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What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

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chuckie
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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

chuckie
chuckie

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

chuckie
chuckie

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

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datmoo

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New toys to play with over the weekend!

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Fitted, old vs new

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Tucks up nicely, the factory one used to scrape sometimes backing out my driveway.

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Cracked the front pipe trying to undo the bolts so tacked it back up until I get my dump and front pipe from Scotty.

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Sounds good, time to take it for a spin......

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Daleo Grand Master

Daleo

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I did this today.

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I've been talking with Roger at Hybrid Development Industries for several months now, and expressed interest in their MAX-Rom subcomputer when they announced that they were planning to introduce it to the NM35 Stagea market.

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First run was 179kw (all runs in RWD); this was the second run.

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This was (I think) the 4th run; was starting to sound quite mean by this stage.

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Boost control from the OEM controller was all over the place, so we ditched it and put this on.

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6th run produced this;

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This is a monstrous effort on the stock injectors!

Roger and Adam Neish did a fantastic job on the dyno tune, and then after a road test made a couple of small adjustments to get rid of a tiny knock event.

The tune is quite conservative; with the injectors at 87% duty and running just 12-13psi. In Adam's words the tune is "As safe as houses" his comment about Roger's tune was "He still puts down the numbers" which was a pretty solid compliment coming from Adam.
Keeping in mind that this is the very first tune they've ever done on a Stagea; and this is the first step of a process of development, I think it's a fantastic starting point.

He was very impressed with the little VQ, and reckoned it was still making solid power at 6500rpm.

The difference in the way the car drives is just unbelievable.

Previously the injectors were maxed at 5100rpm, so I could never really use full throttle through the rev range.
The car while fast; was never completely happy, and ran very rich on boost.

It has run a 13.8sec quarter @102mph; but there was much more to be had.

It never hit AFM cut, but there was so much potential to unlock; well, consider it unlocked now!



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KiwiRS4T Grand Master

KiwiRS4T

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I did this today.

11889491_10153576271442392_1181194401890

I've been talking with Roger at Hybrid Development Industries for several months now, and expressed interest in their MAX-Rom subcomputer when they announced that they were planning to introduce it to the NM35 Stagea market.

max%20rom1.jpg

First run was 179kw (all runs in RWD); this was the second run.

11870663_10153576271627392_8933531679769

This was (I think) the 4th run; was starting to sound quite mean by this stage.

11903779_10153576271712392_3162014231690

Boost control from the OEM controller was all over the place, so we ditched it and put this on.

11825048_893296717411252_344875860405902

6th run produced this;

11890930_10153576271787392_4685866742590

This is a monstrous effort on the stock injectors!

Roger and Adam Neish did a fantastic job on the dyno tune, and then after a road test made a couple of small adjustments to get rid of a tiny knock event.

The tune is quite conservative; with the injectors at 87% duty and running just 12-13psi. In Adam's words the tune is "As safe as houses" his comment about Roger's tune was "He still puts down the numbers" which was a pretty solid compliment coming from Adam.

Keeping in mind that this is the very first tune they've ever done on a Stagea; and this is the first step of a process of development, I think it's a fantastic starting point.

He was very impressed with the little VQ, and reckoned it was still making solid power at 6500rpm.

The difference in the way the car drives is just unbelievable.

Previously the injectors were maxed at 5100rpm, so I could never really use full throttle through the rev range.

The car while fast; was never completely happy, and ran very rich on boost.

It has run a 13.8sec quarter @102mph; but there was much more to be had.

It never hit AFM cut, but there was so much potential to unlock; well, consider it unlocked now!

Wow... you due for another run at the drags soon?

scotty nm35 Grand Master

scotty nm35

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Nice Dale, quite nice but I do have one question.

Why the hell is there no Daleo or Scoty intake pipe? I see a rubber bend in that pic!

Dale can only be stuffed replacing the lower part on his intakes. :P

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iamhe77 Grand Master

iamhe77

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Dale can only be stuffed replacing the lower part on his intakes. :P

:(

That intake piping was the one thing I loved about my old NM35 engine bay.

On another note, cars feels really good. Surprisingly so actually.

Low end response is noticably more lively and it "feels" easier to rev (certain it is not placebo). Very happy - was my best case scenario.

Doesn't feel noticably more powerful, just happier to rev. Now to get rid of that Y-pipe and begin build on my Hydrogen separator cell. Should be interesting.

Reference: I would recommend for anyone that has a VQ35de Stag to grab a set of Z34/V36 OEM headers and work out some cats to fit.

I would guess that some V36/G37 high flow cats would bolt on but cannot be certain as Scott combined by cheap, non-fitting de-cat pipes with my VQ35de Berk cats to fit as desired.

Daleo Grand Master

Daleo

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Nice Dale, quite nice but I do have one question.

Why the hell is there no Daleo or Scoty intake pipe? I see a rubber bend in that pic!

Dale can only be stuffed replacing the lower part on his intakes. :P

It works, and I don't really believe there's much to be gained by replacing it with a hard pipe or a silicone reducing bend of much the same dimensions.

That; and I'm lazy...

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