RBPOWA-(TJ)

hey there is a few stagea guys have that cooler on ... but as for a look wit the front bar .... i'll look a tad different to tours ... but it looks neat Stagea intercooler thread hope this gives u some sort of idea

awsome ...sorry to steal your thread chad ... but thanks guys .. no offence to the people in adelaide .... but not much of a road trip

im more worried about the plates, cause stageas aint common so it kinda gets left alone. but the plates, could be some lil smart ass out there who thinks it will be cool to nick them for his uncle's shed or garrage cause he owns a gtr or somthing .... so im looking into hex head screws and bolting all 6on the back then getting a cover .. (note my online nick name) it will save some fool 400bucks but cost me 100. if it gets key'd just gives me an excuse to get the rusty mirror's fixed .. sure i'll be pissed off cause it will cost more ... but it wont cost me double if i do the mirror's then some idiot key's it ... they normally only do one car once and leave the area

ahh i think thats the black one with 20's ... looks nice

maybe just a few more of other f.ups at work

been driving Volvo a25d articulated haulers for about 2years and on one day .... my luck FRIDAY! at about 3.30 1hour before knock off! fully loaded heading up a hill started at the base ramp at about 25kph in 4th (not fast but for these things its comfy) as i reached near the top i was in 2nd gear, and as always they swtich depending on rev range like any auto ... down to 1st ... then revs up ...then into 2nd ... back to 1st... gets bloody annoying so like an auto trans i pushed it into 1st manual ... next things i know .. the computer deciding to put it in Nutural even tho the stick is in 1st... the force of the truck stopping like that (with out breaks in use) nearly head butted the dash .. a second later the weight from being fully loaded took over ... and back i go .. at about 10ks towards a edge of a whole which was around 6stories deep, first reaction as anyone would do hit the breaks ....bad move ... WEIGHT SHIFT! lifted the cab up, and the way these things are built , are built to safty.. if the body goes over the cabing stays upright, but this worked the other way. up goes the cab and it twists and slams on its side , there i am covered in dorito's and HPI mags and and a ralph mag that was the best site of the moment the ralph mag. as i stod up sideways in the cab smacked my head ... and the trucked rolled back an extra 4ft at this stage i shat myself and opened the window and just jumped out of there dazzed. lucky the engine was ok ... smoky for about 4days cause of the oil that dissapeard into the intercooler i think the mech said .... cosmetic damage $20k, oh did i mention this truck was only 4months old before i got it .... and 3months after that it was in for its first roll over . still have my job ... since then have gotten a pay rise and still driving the same truck enjoy the pics

cant post a pic ...cant even save it but if u go to there web ... xforce.com go to mufflers , then go to the twin tip section and go 3rd down in the middle MPO1 ..... trying to keep it looking standerd ... havent got it yet .... soonish

yeah in every HPI or ZOOM or FAST FOURS mag ... MV auto is always mentioned as the blokes to see ... well hey .... looks like i have a road trip ahead of me

i live in south east .... at the time my stepdad was living .. and we had a security light in the drive way ... noticed around 1am it went off, he went out and saw nothing, about 10mins later it went off again, just had a look thru the door spyhole, again nothing, went of again had a look thru the peep hole again and saw his van getting pushed by 3guys. he just thru out the front door punched on in the neck kick another up the ass before they pushed him and ran, problem was he couldnt chase cause the van was rolling back towards the garrage got it stopped in about 5ft. the guys ran down the street in a waiting car and took off. bloody unreal some people. Across the road my neighbours car got stolen with out a sound before 12am, cause he came knocking around 11.30pm. about 6months ago, next door got his wallet stolen out of his glove box, (when i had my holden) then came and checked mine ... trusty security light must of scared them, cause i had a dodgy door lock .. u try 4-6times it will open now with my current car (nissan stagea pearl white s2) had it for a week .. help my missus move to hampton park on hallam road.. only to wake in the morning egg shell and egg all over the side of my car. now when i stay over night .. i take my suzuki ignis ... which blocks my stagea in the driveway over night. mum's bloody $6k ford gets the garrage ! :S

