What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[joshm35]

good luck with that its a fun job!!! try and get the O2 sensor off so you can get to the bolt behind it otherwise get a special ball joint cuppler for the socket not the yoke type cos it'll just bind up..........

ive got it booked into my mechanic so ill let him have the fun job. Was getting late so thought ...f#ck it. I see what people are saying. Bout not alot of room in there.

[Commsman]

I see what people are saying. Bout not alot of room in there.

It's all about undoing the 4 bolts for the g'box crossmember & lowering that down to allow the engine to tilt back on the mounts. This gives enough room to get to the O2 sensor & top bolt/s. You may also want to drop off some of the shrouds further down the exhaust. This is why I raise the back of the car as well, otherwise ramps would be all you need. Your mechanic will have it done in no time on a hoist. But tell him to leave the bonnett up when he puts it on the hoist, just in case the engine hits.

[StageIan]

Well, after stripping the bits i needed off an s2 at the local wreckers the car went in to have the manual conversion done.

Cant wait to drive it from the workshop to the exhaust place..... much excite

[PN-Mad]

^^^ like!

Also like that it means your leg must be at the stage where your confident in driving a manual!

[Jetwreck]

I vented my bonnet yesterday!

Seems to be doing the job......f#$k it lets(pumps) some heat out! When the thermo's come one I get that weird heat haze concentrated in one area. I'll post a pic of the top once I get the edging on.

Oh and purchased all new Nismo decal's! Just need Arec Tune to polish car now!

[bigkevracer]

I vented my bonnet yesterday!

Seems to be doing the job......f#$k it lets(pumps) some heat out! When the thermo's come one I get that weird heat haze concentrated in one area. I'll post a pic of the top once I get the edging on.

Oh and purchased all new Nismo decal's! Just need Arec Tune to polish car now!

Which bonnet is that Craig? Getting copies made?

[PN-Mad]

I vented my bonnet yesterday!

Seems to be doing the job......f#$k it lets(pumps) some heat out! When the thermo's come one I get that weird heat haze concentrated in one area. I'll post a pic of the top once I get the edging on.

Oh and purchased all new Nismo decal's! Just need Arec Tune to polish car now!

Lol, is that what you did?

Because race car.

[iamhe77]

Which bonnet is that Craig? Getting copies made?

It is his OEM bonnet.

[pipster11]

I vented my bonnet yesterday!

Seems to be doing the job......f#$k it lets(pumps) some heat out! When the thermo's come one I get that weird heat haze concentrated in one area. I'll post a pic of the top once I get the edging on.

Oh and purchased all new Nismo decal's! Just need Arec Tune to polish car now!

my mates with evos have the same thing

DO NOT lean on the mesh! or you will end up with char-grilled patterns on your hand, though on evo's the vents are directly above the tubro

[StageIan]

^^^ like!

Also like that it means your leg must be at the stage where your confident in driving a manual!

Yeah all progressing nicely, been driving now since July last year. Right knee is holding up, still gots a long ways to go tho. My PT is great as he's had a knee reco himself, so he knows the limitations when training.

Decided now that I got some extra cash and the time to take the car off the road to get some thing happening. Need to get new guages to monitor vitals, also check my ecu as to wether I can send it away for the nistune mod.

[Jetwreck]

finished venting bonnet today......Wing and Front bar to go!

[Daleo]

finished venting bonnet today......Wing and Front bar to go!

For some reason I expected it to be a larger hole...

Works well?

[Sunkist]

Apparently lol

[PN-Mad]

Picked up an m35 nm35 pnm35 oil sump pan from Nissan. Sorry just being obvious for the search function.

It's the bottom black thingo, so if you dent it, you can replace with

Part number 11110-AL810

I modified mine for an oil return, so when we took the turbo off, we placed with with a beaten out one until I could get a new one.

List price is $170 plus gst. Maybe a little cheaper.

[Jetwreck]

Apparently lol

E-Troll alert!!!

Dale......yes it pumps the heat out......looks a lot neater with the edging now.

*****Cough*****reminder******cough******front******Reo!

Edited January 11, 2013 by Jetwreck

[Daleo]

E-Troll alert!!!

Dale......yes it pumps the heat out......looks a lot neater with the edging now.

*****Cough*****reminder******cough******front******Reo!

Lol, fab starts tomorrow.

[bigkevracer]

Why did you put the hole there Craig? Is that really the hottest area? Or you just picked somewhere easy?

I was always hoping to get the Masa bonnet eventually...

http://www.rhdjapan.com/masa-motorsports-m-tune-frp-aero-bonnet-hood-56834

So I finally moved the stepper motor for the boost controller, cut almost half a metre out of the hose to the actuator, which was good. Others are *slightly* longer, so I'll test it tomorrow.

[Jetwreck]

Why did you put the hole there Craig? Is that really the hottest area? Or you just picked somewhere easy?

I was always hoping to get the Masa bonnet eventually...

http://www.rhdjapan.com/masa-motorsports-m-tune-frp-aero-bonnet-hood-56834

So I finally moved the stepper motor for the boost controller, cut almost half a metre out of the hose to the actuator, which was good. Others are *slightly* longer, so I'll test it tomorrow.

Because the back of my bonnet is already raised to get the air out. Also that is the area that most of the air get stuck in...I was finding the thermos could cool but because our bonnet is so low the air was still getting stuck in the front area. If a sidewinder is ever shot at my car now I know where it's heading. Those masa bonnets are nice but I cannot justify $1k ATM when I have other needs/wAnts.

[Sunkist]

Because the back of my bonnet is already raised to get the air out. Also that is the area that most of the air get stuck in...I was finding the thermos could cool but because our bonnet is so low the air was still getting stuck in the front area. If a sidewinder is ever shot at my car now I know where it's heading. Those masa bonnets are nice but I cannot justify $1k ATM when I have other needs/wAnts.

I thought you proved that raising the rear of the bonnet did more harm than good, or Scott told me you did..

[ECR33_RB25DET]

finished venting bonnet today......Wing and Front bar to go!

Great job but not entirely convinced it's in the correct area of the bonnet. I reckon positioned a bit more on the passenger side and higher would have it quite effective with heat extraction from the turbo area.