R32 Gtr Hicas Lock Question.

[Dave32]

Hi Guys,

Planning to get the hicas locked out on my car, from what i've been told seems likes theres two options to go for (short of removing the whole system).

Just wondering whats better to get, just one of those standard hicas lock bars that seem pretty easy to source and work for most cars, or the tomei hicas lock kit, with the electronic module and the shims.

any info would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Dave.

[salad]

The Tomei kit adds weight, but gets rid of hicas pretty effectively. Using the lockbar you can remove ~30kg of deadweight.

Warning light issue can be solved by cutting the sender wire on the hicas computer.

Lock bar is also the cheaper option I'm fairly sure.

[GTR32GUS]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=93183

Do that ^^^^^ , with the warning light i pulled the light out of the dash if u are unconfindent about cutting wires

Edited January 22, 2007 by GTR32GUS

[Dave32]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=93183

Do that ^^^^^ , with the warning light i pulled the light out of the dash if u are unconfindent about cutting wires

ok but i'm a bit of a noob, don't exactly have the time or the facilities to do ti myself, who can i get to do it for me??

[Mr. Keets]

rip it all out, save some weight and put the lock bar in...it worked for me

[vidospace]

The Tomei kit adds weight, but gets rid of hicas pretty effectively. Using the lockbar you can remove ~30kg of deadweight.

Warning light issue can be solved by cutting the sender wire on the hicas computer.

Lock bar is also the cheaper option I'm fairly sure.

OMG! 30KG! I am doing the bar for sure!

[shanef]

yep lockbar for $150 and a short length of hose and u lose weight, gain engine bay room & get better control/feeling!

[GTR1993]

i ripped it all out, ill say now its not 30 kg, ill weight it one of these days

[PORTS]

I removed my system completely, thing is you'll need to slightly modify your power steer pump to

account for the missing hicas system.

[justin911]

i weighed my r33 gtst hicas the other night... it was only 4.9kg

i thought the rumours on sau were its meant to be 20kg ???

i ripped it all out, ill say now its not 30 kg, ill weight it one of these days

[shanef]

ok ull only save decent amount of weight on a 32 as its all hydraulic

[Dave32]

Ok, so where to get it done, and how much would I be looking at?

[Dave32]

Or who wants to do it for me for a slab of beer?? lol

[Beer Baron]

personally I went the tomei kit for a couple of reasons.

1. hicas had not bothered me too much. the odd uneasy feeling from the rear was sometimes off putting, but I dont think it was slowing me down too much either on or off track.

2. with that in mind I wanted something easily reversible.

3. it's neat

4. it's cheap

5. it's easy to install

6. no dash warning

7. no heavy steering

8. no fear of busted PS pump

as far as I could see the advantages of a lock bar vs tomei kit were.

1. decent weight saving.

2. ummm that's it.

so after weighing that up, the tomei kit was for me. it works fine. but lock bar is a good solution too IF done well.

[Mr. Keets]

i ripped it all out, ill say now its not 30 kg, ill weight it one of these days

Spoke with Ant Scali before I did mine and from memory it was a 26Kg saving on his 32R

Ok, so where to get it done, and how much would I be looking at?

Depends on where you live, If it was on the West coast I could help a brother out but i'm guessing your on the east sieeed so ??

Price... a couple of hours for an experienced hand plus sorting out the power steering pump + the lock bar ..dont know if GTRgeoff is fabing them at the moment. Cheap considering the results.

[salad]

6. no dash warning

7. no heavy steering

8. no fear of busted PS pump

I agree that the Tomei kit is an easier solution, but these 3 points are very easy to avoid when using a lockbar.

6. Cut the sender wire from the hicas computer. Green with white trace line in bottom left hand corner of the smaller plug.

7. Heavy steering is caused by people leaving solenoids plugged in. I had someone come to me complaining about heavy steering, unplugged the solenoid and the problem was gone.

8. PS pumps only get busted when people block the lines off. The rear stage of the pump is trying to pump fluid that has no where to go.

I wrote a DIY on it a while ago, and have done it on 3 cars without a single problem.

http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.p...howtopic=185697