Stinky Rooster

Green 97 RS Four (probably - check the thread somewhere) Has bugger all mods other than a turbo timer and a cat back 'zorst Roof mounted DVD screen with dash mounted dvd player Also has me rolling naked across the bonnet daily moaning "mine, mine, mine....."

'Tis a 97. and does anyone one have any more info on this ARX variant? I wouldn't mind finding out a bit more - and it is definately badged up as a RS Four

dude - I was stoked to find mine without the bottom lip because my preferences have always been towards no kit...until I saw the piccys of yours That thing is HAWT!!! Well done! And my preference for the cruise is definitely for very early January - I have to at least have time to get a CD player into the green machine, and with the dvd player already there, even the kids won't mind coming for a cruise. (just to drag the thread kicking and screaming back in line.....)

Got it in one! Just my sad attempt at humor....... I cant figure the car out, it has a fairly different trim in a lot of ways, but according to the sticky thread, it is an RS Four as far as I can figure and it does have the electric boot closing thingy. The main thing is its in great condition.

Thats what I thought, but there is no privacy glass at all - the whole car has that greenish tinged 99% uv tint and thats it - it will make it easier for the better half to reverse at night I suppose..

Yeah, kinda blew me away that there was no "privacy glass" in the back too, (first one I've seen like that)not to mention that the entire console is woodgrain too, including the gearshift facia. It has a few oddities about it but its super clean and the kids just fell in love with the roof mounted screen for the in dash dvd player, and I fell in love with the viper alarm and turbo timer. That'll be another few $$$ I can spend on mods..... It also has a few bits 'n pieces that I haven't heard about before, such as a switch on the dash just left of the wheel that lights up a picture of the front and rear diffs on the dash, and it has the standard power switch on the gear console, but it also has a "snow" setting - WTF??? any idea's/explanations would be appreciated

Well, after haunting these here forums for over 3 months and quietly sucking all the info I could from the fine people here, I have just sold my soul to the bank and slapped a deposit on my new Stagea! To all you WA folk, I have got this beast off the new kid on the compliance block - DCImports.com and so far I can thoroughly recommend them. Regan seems to be a fairly straight forward bloke who has done me a great deal and I think it is fabulous that we now have a choice of compliers in WA other than the one we all know and bitch about. He also had a nice selection of 2 door stageas laying about the place for those that way inclined. I will be picking the green machine up in a weeks time and I will have more photos then, but for now heres the one they had on their site. :sorcerer:

As a side note - you should always avoid putting an empty oil filter onto an engine when changing them out. Most lube systems pressurise the filter to supply the engine and if you dont slop a little bit of clean oil into the filter before putting it on (I always at least half fill it) it will take that little bit longer to get up to pressure because it has to fill the filter first, and I'm probably not an orphan when I say that that an extra 1/2 a sec without oil pressure is about 1/2 a second too long. Also, always make sure you dip your finger into the clean oil and give it a wipe across the seal on top of the filter before screwing it on, after making sure the old seal has come off first - I left the old seal on by mistake on an old falcon and 15 minutes into my first post service drive it blew the bloody filter off - not pretty

Holy snapping ducksh1t batman!!!! - does anyone have any more info on that thing?

OK, I'm gonna brave the near certain flames I am gonna get for this one, but has anyone out there ever made any enquiries about a dedicated gas conversion to a series 1 RB25DET? I have been asking a few fitters here in WA (wait awhile) and all I am getting is horror stories about melted pistons and such. Now, acording to my research, LPG has a much higher RON than even Premium Unleaded so, in theory, this would be a Good Thing in regards to the tuning scope allowed, not to mention the savings in fuel costs. The fact that the WA gubberment is now offering $2000 on top of the Federal gubberments $1000 rebate plan means that I will be spending bugger all of my own money to get this done. My main questions about the conversion are centred around the fact that this would have to be a "blow through" set up and what effects is this likely to have on the standard throttle body? I am seriously considering this because I believe that with a gas dedicated cam grind, a purpose built exhaust and some quality time on the dyno, 200awkw would not be out of the question.

ROFLMAO!!! I'm gonna have to give that one a try!

bugger - I just realised I will be in Busselton this w/e so I can't make it either.... I will definately be up for the next one, but due to the fact that my stag IS STILL SITTING ON THE JAPANESE DOCKS!!!!!! I dunno if I will be in it or not. Sigh.. Dale - I am in Kelmscott and I have seen 3 stagea's in the last 2 weeks around my way so keep your eyes open. whoah dude, thats a bit like talking to myself.

I have had a look at the yellow one at AWS and it is in really good cond body wise - even underneath it looks damn near brand new. The only reason it is still there is because it originally hit their yard at $29K!!!! BUT........ I know for a fact that it was used as a stage car for the 2006 TargaWest tarmac rally. I was a stage official on all 4 days and I have to say that you don't need much imagination to figure out how it was treated. someone elses car + closed roads = drive it like you stole it. It was the car that peaked my interest in Stagea's to start with but I would avoid that particular one like the plague... it may be nice to drive at the moment, but it will show its abuse sooner rather than later

Aww crap - at least I know why I missed out on that one...... I suppose congats are in order *mutters darkly**

Is this gonna be open to prospective owners? I am in the negotiation stage(a) of sorting out my new purchase but I would love the opportunity to have a yarn with a few owners and get some ideas and info. Kid friendly would be good too

got photos?

silly question time - why the fibro guards? are they any different to the OEM steelies? Looks good BTW

Hey there - does anyone have any good advice/tips on how to go about arranging to import a vehicle privately? I have made the decision (gulp) to buy an import and I went to an (un-named) yard to have a look at my chosen weapon of math instruction to be blown away at the over inflated price. They seem to be the only yard around that does the car I am after (Stagea) so I thought I would look into importing it myself and getting it complianced here. Any useful advice is bound to be worth a couple of virgins in the afterlife... )

Hello! I have been looking about for a new family wagon and stumbled across what I initially thought was a japanese variant volvo.....then I drove one! Now I am madly head over heels in luuuurve and I am making plans to get one, but I have hit a few problems I hope someone here can help me out with. Being from WA (wait awhile) I had a minor heart attack when I compared the prices at the only importer in the state to the average price elsewhere in Australia. How does $24K for a 1997 series 1 with over 80 000k's on the clock sound? And that is a bargain basement RS4V with NO frills at all - not even so much as a sunroof! When I saw that I could get the same model in NSW or QLD for about $17500 with sunroof, leather seats, mags and all the other goodies, I started trying to find out what is involved in getting a vehicle from over there complianced for wa, but all I have been able to find out so far is the freight costs - and they aren't enough to put me off doing it this way. Having never owned an import before, I am struggling to find out any details I need to make a desicion and I really don't want to put this in the too hard basket because She Who Must Be Obeyed has said that the other option is a domestic Corolla wagon..... help??