Returning To The Roads

[Messiah]

Hi all,

Its been a long time and probably none of you remember me but after two years of being off the road, i've almost got my line back into good enough shape to return.

For a number of reasons (mainly me being a lazy idiot) my car needs the whole gay pride flag colour range worth slips to get through rego. And due to a few mods here or there i'm thinking the best thing to do is just get it engineered and do it all properly.

Mods so far.

PFC,

3 inch turbo back exhaust with high flow cat.

lowered (cant vouch for if this is done right or to legal height)

eboost boost controller

k&n pod in CAP.

adjustable upper control arms on rear

Other than that, stock turbo, stock intercooler.

So i have a few questions to ask (and maybe favors to call if anyones feeling helpful).

First if all i've fixed up a few things that i hated about the car when i last drove it (but could change due to money).

Wheels from 17x8 and 17x9 to 18x8.5 and 18x9.5 work CR kai's

Pod filter (K&N) now fully enclosed in a carbon fibre CAP.

Now the only concerns i have left is ride height (previous owner lowered it and i cant vouch for his work) which i'm going to measure up once the new wheels and tires are on

emissions test and exhaust.

As stated i dont want to do a return to stock on parts if i dont need to as i'd prefer to engineer it with mods and be able to enjoy them instead of worrying about defects whenever i'm on the roads.

So to the questions,

1. if the ride height is too low, will a run into new engineering cert issues if i fit adjustable coilovers (thinking tein mono flex)?

2. I already have a pfc, is anyone able to do a safe tune on for 98 pulp or is e85 an option (currently stock injectors) to cut emissions (am willing to pay with money or beer).

3. If the exhaust proves to noisy can anyone recommend a nice turbo back setup that most importantly does a good job, but also sounds ok without being too loud.

4. And lastly i've moved down to the shire, so all the places i used to frequent are now miles away, can anyone recommend work shops etc etc south of the bridge?

Any help would be gladly appreciated.

Edited March 3, 2009 by Messiah

[NZM.031]

gday mate, welcome back.

fit your coilovers first... then set it so the lowest point is 100mm off the ground... no dramas with engineer then.

there are a few people on here that can tun a pfc... but probs best to take it to a workshop that deals with them, it wont take long to do a safe tune if they know what they are doing... remove the hand controller before taking it to the engineer.

i have a kakimoto 4" exhaust that is not very loud at all... has a nice note but can be covered by turning up the stereo a bit.. good quality japanese "street or sports" exhausts are excellent quality with a good note.. only the "race" exhausts are loud as. 90 decibels is a pretty easy feat in a skyline.

i have no idea of people in the shire whom you could take your car to.

cheers

Linton

[BOZ22N]

Do not set your suspension up so that your lowest point is 100mm off the ground, even with a large body kit this will be shit house for handling etc. Set your centre of wheel to bottom of guard distance to 350-360mm and then check your ground clearance this should leave you with at least 110-120mm clearance even on a big front bar.

Good luck.

[Liz]

holy moley i don't believe it

[N1GTR]

For a number of reasons (mainly me being a lazy idiot) my car needs the whole gay pride flag colour range worth slips to get through rego.

[Messiah]

holy moley i don't believe it

Is it really that shocking Liz??? heh i bet you thought i went out and bought a camry