see what sort of drop you are getting? May have a rag or something stuck in there

+1 for a possible blocked cat. a mates 33 i did a turbo upgrade on wouldn't go any higher than 12psi even with the hose to the wastegate removed.

you would be best off finding a turbo 33 with a blown motor and bolting the good one in and selling off all the parts you don't use. this is probably the cheapest and easiest option (no modifying parts to make it fit). natros are more sought after now due to P plate restrictions so generally go for as much, if not more than the turbo models

could be that too

ok, well if you were running 12 to 14psi then yeah you should be seeing a fair bit more power than what you got

saw a black one yesterday. so now i've seen both a white and black one, both on transporters. yet to see one actually driving, lol

They got the turbo and cooler right for what they intend the car to be, which is pretty much just a family car. Given that most people are running 50 to 70HP more than stock, I think it's pretty safe to say that Nissan didn't engineer the parts for this (given the turbo's tendancy to fail).

Cause it gets him more traffic to his site, possibly making him more money

Nismatt, i love how much butthurt you get when defending your beloved apple. But just because something is more common, doesn't mean it's better. By that reasoning, the commodore and falcon must be the best cars on the market.

Just occurred to me that every car with iPod connectivity will be boned, lol.That is until apple release an adapter. And given the design of some iPod docks, where the iPod sits inside a holder, you won't be able to use it with an adapter. As for apple not gaining from 3 party products, that may not be entirely true. For starters, there won't be any at the time of launch of the product, secondly, they may get some royalty from other companies making something that uses their patented and copyrighted design. As got nismatt's comments about the popularity of the iPhone, it isn't necessarily because it is the best phone. As I've said in other threads on this topic, it is more about brand recognition and being like everyone else than buying the best phone. Plenty of people out there think that the iPhone is the only one that has an app market. an example that I've used before is an older guy (a regular customer) came in to work and was talking to the boss. He started telling my boss about some app on his iphone. My boss isn't that tech savy and said something along the lines of "can you do that on a phone" (he has an iphone and hates it). The guy responds "it's a $1000 phone, of course you can", so i piped up with "my $200 Android phone will do that too". The guy looked a bit shocked and deflated. the other example I like to use is about the branding. The majority of iPhone users i know refer to their iPhone as iPhone in everyday conversation, such as "have you seen my iPhone? I can't remember where i put it" Where as others would simply say "have you seen my phone? I can't remember where i put it".

try google

what boost is it running? if it is running stock boost (10psi) then i would expect that sort of power output with the issues you have. you wouldn't be losing 40kw from it though unless you are missing half the studs and are running about 14psi. you certainly will gain power from getting the studs replaced

if apple made drums, would the high hat be an ihigh hat?

baaaaaaaaaaahahaha. you gotta give it to apple, for all they lack in the performance of their products, they make up for it in the ability to get their sheep customers to buy new shit at the drop of a hat.. speaking of hats, <insert reference to the simpsons where the girls go crazy over the new malibu stacy doll because it comes with a new hat, and how it compares to apple fanbois>

may be that the cat has a bit of carbon build up in it, especially if the car has been running a bit rich

the cost of materials for a metal gasket is much more than paper. also the machine required for punching out a metal gasket would have to be a fair bit beefier than one for making a paper gasket. if it had've been me, i would've gone to an exhaust shop and got a price from them for a gasket. wouldn't have been the same type of steel gasket that nissan sell. but would've worked fine and been cheaper

would be easier to swap the whole mirror i think, since you would probably need to remove the mirror to remove the motor anyway

doesn't suprise me. it's probably still a 2.5" cat. the missus SSS pulsar has a 2.5" cat on it stock.

how long after you started using E10 did it stuff up? and how often do you change your fuel filter? the thing with E10 is that it often breaks down gunk in the filter and it ends up further down the line. so if you have never changed your fuel filter and then start running E10 then you may be asking for trouble. the other thing is that if the car doesn't get driven much (or at some point in the recent past sat for a while) then you may end up with gunk in the lines. E10 doesn't suddenly make the lines get all gummed up. it is usually that the different properties of the fuel bring to light a problem that was already there.

pretty sure you are right on this. best thing is to put it on the dyno and see what is going on with the afr's to make sure it's not leaning out

oh and i saw a white 86 on a transporter this avo. they look pretty hot in real life

i saw a magazine the other day in woolies (may have been the new MOTOR magazine, can't remember) and it had something about a tuner version of the 86 that was twin charged. immediately it made me think that toyota would bring out a TRD version that was supercharged, since they did a supercharged aurion.

yeah it's the same thing. i call it a bolt because it's a bolt with a ball end on it