What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[zei20l]

I hope so, if Craig is still speaking to me after the 11ty billion phone calls in the last week or so...

Fitted that insert yet?

lol understandable from craigs side

yup installed it last weekend. its a little rough, i think it needs tightening. i cross threaded the bolt lucky i have a full set of taps, fixed it right up, but dont think it tapped the thread far enough.

only took about 30 mins, including running the car up the gutter without smashing the front bar to pieces lol

[Daleo]

lol understandable from craigs side

yup installed it last weekend. its a little rough, i think it needs tightening. i cross threaded the bolt lucky i have a full set of taps, fixed it right up, but dont think it tapped the thread far enough.

only took about 30 mins, including running the car up the gutter without smashing the front bar to pieces lol

Lol, yeah I know...

Bit of a bugger about the bolt, let me know if you need a hand sorting it out.

Did it make the difference you were hoping for?

If you'd smashed the front bar; you could've had a matching pair...

Bedded in a new set of Remsa pads from GSL Rallysport yesterday; if you're in the market for some performance pads, these are well worth looking at!

Oh; my turbo went out with a whimper today, here's hoping John at Precision finishes the new one early next week.

Looks like I'm on the bike for the next little bit (cue some rainy weather).

On the upside my new Quickshifter (on the bike) is finally working properly!

Edited July 20, 2012 by Daleo

[scotty nm35]

On the upside my new Quickshifter (on the bike) is finally working properly!

Nice, care to throw the keys over this way?

I finished getting my track whale prepared today, new tow strap fitted, fire extinguisher installed, quick road tune tonight and she is ready for PI.

Damn it pulls hard now, the tune was way out running 14.5:1 on boost for some reason, perhaps there was a boost leak before? The only thing I did was to make up a new rear muffler, I can't imagine it would have had that much effect. I would guess I picked up at least 40kw by my butt dyno, awd skids tomorrow.

[Daleo]

Nice, care to throw the keys over this way?

I finished getting my track whale prepared today, new tow strap fitted, fire extinguisher installed, quick road tune tonight and she is ready for PI.

Damn it pulls hard now, the tune was way out running 14.5:1 on boost for some reason, perhaps there was a boost leak before? The only thing I did was to make up a new rear muffler, I can't imagine it would have had that much effect. I would guess I picked up at least 40kw by my butt dyno, awd skids tomorrow.

Lol, no worries, didn't know you rode mate; a bit different to the whale.

Lol @ butt dyno, can't argue with another 40 arsepowers! I think mine only has about 40hp ATM...

When are you at PI?

Edited July 20, 2012 by Daleo

[scotty nm35]

I have to get up at 5am tomorrow to head down, its the WRX event but 30 Nissans are going to gatecrash. I'm just down for Novice class to see how the car goes and learn some lines off the pro's.

I have ridden over 300,000ks on road bikes over the years, 140 of that on a GSXR750, I even rode it to Brisbane and back. Sounded like a good idea at the time...

[Daleo]

I have to get up at 5am tomorrow to head down, its the WRX event but 30 Nissans are going to gatecrash. I'm just down for Novice class to see how the car goes and learn some lines off the pro's.

I have ridden over 300,000ks on road bikes over the years, 140 of that on a GSXR750, I even rode it to Brisbane and back. Sounded like a good idea at the time...

Good luck, hope all goes well, and you eat some Wrexies; you should have fun.

I had a '97 GSXR750 (first of the fuel injected ones); loved that bike.

The K6 Thou is a hell of a thing though, and the Quickshifter is brilliant. Over the crest at the end of the straight at PI at 275km/h (admittedly on the limiter) in FOURTH gear. You know you're alive then.

Edited July 20, 2012 by Daleo

[scotty nm35]

Just finished packing, managed to fit it all in with the seats down. Half my shed is in there... Track rims, 4 jerrys of e85, two helmets and a full toolkit.

I had the 96 Dale, last of the good ol carbs. I tuned it myself, and managed to hit 280 on the straight at Sandown. I love that feeling, a little too much, which is why I had to give bikes away.

For now, dont tell the missus...

[rb26stagea]

So... New radiator has arrived, Nismo mounts are in, engine is painted, GReddy suction kit and z32 afms are in, exhaust manifolds are on, coolant leak from block is fixed... Just waiting on a new BOV, and it's off to Spry for another tune.

Hopefully in the meantime the plug cover and oil cap arrive.

After that, it's wiring tidy up, repaint wheels and brakes, then hopefully happy motoring until the radiator pops again in another 2 years...

