What Computer Fits The Stagea

[tomoy]

Yeah, but can the tuner?

cheers

can u send me info on the HKS F-CON V PRO and u say this will bolt stright in and work with the auto and the attesa and abs and how much is it worth

[Tangles]

only ONE shop in Australia can tune it tho.

thats OK if you are a sydney-sider resident....................

best to PM Satanic on the subject, but Id have thought you'd need up to 3grand to buy, install and tune.

[satanic]

Information on the HKS F-CON V Pro online is limited to what is pretty much written on the box; HKS are quite secretive with this department (not sure why)

$3k would be for the ECU; Loom; Installation and Tune... you will need to pay more if you want to run a MAP sensor etc.

I personally cannot offer you heaps of technical information regarding what it does down to the finite point; but I can tell you that it does work with the tiptronic automatic; and yes it will work with the Attesa.

Look on overseas car forums; there will be a stack of information on it - UK, JP and USA. If you're still unsure; contact Tom @ BD4s.

I've also been told that CRD now do tuning for this; not 100% sure on it though.

[darrinspencer]

only ONE shop in Australia can tune it tho.

thats OK if you are a sydney-sider resident....................

Pretty shaw Matty from P.I.T.S on the Gold coast can tune them

He is one of the best tuners up here

Check out the Qld section for a full write up on him

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=116653

Tommy, you are on the Gold coast aren't you?

Talk to Matty

[R33stagea]

$3000,bargin!! mine was $4400 installed and tuned!!!!

[satanic]

Well I didn't pay $3,000 - that's just what brand new pricing would be;

I ended up paying about $2k with all the bells and whistles; installed and tuned. Funny thing was BD4s replaced my ECU with a brand new upgraded version along with half the harnesses I supplied

Anyways, each to their own - this topic usually gets very heated so yeah~

[Sydneykid]

Makes the set up in my Stagea sound cheap;

DFA $70

Controller $50

IEBC $70

SITC $250

Tune $160

Total $600

cheers

[satanic]

And FYI people who "think" they can tune the HKS F-CON stuff should seriously think very hard before saying so... only authorized HKS Power Writer Dealers are supposed to be able to tune them; you need special software and hardware.

On the HKS USA site it actually states people will be sued if illegitimate claims of tuning capabilities are made (dunno how true this is).

Probably adds to the reason why there is almost nothing on the internet which tells you exactly what the F-CON does.

[satanic]

Makes the set up in my Stagea sound cheap;

DFA $70

Controller $50

IEBC $70

SITC $250

Tune $160

Total $600

Add on the total number of hours used building those JayCar kits multiply by $60.00 per hour (we'll go extremely cheap labour rates here) and you probably end up with the same price.

Furthermore; sure there are those who are genii with electronics and can do everything - I for one am not; and would not take the risk of trusting a kit which controls everything in my car which I made myself (low self esteem

Also; the last time I looked for a S-ITC; I couldn't find one for sale within Australia. People overseas wanted something like $300USD.

[Ska]

Or you could spend $5k and put a manual box in and a power-fc

[STAGE-A]

damn this gets confusing!!

i was gonna run an safc but as it still hasnt turned up almost a month later (damn ebay!!) was looking at the e manage, so much for and against all this stuff .. is anyone running one or previously run one in there Stagea and how was it??? or can anyone recommend something that is good, easy to tune and of similar price

[STAGE-A]

http://www.nengun.com/catalogue/product/557

can anyone tell me if this is exactly what i would need, and that seems too cheap if this is what were all talking bout so would i need something else to run it ??

[Tangles]

a SAFCII and a SITC, plus a bleed controller of some sort (ebc, or $35 unit, etc), bosch 040 fuel pump and nismo fuel pressure regultor, more efficient fmic, high flow air filter and full 3inch exhaust system, a z32 or Q45 afm, and of course a highflowed turbocharger, IS enough to go past 200awkw - why complicate things?

SAFCII is under $400 new on ebay (and if you dont receive it make a claim for you money back!), whilst a SITC can be found once a month on ebay for roughly $220USD plus delivery (I got mine new for that price, 99% are 2ndhand for the price tho). Thats under $720 AUS delivered with instructions. Fitted and tuned for under $1300 for sure.

Other parts would be $4k give or take. For the price of a manual conversion, youve got a very nice auto RS4 with over 200awkw.

Add 2.5k for suspension, 2.5k for mags and tyres, and you're just over the 10k mark for mods with a nicely sorted package.

Easy.

[EGA41T]

Or you could spend $5k and put a manual box in and a power-fc

or you could buy a "260rs" or a "25t rs four s" (or a stagea thats already converted to manual AKA Ska and GoldZilla) in the first place and then put a power fc in it

[CruiseLiner]

how about a full stand alone ecu like autronics or power fc and use a control box from mv automatics or whoever it was i remember reading in zoom about manual shifting the auto with buttons on the wheel instead of it shifting automatically. its a little black box that does something to make it non electric and full manual controllable. this means the ecu controls nothing in the gearbox as its now a manualised auto.

dunno if people like that idea but id rather shift an auto manually than having a plain auto but thats just me

sound reasonable or is the box still gonna shit itself?

end of useless info

[Ska]

or you could buy a "260rs" or a "25t rs four s" (or a stagea thats already converted to manual AKA Ska and GoldZilla) in the first place and then put a power fc in it

yeah 260RS ftw.

[STAGE-A]

my SAFCII finally turned up YAY!!! 280 brand new off ebay.. english instructions too

[Ska]

Bloody hell that is cheap, well done!

I reckon whack that on and then go for SITC and a boost controller, (I am guess you already have a boost controller, since you have that big arse turbo:)).

I dont know, those should be good for ~200kw....? I know my 33 just had a SAFC, cooler, exhaust and a bleed valve and i got 180rwkw.

But then again, you already have some big mods there, I guess the question is do you need an aftermarket ECU or will piggybacks do for what kind of power you are aiming for?

[STAGE-A]

hahaha ... cant wait to get it all hooked up an dynoed , ive seen this guy advertise a few of em for that price so if anyone is interested PM me and i will send his ebay id to you so u can contact him

oh n the other mods are :

Hi-flo turbo

Greddy FMIC

Greddy oil catch can

Turbosmart e boost 2 boost controller

now the SAFCII

Split dump n front of the group buy

Hi flo cat off the group buy

3" muffler n piping for the rest of the zorst

Apexi panel filter

still chasing :

FPR

adjustable wastegate actuator

SITC

soon as the others arrive it will all be fitted and dynoed so hopefully 200AWK will be pretty close

Edited August 4, 2006 by STAGE-A

[STAGE-A]

Just out of interest ive just emailed the guy to see if he would be interested in a group buy, do a discount for SAU members or suppy me so i can pass em on for everyone... so fingers crossed, ill let you all know if it goes ahead

Cheers

Lee