Zane

Can I get some pics of the floor mats. Are they genuine Nissan mats? I only really need the fronts, are you willing to seperate? Z

Just going through some old threads and noticed that I never posted an update. Better late than never. Went with the HG rebuild/highflow option. Stao's service was A1 and the turbo was back in my hands in about a week (Syd-->Melb-->Syd). The FMIC and plumbing was removed, cleaned, checked for damage, and reassembled. Throttle body also checked and cleaned. All good so far. Engine was checked for any damage, plugs removed, visual inspection all ok. Looks like the FMIC caught all the busted compressor wheel bits. Installation of the turbo and oil lines went as expected, left the heatshields off in case I had to go back in later. Removed the standard boost valve and replace the wastegate actuator with an R32 10psi unit. Also stayed with the factory dump for now. Front pipe back is 3" - 3.25" - 3.5" and I have a 3" bell mouth dump/front to install later if required. Inspected and cleaned the AFM - this would have been the reason for not being able to maintain idle. Rechecked all fittings, filled coolant, replaced oil/filter. Rechecked all fittings again - to be sure. Finished beer, crossed fingers, primed fuel pump and fired it up. Kicked first go and ran a smooth idle. That's pretty much it. I've been too busy/lazy to sort out the SAFC so the factory CPU is running 10psi on the standard pump and injectors. Feels stronger all through the rev range but there is a noticable lag (about 500rpm) before boost comes on strong. This was expected due to the highflow and would improve slightly if I install the bellmouth dump, install/tune the SAFC, and adjusted the timing a bit. It's nothing I can't live with. MADGTS has returned to it's daily duties of getting the kids to school and me to work every day. Still as reliable as I could ever want. Just kicked over 208,000kms and it's still the best car I've ever owned. Cheers, Z

I've just replaced my battery. After doing the ring around I ended up at Super Charge at Blacktown who found me a battery that was the same size - with the pencil sized terminals - that fit perfectly in the standard tray. The battery was a MF40B20L and although RRP was around $130 they let me have it for $90 - bargain. It's a fully sealed, maintenance free battery so no loose vapours in the boot and is rated at 360CCA which also aligns with the standard specs. If your running a few amplifiers and like leaving the stereo on without the engine running, or you have one of those alarms that just loves to slowly drain your battery over a few days, I would recommend replacing your battery terminals for some larger sizes. You would then be able to get a fractionally larger battery rated to around 450 - 500CCA and that would keep you cranking on the coldest of mornings. Z

I SMS'd you on Wed and again today. As above, these style fibreglass pods are notorious for poor fitting and although yours do look in great condition you would no doubt get a quick sale if you could post up some pics with them in place on the car - even if only taped in place. On a side note - can anyone verify whether these would also fit an R33 GTS? I'm thinking that the flared rear guards on the GTR would mean that the wrap around sections of the pods would not sit flush against the back of the bumper. GLWS Z

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Would be interested to see pics of these on a car. I might be interested depending what they look like matched with 400R side skirts. Z

I'll take two if someone else local wants the others. Seller isn't keen on spiltting them up otherwise. Z

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When you say 'got altered', what did hypergear do to it? I already have a fresh Hypergear highflow bolted up but am running the standard R33 actuator. Looking for an R32 actuator to run 10psi with a boost controller to take it up to around 14psi until I get around to doing the injectors. Z

Looking for a standard R32 GTSt actuator. Prefer pickup in Sydney. PM or post if you have one in good condition. Cheers, Adam

Let's put this into perspective. The paper gasket for the oil return is $2.70. The metal gasket for the dump pipe is $39.90. I agree you don't want either to fail so you want a quality product but one is punched out of a paper sheet, the other punched out of a metal sheet. From a production perspective there are few differences so, minus the material cost difference, the rest is mark up. Anyway the search for a more cost effective product has turned up no real contenders so Nissan got my money. Z

Bit the bullet and ordered one through Nissan. Had none in stock so will be shipped up from Melb tomorrow. Got $5 off for the inconvenience. Z