[bigkevracer]

Did PWR replace it in the end?

[joshm35]

Well in 2 weeks ill be taking the m35 on a roadtrip to eastern creek for the world time attack championships so got a few things that I need to fix beforehand and while I was at it fix a few things that have been annoying me. Got a incabin filter, fuel cap bumpers and left and right cam cover gaskets as the turboside is seeping onto turbo heatsheild (common problem.) Im just getting both done as plenum will be off anyway.

[rb26stagea]

PWR.. Where to start? Long story short I paid cost price for the replacement: not the desired outcome, but the fastest turnaround time...

[rb26stagea]

Not recommending them.

[NickM91]

This was way more effort, stress and money than it should have been, but finally got it changed over... I never want to do that again!

Still waiting to get my cat-back in and dale's brace when it comes.

Next on my list is new brakes and probably the HDI inter-cooler, dump, front pipe etc etc etc haha... if only money grew on trees

Edited July 23, 2012 by NickM91

[Daleo]

Started the Turbo removal today; fortunately I have access to a hoist, gearbox jack, and a bunch of workshop tools.

Also handy to have Craig to phone and laugh at my misfortune; as he knows well the fun I'm having.

Need to buy/make a couple of tools tomorrow, but so far it hasn't been too terrible; but I'm not going anywhere near the pace that Scotty & Craig can do. There's no point busting my arse, as the other work going on will delay reassembly anyway.

The source of the incredible racket and snails pace performance;

No aluminium filings in the turbo to cooler pipework, so that saves on cleaning.

Headed out this afternoon to pick up the high flowed turbo, looks great; measurements and pics tomorrow.

Also getting rid of the thermal wrapping, and going for some sexy ceramic coatings on my Dump and Mid pipe.

It works fine, but it's going a bit fluffy on the underside; and hey, while it's all apart...

Anyway, I've beadblasted both pipes, the dump pipe inside and out, as it's getting a heat reflective coating on the inside and an insulative coating on the outside.

The exhaust housing of the turbo will be getting the same treatment as the dump, and this should net a 30% temperature reduction over bare metal.

It should also keep spool times up due to the retained heat in the exhaust gas which keeps gas velocity high.

Pics of the coated parts once they're done.

[slippylotion]

Thats one sexy turbine wheel! How have you found the removal so far? are the turbo water/oil lines a pain to get to?

[Daleo]

Yeah, lightened for extra performance! Not. You wouldn't believe the racket it makes when I had to drive it.

Coolant lines and oil drain; pretty easy, oil feed still in place ATM.

[Commsman]

Feelin' your pain Dale.

Putting off my 2nd removal - just don't have the energy right now.

I can't believe you had most of your exhaust wrapped. I stuck some reflective insulation on the underbody till just past the cat & thought that'll keep more heat out of the cabin. But extra exhaust velocity? Valid theory; real world gains or placebo?

[Daleo]

Feelin' your pain Dale.

Putting off my 2nd removal - just don't have the energy right now.

I can't believe you had most of your exhaust wrapped. I stuck some reflective insulation on the underbody till just past the cat & thought that'll keep more heat out of the cabin. But extra exhaust velocity? Valid theory; real world gains or placebo?

Mine was done because I "aquired" about 30m of wrap from my employer when we were re-lagging boiler pipework.

The gains seem to be there; retaining heat in exhaust gas is critical to keep exhaust flow high. If there are tangible gains in N/A applications, it stands to reason that we have more to gain.

I'm doing it more for the insulative qualities, and it looks much nicer than fluffy fibreglass wrap. It also protects the pipework, which can't be a bad thing either.

My mate also does a coating on intercoolers and radiator cores that improves efficiency by a claimed 20%, it just looks like a satin grey metallic finish.

Several V8 Supercar teams tested and now use it on their radiators; they wouldn't waste their time if it didn't work.

[Duncan]

My mate also does a coating on intercoolers and radiator cores that improves efficiency by a claimed 20%, it just looks like a satin grey metallic finish.

Several V8 Supercar teams tested and now use it on their radiators; they wouldn't waste their time if it didn't work.

I don't know if your mate is my mate (Chris from Craved Coatings), but he did the radiator, oil cooler and sump on my race car, it definately ran a degree or 2 cooler afterwards. When you are pushing everything super hard, every degree makes a difference.

[Commsman]

Mmm, interesting, thanks guys. Will have to do some research.

Mods that net only small gains are valid, especially if super easy & cheap to do (ie wrap, not necessarily coatings )