Duncan

Good to hear, I haven't used them myself, I was just going off my experience with other soft tyres In that case, bang them on any corner, have fun until lunch, then check them for rotation for the afternoon. I'd always put the best tyres on the most loaded point which is front left at wakie....you can always control the amount of rear wheel work with your foot....

hahah don't worry I'll be happy to have them go to a good home Speaking of wiring, can someone with a (working, or at least wired up ) R32 do a quick test for me? Under the bonnet in the fuse/relay box is a brown relay labeld H/LAMP. Disconnect that relay (unplug it from its loom below). Then, try 1. Low beam headlights should work 2. High beam headlights on should work 3. Flick high beams should not work. The wiring for the headlight switches is crazy complex for my little brain, so I just want to check my understanding that the relay only controls high beam flicking.

actually there are a bunch of good quality gauges that need a new home....I'll post up when they are ready to go. Even better if someone is putting them in a track car because they come pre mounted and pre wired in a carbon fibre centre panel. Individual gauges were OK but I definitely should have made the move to a single dash long ago with how I use the car.

bloody hell mate, 8. That is mind bending.

haha I think the opposite....if you take softs to a track day at wakefield in December you will destroy them. probably in the first session. so it doesn't matter which one goes on which corner keep those for hillclimbs or super sprints, and go and buy a set of medium or hard tyres instead.

Sticker machines are cheap (<$500) and so is the vinyl. Its the time to cut, weed and distribute that is the issue, you'd need a volunteer who has a reliable 4-8 hours per week to do it.

Hi Bigbob and welcome to SAU. Almost certainly your only option is to buy a 2nd hand replacement from a wreck, check gumtree, ebay or wreckers (in order of price ) eg http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WRECKING-1990-R31-NISSAN-SKYLINE-MANY-PARTS-AVAILABLE-/321903415081?hash=item4af2f04f29:g:VVkAAOSwo0JWLfao BTW R31 Stageas are awesome.

I'm also in NSW, I had the ones on my Stagea rebuilt after about 100,000klm of use. I had the springs changed at the same time so I can't say what made the change, but it rides more smoothly now despite the high spring rates. I think because shocks wear so slowly its hard to tell when they are getting tired. I used Heasmans in Sydney. Very expensive but top quality work and attention to detail.

Well said, welcome

Hi mate I just checked the garage but I don't seem to have one. I'd suggest giving Darron at Just Jap a call, they are a Tomei dealer and bring in full, new engines.

lol not really....and poor old stagea is sleeping outside....there are gtr bits absolutely everywhere

fking A. BTW you got any tips on mounting the Haltech

so, how the hell will I live without all those gauges and wires? Coasty Luke at Haltec sorted some new toys for me: realistically I should have done this long ago; combined data logging and display of data and warnings in one comparably simple system. Allows me to remove all the gauges and just go back to the single dash. I guess over the years I added one gauge after another (usually after some problem that I couldn't detect) until I ended up with the mess I had previously.

ahh yeah GTR not quite so simple...attessa computer (including ABS) and pumps are in the rear as well. Anyway, last weekend's (belated) update. Neil put the bearings back together front and rear. All new bearings and wheel studs, and hubs sandblasted clean. uprights only got a little clean I pulled all the looms out....looks bare...and an unbeleiveable amount of crap/oil/rocks etc hiding in all the little corners now the wiring is out ready to strip out unnecessary wires (not that many Matty!) previous wiring removed, including some antique turbo timer that had been there all along!

What car do you have? And do you know for certain the diff is welded or does it just act like it is (skipping in tight turns etc)

I used the 12mm bolt with a 1mm bush around it.....

Yes, and they were plug and play. But that was S1, do S2 have something extra like seat heaters? If so you need switches if they are not on the seat, and considering the power they could draw I'd probably run separate wiring too. Or you could just leave them unplugged and worry about it closer to winter...

OK, I finally got the SP adapter today, only 6 months after they sold the base kit. If anyone else is silly enough to wait that long the correct one for R32 GTR (and probably most skylines/stageas etc) is SP70821. But frankly, I wont go near SP again, the service and communication was terrible. I'd take that motive power one you posted above

wideband controller will draw up to 5A because of the 02 sensor heater. I would be careful about what I tap it into, but agree a relay seems like overkill

Hi mate, sorry for the slow response. No I'm not sure if they would suit 32 GTR part# is 21549-01U00, not sure which R34 you need it for so I can't check FAST - but I'll guess the part# is different (although that doesn't guarantee it won't fit, especially if its an aftermarket radiator anyway

yeah if the pump is running constantly and there is no 4wd there is a mechanical or hydraulic issue in the 4wd system. Easiest fix would be if the 4wd light is on because it will flash an error code at the ATTESSA computer under the rear parcel shelf. If there's no error code I'd start with a good bleeding, there is one nipple at the rear of the gearbox and one above the rear driveshaft.

haha welcome to busy engine bays made for tiny Japanese mechanic hands

Hi mate, sorry it was years ago I looked at this so I can't confirm. But I remember the issue being a positive signal from the ECU instead of negative, or vice versa. I did run across a post on the Haltech forum the other day where another stagea owner had the same problem, so that is at least 3 of us now I agree, it seems that checking the relay wiring would be the way to go. Sorry I don't have any specific input

I can't believe this movie never got mentioned, but I am accidentally watching it on SBS2 tonight. Thunderbolt, a 95 Jackie Chan movie. Awesome....JDM stuff everywhere....it may turn out rubbish but with Jackie Chan and R32 GTR it seems to have everything going it's way

Just wanted to say I agree with Josh, the smaller gearbox would not be a problem if you are genuinely just going to use standard power and drive like a human being. The problem is, standard is never enough......unfortunately the big gearboxes are hard to find and very expensive because every hectic drifter breaks one a week.