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So what is the 'normal' skyline offset? Is it the same as Supra?

hmmm.... +30...this does not bode well for me....how does that compare to a non-GTR skyline or Supra offset? I tried a couple of 17X9 supra wheels on the back the other day, and needed probably 15-20mm more clearance between the back of the wheel and the inner arch to fit, though im not sure how much clearance there would be at large amounts of suspension travel...

Hi guys, I don't own a skyline (we can't all be perfect... ) so I don't know that much about them. I'm looking at getting a set of wheels for my car which apparently have a GT-R offset (+15mm?). Mt car has a 5x114.7 stud pattern but some ghey offset like 0. I would like to know, if possible, the diameter, width and offset of stock GT-R wheels, 32, 33 and 34 would be great, if they are different. If someone is feeling generous and has a set and could spare a small amount of time for me to trial fit one of the GT-R wheels on my car that would be awesome... Thanks for your help

$400 is only the price for 6 hey? not for just one?

is it an aussie R31 or import? im after the diff gears only, if they are 3.9:1 - how much do you want for them? if its LSD i will also take the center - im willing to pay any reasonable amount.

it that spelt 91LTY? if so i have seen your car around....I LOVE THAT PLATE! bloody awesome!! mine is nothing special "04LTR" (four litre) on an EB XR6 falcon (to leave no doubt in 5L commonwhore drivers minds what its got under the bonnet as they are left behind hehe) believe it or not, people still sometimes ask me "isnt it a 3.9?" or "isnt it a 4.1?" im like, no...thats why its 04LTR not 39LTR or 41LTR... has "57OLN" been said yet? (stolen) i cant remember what i saw it on - would fit a WRX in sydney quite well IMHO

the VL 6 cylinder is the ONLY commonwhore EVER to NOT have pushrods - every single commo that has come from the factory has had them - GenIII - pushrods. VY V6 - pushrods. they dont even have alloy heads! still all cast iron block and heads. i dont care what anyone says, the V6 is a shocker. thats a pretty silly thing to say - if its true, then why are all the fastest pro-street cars rotories? (and dont think i like it!!! i want a turbo straight 6 to be up there!!) BOOST: The Ultimate replacement for displacement!! back to the topic at hand, i have not had any personal experiencs with either of the two cars, but would pick the R31 just on looks (i reckon the R31 GTS's were awesome lookers - the ones that were all white from factory....mmmmm sexy.) but meh, i have an EB XR6 so what would i know

what mods do you have NA_R33? 13.5 with no gas is pretty damn impressive! is that full-weight or with a stripped interior etc?

hey mate - i believe "Gav" is looking for this very item at the moment - have a look in the wanted section, he and another bloke are looking for clutches at the moment...

ok, short lesson in autos - they arent magic things. "overdrive" just means any gear which when selected makes the output shaft on the gearbox spin faster than the input shaft (which is attached to the engine) most 5 speed manuals have 5th as an "overdrive" 6 speeders have 5th and 6th overdriven as well. so, if you wish to drive around with all 4 gears the gearbox has to offer, then leave overdrive on. if you dont, turn it off and the box will behave like a 3 speeder, allowing only 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears to be selected. the benifit of allowing 4th to be used is better fuel economy, then benifit of turning it off is slightly better engine braking (saving your pads and dics very slightly) and less shifting through the gears if you are only driving at low speeds all the time, this in theory means your gearbox lasts longer and runs cooler. the choice is yours, there really isnt a "right" and "wrong" way - just do what you prefer. but yeah, get a big-ass oil cooler for your auto anyway, it would be the first mod i would do were i to buy an automatic car.

