FTO AUSTRALIA

Bennoz wrote:Oil pressure is the life of your engine, as it starts to drop, it's a sign that your engine is getting old. If it drops suddenly, you have a major engine problem.

Oil temperature is a guide to when you can give it a flog. Do not flog your car until the oil temp is at running temp.

Do you now see the importance? 1 is a guide to when you can drive hard, the other is a critical warning gauge. Its got absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you have a hairdryer hanging off the motor.

well at idle oil pressure sits around 16-19, what is the standard running temp for oil?
i see i see, thanks for that bennoz!

renzkuken1 wrote:How do i get those gauges setup in those spots? It looks awesome and i would love to know when i can flog it.
It's hot~!

my mums partner got it done, dont know if he did it himself, but im pretty sure he got one of his friends to do it - in melbourne

Objectives for the near future (when the wallet gains some weight)
Get ignition failure sensor of dstocks so I can get my speedo working again
A good service including cleaning of o2 sensor throttle body
Replace stepper motor
Pod filter!
Fix my window rattle haha
Try fix the rear panel rattle ? After reading seems like I should just use some foam
2.25/2.5 exhaust system
extractors when my wallet is really overweight
Put in front speakers/eventually replace headunit

Any other basic mods that anyone suggest I do??

some nice offset and lower it

Chiinkstarrh wrote:some nice offset and lower it

+1

Kustom wrote:

Chiinkstarrh wrote:some nice offset and lower it

+1

It's already low enough for my standards. Want to raise it a cm so I stop hitting sh*t ( it's like 10.5cm under engine lol). And as for offset I'm not missing much maybe some spacers but mightget my friends work meisters)

renzkuken1 wrote:How do i get those gauges setup in those spots? It looks awesome and i would love to know when i can flog it.
It's hot~!

^ THIS!!! man those gauges look cool And now thanks to Bennoz we know what they are for
Could you ask your mom's partner on how much it cost him? (Parts+Labour), And if it is a major work?
Would love to have them in my 'soon-to-be-fto'

The drift series guages will JUST fit into our cluster on the dash, but are a slightly different size.
I know Jaime had a bit of a screw around trying to fit them in (pressure and temp i think it was) but was eventually done - just very messy with a lot of wires n sh*t everywhere.
So yea it can be done, just not with any relative ease and you would need someone to know their sh*t n willing to work for a few cases (*cough Ben*)

haha he said it was liek 100ish per unit and he got his mate to do it prob for some drugs haha, if u look on ebay theres similar ones that still look nice i think they about 70ish (drift brand also) and i get quote from auto electrician

Ive put in aftermarket gauges myself.

nice car, and I must say, i do also like those gauges haha

small update for now

10/06/2012 edit:
replaced the damaged door and fender ty sahin and matt (silvergpx)
ordered the sensor via dwayne
put my sprayed cover on it

Fuckin top job buddy!



Its all coming along nicely!

next on list is soundsystem!!

Same here i think, I've still got all 4 stockies, and both fronts are blown

Technikhaus wrote:Same here i think, I've still got all 4 stockies, and both fronts are blown

im going alpine type r splits and 6x9's

forgot to add, LOl the door that i replaced with, doesnt have window tint, so gotta get some tinting done haha

Same speakers I'm looking at

Why don't you just swap over the glass?

Technikhaus wrote:Same speakers I'm looking at

Why don't you just swap over the glass?

too much effort, might aswell retint givs me an excuse to go darker!

phi-tec wrote:

Technikhaus wrote:Same speakers I'm looking at

Why don't you just swap over the glass?

too much effort, might aswell retint givs me an excuse to go darker!

If the rears are tinted then it might be rather costly to remove old tint. Maybe just match your other tint on the new window?