What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[Duncan]

picked it up from the mechanic, first drive in months.

I'm going to do putty rd/singleton/mangrove mountain tomorrow to help run the motor in.

[wolverine]

Are you running it in after the 4WD adapter leak/failure?

[Duncan]

yup...new adapter (different supplier)....new bearings....new crank....new rings. Fingers crossed this time!

[Tangles]

good luck Duncan. Im still waiting on mine since ringlands broke back in early April. Should be ready for run-in any day now.

New forged 87mm CP pistons, complete block overhaul to suit, check of head (previously ported, with tomei cams/springs) etc.

Looking forward to being mobile again Its been a while

[Duncan]

Thanks, and same to you. These things always take longer than you expect.....I'm looking forward to some quality time with the car

[jasevr4]

Just driven Adelaide to Canberra and back to the Riverland in SA. Hasn't missed a beat. Reasonable fuel economy too when I was cruising at.. signposted speeds.

[slippylotion]

Did you live in the riverland jase?

[jasevr4]

Nah my old man lives up here. Heading back to Adelaide today.

[slippylotion]

Nice. I lived in renmark for years and most of my family still does.

[Duncan]

360klm, 5 hours, 1 tank of fuel (just), a million bends, and no problems.

I had a good day today

[zebra]

Dunc, which sump adapter were you using? and which one now?

pm me if you like

[wolverine]

The 2nd half of the Putty is the fun part now the fun police lowered the speed too far on the first part.

[jasevr4]

Nice. I lived in renmark for years and most of my family still does.

Yeah my dad is in Berri. Nice place up there, good to get away from it without too much of a drive.

Front of my Stagea is trashed! So many bugs. Waiting for the sun to go down so I can give it a proper wash..

[Duncan]

Andrew I was using the one from down your way, it developed a major leak on the dyno. Not actually sure whose the new one is.

I actually preferred the section from Broke to Wollemi, it is very tight, narrow, and no speed advisory signs to give each corner away The old pac was the most painful, it is signposted 60 from Calga to Berowra nowdays

No doubt the speed limits will keep dropping on these "tourist" roads....enjoy them while you can!

[jasevr4]

Finally took a photo of my trans cooler for Ryan. Ignore the white spray all over everything - I was mid way through trying to get rid of all of the bugs from the front end of the car and there was plenty of overspray.

[Jetwreck]

Got the new 3.538 diffs in.....got some good umph now!!!!

My fears of the speedo being out are cured.....speedo and gps are exactly the same differences as they were before.

Just need to get on a dyno to sort out the tune again.

Edited October 16, 2011 by Jetwreck

[Duncan]

where'd ya get that ratio, 34 gtr? I was thinking the same thing today.....

btw hills have a 4wd dyno. what computer?

[zebra]

Andrew I was using the one from down your way, it developed a major leak on the dyno. Not actually sure whose the new one is.

I actually preferred the section from Broke to Wollemi, it is very tight, narrow, and no speed advisory signs to give each corner away The old pac was the most painful, it is signposted 60 from Calga to Berowra nowdays

No doubt the speed limits will keep dropping on these "tourist" roads....enjoy them while you can!

gotya, odd though, normally pretty good

[zei20l]

Got the new 3.538 diffs in.....got some good umph now!!!!

My fears of the speedo being out are cured.....speedo and gps are exactly the same differences as they were before.

Just need to get on a dyno to sort out the tune again.

and i got an LSD diff

also greased up ALL the rubber and poly bushes under the car. its quiet as now

craig, that creaking you heard was the brakes. they do that when cold.

the ass comes out nicely on corners now

[scotty nm35]

Got the new 3.538 diffs in.....got some good umph now!!!!

My fears of the speedo being out are cured.....speedo and gps are exactly the same differences as they were before.

Just need to get on a dyno to sort out the tune again.

So the speed signal comes from the wheel sensors? Nice.

Now to see if 4.11's fit.