i believe that they actually do the quarter at a terminal speed of about 130km/h - the cop cars (V6 ones anyway - 8s are obviously quicker, say high 14sec or low 15) are slower as they have a cage in them, bullet proof vests, first aid kit etc etc etc, and NO extra power, no matter what anyone tells you. all the loosers on street commonwhores that go on about "cop chips" are full of crap. so, if it was a 6 it would take about 400m or a little under to get to 130, if it was an 8 i would say about 300m? stopping distance is a little harder - what you should do is get a leaflet from your equvalent of QLD transport and use that - you know the one about safe braking and following distances that says "at 100km/h, you cover x meters per second, and so therefore it takes y meters to stop" (they convienently forget to mention the million other factors that affect braking distance, but if its good enough for the gumbyment to use then its good enough for court i reckon) just expand that out to reach to 130 - braking g forces are more linear and easy to calculate i think? so if it takes 60m (or whatever) to stop from 100, just draw a graph on a piece of paper with speed on the vertical axis and distance on the horizontal axis, draw a line from 0 to where the 100kmh/60m lines intersect and then extrapolate from there. a guy at work had copped the same kind of thing you are dealing with atm last year, the cops reckon they got him and about 20 other cars doing 160 in an 80 zone, but we worked out that for the cops to catch them from where they said they got them on radar to where the group got pulled over the cops would have had to be doing an AVERAGE speed of 300+km/h, (thats not allowing for acceleration or braking time) using the distance over time calc. a VX V6 wouldnt do 300km/h off a cliff with a 200km/h tailwind! and completely forgetting the fact that 300km/h in an 80 zone is just a tad excessive, no matter who you are or what you are driving!

yeah..i need to find someone wrecking a R31 or getting a shorter ratio or something - 3.9 is the shortest i will go, as the car nearly hits the rev-limiter in 4th at the end of the quarter with 3.9s - with 4.1s it will definately require a shift to 5th if any of you hear of a 3.9 gearset sitting around anywhere let me know please!!

hi peoples - as it says in the title, im looking for a crownwheel and pinion set to suit an R31 skyline - its actually for an EB Falcon, but the gearsets are the same as those in the skylines and VL commonwhores, so it doesnt really matter. if that CWP set also happens to be attached to a LSD center and a reasonable price can be negotiated i would be happy to take it of your hands entirely but im mainly after the gearset. thanks

thats pretty funny - all the guys from fordforums are racing round import wreckers and stuff looking for skyline LSD centers and CWP sets to put in their falcons!! im pretty sure that all EB and ED XR6/8 falcons came standard with LSD, and after that (EF onwards) it became an option? i really dont know... as i said above, my car came with 3.45:1LSD stock, but i didnt get that built with the 3.9 gearset - i actually sold that diff entire (axle to axle) to a mate with a ED fairmont, for cash and his diff exchange (yet another damn 3.08 open center) i got that diff built up to 3.9 using a LSD center from a 2.77 NA fairlane diff (which required getting a machine shop to build a spacer for the crownwheel - 2.77 centers have different offset, but 2.92 and shorter the offset is the same) so i have been threashing that diff for about a year, still going good. funny thing though - i have the 3.08 diff in my car from my mates ED futura, my mate has my diff which was built from an ED fairmont diff, and his girlfriend just bought the ED fairmont that donated its housing to build my diff - the original plan was to put the 3.45s (my original diff) into the futura, the 3.9s back in my car, and the 3.08s in the fairmont again :S diff swapping shenanigans!!! bugger that - i will just get this one done and leave the poor cars be. mal wood automotive in/near gatton has a few LSD centers, and at a reasonable price if you want them, i just happened to get lucky and find a cheap center from a stacked Falc - now i need to get lucky again and find a cheap gearset too! i think i will put an add in the wanted section on here...

i have found with my car that a set of 225/65/15 brigestone GIIIs set to about 25psi tend to stick very well - but only if i do a big burnout before the run. with 17s all round i did a best of 14.8, and big traction probs, with the GIIIs (drive straight through the water and just bake them for like 10 seconds) i dropped down to a 14.505 - saved .2 of a second off just the 60ft alone!! couldnt believe what revs/launch technique i was able to get away with! car is a ,manual EB XR6 Falcon with extractors, exhaust, small cam and 3.9:1 LSD