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Hey Guys, Just wondering about whether i'll need to upgrade the ecu, or add a piggyback or not even bother? Currently my car is stock, other than a cat-back exhaust and air filter. I aim to keep the car as stock as possible, but also to get as close to 200rwkw as i can without changing turbos/internals, with the goal being performance, efficiency and reliability (it's my daily driver) So my planned mod path thus far looks like: * Front/Dump pipe + High flow cat * Larger Intercooler (e.g. r34 side mount to keep the stock look) * Boost it up a little, say 10PSI ** also considering a water injection kit ** My question is: with this relatively small list of modifications, do i need to address the ECU to make the most of them? And if so, which path to take - pfc, safc, emanage or other?

Cool, sounds like a job for the weekend Thanks guys

Do we have to pull out the dash to check that?

I got this same issue... thought it was a bit strange. 18 = freezing, 19 = hot lol

What tyres are they?

I'm intrigued, make a recording, i want to hear the car barf!

My car is stock except for pod filter, you can definitely hear the whoosh of the stock bov when changing gears, even too loud for my liking

Ah! I see now, thanks guys

Ok, thanks

Hey guys, I've got these headlights on my car, but just figured out they're not the standard S1 or S2 headlight, as the glass has lines and ridges through it. But maybe they're still OEM?? I dont get it. From what i can tell, they're branded Ichikoh, as i've seen a similar pair for sale on ebay (for $750 each USED!) Has anyone seen these before? Really like to know, as i lost one of the bulb plugs from it, and would like to find a replacement. Cheers

Hey Guys, Are the R33 series 1 and series 2 headlights interchangeable? Or are the shapes different?

Edit, wrong forum.

I second that!

I have no idea mate

Somehow this guy escaped from my car, now my headlight is getting water in it. Does anyone have the parker light plug (The thing the globe attaches to), say off a broken headlight that i can grab?

Ok, i think i understand now . So the volume increase, in a closed system, would lower the pressure - but the increased rate of flow actually compensates for that increased volume to the point where across the system, the total pressure of air going to the engine increases... So, how is the flow rate measured, i assume cfm or something. Anyone know what the standard intercooler (on an R33) flow rate is?

Guys, please forgive my ignorance, but i don't get why boost increases. Logically speaking, if you increase the volume (by using a larger intercooler), shouldn't pressure go down? Please enlighten me

Hey Guys, Just wanted to know if anyone has installed a water/alcohol injection system in their skyline? I'd never heard about it until today, and it sounds interesting.

Pics?

Took the car over to maytech today, they sorted it all out. Some genius had put the cannister piping together all wrong... that pipe was supposed to be the purge line for the cannister Anyway, with that fixed, plus a dyno tune, i can go back to enjoying my new baby

Haha. I've found the pipe that goes into the engine (plunum?), the other pipe goes to the fuel tank. The one thats drawing air, according to that diagram should be attached to the air intake somewhere (from what i can see). Only problem is, it doesn't I'm assuming that, when the previous owner ripped out the airbox to put the pod in, the charcoal cannister was moved, and the line that attaches to the intake / recirculation valve, was just plumbed badly... which doesn't make any sense, why would someone do that? Anyway, if i block that pipe off totally, the car won't start. If i leave it open, im getting unmeasured air into the system. That's why i said bugger it, let somone who knows skylines have a look at it. I'm totally new to working on cars, and am keen to learn, but at the same time, i've had the car for 3 weeks, and haven't driven it for 2. I'm hanging to go for a drive so i want it fixed Based on a recommendation from these forums, i'm taking it to maytech over at moorebank tomorrow, and hopefully all will be good.

I'm with Beer Baron on this one, some of you guys are too harsh. Yeah they're criminals, yeah they're jerks - but it hightlights something for me, and that is that you need to make good decisions in your life, because you never know what your end may be. I do feel sorry for their parents as well, imagine you come home from work one day and find out your son isn't coming home, coz he's been hanging around with the wrong friends, and went down the wrong path and got himself killed. sad.

I read about the oven method in the soarer forums, not sure i'd want to cook em I bought some McGuires plastix, meant to be for motorcycle windshields, but i'm pretty sure it'd work just the same. Haven't used it yet - i'm going to get my car cut'n'polished, and the guy said he'd do up the headlight also

Cool, thanks for the link!

Well i dropped it off at the local Ultratune this morning Though i worry about taking to someone not that experienced with skylnes; i thought, it's a charcoal cannister, they must know how to put it back together... turns out i was wrong... They put it back together exactly how i found it (i did some tinkering myself to block off the pipes). Leaving a pipe with vacuum sucking air into the system. lol. Even said their senior mechanic drove it around the block, and said it's running fine. I'm not convinced, and I'm too paranoid to drive it over 3k rpm until i figure out what the hell happened. Think i need to take it to someone who knows their way around a skyline.