OK CHAPS I HAVE NOW ABANDONED THE FIRST TOYOTA IDEA AND AM NOW LOOKING AT A 1994 NISSAN SKYLINE GTR WITH A FEW TASTY MODS. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BHP, HANDLEING AND GENERAL MAINTANANCE IS LIKE??? ANY HELP WILL BE GREAT AS I AM ITCHING TO BUY SOMETHING BUT DONT WANNA FALL FLAT ON MY A**, THANKS

 

Hint: CANCEL YOUR CAPS LOCK and you may get some responses!

 

So Cem's GT3 is out of the reconing then?

Phil

 

cem's gt3 is sold.

 

Turn off the caps lock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

try here for skyline info

mike

 

GTR to 94 is R32 - you know that yeah? - 1995 on is R33............

 

THIS DAMN CAP LOCKS BUTTON .......there you go ...sorry about that chaps

 

of the top of my head, they are 4WD unlike the GT-S and GT-T models, are 'supposed' to be 276BHP as standard but many believe its more like 320BHP!

handling is VERY good, voted in the top 10 of all cars ever on one of Clarksons vids, has 4 wheel steering aswell to help cancel understeer, standard they are supposed to do 0-60 in 5.4 but i'd expect this to be alot lower in the real world.

they are arlo very easy to get ridiculous BHP's out of with fairly straightforward mods, the engine is virtually bulletproof aswell with loads of 1000BHP skylines banging about! (well relitively loads!)

look at the 1/4 mile records for most competitions and i'll gaurentee at least one of the top 3 is a GTR!


ps. i love these damn cars!

 

Well thank you very much and i have transfered the funds today as i am very confident with all your smiley faces on here.

I expect to get it in about 4 week and shall post pictures and spec. It has uprated turbos from a company called "TOP SECRET" and front mounted intercooler, full exzaust, air filter and many other things dangling about. It looks very standard from the outside but when you open the bonnett all you can see are shiny bits;-)

Once again thanks for all your help and give me a few weeks lads

 

I've bought something today that I know bugger all about too, then again it only cost £43,I hope your purchase goes well for you, sounds like you need it

 

vava voom is gold by any chance?

mike

 

va va voom, is it coming from Japan?

 

Its black and it coming from jap???

 

Who did you buy it from?

 

private auction in japan.....

 

How are you getting it through the SVA?

 

No need to its a 1994...hurrrayyyyy, r u haveing sva problems??

 

Yeah of course. No I was just worried about all the mods you have, but like you say it's a 1994. Careful with the mot though. I've got an R32. You'll love it but make sure you find a good garage to support your ownership. Think you'll need it.
Good Luck.

 

I was going to say that! The R33 and R34 blocks are weaker than the R32 too; so all of the big horsepower engines that people mention are built around these.

This'll be contentious, but in my experience GTR's are little quicker (if at all)than GTS-T Type M Coupes. This is because, whilst they have a little more horsepower they have a lot more weight and mechanical loss through the four wheel drive transmission: also the Type M with its single turbo pulls better that the GTR with its twin sequential turbos (I think...).

Simon (bidding on a GTS-T Type M right now)

 

Youre in for a disappointment then: its a six week journey! also, theres a waiting list still so you might find it has to be stored for up to four weeks before you can get a ferry place, this depends on which shippers you use of course.

Simon

 

Hi Simon,
This is just a rumour and is unfounded - I've only heard this from a couple of 'non-experts' so I wouldn't take it as gospel.

CK

 

Well Im no Nissan expert; the company that said this originally were Abbey Motorsport who are highly regarded: I believe that its only necessary for the monster outputs though (if neccessary at all that is).

Simon

 

hope you know a friendly MOT tester to get it through, if got no cats

mike

 

All the mot stations are friendly here in mary poppins land ;-)