Hicus Removal?

[spence-GTR]

hey guys just wondering if its worthwile getting rid of the hicus in my r32 gtr pros and cons of keeping it and getting rid of it and what some of you guys have done.

[Kinks]

there's a button up the top of SAU between "Members" and "Help" - it will give you the answer.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

pro - you can remove it

con - it's in there to begin with

[tomcio]

if you remove it then you will save about 25kg, easier access to oil filter, better handling.

cons= keeping it

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

people take it out to do sik skidz, if u dont do said skidz, i wouldnt bother

[bubba]

It's not just removed for doing skidz, although that does help.. so much easier to change direction without it, whereas before it just wanted to crab up the road.

Car is a lot more stable and predictable with out it (for me at least), but if you're a novice driver you might want to leave it in as it was put there to help inexperienced drivers avoid slamming sideways into trees/poles

Edited July 13, 2010 by bubba

[Josh_r32]

The arse end of my 32 GTR used to "float" and handled like a pissed dog on wet tiles. As the 21 year old hicas system decided to cut in and out when it wanted to. Not sure what the actual problem was, if it electrical problem or what

Installed a hicas lockout bar for $120 and it handled A1. Would highly recommend it. The installation of the bar and removal of lines is easier then you think.

Also put one in a GTST, well worth it aswell. Car feels so much more predicatable and tighter. Lockbar has been in the GTST for 5 years and no probs

Cheers

Edited July 13, 2010 by Josh_r32

[Trozzle]

f**king search, stop being lazy.

I can give you a con, but I'm not going to because I've already spammed it.

[08r3308]

i have actually put mine back in and took out my lock bar, i never had a problem to start with but i dont mind hicas .

[Trozzle]

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

first time i have heard of that!

[waxracing]

The mig welder will be my hiacs bar, a quick zap and that sucker will not move anymore

[Birds]

Interesting thing about HICAS...I removed it and I *suspect* my car now has a bit of understeer to it when performing low speed manouvres (motorkhanas etc.). I can't turn in as sharply as when I had HICAS installed. That said, I did forget to put my shock settings on firm last time I did motorkhana stuff.

Feels better without HICAS for high speed things though.

[bubba]

Interesting thing about HICAS...I removed it and I *suspect* my car now has a bit of understeer to it when performing low speed manouvres (motorkhanas etc.). I can't turn in as sharply as when I had HICAS installed. That said, I did forget to put my shock settings on firm last time I did motorkhana stuff.

Feels better without HICAS for high speed things though.

I definitely didn't notice that when I removed my HICAS.. I found turn in better and more predictable, could just be because I had more confidence that the back end wasn't going to start doing its' own thing mid corner.

[08r3308]

i dont really push it too hard so hicas being there does not bother me , and it works how it should so i guess that is a bonus

my friends r33 always had troubles with hicas so he did benefit from taking it out an installing a lock bar.

i guess it comes down to what you want to do with car and if hicas is functioning properly or not

[toddlls]

got rid of mine-will never put it back either-car is much better now, especially at the track

[Spurdo]

one time when i pulled out my dash cluster i noticed the previous owner had taken out the bulb for the hicas light (which signals a problem with the hicas) so i plugged in a bulb and of course when i put the cluster back in the light was permanently lit. joy. anyway i sold my hicas computers (the ones on the underside of the parcel tray) to a mate with a gts4.

what should having no hicas computers do to your hicas?? would it make it not work altogether?

im pretty sure it still does work to some extent, one time the car went totally sideways on me while i was doing a u-turn on a busy road and it was fully unintentional so i blame hicas steering the back wheels out. what do u guys reckon?

[krzysztof]

hicas is crap. end of story. it makes a car easier to drive but not faster.

i can't wait to pull mine out..

[Willis]

Does anyone have a link for a difinitive guide for removal of HICAS? With pics and all? (I've done a search but yet to find one with pictures etc)

How hard is it to perform? And what sort of setup is required? Tools etc?

Does anyone know of any performance shops / GTR specialist who offer "HICAS removal" ?

Cheers for any info!

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

there is a thread on here that has a guide....

i can only explain a 33 as it' what i have done myself... a 32 system is hydraulic and have more to do