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bbenny

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So, I have now had the Stagea for a month and am absolutely loving it... but ive got the itch.

With all these crazy bargains and group buys available on SAU, you would have to be nuts not to make a few modifications! Right???

Well the plan is:

- Keep it sleeper, nothing over the top

- make it handle and look subtly aggressive

- 200awkw

The car already has coil-overs, cat back exhuast, high flow panel filter.

Now I dont know what I should do first. My budget will allow the following options:

a) Intercooler/EBC - Bar and plate Just Jap $345 special (any good?) + Quality EBC

b) Rims/Tyres - Koya Drift Tek 17"(Maybe not sleeper enough) or R33 GTR 17" quiet but aggressive

c) Dump/front and cat - BTMBL group buy or similar

I would love to hear what fellow Stagea drivers think, or experiences had.

Cheers,

Ben.

I got bored and photosoped some Drift Tek wheels on my car (I feel like a kid again haha)

stag%20drift%20tek1.jpg

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Wheels look hot!

Maybe get it on the Dyno to get a baseline first, see what you are working with... AF ratios etc. As you will need some electronic management to get to your goal.

I think you may need a Highflow to get the 200awkw. There are a few topics in the Stagea section that point to the magic 200 written by better people than I to comment so suss them out. Sound like you are pointed in the right direction though!

Cheers

Luke

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Wheels look hot!

Maybe get it on the Dyno to get a baseline first, see what you are working with... AF ratios etc. As you will need some electronic management to get to your goal.

I think you may need a Highflow to get the 200awkw. There are a few topics in the Stagea section that point to the magic 200 written by better people than I to comment so suss them out. Sound like you are pointed in the right direction though!

Cheers

Luke

Yeah I will defentantly need a highflow and SAFC or similar to get there, but the options above are just to begin with.

Dyno to start isnt a bad idea, but i dont think ill have any a/f probs until i start making a few more mods, so I might leave that till after a few mechanical changes. Then I can make adjustments with an SAFC.

Cheers,

ben.

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"Keep it sleeper looking" LOL you sucker...you know you've been bitten by the bug and there's no stopping the endless list of mods.

Go the dyno first...but that is only because nobody else here wants to spend the money on a base (unmodified) model to see what it does before you change it.

Your A/F ratios are going to be way too rich - standard Nissan factory tuning and extra boost will only make this worse.

IMHO the front/dump will be the best improvement to performance along with the dyno tune.

Personally I do think the most important route to take with moding is: 1. Keep it on the road.

2. Do one or maybe two change/s at a time. This way you can not only notice the subtleties of the improvement but also appreciate them as well before the bug for more power bites again.

3. Little changes will make it easier to find the problem and fix or reverse it. Multiple changes are a real bugger if something goes wrong as most things are related to or influenced by other changes.

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