Australian Nissan Silvia and 180SX Forum. Focus on Nissan S13/S14, CA18/SR20 engines. Group Manager: nissans13-owner@egroups.com To subscribe, send a message...
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Macky and Carolyn Edm...
mackyE@...
Mar 26, 1999 10:57 pm
Welcome This list was only created on the 24/3/99 so it will take a little while for the membership to grow. First posts do not seem to have been updated yet? ...
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edwin.beer@...
Mar 27, 1999 1:47 am
Hi to who evers out there! My names Eddie, I live in Melbourne, Australia. I have an 89 180sx, CA18DET Auto. ... eGroup home:...
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Macky Edmundson
mackyE@...
Mar 27, 1999 3:05 am
Welcome to the new email disscussion group on the Nissan S13 (Siliva and 180SX). Most of us live in Australia but anyone with an interest in S13/S14 or ...
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Macky Edmundson
mackyE@...
Mar 27, 1999 3:05 am
Here is a post sent to the 240sx tech group, pretty generalised but some usefull info. Standard S13 does understeer pretty easily. Had to go through some old...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 27, 1999 4:00 am
Yep, greetings all. I am Lumpy, and dont have an S13 myself, but have built a number of them, and have also built some other CA18DET and SR20DET projects. One...
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gabba@...
Mar 27, 1999 8:00 am
... And my name's Chris, I live on the Gold Coast in SE QLD. I have a 92 Silvia, SR20DET 5 speed. Chris ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/nissans13...
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edwin.beer@...
Mar 27, 1999 11:32 am
Hi all again, I think I'll end up using this forum quite a lot. This turbo thing is pretty new to me, the 180 being the first forced induction car I've owned...
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Macky and Carolyn Edm...
mackyE@...
Mar 27, 1999 11:49 am
At 11:32 AM 3/27/99 -0000, Eddie wrote; ... induction ... Eddie you should tell us about your Group A commodore Air box conversion? Sounds like a great idea...
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Macky and Carolyn Edm...
mackyE@...
Mar 27, 1999 12:11 pm
I was talking to one of the wreckers today and he says the standard filters are the same as the commodore (VN)? Anyway he bought a bulk load and is selling...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 27, 1999 12:35 pm
Hey eddie Take care with the boost levels on the car - the little T25 is very unefficient at the levels you are running - power will actually drop off at those...
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edwin.beer@...
Mar 27, 1999 2:50 pm
Hi Glenn, Yeah I totally agree on the boost level, It wasn't my intention to go that high, I have a flow control valve which I intended using on the bleed off....
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edwin.beer@...
Mar 27, 1999 3:09 pm
I'll get around to that, It's easier to explain with the aid of some photo's. I'll whip it out next week and take some shots of it, I got the idea from a...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 27, 1999 3:23 pm
Funnily enough, the haltech problem with the Nissan engines has been around for years - I wonder what steps they are taking to rectify it, and why now, and not...
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Macky and Carolyn Edm...
mackyE@...
Mar 28, 1999 1:43 am
... Took the ECU apart and had a good look, there is a lovely single fried track, when they stole it must have put 12V into the ignition cut off rather than...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 28, 1999 4:09 am
The ones I fitted have always been from ABS models - the calipers are the same regardless. The original brake lines also fitted straight up - as in the...
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edwin.beer@...
Mar 28, 1999 4:23 am
It could be due to the upgraded system. The E6S was only recently released. Windows 98 was really only a bug fix with a few fancy extras, perhaps the same...
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edwin.beer@...
Mar 28, 1999 4:27 am
I don't know about you Macky, but I find the 180 handles very well, and the thought of second guessing the engineers and changing the suspension in such a...
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Ed & Jo
ejbeer@...
Mar 28, 1999 4:39 am
bloody thing doesn't like me posting.... ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/nissans13 Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 28, 1999 5:01 am
With the Wolf 3D, which retails for $1395, you dont need any extra ignition modules - it can work with the std nissan one etc, so that keep costs down. All...
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Martin
sneezy@...
Mar 28, 1999 6:26 am
Hi Sounds like the wrecker was getting you to do his testing for him ? Was it Russ ? Yes, I still have a good friend in South Africa. We have been doing wire ...
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ejbeer@...
Mar 28, 1999 11:57 am
Thats the same price as the E6S, how much extra is the hand controller? From what I was told, the previous versions of the Haltech needed aftermarket modules...
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ejbeer@...
Mar 28, 1999 12:07 pm
If such an animal exists, count me in too.. I'd love to get my hands on one of those, almost bought a version in Japanese, then realised I don't know anyone...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 28, 1999 1:03 pm
The hand controller is included in the package with the Wolf 3D. Interesting comments from Haltech. Good to see. I guess the question boils down to whether or...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 28, 1999 1:04 pm
I have a feeling the english manual is gonna cost ya a bit more than $100. I heard $270 was about the figure. ... Quantities Plus - Building Services ... ...
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Ed & Jo
ejbeer@...
Mar 28, 1999 1:46 pm
270 bucks.... stuff that, I could import an interpreter from Japan for that sort of money :) A manual would be nice to have, but not for those kinds of...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 28, 1999 1:49 pm
Yeah - my thoughts exactly. However, I'm gonna buy them - can almost justify it with all of the S13's that come through here - might make life a bit easier for...
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Ed & Jo
ejbeer@...
Mar 28, 1999 2:00 pm
That's not a bad price for the system then, I have a laptop (joys of working in the IT industry). The reason I wanted to hang onto the original ECU was I'm a...
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Ed & Jo
ejbeer@...
Mar 28, 1999 2:06 pm
If you use them a fair bit, you could justify it as a business tool, for me, I'll use the 200sx and Exa (CA18DE) manuals for the most part, sheer luck and the...
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Lumpy
lumpy@...
Mar 28, 1999 2:09 pm
Yep, the wolf uses a memory cartridge - you can store a map on there as well as one in the ecu itself. You can also switch between the 2 of them from the hand...
