Nippon_nick

I can go with anything really, whatever is easiest /cheapest. The cost of these cars is currently out of control here BUT parts are still somewhat cheap thank god. I will keep my eye out for a binned manual gtt sedan / stagea over the coming months. That way i can get EVERYTHING. If i cant do that i will just get a 33 box and neo from the wreckers and go that route.

Thanks mate. So it sounds like again, the biggest problem is going to be wiring. Il give your build thread a good read.

Ok. I was really hoping i could get away with just swaping ecu's and using the original wiring. If i really need all the wiring too i should really just buy a doner car, will be far cheaper and easier i think. Manual turbo stags here are dirt cheap.. will that work? How about a 4wd one or is that too much work?

Ok, cheers mate. This is exactly the info i needed. The suspension is a relief, sounds like it should all be straight forward except for the wiring. I take it GTT sway bars just bolt in too? Id love to go something like a VQ but that's starting to sound a bit too ambitious for me. That said I'm still dreaming at the moment and gathering info. Still months away from starting this so maybe i grow a pair of balls in that time. Thanks again.

Hi Guys, Im trying to get my head around whats involved to do a manual gtt conversion to an auto hr34 coupe. I'm just wondering if anybody here has done this before, what all the differences between them are(stuff im going to need)? So far on my list ive got : Engine, box, diff, driveshaft and brakes.... basically the whole f*cking car ?‍♂️ I've also read here that it uses different shocks.... don't tell me it uses different sub frames too? If i was to go down the road of a doner car, would a mt/turbo stagea be a straight bolt on, bolt off situation? Any help, idea's, feedback, criticism all welcome. Just trying to get my head around it. If the answer is buy a smashed gtt sedan or stagea, and transfer everything over, easy. If the subframes are different, but i can get away with running different coil overs? Thats great too, i'l just buy a 33 box, neo and all the other stuff separately. (Before you tell me to buy a GTT, im located in Japan... and the average price for them is now 2 million yen. I was a able to snag a mint, own owner gt coupe for 600k & parts/doner cars here are cheap)

I totally agree. So i will do lots of reading on here and see what others have done. The only reason i'm leaning towards a 25det is because i'm looking for something cheap and easy that bolts in and i can do myself, and will be easy to rego after. I can't do fab work and its very, very, very expensive here.

G'day everybody! Its been a hot minute since i've been on here! I'm an Aussie living in Japan. Back home i've owned a nx-r, 33 gtst, 34 gtt and a v35. When i moved to Japan i wanted something different and bought a s15 spec r and a mira gino as a daily. I always wanted to get another 34 and with prices going up and up and up, i thought f*ck it, scraped together what little i had and bought a auto hr34 coupe at auction while i could still afford it. It's a stock, rust free 1 owner car. The long term plan, is to convert it to manual gtt spec. But for now, im flat broke so it'l just be dropping all the fluids, detailing it and getting it ready for rego/shaken. In a few months once ive got the cash to blow i'd love to pick everybody's brains about the swap. The det neo, gtt brakes and 33 gtst box are no brainers, but i know nothing about the suspension differences between the two, or the wiring aspect of it. So if anybody has done a full conversion i'd love to hear from you. Its good to be back in a skyline, even just a nuggety rb20 auto. So much more comfortable than the s15 ?