StealthX

bundy rum is terrible! Welcome mate!

Thanks mang! I'll wanna get my hot side cooler piping re-done soon so I'll prob enlist Kermit again for that haha I'll let ya know!

Hey guys My springs came in the mail today, pretty stoked. 70mm lowering and approx 30% stiffer Camber bolts, these are for the fronts, and according to K-Mac, the rears wont be a problem when lowering 70mm. Again i'll have to wait and see when they get installed next week. Getting installed next week. I'm a little nervous, this is uncharted territory. No one's ever lowered an x-trail more than 40mm and documented it, so I've got nothing to go off. Just hoping that it's going to be all okay, by everything that i've measured, It'll work.... Also installed these cool little angel eye driving lights, I reckon they're pretty cool They're wired in to the ignition barrel, so they're on constantly with the accessories, then I've mounted a switch on the dash too. Next post will be before and after sots once the cars lowered.

There's other benefits of a cage too bro! higher structural rigidity = more predictable handling + more responsive steering etc..

+ 1, jonno knows a thing or two.

give it some weed to smoke. (4:20, geddid?)

I've been tuning my EMS stinger myself, changed turbo, air temp and water temp maps, idle control etc. Fuel trims are not hard to do, just have to be careful. I wouldn't suggest touching timing on the street because you can't find the mbt without a dyno to read power. Other than that it's pretty much guess work with a knock sensor. Just pay a tuner to do a map then adjust it from there yourself when you need it

Okay so the problem surfaced again today, and today was the same type of day. It's got something to do with overcast humid days. Not necessarily hot vs. cold, cos it runs fine at night and during a hot day. Maybe humidity plays a part? i'm gonna do a fuel filter, run some injector cleaner through and install an air temp sensor and tune some air temp comp maps, see what that does.

I'm tempted to say Zoom, I love the magazine, but Adrian the editor lurks on the some forums and rarely has a nice thing to say to anyone, especially if you don't know EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT CARS. and he owes me a blow off valve, I had an article published and I supposedly won a $400 BOV, 5 chase-up e-mails and 12 months later, nothing. So I cancelled my subscription. /winge

I cleaned up all the mess behind the head unit yesterday, coincidentally it stopped being wierd, but all I was doing was cable tieing things up, besides there's nothing behind there to alter fuel control... Anyway thanks for your help bros!

Doesn't have an idle map as such, it's got a separate function for idle control, then I've just tuned the points around idle for 12-14 ish, then air temp and water temp correction values take over from there too, none of which I had changed before it started going wierd. Has no TPS. Dont know what fuel pressure is doing, I dont have a fuel pressure gauge, if it starts going wierd again I'll look into it further... Went fir a drive yesterday and it's all fine again...

That's exactly what my car is doing! Aside from the current leaning problem, my car has always had an issue at around 1700rpm, you have to apply load very smoothly, otherwise it'll buck down and die, I've tried adding up to 40% more fuel at these points and it does nothing. As long as the car's had the EMS there, its had a problem at 1700rpm, but now since this new tank of fuel, it's developed this weird leaning condition. Actually thinking of it now, the servo that I filled up at was a United. Up until last week I've avoided them because I didn't know they sold 98. But last week I filled up with their "98" for the first time. I'm leaning (pardon the pun) towards bad fuel...

Good point!

Sorry not much info... haha EMS Stinger - map sensored, no TPS. Engine is a QR25DE+T returnless fuel system, walbro pump, 440cc WRX injectors, stock everything else. I'm not sure if it's a one off, I havn't started the car up today, just been sitting here studying all day - ill report back when I go for a drive later. There's two situations that it does it, at idle, and coasting down in gear at low revs, both occur at low throttle, below 2000rpm. it's odd because it's never done this before! Does it sound like anything common?

Hey guys. My car was doing something strange yesterday. It started going lean and popping at idle, at normal operating temp, so I grabbed out my hand controller and my LC1 was telling me it was running about 18-20AFR! Everywhere else was fine, under boost, cruising above 2000rpm etc, all fine, but as soon as the revs dropped below 2000rpm, coasting with no throttle and idle conditions caused the pop. Coasting down in gear under 2000rpm made it pop like mad. It's as if anything below 3mS of fuel became unstable, like I was running 1000cc injectors lol It usually takes about 2.0mS of injector to get 12-14AFR at idle depending on ambient temp, but yesterday I needed 20% more fuel, 2.4mS gave me 14-15AFR with the occasional pop and 16-17. Does anyone know what this sounds like? Keep in mind I havn't changed anything before, all I've done was install some LED angel lights, which weren't even on at the time. dying fuel pump - unlikely, the pump is only 18 months old blocked fuel filter - possibly dirty injectors - maybe bad batch of fuel - maybe, I filled up at Gull using their 98, which I had never done before! Any ideas?

definitely attending! p.s. my car's gonna be lowered by then! yewww!

Don't bother with repco, I work there, we don't stock such a part for an import. Each store would be 10x the size it is if we stocked something specific as a coolant temp sensor for an imported skyline! +1 for nissan.

Have a search mate, everything you need to know here can be answered by google. Economy is about 10-12L/100km. Depending on how you drive it. If looked after, an NA RB25 neo would have almost no major mechanical problems. Hi-po RB26s have oil control problems, but if your car doesn't see the track, then you wont run into anything like that.

Doesn't matter. The engine's getting a rebuild anyway?

No.

Ordered my springs today! According to K-Mac they'll be ready by Tuesday next week, and shipped to me by Thursday/Friday... I'll probably get them installed asap i guess! fun times...

How tight is tight? (geddit? ) nar seriously... most turbos 'tighten' up when they're taken off the car... I've had my brand new disco potato off the car a few times, and after 10,000kms, the bearings felt tighter and more restrictive, as soon as you put it back on the car with oil flowing through it, they kept spinning for 20secs after you cut the motor... Keep in mind they have some sort of appeal for 4cyl owners. I've seen R34 N1 turbos used as singles on a few S13s... Maybe check the Sentra forums too... Keep in mind a brand new core from Garrett for a 2860rs is about $800 bucks, the housings could be fitted with a little machining.

Leave it? Can't see it being that much of a problem? I'd say just install it with some gasket goo for extra insurance. If you really wanna, anything abrasive will do the trick, just remember it's ally, don't go sandin' too hard...

+1 I bolted a turbo kit onto my x-trail, makes over 200awkw which is more than double standard power, motor and driveline has been perfectly fine for 50,000kms now... jussayin'...

Hope these cunts get found and raped with a cattle prod. f**k I'd love to see this pricks get shat on by the law, but knowing the justice system in Australia, they'll get away with it. Wonder if they were coons?