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Thought I might give an update on my Turbo removal. Took about 3.5 hours. This included spending about 30 minutes to remove one 10mm bolt holding the heat shield. Had to remove exhaust, tail shaft and transmission mount bolt so I was able to push engine/trans unit across to the right to allow removal of turbo. I was lucky to have the use of a two post hoist and 3/8 drive sockets whit swivel heads.

Priced a new unit from Nissan $1950 plus tax, two weeks delivery.

Precision Turbochargers Sydney approx $1400 yet to be confirmed.

What had the turbo done?

Exhaust turbine was still there but had lost some of its vanes. Bearings were seized also. I think this happened after the turbine damage, as once power was lost turbo could still be heard trying to boost for a couple of days.

Looking forward to refit later this week and more torque.

Muz

  • 2 weeks later...

Hey did a search of this thread..

On just japs website.. which oil filter is the genuine nissan item?? i keep having problems with ryco ones from supercheap and they aint that cheap..

http://www.justjap.com/store/home.php?cat=...on=0&page=2

its the S15 filter right? and v35 skyline?

Hey did a search of this thread..

On just japs website.. which oil filter is the genuine nissan item?? i keep having problems with ryco ones from supercheap and they aint that cheap..

http://www.justjap.com/store/home.php?cat=...on=0&page=2

its the S15 filter right? and v35 skyline?

Yep, same as VQ35 and SR engines.

You could go OEM for $20 OR you could go a Nismo filter for a little more :P

Edited by iamhe77
Hey did a search of this thread..

On just japs website.. which oil filter is the genuine nissan item?? i keep having problems with ryco ones from supercheap and they aint that cheap..

Can I ask what was wrong with the Ryco ones? I've used Ryco for as long as I can remember and throught they were half decent.

So the 'extra' right white dome is the fog light?

Confused... which is the one with the cold pack, and what exactly does the cold pack include?

Thanks guys, im getting s Stag soon and the one im looking at has the winking lights.

Red one on the right is the fog light.

Cold pack has heated front windscreen, a heater element in the air vent to heat up the air faster, heated side mirrors.

  • 2 weeks later...

The power and torque delivery of the VQ25DET is incredibly smooth there.

Some things I noted:

  • Boost starts becoming noticeable somewhere just before 2000rpm (as suspected)
  • The VQ35DE has more torque until 2000rpm where the VQ25DET smashes it (well, until the very top end).
  • Actually, all the others have more torque than the VQ25DET initially.
  • The VQ25DET has overall the most power and torque where it really counts (say 1500-3500rpm)

VQ25DET = awesomest! :banana:

  • 2 weeks later...

I have to add my point. Personally I don't believe that's a very good comparison if they have actually used a 350Z (Z33) car to go against a VQ25DET Stagea. I've driven both an auto 350Z and a PM35 and both cars delivers their power and torque differently. A PM35 is bloody quick off the mark, and surprisingly, I felt it was quicker than an auto 350Z. Why? The gearing on both cars are vastly different. The PM35 felt like it had a shorter gearing than the 350Z, making it spring off the mark better.

I've been surprised at how well a PM35 goes compared to an NM35. In city driving, I would actually prefer the naturally aspirated engine than a turbo. The moment you stomp on the gas of a PM35, it just shoots away. Sure the turbo NM35 will develop more power and torque at higher rpm than the VQ35DE, but it's that instant response of an n/a that I'm very impressed with.

And so much so the last 3 Stageas that we have sold recently have been PM35's. 2 of the buyers drove both the turbo and n/a cars and both decided the later model Stags drove better. The other buyer was from interstate.

But if you're after a Stag with mod potential, then the turbo wins hands down.

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