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Been really good, but to be fair I changed everything that was a known issue including the rod bearings when I got the car…. So I guess I cheated

Actually don’t miss it all that much. I thought I would miss it more. It wasn’t my daily thought and just my track toy. Replaced it with a 2012 BMW 335i for $21k. It’s a very luxurious track toy!!!

I sold mine last year for $50aud, I see the new owner has been trying to sell it for the last 6 months for $58aud but hasn’t had any luck. So looks like the pricing may be returning to a more normal level?

Located in Canberra, can drop off to Sydney as I come down semi regularly $350 text me on 0488 778 353 will need rails, I used them with crank Motorsport seat subframes on eBay. Hard wearing cotton material with arm and shoulder protection pads Outstanding driving comfort Lateral and thigh support Suitable for 2 and 4 door vehicle mounting application Includes twin racing harness slots Sold As a Pair Quick Tilt Leaver Dimensions: Shoulder: 550mm Height: 890mm Depth: 550mm Width: 540mm ADR APPROVED

i did the alpha omega evo brembo upgrade... well worth it

I think car people have declined a bit and the people who are buying the skylines now arent as interested in power and more owning a car they like the look of. Otherwise it will be people who dont DIY, send it to a workshop to be built and then post the result on {Insert cool social media platform}. No need to come on here and ask any questions as its all being done by the shop. Also i dont think you can underestimate how many people also just go european now for easy, proven ways to modify cars. I recently replaced my skyline with a BMW, and I get the appeal of the european tuning method. i.e. everyone buys the same intercooler, downpipe and intake. the tunes are all made around this and for not much money you get a lot of power quickly, reliably and cheaply. Sure it is not unique in anyway, but its easy. Every knows Stage 1 is X power, Stage 2 is Y and Stage 2+ is Z. If you want to go beyond, everyone buys the same aftermarket turbos and the tune you already own can cater for it. Change the fuel pump? No issue, tune already can cater for the most common aftermarket solution. Everyone buys the same thing so things are cheaper too. NOONE USES A DYNO! its so odd..... The forums are boring though for the european cars as everyone has the exact same problem. You can almost time it, you know at 160,000kms the charge pipe and a coolant pipe will fail. If someone is having x issue, its always the same fix. Its not exciting, but its reliable (well more reliable than the skyline). The enjoyment is not as high, but its good enough. So ive gone a bit off topic, but i think thats why you are seeing a reduction in the dyno sheets. people just dont like to DIY anymore. And agree with mlr, its hard to use the skyline in anger anymore when you know replacement parts are going to send you broke!

Yep I totally agree with this! Reason I bought the skyline to begin with was my belief that if anything ever went wrong I could pick up an NA shell and use panels off that to fix my car. BUT with the prices where they are at now, I have concerns that if I binned the car it would cost me a fortune to fix. That means I want to track it less and when I do track it I would need to baby it a bit to ensure I didn't write it off, so then slowly it would just become a static piece of art in my garage and it would have no real world use anymore..... Hence I sold it to someone who wants to daily drive it everyday, it needed to be released to be wild and free

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Some bittersweet news. Sold my skyline today. Got an offer I couldn't refuse Am planning on getting either a F30 335i or F20 M135i to replace it. Loved this car and love the community on here. Will be very sad without it! VID-20211023-WA0002.mp4

I've had MCAs reds on my last car and MCA blues on the Skyline... I wouldn't ever rate them as harsh, they can be quite comfortable if you keep them on a soft setting. Talk directly to MCA and they will recommend the best set. Lots of places in Sydney are resellers.

Nah was esel something or the other...

That was 100% correct, my adaptronic I had was the older model before they had can capabilities. I mean I love the Haltech just for the IC7

So got the new wideband, turned on the "auto tune" on the ecu and it was all looking good. However, I did strip a knock sensor and then started looking through the ecu. Watched a few hp academy videos and realised my ecu had a few glaring issues (such as the flex fuel sensor being disabled) Anyway I lost a bit of faith in the tune after that as there were a lot of little issues (which may have been fine, but I didn't feel comfortable anymore). Went to a new workshop, Glen at ESP was amazing, really nice bloke and I feel actually cared about getting the right result. He did swap my knock sensors to the Bosch donut type sensors, I know it's not 100% needed, but it's cheap and adds a level of insurance. Also got a clutch switch put in for flat foot, rev match, launch control etc. Car is running well and without ANY engine mods at all the car has gone from making 305kw atw at 25-20psi to now making 330kw are at 18psi... It's night and day different! Very very happy!

needs phatter rims and stretched tyres Maybe some battery operated neon lights Thats awesome, i love it

Not cheap at all! but hopefully the part numbers help

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I think you may be able to buy online. Part numbers (I think) are: 1405321U10 1405321U00

Aww thanks man! wish i was your way now!

That's interesting... although meant nothing as the flex fuel sensor in my car was disabled... I did ask them a few times why my dash would always say 85% ethanol even when i had 98 in it.... and enquired why my AFR was 8:1 when on 98... was told not to worry and its all fine... seemed very odd to me though

What was interesting is the car was setup to run the same timing for e85 and 98

I think if it was thing that was a bit... o that seems odd, i would be ok, but it was so many things.... just lost faith... Thanks for this nothing was in place.. which i totally understand as from what i read they can be very finicky to setup

So I had a look in the ECU, there was no knock protection in place. I also watched a lot of youtube to get a base understanding of how the Haltech worked. Started to get concerned with how my car was setup and there was minimal engine protection. Then I also realised some basic things were not setup correct, such as the flex fuel sensor not being enabled when i supposedly got a flex tune done.... Also the IAT sensor was put wired into the SPI input and not the AVI, they then did an odd calibration based on this which made it look sort of correct on the dash, but was actually way off.. VCT was not being used.... Self Learning Fuel Trims were setup to only activate if the coolant temp was above 90c..... God knows what else was wrong as i obviously have a very limited knowledge of the ECU.... literally based on a few HP Academy videos... I mean if I could find these issues after what could be considered 2 hours of youtube... how on earth can a "professional" who works at a well known shop here get it so wrong? To say I'm p!ssed is an understatement.... Anyway its at a more reputable place now getting rectified... Turns out this new place has seen a lot of issues from the old place... so its fairly common from them, unfortunately....

Really felt passionate about this too. Created an account to revive an old thread to tell us to delete it...

If it was me, i would just clean the rust off, treat it and then spray with fresh paint... its only surface rust, if you treat it now it should avoid any larger issues. Although usually when you see surface rust on the towers, check under the car as it may be rusting from the bottom and only just showing on the strut tops.

so many questions, please tell us more, any mods, what are your plans?