What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[scotty nm35]

Haha sure did. Foot flat 100rpm too early and it

Jumps down a gear.

With the lock up how well does this work? It would be good to do this just whilst tuning then we can put back to standard

I just hit a switch and it dumps 12v onto the solenoid. Around town I don't use it, the converter flares too much for it to lock up anyway, so its easy. If you want to keep the factory lockup circuit you would need a 3 way switch.

3rd gear the converter lockup clutch won't hold on mine. It was fine up to around 300kw, after that we had to run it in 4th in which just holds. Hopefully Kewish can fit some extra clutches into the converter, thats the plan anyway.

[Reprieve]

So finally got the trans cooler and shift kit put in on Monday - definitely a big improvement.

[Commsman]

How did you go mounting the cooler? Looks like one I bought initially but was too big. Do you have a FMIC?

[iamhe77]

That SuperCooler is what I put on our 380. Very nice bit of kit, strong as hell and works very well (seemingly better than the PWR I had on the Stag).

[Reprieve]

Yep i have a fmic its mounted were the red block is behind the intercooler.yes it is a solid cooler!

[Reprieve]

Excuse my engrish lol

[Marshstag]

Got a Nistune daughterboard and and Nismo fuel pump installed in preparation for a tune on June 12

[slippylotion]

Finished installing the speakers today. Turned out really well and even got the bigger Alpine Type R front tweeters to fit in place of the factory tweeter. Better sound quality than the standard speakers without all that harsh pumped up mid bass.

Now to decide if I want to upgrade the head unit. Any one knows of a good single DIN unit that plays DVD's and has wifi or bluetooth for music play back? I don't want a screen it it though.

Edited May 30, 2012 by slippylotion

[Reprieve]

Looks good mate how did ya manage to squash the tweeters in?

[slippylotion]

Pretty easy actually. I just bent up a little bracket to secure it using the factory screw holes and used some adhesive foam strip on the bracket to squash up against the back of tweeter. Now that I think about it, I should have taken a pic of it.

Edited May 30, 2012 by slippylotion

[bigkevracer]

Looks good Paul.

What about this for a deck? http://www.pioneer.com.au/au/products/25/109/281/DVH-P435UB/index.html

Most when I was looking was a single DIN with a fold out screen. I think you've seen mine? Works well.

[bigkevracer]

I got my battery back today. They saved the one with only 1.9V in it, or so it appears.

I got a chemical lesson that I'm sure only Leon would be vaguely interested in, but basically it has something to do with calcium based batteries using fibreglass as an insulator around the Lead. Apparently they don't behave well when their voltage drops below a certain amount (I think it was 3V?).

So while it has likely now had its live reduced by up to 20%, it should be fine for now after some heavy duty charging. Looking forward to chucking it in tomorrow and going for a drive!

[Commsman]

LOL. I actually do find that interesting.

I would have put money on that battery only being good for recycling. Good to see you can get some more use out of it. I only hope it doesn't let you down at an inconvenient time. (Actually every time is inconvenient, isn't it?)

[S T A R 3 3]

Installed a FMIC on the C34 today. Purchased the JJR stealth kit and pretty happy with the result. It's looks the goods, and funnily enough is pretty stealthy behind all the black!! and thanks to front bar it get's a lot of flow to it.

Unfortunately no pics of the install! My phone camera was playing up... I'll get some pics of the finished product tomoz.

One thing I can say is that there was no instructions.. and after awhile I realised it was missing a mounting bracket, so I had to manufacture my own. Big step considering I've never done something like this before.

Also, I hadnt driven it for 6 weeks and since driving it I've found that my car has been reaaalllly laggy and seems to make a lot more noise than it performs. Its hard to explain.. I may need someone to look at it.

[import_zone]

The cooler will make it run little lagy as for noise Wat kind of noise? Suction/turbo kind of noise? All hoses attached properly?

[Tommy Kaira RL]

Hey Ryan I think your battery wont last very long. It might have 12v but it will only hold around 50% capacity if that. Once they go flat it kills them.

[Duncan]

Most likely you've ended up with a reasonably bad boost leak....do you have a boost gauge, and if so what does it show.

Go back around the whole job and check every hose is seated square, and every hose clamp is tight. The easy way to check a hose clamp is to push hard on the screw part - if it turns on the pipe it is too loose. But even if they are tight, the hoses have to be properly seated on the pipes, ie square on and good overlap

[Daleo]

Did you check the end tanks of the cooler for a blockage; rag, plastic bag, etc?

[bigkevracer]

LOL. I actually do find that interesting.

I would have put money on that battery only being good for recycling. Good to see you can get some more use out of it. I only hope it doesn't let you down at an inconvenient time. (Actually every time is inconvenient, isn't it?)

Yep. I'll see how it goes. I knew you'd be interested. I can find out more if you want?

Hey Ryan I think your battery wont last very long. It might have 12v but it will only hold around 50% capacity if that. Once they go flat it kills them.

Its got 13v in it at the moment, but according to the battery guys it would probably have lost ~20% of its capacity. So it should be fine, but if I'm not going to drive the car for a while I need to hook the battery up to a charger that floats.

[Reprieve]

Put some new bits in today