andy65b

You can vinyl wrap the timber part of your dash and it looks pretty good.

Just managed to see a big improvement in fuel economy with the install of the shift kit. New best is a 9.3L/100km from Goulburn to West Ryde. This was sitting on an average 116km/h on the freeway. Also got 10.3L/100km on a Canberra - Jindabyne (2 trips to Perisher) - Goulburn trip. Very happy with this.

Having installed the shift kit on my car a few weeks ago I have been looking forward to the chance to do a decent trip to see what effect it had on highway driving and economy. I went down to the snow on the weekend and this is a drive I have done many times and quite a few in recent years in the stagea. The feel in the shift kit on the open road is very good with changes precise and fast ensuring quick overtaking. I always drive the Stagea on highway in Manual mode as I find it a little more precise for gear selection than relying on D. Economy. Leg 1. Sydney - Canberra. Result 11.4L/km. (this was after 200km's around sydney and stating on a reading of 14.0L/100km) Previous best is 12.3L/100km. Leg 2. Canberra - Jindabyne (2 trips to Perisher) - Goulburn. Result 10.3L/100km (this result blew me away considering it included 2 trips to Perisher Valley) (ave speed 104kmh actual) Leg 3. Goulburn - West Ryde: Result 9.3L/100km This was sitting on an indicated 122km (actual 116km). (Previous best 10L/100km) This is on average a 0.7L/100km improvement which is pretty decent. Not to mention the improved performance.

that mid resonator is ssoooooo heavy..

Glad you found the cause... now you can fix it... lol

Had Tie Rod repaired and wheel alignment done today. Car is feeling very nice in the front...

Had 4 wheel balance, rotate and wheel alignment yesterday. Left at 7am to drive to Albury from Sydney only to find at 110kp/h when turning left had a big vibration in the steering.... very odd. (no vibration when driving straight or turning right) Wheel nuts checked, so not really sure what is going on. Had to turn back to home and swap cars for the trip. Will go back to the tyre shop and get them to check the front right tire and alignment for any irregularity. If that shows nothing I am thing new wheel bearing for the front as they have done 148k.. Hope I can work this out quick.

Where are the pics of the Suction pipe? Are you hitting Boost cut now with the new suction pipe?

Day 2 evaluation: "D" is now a lot more enjoyable to use for regular driving. I used to always drive in manual mode as the car would always be switching between 4th & 5th. Now the car holds 5th on hills for much longer and when it does kick down the shift is barely noticeable and no flaring. I will be doing a drive to Albury on the weekend so it will be interesting to see what it is like on the open road.

It is complicated with lots of ways of making mistakes but it is possible. We had one moment as we were using my shitty torque wrench and managed to snap a bolt. The instructions are actually pretty straight forward and make a lot of sense when working on it.

Craig fitted the new bushes to the front end tonight and it is a massive improvement. I have been getting this vague wobble in the front end recently and by replacing this bushes this has improved the feel in the front end dramatically.

Craig and I did my valve body today. Results on the small tests I did tonight in wet weather are very good. Shifts in normal driving feel largely unaffected and nice and smooth. Shifts under harder acceleration are faster and firmer. They varied between fast shifts maintaining the car in the power zone to shifts where the you feel a surge of power on each upshift. Very happy with the result.

Purchased my Silver ARX in October 2007 with 43k on the clock. Now almost 4 years later and 100k extra on the clock still enjoy driving the car.

They are about $300 each from memory..

IMO... I would not do the DVD head rest again but just use a hard drive or Ipod/Iphone for movies. The DVD plays are good to start but 2 years on my son complains about the disc jumping on less than smooth roads. Cheers Andy

Would love to give you a due date but really do not know a fixed date at this stage. As the developer has moved to the US and this has made the installation process a little more difficult so he is working on automating the license process. Once this is complete the developer will work on finalizing the series 2 conversion. Cheers Andy

Yes, Still doing the installs but not sure what I would find in an EVO..

Gave my ARX some much needed love this weekend with wash, clay and wax for the whole car. Even gave the twin tips on the exhaust a polish to bring them back to new..

Does your new radiator have a section to cool the transmission like the stock one? If it does when you install the trans cooler just make sure it is still using this part of the radiator before going into your transcooler and the engine will warm the trans oil.

I would agree.. the more I read the more frightened I became.. Solution.. stop reading. lol

Just sorting that out now.. sent him an email not 5 minutes ago..

Going for the Fully Sick look... lol Nah, just had not put it back on yet..

Just looked at the kit... not a lot in a big box . Lots to take in before starting the conversion...

Do you want some money soon

Looking forward to doing mine this weekend also...