What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[joshm35]

This weekend it was the Kakimoto N1 Hyper Mega install along with a transcooler.

[Lakes101]

All set for the dyno and tune Tuesday... Fitted new walbro 255l/ph pump new fuel filter, oil change and some nulon long life engine treatment... Already feels better kmopact biv going in Monday then off to JEM

[Reprieve]

This weekend it was the Kakimoto N1 Hyper Mega install along with a transcooler.

welcome to drrrrrrone city

[joshm35]

welcome to drrrrrrone city

Totally disagree. Its suprisingly a quiet system. I was expecting it to be worse than the varex system i had on but very little cabin noise what so ever.

[Reprieve]

Totally disagree. Its suprisingly a quiet system. I was expecting it to be worse than the varex system i had on but very little cabin noise what so ever.

Each to their own i guess. iv had mine on for over 3 years now, tho it seems to have quietened down a tad over time. personally i think its on the louder side with cabin noise.

[joshm35]

Each to their own i guess. iv had mine on for over 3 years now, tho it seems to have quietened down a tad over time. personally i think its on the louder side with cabin noise.

That may change once i change the front pipe. I just purchased a kakimoto silencer for it just incase.

[DrLui]

Got started with my mods. Installed my HDi Intercooler, was a simple swap

Here is the old vs the new

Sitting nicely with a few extra brackets to make it more rigid

You can hardly notice it behind the standard front bar

Also had time to install the GReddy Profec boost controler that i have had for a while and my GFB Deceptor blow off valve. Now i need to tune the boost controler

[Beregron]

Mounted the profec in exactly the same place as mine

Place it makes the most sense... which makes sense

[DrLui]

Mounted the profec in exactly the same place as mine

Place it makes the most sense... which makes sense

Its the spot i liked the most, i can access it while driving and can easily glance at it while on the move. I did think about mounting it just behind the steering wheel but it would of been had to get to imo

[Beregron]

yeah i agree.

My M35 will be on the hoist this week. Main reason is to replace Caster rod bushes. I figure while it's up there might as well lay all the 350z manual bits i have out and get started on that (with a lot of help from others)

[joshm35]

Finished of the transcooler install today on the m35.

[Brick]

Got started with my mods. Installed my HDi Intercooler, was a simple swap

Here is the old vs the new

Sitting nicely with a few extra brackets to make it more rigid

You can hardly notice it behind the standard front bar

Also had time to install the GReddy Profec boost controler that i have had for a while and my GFB Deceptor blow off valve. Now i need to tune the boost controler

Did you fit a New thermo for the aircon?

[DrLui]

Did you fit a New thermo for the aircon?

Not yet

[iamhe77]

Finished of the transcooler install today on the m35.

I like that positioning Josh

Would it not be better if you just removed that fog light blanking plate and put some kind of vent behind in the plastic wheel arch the trans cooler?

Doing it that way would guide plentiful amounts of air to pass directly over the entire cooler whilst driving instead of forcing it through just one spot on the cooler.

Of course, if you like the plates on your aero bumper, disreguard what I suggested.

[joshm35]

I was thinking of cutting the rear of the blanking plates and replacing with a grill as you mentioned but dont want to cut up the plates. I am going to try and get a mold made up so i can make up fiberglass ones to trial and error a design.. i was going to use them for brake ducting though

[Daleo]

Notching the recess out of the blanking plate would work perfectly for the cooler; IMO brake ducting would be better from underneath the car rather than through the front bar, but on a street car is almost redundant.

[Daleo]

I haven't found anyone who will take a mould and reproduce them for a sensible price as yet.

[joshm35]

What about that guy troy (i think his name was) who was going to mould the 3 gauge piece to replace the pop up screen

[joshm35]

Scored a cheap rear whiteline sway bars with a few chips in the paint. Cleaned it up and sprayed it to give it a new bill of life. On the stagea it goes this weekend. Also scored a carpet boot mat. Sourced a new boot hatch button unit as mine has stopped working.

[DrLui]

So on Sunday i installed my TEIN's which i bought back in April on an impulse buy even though i didn't own a Stagea. I was adamant i was going to buy one and i couldn't complain with the price.

I wasn't sure how to go about installing them but as i took the wheels off i saw how easy the install was. Took me 3 hours which included me changing the oil.

So far i'm very impressed with them and it is sitting 50 mm lower at the front and 25 mm lower in the back. It is very low and i will raise them up a bit and drive on them for about a month and then i will re set the height