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As I suspected they are not the same layout - I do have all the same fuses and relays though - just set out in a different order. My S2 does not have FICD. But then it is RWD, so I dont know if that is part of it. Also, I have one 15A Deicer. what is it ??? Spose you could pull the plug and see what stops working!

Does anyone have a wiring diagram and/or instructions on how to fit a Viper VX 791 car alarm. I bought one a few months back on Ebay - it came out of a Honda Jazz. Unfortunately for me the previous owner had it installed at the shop he bought it from and they gave him none of the packaging. I have a sparky friend wiring in my Jaycar DFA & IEBC on monday night, so it seemed a good opportunity to do this at the same time.

I need an ECU pin out diagram for the S2. I printed a diagram from this thread somewhere which I believe to be for an R34 and it was obvious from the diag. of the centre mounting block which side is left and/or right. But when I pulled off the cover to my S2 Neo ECU there seems to be no discernable way to tell which end from which. The pinout pattern looks almost identical though I cant be sure and I am not about do something silly and burn out a $2k ecu.

Please explain...better still show us some pictures. I have an S2 so I dont know if it is the same layout. Either way I cant see any relay or fuse with FICD on it. On monday noight I have a sparky wiring up my DFA & IEBC. Last time I pulled the ECU cover off it I got a fright and put it back on.

Looking to upgrade the 2.5' front dump pipe to match the existing 3' cat back exhaust. Anyone know of a group buy for the 4' magic cat or similar. Magic Cats are 4 ' in external diameter and 3.5 internal.

Stuff it all, the mini can wait! Does anyone know of a group buy for Magic Cats?? The split dump pipe I'll weld myself. Just need some flanges.

Any paint shop worth its salt will have a computer colour matcher. It should be 100% accurate and a good sprayer can even make it look slightly aged/sun faded.

The images can only be reduced or enlarged a max of approx. 20%. Ska is on the right track - you would need different sized images to suit the different applications. My idea is to do two - one pocket size, which can be changed to fit on a beanie or cap. ( eg 6cm square) Size two will be 10-12 cm square, which can be enlarged to a max of 15 cm - big enough for a seatcover. The resizing can be done by yourselves using the free software (called Tru-sizer). I will also include two types of each image size - one of an outline and one filled in. Eg look at the Stagea logo on the rear quarter glass - that is an outline. The emblem on the grill is 'filled in' balck and red. The filled in images will cost u a lot more to embroid. A brief explanation of how it works is in order (and I dont have sis here to correct me) You've all seen an embrioded logo. And you've noticed that there are hundreds, even 000's of stitches. The images on the CD arent just an image (like the type you would print out), rather, they are a static program that tells the machine were to put the stitch. To cover a large single block colour area, say 10cm across, the machine cant put one stitch across the entire length or it will be loose and the threads would catch on everything. So the pattern tells the machine to put in the appropriate number of stitches to cover the desired distance. So, you should be able to see now why you cant change the original size of the image given to you (on the CD) by much. If you increase the size all you do is increase the length of the stitch, so it will look loose and the image will warp out of shape with use. To change the size of the logo to match the size of your application ie 6cm square logo on a hat or 15cm square logo on a seat cover, you would need two different digitised images - the small image will tell the machine to put in, say, 20 stitches to cover a 3cm length and the seatcover digitised image will be set up to tell the machine to put in 100 stitches to cover a 15cm length. Each one of these digitised images has to be individually set up and tweaked by the digitiser (person) to make it work right - much like blowing up a digital photo - when you do it, certain elements will distort and have colour changes which need to be corrected if you want to print it. Just so you understand how much of a bargain this is - if you went to an embroider it would cost in the vicinity of $10 per 1000 stitches - a 6cm logo, in outline format only, uses around 4000 stitches. A 6cm logo which is filled in with a block colour, uses up to 8000 stitches. So the fee is $40-80 per logo and this is setup only, before the cost of embroiding it on your garment. Also, just like the wedding photgrapher - you pay for the negatives but you will never get to keep them for yourself, because they dont want you going to another shop to have them developed. With the images I am sending to you, they are yours to keep and take to whoever you please. And there will be a number of logos - not just one. We could do a really large logo - like word "Stagea" in the rear cargo cover - 30cm wide, but this will start to cost you as a one off special as the actual font has to be created by hand and will involve many 000's of stitches. I hope all this helps and stimulates some more discussion. I hope I havent been more technical then one of SK's posts.

Change of plans have been forced upon me. Broke two valve springs on the Mini 1275 this arvo and the valve dropped into the combustion chamber. The rest is history and so are the upgrades to the Stagea. I really dont want to look inside the head or it might make me cry. Especially dont want to lose more knuckle skin after having just pulled it out a month ago and put it back in 2 weeks back. At least for now the motor looks shiney with new paint on the outside.

Wasnt hoping to make money out of it. I assumed that there would be a limited market - dozen guys or so. So this would cover 'Sis' costs.

OK, so I'm going about this the wrong way, but, what the hey! We have booked the local skid pan for Sat 20 May and I have booked the Stagea in for a dyno tune up on the Friday 19 May. This is to tune in my Jaycar DFA and IEBC. But before I spend mega dollars on a dyno, only to repeat it down the track, I want to bring forward a few wishfull mods - ie a split dump pipe and 4' cat. I think I have the split dump sorted - will use the photos on the other thread as a template and make my own - or am I biting off more then I can chew? If someone has one for sale I would be interested to hear about it. Plus I wanted to go down the 4' magic cat path. Is there a group buy happening? SK? $210 is a steal - a mate phoned them in the middle of last year and they were around $500 then. Should I be searching for sale items in another forum?

