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Looking forward to giving it a shot also. So from Dec 15th these stations will have V-Power. http://www.shell.com/static/au-en/download...r/sa_vpower.pdf

Even if the CAS is in the correct idle position, because of the teeth on the gears of the crank angle sensor which interfaces with your camshaft is prone to wear, your timing will change through higher rpms. So what i did on my ca18de was advance the timing so it would run right when it was about 3500rpm and the having it retarded on idle - probably not the best setup i know - but it was okay for what i was running. At the moment my casualty count for timing and ignition is 12 coils packs (six on the 34, six on the exa thru 7 years of ownership), 2 power transistors and 1 crank angle sensor and a partridge in a pantry. This problem has plagued nissan motors for the last 15 years. If i had known about bosch and splitfire replacement coils earlier, i would've saved heaps of man hours wasted on diagnosis.

Ended up getting one from one of the guys in my club, nissanexa.com. But i think it was about $150 for a good second hand crank angle sensor. Also it retards timing too if it's rooted. I'm not sure how much it is for an R34, but if you find out let us all know. Still always good to get a proper diagnosis, swap out the coils first because that's the easiest to do. If you're planning on upping the boost by a significant amount, i'd still go the splitfires, because in the end you'll probably end up doing it so even if it doesn't fix the problem you wouldn't have wasted your hard earn. My two bobs.

I had that in my old CA18DE, swapped every single coil and in the end turned out to be the crank angle sensor.

Just as an indication, i got 143rwkw on a dead stock (apart from splitfire coils cuz they were well rooted anyhow) r34 tiptronic.

Thanks fellas. LingeringSoul, the fiberglass kit was $27 bucks from memory, (which was the matt, the resin, the catalyst, a brush and mixing cup).

That sounds awesome Munkyboy. How is it on the highway? Is it really drony?

That's fair enough then. Thanks for the reply Christian.

250 probably wouldn't cut it. There's a power specification chart on mp3car.com which explains why you'd probably brown out at 250 dc. I know for sure my single core 3500 at home wouldn't boot on 250watts, imagine 250watts in a dc-dc psu.

Got your MMS KeyMakeR33. Here's your exhaust clip in MP3 format. Cheers Sounds quite good actually.. is it just me or does it sound rather lumpy? R33x.mp3

SAU mythbusters to the rescue

I don't care.. so long as we get the GTR.

Say KeyMakeR33, got a link to the exact cat-back you bought? I wouldn't mind something on the quiet side aswell.

Nice work... any pics of the cat back install, did you find it difficult? btw, can your mobile phone record sound and can you mms it? If so just mms it to me and i'll upload it onto the web for ya.

Sucks to hear that. If this were any other country, and your dad was a superior officer they'd lose their job..

Thanks bud, this was my first attempt at fiberglassing, just happy it didn't turn out like crap lol

hehe.. hey bud, can you see the pics now?

Can someone tell me why my attachments sometimes don't show?

moved to diy tutorial forum. http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=144339

Seeing as Nissan wanted $180 dollars for a pair of colour coded headlight eyelids, I thought i'd give it a go myself with some good old fashion fiberglassing and document it along the way. Hope you enjoyed this article.

Damn they are some fine shots !! Thank you.

Pauly, if you slam a dual core amd into a car your power draw will be something in the range of 400watts, you'll need something in the order of a 300-400watt DC-DC power supply to give it enough juice, and you'll probably flatten your battery if you're not careful. This is the reason why EPIA mainboards or mini-itx are so popular among carpc enthuasiasts.

sorry mike i'm not too sure about 33's. perhaps look in the fast threads to see if anyone else knows?

No worries. Punch in the vin number... so if it's 6U90000ER34018678, just type in everything after ER. So ER34 followed by 018678, in the next box. Btw, rest of the guys who didn't collect the sware, if you're still keen i've still got your copies at home. Just pm me.

damn that was a nice pickup... 180_mph better show us pics when u get them on