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THE MAIDEN VOYAGE 5:30am Sunday morning, my eyes smashed open, and I jumped out of bed. This shit is super bizarre for me. Due to my work hours I’m nearly nocturnal. I rushed over to Benny’s room and woke him up, cause I’m a flamin mongrel like that (he normally does it to me). Shortly after we were out the door, and on our way to Sydney Motorsport Park. We arrived super early, we were the first handful of people there too. We sat patiently, awaiting for the front gates to be opened. We were let through and we secured a pit-lane garage for our gear and cars to be stored in. Shortly after unpacking we headed out to Maccas to get breakfast. During our travel to the nearest McDonald’s, I saw a dark green car sitting on the side of the road, and I instantly shat bricks. It was highway patrol. I was stressing out like a hooker in a church, my track record hasn’t been the greatest in terms of pull overs/defects. I thought this would be a similar scenario. But somehow, the Holden Commodore remained stationary. Feeling relieved is an understatement. Ok ok, so we got our breakfast of champions and headed back to camp, right in time for the drivers briefing. SMSP are pretty up-tight, and it seems like they dis-like drifters the more events we have there. The briefing emphasized on their precious grass, and how we aren’t allowed to get on it. After the briefing, Benny and I rushed to our cars and lined up in the dummy grid, both eager to get out on track. This is it, the first time I’ve ever been on the North circuit. I was getting anxious, and excited. I cruised the first lap to get a feel for the track and then it was game on! I was loving every minute of the North circuit. Though my excitement and happiness came to a thundering halt. Towards the end of the first session, the Stagea had started to lose power, and the screamer wasn’t making any heavenly sounds. After the session, Benny and I pulled in the pits to go over both cars (Benny was having some problems too). My car felt like it had a boost leak somewhere, so I checked all the lines and cooler pipes. Everything was nice and tight. I started to stress out a little and took a step back and had a look at the engine bay. That was the moment I knew what the problem was. The big AAC hose that crosses over from the plenum to the IC pipe, was toasted by my Turbosmart wastegate! So I got out a roll of electrical tape, and wrapped that sucker up. It kinda worked for a few laps then melted through again. The drop in power resulted in lots of clutch kicking to keep the momentum going, and I was stuck at the top of second most of the time. All in all it was still a great day out. I can’t believe how quick I adapted to the Stagea, and how well it actually slid. With a few more tweaks, it’ll be a weapon. I was also surprised on how much attention the Stagea received, there are a stack of pics of it sliding around and I even made it on Scott Mitchell’s latest vid! So stoked about that. My mission has been completed. The Stagea not only made it to Sydney Motorsport Park, but it some what survived a full day of abuse. I managed to kill a lot of spare tyres too (which means I can get rid of a lot of stockies!).

THE MAIDEN VOYAGE 5:30am Sunday morning, my eyes smashed open, and I jumped out of bed. This shit is super bizarre for me. Due to my work hours I’m nearly nocturnal. I rushed over to Benny’s room and woke him up, cause I’m a flamin mongrel like that (he normally does it to me). Shortly after we were out the door, and on our way to Sydney Motorsport Park. We arrived super early, we were the first handful of people there too. We sat patiently, awaiting for the front gates to be opened. We were let through and we secured a pit-lane garage for our gear and cars to be stored in. Shortly after unpacking we headed out to Maccas to get breakfast. During our travel to the nearest McDonald’s, I saw a dark green car sitting on the side of the road, and I instantly shat bricks. It was highway patrol. I was stressing out like a hooker in a church, my track record hasn’t been the greatest in terms of pull overs/defects. I thought this would be a similar scenario. But somehow, the Holden Commodore remained stationary. Feeling relieved is an understatement. Ok ok, so we got our breakfast of champions and headed back to camp, right in time for the drivers briefing. SMSP are pretty up-tight, and it seems like they dis-like drifters the more events we have there. The briefing emphasized on their precious grass, and how we aren’t allowed to get on it. After the briefing, Benny and I rushed to our cars and lined up in the dummy grid, both eager to get out on track. This is it, the first time I’ve ever been on the North circuit. I was getting anxious, and excited. I cruised the first lap to get a feel for the track and then it was game on! I was loving every minute of the North circuit. Though my excitement and happiness came to a thundering halt. Towards the end of the first session, the Stagea had started to lose power, and the screamer wasn’t making any heavenly sounds. After the session, Benny and I pulled in the pits to go over both cars (Benny was having some problems too). My car felt like it had a boost leak somewhere, so I checked all the lines and cooler pipes. Everything was nice and tight. I started to stress out a little and took a step back and had a look at the engine bay. That was the moment I knew what the problem was. The big AAC hose that crosses over from the plenum to the IC pipe, was toasted by my Turbosmart wastegate! So I got out a roll of electrical tape, and wrapped that sucker up. It kinda worked for a few laps then melted through again. The drop in power resulted in lots of clutch kicking to keep the momentum going, and I was stuck at the top of second most of the time. All in all it was still a great day out. I can’t believe how quick I adapted to the Stagea, and how well it actually slid. With a few more tweaks, it’ll be a weapon. I was also surprised on how much attention the Stagea received, there are a stack of pics of it sliding around and I even made it on Scott Mitchell’s latest vid! So stoked about that. My mission has been completed. The Stagea not only made it to Sydney Motorsport Park, but it some what survived a full day of abuse. I managed to kill a lot of spare tyres too (which means I can get rid of a lot of stockies!).

