What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[scotty nm35]

He will be driving over to Melbourne Dunc.

[Dunc]

He will be driving over to Melbourne Dunc.

Well that's of no use

[4bidn1]

Wow all the way to Melbourne just to install an emanage and tune ???? Expensive!!!

[PN-Mad]

Not as expensive as replacing the engine when someone who has never touched them before makes it go boom

[4bidn1]

???? Never touched an engine ??? Any tuner worth there salt will be able to tune , it's a base set or rules ! Or are our vq's that temperamental? It's not like having an 800+rwkw car with a stand alone ecu that you would want tuned by a specialist ie.. Like a vl and breschani. It's a piggy back comp and a tune,

I'm just surprised that's all not waning to put any ones nose out of joint

[scotty nm35]

Not as expensive as replacing the engine when someone who has never touched the before makes it go boom

So much this. ^^

Still cheaper than a Willal tune.

[scotty nm35]

???? Never touched an engine ??? Any tuner worth there salt will be able to tune , it's a base set or rules ! Or are our vq's that temperamental? It's not like having an 800+rwkw car with a stand alone ecu that you would want tuned by a specialist ie.. Like a vl and breschani. It's a piggy back comp and a tune,

I'm just surprised that's all not waning to put any ones nose out of joint

It has taken Cihan 40 or 50 tunes to work out how to setup the EMU properly. This isn't a Nistuned RB we are talking about. There have only been 10 or 12 VQ25det's tuned in Aus so far.

[PN-Mad]

???? Never touched an engine ??? Any tuner worth there salt will be able to tune , it's a base set or rules ! Or are our vq's that temperamental? It's not like having an 800+rwkw car with a stand alone ecu that you would want tuned by a specialist ie.. Like a vl and breschani. It's a piggy back comp and a tune,

I'm just surprised that's all not waning to put any ones nose out of joint

See your own Sig.

yeah, its a bit tricky to get a Ecu that adjusts so many parameters to work efficiently with such a shitty tuning tool that is EManage.

[satinoval]

On Friday I borrowed a mates patrol (which is so much fun to drive), collected a car trailer and towed my S1 up to the Transmission shop. 45 minutes after leaving he called me to tell me that there was bits of clutch and metal in the sump and would be taking the gearbox out today for inspection and stripping it down..

at 2pm I get a phone call saying that IIRC the 3rd and 4th clutch packs have blown, snapped band, worn solenoid and wobbly bearings.

seems when I bought the car it all felt lovely and nice but I now suspect that the fresh fluid in the gearbox was a quick fix to keep it running and able to sell it..

but never mind, the car should be back before the weekend and will have all new clutches, bands, a shift kit and recon'd torque converter

[TM35]

Sorting threw the " will haves " "mine will do's "

"im gonna make 6000hp's" not to forget the "were happy to try tune your setup to host xyz mods" cowboy tuners/mechanics. Could require much

MOre than time to waist not to mention throw away $$$...

So it seemed simple clear and logical to me.

Scott from day 1 has had outstanding customer service a real encyclopaedia of knowledge based on nm35 vq25det alone.

Help , information costs money 9 x out of 10 scotts certainly spoken fact from fiction every time even when ones ideas float all over the place.

Conclusion...

Drive to vic & back easy

some folk cruise that distance over a weekend with there hand grenade half assed tuned pride and joy

Ill support the bloke that will enjoy getting the best out of someone elses ride.

Cheers bloke

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[4bidn1]

Yeah I totally agree there are a lot of cowboys and shit tuners, out there, there are also are some guys who give a shit still, and there are a lot of ppl who do the "mine will make and mine will do this". That's why I only post up figs that have achieved, and realistic ones not ones that are made then engine goes bang, but ones that are driven on all the time, ... No grenade tunes here.

Also I understand the limited capabilities of the emanage ultimate I ran and played around tuning one on my c34 definitely not the best thing I've used hence whilst in in the shed as a paper weight.

Also leaves a dilemma for me as if I deem the m35 worth while of power modification I would be taking a different root than normal requiring a good tuneable Ecu ,and a fair bit of custom work but hey that's what I love doing .

[jet_r31]

^^If you take a different "root" from normal, you will probally lose your cars and house and won't have to worry about

any Modifications id say..lol

cheers

darren

[4bidn1]

Baaaaaa haaa , bloody spelling lol

[satinoval]

up nice and early today and up to knox automatics to collect my stagea, full gearbox rebuild including torque converter and stage 2 shift kit.. WOW is all I can say

[hoy32]

Picked up a dolphin carbon fiber/fiberglass vented bonnet. It gets sprayed factory black to match the car tomorrow!! Also picked up some D1 Sanko bonnet pins which are getting installed as well very excited to see how it looks!!!

[joshm35]

1) Purchased a set of factory hids and installed them with 8000k bulbs which are too dim for me so I purchased another set of 4300k and will install them once they arrive.

2) Replaced the driverside headlight tilt motor. Just have to fine tune it tonight when its a bit darker.

3) Installed the aftermarket afm I bought from scotty to trial (oem still good)

4) Replaced the coilpack tube that was found to have a hole in it.

[Missileman]

Yeah my Christmas pressie to me... Whitline anti roll bars BNR26Z and BNF28Z.

[joshm35]

Took car for a test drive with new afm and she dont like it. On full boost there is a rev cut/dip with it unlike the oem one. I will put the oem one back in tomorrow and see if it goes away.

[Missileman]

Excuse my post above, obviously I have consumed too much Christmas spirit and have confused my Skyline for a Stagea

[scotty nm35]

Took car for a test drive with new afm and she dont like it. On full boost there is a rev cut/dip with it unlike the oem one. I will put the oem one back in tomorrow and see if it goes away.

They do seem to run a little richer on boost than OEM, I suspect they have a slightly different airflow/Voltage curve. Only the modified cars seem to display the rich running, at least it's better than lean mixtures I guess. Did you reset the ecu before fitting it Josh?

The problem is the 'replacement' Nissan AFM's run much the same as these, and only last a short time in comparison, (something gets damaged inside at full noise for some reason.) I have yet to hear of a failure from these aftermarket afm's, and the price is much more reasonable.

Gives you a good reason to tune the car Josh.