Stagea Plazmaman Fmic

[wolverine]

the car came back last week and here are a few pics.

[-FUZZY-]

Very Nice!!!

[EGA41T]

looks bloody awesome!

im assuming that the neo cover still fits on?

[Tangles]

GOOD God!

Man, now I really reckon my bodgy home fmic install suddenly looks Extremely cheesy.

[wolverine]

the neo cover still fits EGA. (i have 2 spares that came with the car if anyone wants something to stick on their garage wall)

btw i have an R33 GCG hi-flow with less than 5000k on it if someone is looking to upgrade their turbo.

[AlexCim]

why are you ditching the turbo? its perfectly suited for an RB25. Not much lag, much more power.

[wolverine]

correct alex hence it should be good buying for anyone interested in upgrading their turbo.

i bought it to use on this car but GCG suggested their R33 hiflow turbo would not be the best choice on a neo RB25 so it is sitting there looking for a good home (it has been sent back to GCG to be checked before sale).

[Terminal]

btw i have an R33 GCG hi-flow with less than 5000k on it if someone is looking to upgrade their turbo.

how much are you looking for it? i was going to upgrade mine in the next few weeks during my manual conversion

[AlexCim]

LOL, why did they say it isnt a good choice??

R33/R34 turbos are interchangeable and the highflow of both turbos is identical (AFAIK), apart from the R34 turbo having a slighly larger (debatable) rear housing.

Its not the turbo that will be your limit anyway (maybe 230awkw vs 240awkw R33 vs R34), its the way you tune the car. I think it wont be easy to max out the turbo with piggy backs....

[wolverine]

alex the rear housing is different on an R33 vs R34, it is not questionable. the outright power goal was not the issue it was whether the smaller turbine housing could be an issue on a neo RB25. in life you sometimes have to take the advice of professionals that work in that field. i am not a turbo expert but i have seen enough threads by disappointed punters that mismatched turbine housings to their application and have spent $$$$'s chasing their tails trying to fix it.

who said anything about piggybacks??

terminal pm sent.

[AlexCim]

your car is manual?

whats your power goal? There honestly couldnt be that much difference could there? Is it worth the money you are going to loose by selling an already highflowed turbo?

[wolverine]

sure is alex

the powerFC (all things going well) will be fitted in the next few weeks and then we can see what the drivability is like down low. the midrange and top end won't be an issue.

the R33 hi-flow would make plenty of power for my application so an extra 15kw or thereabouts is neither here nor there to me but for the reasons above i will use a hiflowed R34 turbo to avoid any potential issues. i am trying to re-coup my costs on the R33 turbo.

Edited May 21, 2006 by wolverine

[AlexCim]

BITCH

enjoy the car

What PFC you going for? R34GTT I presume?

[wolverine]

yep R34 GT-t PFC

ben @ UAS will probably be doing it.

[qikstagea]

would a neo cover fit on an S1? lookall fairly the same, hey?

[wolverine]

i don't know but if you are in sydney you can come and try it out.

[GoldZilla]

Hey wolverine, how much was the FMIC, and did you put it in yourself or get them to install it? Looks like a nice, neat job, too.

[wolverine]

the guys at plazmaman installed it and they used this as a test mule for a kit they will offer.

the price i paid may not relate to the retail cost for the kit since i was the first one.

i have a plazmaman FMIC on my R33 and i found the service and "care factor" very high with plazmaman after i ran into some difficulties installing the kit (not due to any fault of the kit). the patience of oyay & alex and their desire to ensure i was completely happy should be used as a model by every other workshop.

in addition, i asked them to look at making a replacement pipe from the afm to the turbo although if looks to be a complex pipe that might have too high a cost to go into any production unless there is enough demand from skyline/stagea owners.

i imagine the kit is available if anyone is looking for an alternative to the other kits on the market.

[AlexCim]

question - did they have to cut the front bar reo?

[wolverine]

alex, the car is getting some more work done elsewhere so i can't go and look.