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Nice looking turbo Dale. :wub:

Looking forward to your review; I can see myself changing to something like that.

Really not happy with your current setup Leon? Still too laggy?

I just installed my guages that go under (or above? need to work that bit out) the stereo.

When I bought, it had one of those MP3 player drawer things (which is now for sale) to connect to the stereo, but the stereo only has output to an amp, so it was completely pointless.

Does anyone know what order they go in on a stock Stag? is it guages, climate control THEN stereo, or a different order?

Cheers,

Ian.

Really not happy with your current setup Leon? Still too laggy?

I've had the car pulled apart trying to fix an oil leak & just haven't had the time to work on it. In reality I haven't driven more than a few hundred K's since it was installed. With some tuning I may be able to make it more acceptable to me.

More likely, I will put it back together, take it to Willowbank to set a time & then swap it to something like Dale's. I have my doubts that I can get it to a point where it will suit how I like to drive the car, but I'll see - eventually.

Ordered some new rims for bigbird. Got a crack in an existing weld on my enkei rim. Didn't even realise the rim had been welded.

New rims are Advanti Stage(a) Drift 17x9 +15 Tires still 235/45/17

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Nice clearance to the coilovers now.

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Also found these !

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The guys at o1g are awesome

Fired my new engine package up for the first time. slight miss (over fuelling) need to have a play with the niss tune, and a oil leak from new oil cooler pressure sender. all in all very succsesful considering the loom modifications required to chuck the neo into a s1. as well as the fuel set up changes and manual conversion at the same time expected more hicups. was good to hear the nice lump of the pon cams ocasionally even through the miss lol. just need to bleed clutch up now sort a few more things out then some tune time. 6 months off the road is too long hanging out to drive the old girl. should only be a couple more weeks. Then i can feel like a stag owner again

I've had the car pulled apart trying to fix an oil leak & just haven't had the time to work on it. In reality I haven't driven more than a few hundred K's since it was installed. With some tuning I may be able to make it more acceptable to me.

More likely, I will put it back together, take it to Willowbank to set a time & then swap it to something like Dale's. I have my doubts that I can get it to a point where it will suit how I like to drive the car, but I'll see - eventually.

Let me know how you go, and we can see if we can do a deal if it helps. Is it that bad? I'd imagine with the F-con I can tune any issues out.

Let me know how you go, and we can see if we can do a deal if it helps. Is it that bad? I'd imagine with the F-con I can tune any issues out.

Will do - maybe a swap of some sort could be on the cards? Not sure if tuning can totally eliminate lag. I suppose programable boost control can help somewhat, & supposedly retarding timing can also help. I should stop whinging about it, lol, & just get on with making it work.

Also, just because I think it's too laggy doesn't mean someone else won't be raving over it.

Must be time for a cruise then Jase! About time, needs more pics!

yeah i think we are all due for a stag cruise . not sure how to get pics up as i use my smart phone

for the net. might have to use image shack or something as it wont read pic files straight of my phone

got new tyres fitted today, bought some falken FK-452's.. hopefully they will be fairly grippy :D has a little issue going from 235 up to 245... 2 much low, camber in the ass was that bad, that the tyres were on the coilover spring perch haha, and i have 19x8.5 @ +12 offset if thats any indication of the camber haha.

You don't have too much camber - your wheels are too big. I run 3deg neg camber front and rear on 17x9 in rims with 255 40 17 tyres which gives me a better contact area and also lowers the cog c/w 19in rims:

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and my cheapo track rims 17 x 8.5in on slicks:

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what is your offset... those 17's are a shitload wider than mine, my wheels sit inside the guards, even with the car raised up....... and they are a +12 :S also, if your telling m, in that top pic you have 3 deg neg camber, i must have about 15 deg neg, because all my wear on the old tyres was only about 1.5 to 2" wide lol, rest of the tyre was new hahaha. my car has a takeros body kit, the side skirts are like a step they are that wide, the bottom of the tyre is inline with the kit, the top was atleast an inch in and under the guard, and almost on the spring perch... its was a bit ummm... unrealistic really, but fun to have it dumped for a while.. not very practical, i had to raise the coilovers 45mm in the rear to even get the top of the tyre close to flush with the guard :D as i said, fun for a while, although it was like driving a commodore lol, but it looks like a 4wd again now.

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Last week had my driver side front repaired after an accident a few months ago and finally fitted some 18's to the car... she's now looking mint but needs to be dropped an inch still i recon.

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Also pressed in some new Inner Lower control arm bushes the other day; mine weren't damaged, but the new ones look to be much stiffer.

This should help remove some deflection in the LCA, and still deliver good ride quality.

Also did an all over suspension bolt check; one of my rear links needed nipping up at the Swaybar.

If you have a chance, and have been doing any work on your suspension in the last month; get under and check; not just visually, with a spanner.

Cleaned out the AAC valve today. It's fixed an idle problem that I was having, and the car also feels like its revving a lot smoother.

Edited by 180fan

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