Bargain on the sub!

Car looks sexy as always. I need to find some concordes to try on the nf. Been thinking about LTD wheels too though...

Should be over there in a few months to see the family. I'd be keen to meet you if your keen.

Cheers Slo . Haha, Repco Clearance FTW

Concordes would suit the NF to a tee, in saying that, the 16" DL LTD rims would look killer on it too. Will be interesting to see


For sure mate, let us know when you're over here and we'll go from there. I will warn you in advance though, NZ is pretty s**t at the moment

Will probably come in about a month. What's going on over there?

Already have two sets of wheels for the NF, will end up with a few I reckon.

Well it's not that bad over here, but the GST just went up to 15% and there weather lately all around the country has been fkn terrible. I think this weekend just gone may have been the only one in a month or 2 where there has been no rain

Looking good as always Nathan, Thats a decent sized trans cooler as well.

And if you can get both your respective asses down closer to Wellington before the new tyres go on the back you can take turns at smoking these old 255's off the rims...

Just an idea. I in no way condone wasting rubber and would never seriously consider breaking any road use laws in the slightest.

IN fact, since Wellington is about half way up the country, we should get the Duno's and Chch lads up and do something between the hours of 7am and 9am (I'll starting and returning to the Massey carpark a minutes walk from my house, funnily enough, but you guys can stay out past my bedtime. I don't mind....)

i think its up north and further down south thats got s**t weather. been real nice here, part from the wind last week. we don't get bad weather just earthquakes lol. gst aint that bad, will hardly notice it.

Thanks Arron. This trans cooler is a pretty decent size indeed, seems to work well too, shifts a lot smoother once the auto gets up to operating temp compared to before


This idea sounds mighty fun . *Wonders how long 5th will hold together*


Fkn LOL


Yeah man, had quite a bit of weird weather recently. Today was a ripper of a day though, nice warm and sunny - probably one of the better days we've had up here, too bad it's a fricken Monday though

Now that you mention it, yeah GST won't be too much different - I always assume the worst when it comes to tax rates rising. Then again, the decrease in income tax will be hardly noticeable too, i think I'll get an extra $8 in the hand a week

The weather has been crap here too, so no worries there

We will go to the Sunshine Coast in QLD for a week, and then come down there to Aoteroa for a week to see you Pakeha I'm only part Maori, so I'm still white too in case you are now wondering

Sunny QLD will give me my nice weather fix. Can't wait!

Just got back from Protune - did about 8-9 runs and she got a whopping ~132rwkw down on the rollers LOL, sounds pretty pathetic but it was kind of where I was expecting it to be..

Considering the AFR's are pretty rich (actually very rich - around 10, 11 through-out the mid - upper revs) I'm pretty happy with that result. The operator said there's a lot more in it with a decent tune to lean the mixtures and add a few degrees of timing, so might get a custom tuned J3 soonish and take it back. Peak torque is around 3650rpm but the torque figure does seem suspiciously low at 278nm

Will get some scans of the dyno sheets and post them up later as well as a quick video.

thats not bad really for the mods you have done, torques pretty low tho.
i found something to do with boost on the j3 you might be intrested in
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I'd say a j3 should get you closer to the 150 mark. Do it!

Yeah the KW figure isn't too bad for a 230,000+km auto equipped car with just basic bolt on mods (and a leaky headgasket since Nov 2008 ). I'm not sure whether or not I should stick with the current cam for NA duties for now and try and get more out of it that way with the J3 or just stop pissing about and get the Wade 1543b done already + headwork and J3 tune and see how that goes. Can always do the current engine up NA for now and build another motor to suit boost i guess

The torque reading is very low, I'm not sure what's going on there but it was a shock to me - I know they are just figures but fk that was embarrassing to be honest lol. I know it has stack loads more torque now than when it was stock so I'm assuming the dyno reading seems a bit, or quite bit, out - other guys are getting well over 350nm with around 140-150kw. Then again, it could be right

Thanks for the link too mate . Spotted that over on boostedfalcon a few weeks back now - its an awesome development for the boosted guys, especially since it can be used to map boost instead of running the dodgy old FMU's and is a nice cheap alternative to aftermarket engine management setups. Might be looking at that option when I get around to running boost


Mate, it is definitely on the cards!! After the operator told me how rich it was running (and also seeing the big black mark that got put on the rear wall of the dyno cell from the exhaust ) I can't go without getting a j3 done to lean it out at least - obviously thats the reason why I'm getting s**t house fuel economy. 150rwkw would be a good figure for me in NA form I reckon, thats what I'm gunning for






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8-PaTI8zOk

I agree that its a good figure for an auto, it sounds like there is easily more in it too

man if that is what yours is putting out i rekon i would be lucky to be geting 80kw in mine lol.

Keep up the good work