This is TNT we're talking about, just be grateful if you get it. Spose I shoudnt let past experience embitter me..boohoo sob sob

This is completely related to the 'Embroided floor mats" thread but I just wanted to have a thread with my name as the starter...nothing personal. My sister is an embroiderer and logo digitiser. The second job title is the bit that will interest you all. Any clown can embroid a hat or shirt if they have the machinery and skill - but what if you want to have something special embroided. A computer program is needed to convert the digital picture into digital stitches that the sewing machine can understand and reproduce. Very few people can do this digitising and it is where most of the cost of embroidery is involved. If you have ever had something 'different' embroided then you will have 'experienced' the setup fee. making one off jobs a luxury few can afford. So, what I (or she) can do for you is take any digital photo and convert it to a 'digitised' image that you can take to any embroiderer and have them sew it out for you. Now before you clog my mailbox with images... ...the program to do this cost heaps - a bit less then a JUN2.7L stroker. I want to do up a CD (funkeymonkey style) with a number of logos - all Stagea related which you can buy for negligible cost (say $10-15) and you can embroid away to you hearts content. These logos are useless on any program other than an embroidery machine. I need to find out the feasibilty of this first by having y'all answer a few questions. 1. Does anybody know what copyright laws I/we may infringe by doing this? 2. How much do we need to slightly change an image to avoid a lawsuit or are there any other loop hole we can jump through? 3. What logos would you like to have? In answer to question 3, obviously we will have: 1. Two Unicorns ( Black/Red and all silver) 2. Stagea (all caps) 3. RS 4. RS4 5. RS Four 6. Nissan logo (could be in trouble with that one) 7. Slogan - "A Luxury wagon that is sporty yet functional" etc. 8. An outline of your car - like STAGEN has on his avitar. The images that will come on the CD can only be stretched or shrunk by 10-20% when stitching, so you need to think carefully about what sizes you want - ie where are they going to used - on a cap or on a rear cargo mat. If we need different sizes then they have to be created the correct 'actual' size. There is a viewing program which is free to download on the net, so when you get your CD you will able to see them on your screen - but they cant be modified like photoshop. Could extend this to include brand names, ie Nismo, Dolphin, Dayz, Calsonic etc The images cant be rude or in bad taste, ie. a skyline peeing on a honda. Not to be selfish but I want to keep all images Stagea related. (for now)

TNT collected on Monday morning...its winging its way to you as we speak (type) via Darwin and Broome.

Alright !!! I'll do it... What exactly do we need??

66yo - I believe you have an S2 in which case the little red button is an overide to the locking mechanism. If you pass your right arm under your left leg and press the red button with your right thumb while pressing the gear selector nob with your left thumb and pulling backwards, it will come out of P and into gear. In which case you will have backed into the garage wall because you forgot to press the brake pedal with your spare leg. The red button is useful for moving the gear selector when the ignition is off, and when you're working on the centre console and cant get it back far enough cause it hits the selector.

And now for something completely different... .. why not have it in sunny Queensland? Then me and 66yo will come.

Dont worry, i'm not complaining. The wife did remind me that your quote was a couple hundred less with just me on the policy. Not that I needed reminding that she continues to cost me money, but she's worth the extra dollars to look after properly. I'm in this for the long haul, not just a quick thrill ride. I figure that with the right TLC she will provide many years of faithful service and joy. The payback will be in the years to come... ...I've forgotten if I was talking about the wife or the stagea....

I know a guys from Wales who knows some guys from Liverpool who will go around and give him a kiss (if you know what I mean) wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more.. For a small fee they'll break someone legs just so they cant run away when you deliver the papers.

Then maybe I'll take mine elsewhere...boohoo. Problem with me is the wife - she's just turned 26 - about the age of your granddaughter 66yo.. AC will prolly thinks that old, but then you're only as old as the person you feel and I feel 13 years younger everyday!!

If it's less then $800 then dont post it or I'll be cheesed!!

If you have the W/G hooked up directly to the plenum then you will only ever get 7psi as this is what the W/G spring is set at - at least you know it is working fine.

You two need to re read the thread heading and get with the topic. Or ping off back to the skyline VS NSX forum...

Frankly my dear I don't give a damn!

My manual came with the car - its a JPNZ one, but only 258 pages. An abbreviated version like the type you normally would get in any jap car that tells you every useless bit of info about how to turn lights on and off and how to drive the car up and down hills. But never contains anything mildly important if you want to fix something - standard reply is, "if in need of servicing please refer to your nearest Nissan dealer." All that aside, it did have extra info on the 4WD light dilema. And I qoute: The 4WD light will illuminate when the ignition is turned ON and it will turn off when the engine is running. When the 4WD warning lights shows or will not illuminate when the ignition is ON, have your vehicle checked by your Nissan dealer as soon as possible (told you it was helpful) If the warning light flashes check that all tyres are the same size and brand (This includes air pressure) If the light continues to flash, then (you guessed it) have it checked by your Nissan.... If the light turns on when driving, the ATTESA system will cease functioning but normal driving will be possible. The 2nd last point makes sense - if the tyres are rotating at different speeds then the ATTESA isnt going to engage because it will be fighting against itself like trying to engage two gears at once, so it will opt out and not engage at all, hence the warning light.