hey man .. cbf looking at those threads ... but im in keysy ... wondering when u go into a workshop ... come back here and rate it ... i have a stagea s2 auto .... and down the track might need a shift kit installed ... so want a good joint refered cheers buddy

hey sounds good ... last time i heard of a kk meet ... i cruised passed ... just to be met with holdens in other parts of the shopping center doing burnouts and other hoon things .. .. but it was wet so just made it easier ... so i left .. i may come down to this one tho .. like the other dude said .. outside kk is huge parking area ... but i notcied as i left behind hungry jacks and the auto shop is a 1 block undercover carpark with lighting ... maybe 60car spaces .. just an idea .. if wanna keep groups together ... know of any STAGEA's going ? ...

im getting xforce dump and front pipe ... cat ... and muffler into twin tips from xforce in 3inch ..... getting the rest custom and saving myselft like $300

this is very interesting topic ... i want a new setup to maybe drop my car a inch all round but dont want to be bouncing violently at any kinda of bump like alot of these honda kids do ... if it wasnt for seat belts they would land in the center console

aye i have yet to put mine on the dyno .. i wanna do a before and after when i take it in next to do my exhaust .. me interesting to see the difference it will make ... may come in handy for a few people wanting to know before and after 3inch full system

call up Xforce.com .... they told me the r34 gtt wouldnt fit the stagea .. all good untill the rear diff.... different bend after that to the rear muffler

i got a apex-i pen style turbo timer .. has volter meter o2 sensor and a/f reading on it ... all works good easy to hide also .. car thievs look for them cause it leads back to the main ignition wire then boom car gone just a tip i recived of my mech !

no whiz on the 260's .... dont expect any thing less then about $33000...

hey that does look nice ... how does it run with the plenum ? i've been told that using that setup can cause some sort of drama's and that the standard plenum is obiously set up that way for a reason ... have u had any drama's ?

i have an auto s2 triptonic, when using the manual shifting via the gear stick i have noticed there is a slight lag in the gear change. but with the s2's dunno about s1's .. but u can opt to change gears via thumb shifts on the steering wheel (silver in pic) which are faster in selection some how .. good for straght drags . one bad thing i have noticed about the s2 is when in drive you will have to drive like a grandma to stay off boost (2,500rpm) due to the ceramic wheel they spool faster and sooner. so any kind of pressure it will jump into boost range but thats also good if u like the response which it has. if flat foot or the line little bit laggy until around 20-30kph then its off once it hits 100kph watch the speedo soar to 140-150 then change gears again and its off the clock im really impressed with the power and response in the car overall, shocks a heap of holden drivers who line me up at the lights after reading my plates (rbpowa) in the end its what u really want to drive day to day, this is not my daily driver, if it was for me personally i think i would get sick of the Manual hope this helps in your selection, i say test drive ... find a nice manual one your willing to hand over money for ..and a auto .. your first taste or either will have your mind set i.e torque, response, lag, all that, just compare Cheers TJ

oh shit no spare car ... i feel sorry for those guys who leave there gtr's there for months getting rebuilt .... no spare car .. i just work 10mins down from them so its all good .. im there a fair bit .. my mate owns the GTiR there

ahh nice ... looks good with those black wheel's on it .. i was gonna find a nice set .. but u live to close to me for me to do the same ... kinda want it to look original within 20k's easy i had my car 2weeks before i did my first thing .. front mount whats next on your car list ?

i was told TRANSFER CASE ... it dont worrie me tho ...mech just does the work

my brother spotted STAG8 after work down abbots road after work 2night DANDENONG

bloody shitty car yard ... u know who it is .. we just cant slag off ... did u see my cooler ? did u look under my hood ? its a perfect fit .... justjap.com .... HPI $799 hope u got a discount on your car for such a shitty replacement bar ... should go there with the quote from ABflug and ask for a refund ... if not ... things happen :S

mmmmm that vented hood will look nice on my white s2.... i'll hit u up a little later oh now i see a defuser ... hm.... any rear defuser ? ... price ?