Davie

Hello all.

I am having a thunk about possibly buying one of these cars. there is a very tidy one tuned to around 330 brake local to me.

Has anyone owned one of these car? If so, what are the pitfalls of them and at what milage did they occur? Were they all jap imports? Are they expensive to service / run if driven sensibly most of the time?

Anything i have missed?

I will also post on the skyline forum, but this is just as knowledable / busy!

Thanks in advance.

David

DaveMiddleton

I owned an R34 VSpec with 410 bhp and it is the same engine (RB26DETT) in the R32. Your state of tune is only marginally above standard spec (theoretical 280 bhp ish). Mine never gave a moment's concern (and this is the standard for a Skyline). They are pretty bulletproof with regular oil changes avery 3K miles.
Only downside is proximity to the nearest specialist (in your casr Rod Bell at RB Motorsport near Wigan) and the hassle IF anything does fail of getting replacement off the shelf.
Your's could be upped to 400bhp VERY easily on your standard turbos with an upgraded intercooler, boost controller and Apexi FC ECU. Then there is little on the road to touch them. I now have a modded 993 Carrera 4 with 309 bhp and it feels slow in all areas against my R34-probably the best car on the road, and I only sold mine as it was too tempting to keep upping the power as in the case of a friend here in Aberdeen who has an everyday drivable R34 Vspec 2 with over 800BHP ( he won the 1/4 mile shoot out at TOTB (and then drove the car home to Aberdeen). Bulletproof even at that level of tune (if you want a datalogged 6.3 secs to 100mph). More info would be available on www.gtr.co.uk

what would scooby do

DON'T BUY ONE...

until you are sure it will fit in your garage - they are quite big

scooby_si

R32's aint that big check out R33's now they are BIG
FYI (presume you already have a few sites from yer comments):
http://www.jbskyline.net/R32/GTR/ good un for basics that
other R32 scoobynet thread
http://www.skylineowners.com/forums/
http://www.r32skyline.com/main.asp
http://www.gtr.co.uk/html/
GTR thread on V spec R32 differences
http://www.skyline-nissan.com/
http://freespace.virgin.net/joss.ellis/GTR/GTR_Reg.html
phew think that about covers it
Si
PS http://www.neweraimports.com/index.htm gets my vote if u wana import a fruity one

jameswrx

iTrader: (4)

I was worried about this, but mine fits in easy. They aren't that big really, they look big, but aren't, hard to explain, sort of like a reverse Tardis

Daz34

Nah, the R32 are quite a bit narrower than the R33/R34.

[Edited by Daz34 - 11/17/2003 9:50:40 AM]

Davie

Well i don't have a garage!

Also, i will be thinking of keeping this car for upwards of 4 years, i am all excited!

David

Davie

Also, can anyone supply an engine bay pic of a GTR?

scooby_si

the different R32 33 & 34 are slightly different but a quick search on GTR forum wasnt exactly successfull but click here for a thread with a few R32 pix[/url] although the R32 aint normally silver as per the red un as i recall....
Si

edited kuz bl00dy thing wont let me type silly long decription as a link

[Edited by scooby_si - 11/17/2003 12:46:09 PM]

[Edited by scooby_si - 11/17/2003 12:48:05 PM]

Davie

Trying to get insurance for this as we speak!

Absolute nightmare!!!!! Cheapest so far is £1800.

Maybe i'll have to wait til i'm 25

Davie

Right thats that then.

Phoned about 15 companies and they can't insure me.

So its Punto power for a while yet.

scooby_si

try some classic car insurance places as you may find something fruity for cars >10 years old especially if u have another car/nice cheap run around & a limited milage policy
Si

scooby_si

but i wood say it goes with territory i was paying nearly £1500 on a standard UK impreza turbo @ 24 years old 2 years ago with 2 year NCB garaged etc
Si

Davie

As this car will be my daily driver, i don't know if classiv#c car insurance could help me.