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Sounds good to me - I should be there!

Ouch!

In that case, I'm very close by - I'm in Toongabbie!

Oh, and my sister keeps reporting on seeing a red Stagea in Toongabbie when she goes for a walk in the area. She seems to think it *might* be StageIan's car.

That's pretty local to both Stephen (Bis-e Bee) and I, Danny, so we should meet up for that Thursday night cruise and head up together... Stephen, I've got a friend of a friend who I'm going to go and see soon to get some interior work done on my car - he doesn't have a business or work for anyone at the moment, but he takes pride in his work so I'll ask him if I can pass his details on to you. He's local too, which helps! I've already spoken to him a few times, it's just a matter of getting the time to go and actually consult with him to see what he can offer...

Nice one Danny, makes a massive change from the old '32, right? Spotted a black Stagea (I'm pretty sure it was an s2, and also pretty sure it had a 260RS wing on it) on Church Street in North Parramatta tonight, turning left onto the start of Pennant Hills Road.

Just paid for 4x tickets...

THIS WEEKEND, PEOPLES!!!

Nice work, Duncan! I got a few SMSs from Kel on the day letting me know your results. It's good to hear that the hard work has paid off, here's hoping it continues to in the future! Like Steve-O mentioned, that little ATTESA moment coming out of turn two when you were next to the Commodore looked "interesting..." Obviously the response of the N1 turbos is a good thing, going by that!

They don't make a harness extender, the PFC is modified internally by Hills to match the requirements of the car it is being fitted to. I'm not sure how much the mods cost, best to give Mark at Hills a call on (02) 9899-9962. The wiring mods are required, even for the Neo-powered Stagea, because the PFC needs to be "tricked" into seeing a few values that the Stagea wiring loom and sensors don't give to the PFC.

Spotted mxfly in his gold M35 AR-X at the meet-up point for the SAU-NSW Member's cruise this morning.

That might be Adam - is it silver, and does it still have the standard Stagea wheels on it? By the way, Joe, when are you getting your butt and your wheels down to a Thursday night Coastie meet? Can you boys point them towards the Stagea section on here (assuming they don't already know about it), please? It's here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/St...ussion-f82.html

I *might* be in on this, Stephen...

Rosie was off busy doing bridesmaid's duties - I had her car, but no passengers.

Not sure if this may sway you, but the front suspension on a factory RWD-only Stagea is COMPLETELY different to an AWD Stagea - removing the driveshafts from an AWD Stagea might have a factor in how the car ends up handling, depending on how reliant the suspension is on using the driveshafts in the system, or whether the removal will have an effect on upsetting the balance that's been inherently built into it...

Hey, all you damned V70 drivers, please stop squabbling now, mmmmkay?

As GorGasm said, the front suspension is completely different between RWD and AWD Stageas...

1. Having a computer like a MicroTech, I'm guessing it would most likely cause transmission issues not too far down the line. The factory ECU has some sort of an ignition cut-out to ease pressure on the gearbox during changes, and I seriously doubt the MicroTech would have this function in it. If you were to get a better computer (like a Haltech, MoTec or similar), then it *might* have functionality for the ignition cut during gear changes. My car is an s1 with an R34 GTt PowerFC, but the guy I bought the car off had already converted it to manual, so when I had the PFC installed about a year ago I didn't have these issues. 2. Converting to RWD is pretty easy, and as long as it's done right, you shouldn't have an issue. BUT, you'd barely save any weight - removing the driveshaft from the transfer case to the front diff will save you less than 10kg. The Nissan ATTESA system is a constantly variable system anyway, so for maybe 80-90% of the time the car is already in RWD mode. 3. Standard front brakes are twin-piston fronts and single-piston rears. A good-quality brake fluid, and as already mentioned, a good set of pads, will work wonders. Braided brake lines would also help (but make sure you get some that are ADR-compliant). Being a 96 model, it would definitely be an S1... The ECU shouldn't have a problem with the front driveshaft being removed, but yanking the diff out would most likely involve removing the engine (IIRC, the diff is attached to the bottom of the block) and changing your sump for a RWD one. Nope, R33 GTSt/R32 GT-R brakes are NOT a direct swap. There are plenty of threads on this, have a good read through and all will be revealed...

I went up to the truck stop at Berowra, but no further than that tonight - I'm too tired...

Me too! Also spotted JET34R (black R34 GTt) around 5.15pm today on Seven Hills Road in Baulkham Hills, then a white R32 GT-R wearing black wheels with red outer lip coming off the M2 and onto Abbott Road in Seven Hills around 7.20pm.

Being a "financial SAU-NSW member" means you have paid to join the actual club side of SAU, which is separate from just being a forum-only member. If you want more details, have a look HERE, and membership form is at the bottom of that thread. Those that have joined the club have this logo appearing under their user-names:

The tyres are delivered to your door, so you can get whoever you want to fit them. I had mine fitted by Spin City Wheels in North Parramatta.

Stephen and Julius (and everyone else, for that matter), if you become SAU-NSW club members, you can have access to cheap Federal tyres. I've got the 595-SSs on my car and they are FANTASTIC!!!

BTW, who's coming along to Superlap???

Stephen, we were waiting on a few people after we all left KK's in Mingara together, so Rosie and Ian started looking for random stuff around the cars to see who had the weirdest items. I think that was your work ID/pass. Oh, and I fixed your post too, Ian!