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What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

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FITTED 2 NEW BOLTS TO MY Brakes is this a MOD i CAN POST or do i need aprovall from NM#% But i may need to ask if it`s ok to POST hope to POST MORE SOON

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Thanks for all your HELP , I guess owning a NM#% is some sort of gift , i guess with all your imput i will be happy to have a NM#% in the family & may be you will be more helpfully then, but a

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LOOKING AT BUYING NM#% CAN I GET SOME POINTERS ON WHATS SHIT & WHATS NOT got some new bolts for Calipers

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How are you going to make the front line up with the flares better?

Getting the front fibreglassed to match...should work....I want the front wheels behind the guard like it is with the AR-X front.

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Getting the front fibreglassed to match...should work....I want the front wheels behind the guard like it is with the AR-X front.

:cheers: Sounds like its gonna look the goods!

The rear seems to fit well over them already - does it line up nicely in person?

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As much as I'd like to hang shit on you Craig, I really like it.

This makes me sad :(

Could you successfully make the exterior of an ARX look good? If so, how long have you been walking on water? :P

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Replaced my 15psi gauge with a 30psi VDO unit.

Turbo arrive from Hyper***r on Monday - minus a banjo bolt that, unfortunately, needs to go in before bolting it up to the exhaust flange. Another public holiday where I'm not able to make the most of my time & get it back together. Just a little bit frustrated with how the turn around time blew out from 3 working days to 3 weeks (plus Easter). In their defence I heard they are short staffed atm, but the poor communication doesn't help either. Grrr. End rant.

I'm sure it will be worth it when it's installed. Visually the in & out ports are significantly bigger. How that translates to power delivery remains to be seen.

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Replaced my 15psi gauge with a 30psi VDO unit.

Turbo arrive from Hyper***r on Monday - minus a banjo bolt that, unfortunately, needs to go in before bolting it up to the exhaust flange. Another public holiday where I'm not able to make the most of my time & get it back together. Just a little bit frustrated with how the turn around time blew out from 3 working days to 3 weeks (plus Easter). In their defence I heard they are short staffed atm, but the poor communication doesn't help either. Grrr. End rant.

I'm sure it will be worth it when it's installed. Visually the in & out ports are significantly bigger. How that translates to power delivery remains to be seen.

Somewhat disappointing Leon, but as you say, hopefully it's worth the wait.

Changing the boost gauge... what boost are you planning on running when it's done?

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Somewhat disappointing Leon, but as you say, hopefully it's worth the wait.

Changing the boost gauge... what boost are you planning on running when it's done?

I hope it's worth it too.

Apparently this high flow becomes 'inefficient' around 20psi. I don't know if that was arrived at by some formula or from experience in the test vehicle. AFAIK the M35 they tested it in was pretty stock (only exhaust & boost controller I think), so maybe it was the intake restriction causing the inefficiency. I've no idea what boost will give the best results. Will have to wait & see (& hit up a dyno for a tune).

In any case I needed a gauge to read higher than 15psi. When my old gauge was first installed it was great as I was only at 13 psi so the resolution was excellent - you could easily see half, or even quarter, psi increments. But as things progressed (running >15 psi) the gauge acted like a boost light - either off or off the scale, lol. Other than light throttle uphill where you could see (say) 4 or 5 psi, it was pretty much useless.

keen to see the boost gauge install im still hangiung to get my car back

You're getting the 'super hi flow' yeah? Very keen to hear how it drives compared to mine (or stock).

Here's my old one. New in same spot but reads to 30. Hard to tell in pic, but it's angled towards driver courtesy of a 50mm conduit joiner cut down. You can see the cut out in the lid needed to close over the gauge. Lid's all hollow so I partially filled with expanda foam then used plasti-bond to give a hard surface & sprayed black. Looks almost OEM.

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Apparently this high flow becomes 'inefficient' around 20psi. I don't know if that was arrived at by some formula or from experience in the test vehicle. AFAIK the M35 they tested it in was pretty stock (only exhaust & boost controller I think), so maybe it was the intake restriction causing the inefficiency. I've no idea what boost will give the best results. Will have to wait & see (& hit up a dyno for a tune).

In any case I needed a gauge to read higher than 15psi. When my old gauge was first installed it was great as I was only at 13 psi so the resolution was excellent - you could easily see half, or even quarter, psi increments. But as things progressed (running >15 psi) the gauge acted like a boost light - either off or off the scale, lol. Other than light throttle uphill where you could see (say) 4 or 5 psi, it was pretty much useless.

On the Sierra Stage One any boost over 19psi seemed to make little difference to the performance.

I tried running it at 12psi for efficiency but I found there was little difference in economy and not as much fun as 19psi.

Good luck getting it together soon.

Cheers

Andy

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Set of these are on their way for the stagea.

Nissan 370z akebonos with 355mm Project Mu rotors.

Is it true you need 19 inch rims to clear these? Been looking at these for a while.... very jealous :)

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On the Sierra Stage One any boost over 19psi seemed to make little difference to the performance.

I tried running it at 12psi for efficiency but I found there was little difference in economy and not as much fun as 19psi.

Good luck getting it together soon.

Cheers

Andy

Thanks Andy. I suspect I will find the same thing re extra boost resulting in only heat, lol.

I have a low boost setting atm which nets good fuel economy (10L/100km) & hoping that remains similar. I'll take the high boost setting to as much as the fuel system can sustain &/or the gains drop off. Guessing about 19 - 20psi will be max.

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I hope it's worth it too.

Apparently this high flow becomes 'inefficient' around 20psi. I don't know if that was arrived at by some formula or from experience in the test vehicle. AFAIK the M35 they tested it in was pretty stock (only exhaust & boost controller I think), so maybe it was the intake restriction causing the inefficiency. I've no idea what boost will give the best results. Will have to wait & see (& hit up a dyno for a tune).

In any case I needed a gauge to read higher than 15psi. When my old gauge was first installed it was great as I was only at 13 psi so the resolution was excellent - you could easily see half, or even quarter, psi increments. But as things progressed (running >15 psi) the gauge acted like a boost light - either off or off the scale, lol. Other than light throttle uphill where you could see (say) 4 or 5 psi, it was pretty much useless.

You're getting the 'super hi flow' yeah? Very keen to hear how it drives compared to mine (or stock).

Here's my old one. New in same spot but reads to 30. Hard to tell in pic, but it's angled towards driver courtesy of a 50mm conduit joiner cut down. You can see the cut out in the lid needed to close over the gauge. Lid's all hollow so I partially filled with expanda foam then used plasti-bond to give a hard surface & sprayed black. Looks almost OEM.

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Nice placement Leon, that's where I was hoping to fit the wideband. Have you got some better close up pics?

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