Nic_A31

Aftermarket BoVs are useless and serve simply as a decoration, they'd do not increase performance (even if they were featured in The Fast and The Furious), and you do not need to upgrade them if you're going over 300hp or adding stickers...you don't need to change them at all. The stock ones work perfectly fine, and they're about as quiet and emissions friendly as you'll get...removing them in favor of some loud A/M atmospheric one is retarded.

Ask a performance shop mate - they'll know

No, the idea of a blow off valve is to keep the vacuum in one direction. Surge occurs when the throttle body closes and high pressure air has nowhere to go. Even if the blow off valve is small, it still keeps vacuum in one direction, and then once the air passes through the blow off valve, it goes through the turbo (again) which is no longer compressing (or compressing as much), so the pressure is released very quickly on both sides of the turbo. With FMIC, high boost and you've got a responsive intake system, if you drop from full boost/redlining down to idle quick enough, you will get some surge for a split second, depending on where the blow off valve is located (the further away from the throttle body, the more likely) and how long the blow off valve takes to open.

No, it recirculates after the air flow metre but before the turbo. Between the turbo and the vacuum the air will just repass through the turbo, and keep going until it reaches the blow off valve and recirculates again. It needs to be after the AFM for the same reasons as atmospheric BoVs. If the AFM counts the same air twice (or not at all), after each actuation, you will have a split second of running rich / lean (this is why you get rough idle / engine stalling with atmospheric blow off valves). This is why they're illegal - emissions. EDIT: Above effect applies to upstream air flow meters only. ECUs that use MAP sensors and monitor air in the intake manifold won't suffer this effect.

How can it flutter AND be atmospheric? Only way I can think of is its a very small blow off valve, or blocked up a bit. Stock is pretty basic, yeah. Blow off valve sits on the crossover pipe, a few inches before the throttle body, takes air from behind the throttle body, and recirculates back to the induction pipe, a few inches before the turbo. Depends how the current BoV is setup, could be an adapter plate sitting in place of the stockie, or they could have sealed/blocked the stock one, and placed the new one elsewhere on intercooler pipes.

Looks pretty cool both ways, without the legs looks a bit weird..maybe without legs but elevate it a couple of inches. Roof spoiler + DMAX guards and bonnet + sponsor stickers + Flared guards and it'll look mint PS: Stop crashing!

my bad. Now I get ya. What's that got to do with pads though ? Aren't the handbrake setups the same as R32s and its just the cable which is different ? OP, if you have too much trouble finding a fitting pad, it's a good excuse to just upgrade to something bigger and more common.

Location?

You sure the GTS has drum rears? I think its odd for any car to have drums on the back if its got slotted rotors on the front ....

You know there are REASONS why atmo's are illegal right? Don't suppose you think screamer pipes should be legal as well ?

No shit, but Gidge isnt exactly a busy area either even at 7 in the morning.

You can take a corner as fast as you like, your calipers are never going to touch your wheels. spacers are mechanical? and contribute to the integrity of your whole car now ?? Spacers arent as bad as some talk them up to be. Slip on spacers are fun for 5-10mm, anything bigger, using bolt on spacers is fine, but if you need that much spacing, you'd be better off buying different wheels.

Poor dude. What's even worse is that it was all the way out there. Next car to drive past you if you crash could be half an hour away, then you've gotta wait for an ambo, and then survive the trip back to the hospital .... bad place to crash at high speed.

That's an even worse massacre for the WRX to march itself into.

+ As far as i Remember, didn't they all have single piston brakes all round anyway? You said twin pistons the same as R32s ... even the turbo models had single piston, even at the fronts. I'll have a look at my trusty sales brochures I got from Japan when I get home. Autech Editions might have used different calipers to match their turbo's and shit, dunno.

This is where different models become confusing. Was yours a 20DE or 20E originally ? I know that with my Maxima and other Nissans, that they received discs at the rears if it was ABS model, if it was turbo, etc. Australian model Maxima's have never been released with drum brakes, we've always had discs all round as standard here, but imports are different obviously. Assuming the Cefiro was released in a similar fashion I'd say it depends on weather it was factory ABS, turbo, and/or how brakes were changed if it was converted to turbo later on.

All the rear turbo brakes (not upgraded) I've seen have been SR20DET

OK, wellll, to get the assembly out, you need to take the trim off all pillars, and the roof lining, can be in and out in maybe an hour, tops, with two people, so send me a pm. I'm available most afternoons after 5, and on weekend (yeah, even this weekend). Make sure you got all the tools and Iced Coffee

Basic test. Pry the switch assembly out of the roof trim. Dead centre of the motor is a black circle, rip that off, you'll see a flat head screw kind of thing...turn that... I'm pretty sure the R33s have them, I know late 80s - early 90s do have them, but later models started removing this for some reason - basically its there so you can shut the sunroof in the event it gets stuck open and its going to rain or something.. Turn it counter-clockwise to go backwards, or clockwise to tilt up (or the other way round, can't remember). If it can go up manually, then your switch is stuffed, but as I said, both functions operate one the one cable, so they should either both work, or neither work.

Yeah that was me. Can't be the motor. It only has one motor which controls both directions (back/forward, and up/down tilt), so if it's moving one way and not the other, it'll just be off the runners or blocked somewhere. PM me if you want a hand.

How did you align it? Best thing to do is to take the extra time to rip all the trim out and drop the entire frame down, and check the mechanisms. Can do it by yourself, probably easier since 2 doors are smaller sunroof assembly, but it is pretty heavy and awquard to get back up into the roof by yourself, so get a mate to help.

If there's no crash history, I might just take the whole shell + black interior you're willing?? Otherwise, can you find out how much approximately to ship front + back seats + door trims + glovebox lid thing (assuming they all match)

Factory turbo is the same as SR20DET brakes off S13s. Did you want part numbers for factory or specific brands ?

Intercooler. Does the return pipe go back towards the turbo side of the engine bay? or does it go over to driver's side to suit front facing plenum ?

Wait...so there's a f**kin C35 LAUREL... IN PERTH ??? Dude, I have to come see this in the flesh. PLEEEAAAASSSSEEEE. I might also buy some of that shit you have for sale!!