Vic Wasteland Thread - 15.0

[Mohsen]

i wear a tie clip at work.
 

[blah_blah]

Anyone know anyone that retrofits projector xenons to exisiting headlights?

 

Something like this:

 

 

 

[Leroy Peterson]

whats your budget? that kind of stuff isnt cheap... LED and halo rings is one thing, full cut-n-shut Vulcans or projectors is something else.

You chasing full-professional workshop or dont mind garage/side-project stuff?

 

damn cats running wild these days. i think the hippy should be re-introduced as a control measure.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

I wear a tie clip

[Leroy Peterson]

[UNR33L]

birds did you make a website? 

 

http://www.88einvestors.com/

[Birds]

Yes

But not the one linked in your post

[UNR33L]

your myspace doesn't count 

[Leroy Peterson]

its funny how 10 year older lexus' have most of the luxury features this does... and some of the VIP guys are fitting similar luxuries and its truly budget modifying in comparison to performance mods.

Potentially an investment? nah, who am I kidding, nobody wants luxury 4 doors.

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Maybach-57-2004/OAG-AD-13341717/?Cr=0

[admS15]

But dat engine, excellent fuel economy and Edward lees low k's. Bargain buy

[Borci88]

12 hours ago, Jonnoo said:

 

My whole conversion wiring is kinda toast. The looms all brittle and wont move outa the way when i'm working on it.

Ive been thinking about getting one of those wiring specialties rb25 to r32 conversion looms

 

Do it! I have a wiring specialties LS2 -> R33 coil pack loom, and have dealt with other looms by wiring specialties... great quality for the price! 
 

10 hours ago, Leroy Peterson said:

Mine was too. dont be a pussy and get one of those made-in-someones-garage-without-seeing-your-car kind of jobs. go full custom, mill-spec, all-out. pick any ECU you want, any features and sensors and functions you want. best thing I ever did. If anything, I regret not getting a more feature-rich ECU and more functions (but funds at the time were limited). But now its a piece of piss to go a totally different standalone ECU if i wanted to.

Yay I also love spending like 4k on a custom wiring job, over the top ECU and sensors that will do ten tenths of stuff all if you just build it right in the first place... But hey at least you can brag on the internet about having some fancy setup that makes your car zero faster.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Yay I also love spending like 4k on a custom wiring job, over the top ECU and sensors that will do ten tenths of stuff all if you just build it right in the first place... But hey at least you can brag on the internet about having some fancy setup that makes your car zero faster.

f**king soooo this

[Leroy Peterson]

not all of us have the luxury of just googling a place that does off-the-shelf engine looms for conversions. or heaps of choices for plug'n'play ECUs.

but if someone wants to spend $700 on half a loom and use a PowerFC with AFM... sure, go ahead.

[Birds]

Gonna put it out there that most haltech pros do not get used in vehicles that can fully benefit from them. You're not gonna squeeze that much more power or drivability out of a car running ~300rwkw or less with a super saiyan ECU over and above a PFC, unless you're talking Flex tune

[Borci88]

33 minutes ago, Leroy Peterson said:

not all of us have the luxury of just googling a place that does off-the-shelf engine looms for conversions. or heaps of choices for plug'n'play ECUs.

but if someone wants to spend $700 on half a loom and use a PowerFC with AFM... sure, go ahead.

We all have that luxury... 

Also literally not a single thing wrong with PowerFCs. Thousands upon thousands of cars running them perfectly fine world over. Everyone wants to brag about their latest Haltech or Motec or some other junk while having 4 expander boxes in the passenger foot well just so they can run the 10 different sensors. 4 grand later and I still beat them in a straight line or going around corners... with a PowerFC. Can even do it with a Nistune.

[admS15]

Nothing wrong with power fc. I had 1 running my S15 perfectly, I was looking for 1 for my 33 but couldn't find at the time, ended up with a 2nd hand adaptronic plug in for $800. Worked out well, flex tuned, no maf, closed loop boost control, 2 step, t/c and all that other wanky shit I won't need or use. Upgradeable soft and firmware that you don't need to pay for, unbelievably quick manufacturer support, I call that winning[emoji41]

Edit. No bullshit expander boxes required either.

[emts]

nistune all day long.

[admS15]

As long as it's not an r33, agree with nistune.

[Leroy Peterson]

there isnt anything wrong with powerfc. i retained mine for so long because it was basically the only option. i didnt have a stock ecu to put a nistune into.

but i feel i've seen the light. it shocked me earlier today to see you can still buy powerfc's brand new (for some cars).

 

ever since haltech took on motec's pay model, its hardly value for money. mind you, every time I've asked someone "why do 90% of professional motorsport teams use motec?" the answer has always been "because they're the best" *queue Tina Turner*

and whats with haltech and CAS disc issues? (i know the disc is a POS, but does it work or doesnt it?)

 

Matt do you only chime in on SAU when you feel like arguing with someone?

 

[Borci88]

15 minutes ago, Leroy Peterson said:

there isnt anything wrong with powerfc. i retained mine for so long because it was basically the only option. i didnt have a stock ecu to put a nistune into.

but i feel i've seen the light. it shocked me earlier today to see you can still buy powerfc's brand new (for some cars).

 

ever since haltech took on motec's pay model, its hardly value for money. mind you, every time I've asked someone "why do 90% of professional motorsport teams use motec?" the answer has always been "because they're the best" *queue Tina Turner*

and whats with haltech and CAS disc issues? (i know the disc is a POS, but does it work or doesnt it?)

 

Matt do you only chime in on SAU when you feel like arguing with someone?

 

It aint value for money at all.. If you've got LOTS of money to blow though I don't know why you WOULDN'T get something better than a PFC or Nistune though. Haltechs are crap with factory Nissan CAS, shit ton of timing jitter and you really need an aftermarket CAS Trigger which is over a grand for a kit.. stuff starts adding up fast.

Sometimes.. but you'll see I chimed in to tell Jonnoo to go for a Wiring Specialties loom because I have experience with it, and not to listen to someone who doesn't