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Hi everyone, I used to be on these forums quite a bit going back 6-10ish years ago when I had my R33 GTST (avatar) and this was a great place where I found guides on how to do everything imaginable, and really as a 19 year old with no previous mechanical knowledge that was what taught me how to work on cars. 

I lost my licence being silly (well ended up on 12 month good behaviour...) so I sold the skyline and drove boring cars for a couple of years. 

After about 4 years I ended up with a stock Forester XT that was only ever meant to be a bit of a fun car, but that turned into a beast as now I've done every possible bolt-on mod (big turbo, big intercooler, full exhaust, intake and heaps of smaller supporting mods) for and almost doubled it's power (127kw -> 214kw).

I also bought a motorbike to commute as fuel was adding up. Long story short we moved closer to my work again and when I listed the bike for sale, someone offered me a S1 Stagea RS4 auto awd as a swap... after thinking about it and going to inspect it we went ahead with the trade. The Stagea was definitely not in showroom condition but did have a few things done to it like a rebuilt motor which interested me and of course I saw the potential of the RB25DET :)

Anyway it's good to be back... I'll shortly go ahead and make a build journal here, which is the best place to do that? Are members galleries a used thing these days or am I better off making a thread in a specific forum?

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17 hours ago, PranK said:

Welcome back!

Damn that picture reminds me so much of my stag! What awesome cars they are.

Any plans for it?

You could start a build thread for it in the appropriate section.

Thanks mate. Definitely have some plans for it once I can get it running reliably! Forged motor is one thing but fuel and battery/charging have needed some work just to keep stable... hopefully I've got it all sorted out now and once I get the starter motor swapped (died on me last week...) she should be apples until it's upgrade time. 

I'm thinking a 3076 turbo, e85, 1000-1500cc injectors and a haltech ecu. Maybe the ecu first so I can get a tune going for the timebeing an get rid of some of the rich and retard feature which should liven things up a bit! The biggest issue will be having to run it as a piggyback due to the auto...

Money and time permitting I'd love to manual swap it as well because I think they look ridiculous and awesome drifting! 

What would be the best section to start a build thread? 
EDIT: Nevermind, I just found the "Projects" forum :)

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On 9/27/2019 at 9:07 PM, mosquitocoils said:

Anyway it's good to be back... I'll shortly go ahead and make a build journal here, which is the best place to do that?

Welcome back to the fold. You must have been OG! Cool that you've come back. 

I put my cars into a build thread: https://www.sau.com.au/forums/forum/190-projects-overhauls-and-build-ups/
I think I misuse them, but if you're doing actual work on the cars, you'll be right! :)

I love wagons (a lot for someone without a stagea anyways) so I'll be following along enthusiastically.

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Ok awesome! Made a build thread in there :) 

 

 

22 minutes ago, Steve85 said:

Welcome back to the fold. You must have been OG! Cool that you've come back. 

I put my cars into a build thread: https://www.sau.com.au/forums/forum/190-projects-overhauls-and-build-ups/
I think I misuse them, but if you're doing actual work on the cars, you'll be right! :)

I love wagons (a lot for someone without a stagea anyways) so I'll be following along enthusiastically.

Haha yeah it was definitely a big forum at the time. It seems to still be pretty active which is awesome!

I always liked the stags but probably wouldn't have ended up with one unless someone offered it as a trade. It can definitely get up and move though that's for sure, even on about 10psi and running super rich haha. I can only imagine at this point how it will feel with a proper tune and some more boost, should be awesome. 

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