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I got one clip of the car from WTAC this year. It sounds amazing coming down the straight. Though the potato phone recording does not quite do it justice. VID_20240831_160153.mp4 It was nice to meet you in person @bcozican! I'm the guy in the explorer hat who came up during the pit walk on Saturday. Much appreciated that you went out again in the afternoon session. It's a shame not all the teams do. Hope it all worked out well for you and that you can make it again next year!

The sensible solution is probably to follow everyone else's advice and get something that just reads from CAN and can show anything. But, in similar style as Apexi there's also the Defi DIN gauge kit. They are still making them and releasing new colour schemes. Comes with its own sensors and runs independently from the ECU. https://www.defi-shop.com/products/din/summary_din/ https://www.nengun.com/defi/din-gauge-rhd I have those in my Stagea. Personally I like them because they are good quality clean looking analog gauges that look OEM at night. Reading coolant temp, oil temp + oil pressure. Shows at a glance whether the car is warm enough to boost it or getting too hot and need to let off a bit. Lessons learned with this: - The pressure sensor output can also be split off to an aftermarket ECU. Mine goes to both the gauges and the Haltech - Apparently can't do that for temperature sensors. From what I understand they use specific resistances for the signal and splitting off from it might mess with the readings.

Oh, I wasn't expecting it to be available new. I was thinking to check whether it's shared across different Nissans. Amayama usually mentions if the part is used in other cars. Might be easier to find a wrecked Skyline, 350z or whatever if it is also used there. Have you talked to Jack Phillips JDM to see if they have anything? https://jpjdm.com/shop/index.php With them it's worth asking as they don't list everything they have.

Yeah that's what the cynic in me was thinking as well. Scooped up by investment vultures and driven into the ground to squeeze out the last bit of profit before discarding the company.

Just a thought: have you looked up the part number on https://nissan.epc-data.com to see if it is shared with any other model? I know nothing about the ignition internals but if you can use one from a different car it might make the search a bit easier.

That looks like really good value for money. Plenty of power to start a Nissan Unimog Looks like Noco did well in the testing in the video as well. Only skipped through the video but he has some slides with results at the end.

I ended up getting the Projecta 1400A jump charger. Repco had it at 20% off and it came to $350. Also a set of jumper leads with surge protection just to be sure. It seems a solid piece of kit. Comes with a case, a USB-A to USB-C cord and a cigarette plug charger. No wall charger though. It shows the battery voltage when you connect it which is neat. So far it inspires confidence. Will report back on how it holds up when I actually get to use it one day.

All good, but thanks for the offer Christian! Not using it is the best case scenario. For me it's just something to have in the car for peace of mind.

Duncan! Why do you do this to me? I'm a sucker for buying good gear that is way more capable than my actual use case requires. You have the excuse of basically being a Nissan fleet manager Their slightly lower spec emergency charger looks really promising: https://www.projecta.com.au/products/IS1400/12v-1400a-prof--jmpstrtr I very much like that it shows the current car battery voltage when it's connected. And their rapid recharge mechanism to bring the jump starter power back up by leaving it connected for a while after jump starting the car. And they have a pretty detailed spec sheet with their chargers. Do I need a jump starter capable of starting 7l petrol and 5l diesel engines? Hell no. Do I want one? You bet I do. Am I going to spend $500 on a charger that best case I'm never actually going to use? It's very much starting to look like it. /edit: Looks like one can get this one for $350 at repco. So actually not too bad.

Thanks for the detailed review Jairek! Much appreciated. This has definitely proven itself on RBs then. Also quite affordable. I'll have a think about it. Though I'm leaning towards the one that Prank mentioned. It has a bit more oomph, longer battery life and is actually a bit smaller in size. Not that the latter comes as much of a concern in the wagon.

Yeah nah, mine is like this. It's really not very good. - It's round which makes it awkward to place in engine bay without rolling around - The charge doesn't hold for very long and need to recharge every few months Might work for self defense though as it has some serious heft to it. And I guess can use it as a torch and pretend it's a huge Maglite.

Hah, you make it sound like it gets a lot of use in your household. BMW life, eh? I very much like the sound of this one. Especially the supposed 1 year battery life. Might grab one at the next opportunity. Thanks for the tip!

This is coming up on Saturday. I don't think I have been to this one before. Looking forward to it!

Can anyone recommend a jump starter pack? Basically a portable battery pack with jumper leads to start a car if the battery is too low. Needs to be able to start at least an RB25DET. They tend to look something like the below. I have a Unigear A6 jump starter pack bought from Justjap. They don't sell it anymore. Likely because it doesn't actually work. It was advertised to be good for <= 4l engines but wasn't able to start a ~2008 4 cylinder BMW when we tried it. So I very much doubt it'll do any good on an RB. Now I'm looking for something that actually works. Thanks!

This is coming up tomorrow. See you there /edit: Meh, some kids were having a house party. No sleep for this old man so didn't make it after all.

Muuuum, Brandis Racing is on the telly!

An exemption for what?

Looking forward to see how you go with this! I have to admit race car is not the first thought coming to my mind when I see these cars. So this is definitely something different. I'm wondering: can you defeat the collision warning systems and other safety features? I've heard they can cause issues when racing modern cars. Don't want the car to start emergency breaking because you are heading into a corner or towards obstacles too fast.

I don't know whether that one should be reused or not. But here's one way to find the part. Go to https://nissan.epc-data.com and use frame number or the menus to drill down to the parts for your specific car. Looks like it is under 'Body parts -> 214 radiator'. See for example the respective part for my Stagea. Looks like it's called drain cock packing, and at least for mine it is part number 2148118000. Searching for that then gives you various places where you can buy it. Amayama can be a bit slow, so it's worth searching around. I'd make sure it's the correct one for yours. At least from amayama it looks pretty generic and fits a ton of cars. And if anyone asks what you did on the weekend, you can tell them that you put a new cock on the car

How come you can get this in new? Is it part of the heritage program? Personally for a hundred dollars difference I wouldn't gamble on another used one.

Did you see @Ryno's comment on the uniclutch in this other clutch thread? Sounds pretty promising. Though I suppose no pull to push conversion because R32.

Meh, cancelled because of the weather.

It feels like it has been ages. Will be there. Looking forward to it!

Is the girlfriend still your girlfriend and does she ride in the car now?

That at least is a feature. So you can see the fuel level even when the car is turned off. I presume the fuel level sensing is fairly similar between the different generations. Here's what the Stagea user manual has to say about it: Don't know about your other points but I'd be curious to know as well. I'm kind of waiting for @Duncan to chime in because he has been doing a fair bit of fuel system related stuff recently. Including fuel level sensor finagling in his build thread.