DO WORK A lot has happened since the last update. The Stagea has been tuned, and I spent every night after work getting it tip-top for the Driving Sports – Day of drift at Sydney Motorsport park. The first port of call was to replace my poorly designed solid diff mounts for GK Tech items. The original plan was to do it with the subframe in the car. Yeah like that was going to happen! The whole rear end was pulled from underneath the car, just to change two bushes. This was quite time-consuming as you could imagine. I was at a point where I was ready to kick the Stagea off the stands. I had finally cracked, lost my patience with it all. Thankfully Jeff had some spare time and helped me keep calm and get the job done. Next up, I needed to sort out some way of running an air filter. After a bit of pondering, Jeff and I came up with a way that we could do it while utilising what I had lying around at home. With that done and dusted, I was in desperate need of a wheel alignment. I have been playing around with the height, camber, castor and toe settings all week in order to get the wheels to sit where I want. I’m sure most people have trouble finding a decent align guy. Benny was recommended to Rat from Rational Automotive sometime last year and he did a fantastic job on the R33. Funnily enough, I had forgotten about Rat for a while, but now I don’t go anywhere else. Best of all, he’s open on Saturdays too. So I was up bright and early getting some fresh settings dialed into the Stagea. After that I headed up to Dahtone, where Anth and I went over the car one last time before its maiden voyage at Sydney Motorsport Park the following day. Everything was ready to rock, and I was super excited to do a drift day in my own car again!

DO WORK A lot has happened since the last update. The Stagea has been tuned, and I spent every night after work getting it tip-top for the Driving Sports – Day of drift at Sydney Motorsport park. The first port of call was to replace my poorly designed solid diff mounts for GK Tech items. The original plan was to do it with the subframe in the car. Yeah like that was going to happen! The whole rear end was pulled from underneath the car, just to change two bushes. This was quite time-consuming as you could imagine. I was at a point where I was ready to kick the Stagea off the stands. I had finally cracked, lost my patience with it all. Thankfully Jeff had some spare time and helped me keep calm and get the job done. Next up, I needed to sort out some way of running an air filter. After a bit of pondering, Jeff and I came up with a way that we could do it while utilising what I had lying around at home. With that done and dusted, I was in desperate need of a wheel alignment. I have been playing around with the height, camber, castor and toe settings all week in order to get the wheels to sit where I want. I’m sure most people have trouble finding a decent align guy. Benny was recommended to Rat from Rational Automotive sometime last year and he did a fantastic job on the R33. Funnily enough, I had forgotten about Rat for a while, but now I don’t go anywhere else. Best of all, he’s open on Saturdays too. So I was up bright and early getting some fresh settings dialed into the Stagea. After that I headed up to Dahtone, where Anth and I went over the car one last time before its maiden voyage at Sydney Motorsport Park the following day. Everything was ready to rock, and I was super excited to do a drift day in my own car again!

Lehrmeister wheels 5x114.3 18x9 +35 18x10 +35 Currently have 225/40R18 Yoko S drives (shot, reccomend replacing) and 245/40R18 Advans (basically brand new) mounted. As you can see, they are in fair condition. Rare, cool looking wheels that'll suit stanced Toyotas or Nissans that want to run a chunky tyre. Price: $1600 with tyres ono I will ship anywhere in Australia, shipping will be $100 Aust wide (NSW would be cheaper) Located in Liverpool region, NSW. PM me! Cheers, Adam.

Got a pair of Euroline N2 wheels that I was going to use as skidders but they are too pretty to f**k up. So they've gotta go! Specs: Work Euroline N2 18x10 -10 5x114.3 Roughly 125mm of dish Beasty wheels that are hard to come by now (discontinued 3-4 years ago). Condition is fair, there is a bit of clear coming off the face of the wheels, lips are good. Price: $1250 ono Located in Liverpool region, NSW. Will ship at buyers expense. They do not come with tyres, none are on them curently. Hit me up! Adam.

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No use for it, have re-wired mine to a R33 plug so I could use a Haltech. perfect working order. $50 shipped anywhere. Adam.

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$30 should cover shipping mate.

Seems like you fellas wouldn't know a good quality seat if it smacked you in the face! $350 FIRM!

want it gone asap $350 firm!

$50 Will ship at buyers expense, located in Liverpool region, NSW.

Doesn't have the shifter surround. Auto version. $50. Can ship at your expense, located in Liverpool region.

I've got a few stockies that need a new home. All the tyres are shagged. 1. 6x Nissan 200SX S14/Skyline R33 wheels 2x factory finish 4x some dark green colour 16x6.5 +40 2. 4x Nissan 300ZX Z32 wheels Factory finish 16x7.5 +45 Price: $60 per pair, $100 per set. located in Liverpool region, can ship at buyers expense. Hit me up! Adam.

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Hey guys, Trying to track down a speed sensor for the auto box, my mech tossed out my box with the sensor still in in =/ Let me know a price, I'm in NSW. Cheers, Adam.

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