Cruise Control

[RSFOURDayz]

Has anyone here ever fitted or had fitted a cruise control kit to their Nissan or other make of car? Thinking of getting it fitted to my skyline and stagea as a way of not speeding while doing long haul driving.

I cant believe that the stagea doesn't have it fitted anyway but it was never an option even though its a 2000 model and has everything else u could ever want or need.

[Carbon 34]

It can be done , i wouldnt ever do it on a turbo skyline , i miss it from other cars but think about it

High power car, bad roads, rb goes from no power off boost to balls out , traction control yanks the thing to damn near a crawl power wise

And turned off even a modest power line on a dry road can be a handful on bumps and put you in the trees in a heartbeat , its like driving tip toe to not fry the tires or end up bouncing off bad dips holes in the road on coilover shocks

and you cant go in back and make a sandwich on cruise control haha

Really the ecu isnt smart enough like a new stability controlled cars and most people driving skill it would kill them , plus when you get sore jump out for a stretch and wake up ? Built in safety measure lol skylines arent bad on drives just the shocks too stiff and wide tall tyres ride bad on australian roads

Maybe auto non turbo , wagon I would go for it not a big deal on that , or low power turbo or 4x4 car

New cars its not such a issue

[RSFOURDayz]

I've had turbod cars with heaps more power than my stag or 34 with cruise control and never had any issues like what u described. I do a lot of 100km trips down the mostly straight Western Hwy between Ballarat and Melbourne and always found it rather smooth in operation and rather handy. These have all been with factory cruise though, is there something about after market kits that are crap?

[Carbon 34]

Around here the roads suck ? it is sadalaide

Aftermarket is what a lot of cars use ( dealer installed options !) the 34 has a spot for one built in the throttle i noticed

i too had a v10 with cruise in usa but the weight of the truck and smooth power delivery as it goes up a hill made it a non issue, my old mitsu vr4 galant 5spd had one in denver but the evo motor didnt spool up like a rb , on a 14,000 ft climb it would pull nice on dry roads 4x4 car since the turbo spools faster and faster it would fly up the hill but the engine would be overheating ( even in cold weather) from leaning at altitude and being on near full boost for long times the temp would rocket up past half way even on half boost near stock car

doubt that would happen in oz but a short steep hill would

my car demands attention even around town from being so stiff and a few mild mods , 11 inch wide tires and nismo lsd ,The gtt is tail light in stock trim , low fuel not sure how the stag would be ?

i wouldnt feel safe on cruise in the 34 unless it was flat , wide , smoothe , gradients steady not steep , not raining on uphill sections

Traction control is just too abrubt on the 34 it would piss me off , cause cruise would kick off too

And without it on the car has enough power to slide on boost in 5th gear in damp conditions 3200rpm is enough to be slowly sideways on good tread rubber and in 5th thats speeding a fair bit

if you break traction on cruise and it hesitates even a split second you could be in strife , your feet wont be in a position to respond in most cases

my new model camry with a 2.3 lite engine auto had cruise and in the light rain it would spin the tyres randomly even in 5th !! and front drive is not so nice to get sliding at speed ( it had fly by wire throttle delay too)

IMO i wouldnt do it unless it was stock, auto, and no traction control overide when on

No idea of cost , in usa they ran about 300 plus install for a normal car

Stags dont use the same traction control as 34 if i remember right ?

see if chris rogers replies maybe he knows of some here ?? Call him up ??

Another option might be grab one off a us model (v series skyline) infinity g35 from a wreckers , cruise is on just about every usa car ? It might be able to be converted for use or give you some bolt on parts at least , get someone to photograph the intake throttleplate on one ?

You can source a kit from usa for any car that has a throttle cable still , stinger australia , (victoria) might even carry one they import a lot of stuff like that ? call phatt audio in braeside those guys might do them , ask for brett or sam

[RSFOURDayz]

I plan to permanently dissable the traction control, that'll be the first "mod" lol