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Cheers mate, yeah I really love the look and of the car, breakin my heart to sell but.....don't have a choice

Well I am selling my DR30 for parts Too much time, effort and money needs to be spent to get the thing complied and on the road. It is a shame as I still really love the car, it is just not practical right now. Thank you everyone on classic skylines for your advise, and thank you for always trying answer my stupid questions. The car is listed on the for sale section http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Dr...le-t248370.html Cheers Glyn

Giving up and selling the DR30 To much work needs to be done to get it complied and on the road so I am selling it for parts. It is in the featured car section of www.FJ20.com, listed as Glyn's 83 midnight purple DR30 Car has: FJ20ET with factory highflowed turbo 5 speed Cusco strut brace Cusco strut tops Blistein yellow in the rear Blistein blue in the front front mount intercooler kit Aftermarket jap rims 15 inch oil cooler with filter relocation VL turbo fuel pump, R200 rear end complete with diff still in good nick Mines ECU VL turbo fuel pump pod airfilter sheepdog BOV Greddy profec electronic boost controller Daiken HD clutch Midnight purple paintwork 15x6.5" SSr wheels half roll cage (taken out of car) Bride fixed drivers seat 3x Greddy/Omori gauges aftermarket digital speedo Omori steering wheel A few spares Looking for $5000 In Melbourne

Giving up and selling the DR30 To much work needs to be done to get it complied and on the road so I am selling it for parts. It is in the featured car section of www.FJ20.com, listed as Glyn's 83 midnight purple DR30 Car has: FJ20ET with factory highflowed turbo 5 speed Cusco strut brace Cusco strut tops Blistein yellow in the rear Blistein blue in the front front mount intercooler kit Aftermarket jap rims 15 inch oil cooler with filter relocation VL turbo fuel pump, R200 rear end complete with diff still in good nick Mines ECU VL turbo fuel pump pod airfilter sheepdog BOV Greddy profec electronic boost controller Daiken HD clutch Midnight purple paintwork 15x6.5" SSr wheels half roll cage (taken out of car) Bride fixed drivers seat 3x Greddy/Omori gauges aftermarket digital speedo Omori steering wheel A few spares Looking for $5000 In Melbourne

All of Nissan (& infiniti's) performance RWD cars have been getting consistantly heavier and heavier. dulling performance, handling and increasing fuel usage. It is frustrating becuase there is a cost effective way of solving this problem. It is already being used by BMW, porshe and the OPEL ASTRA!!! http://www.ulsab.org/ Ultra, light, steel, auto, body If they can shave 10% off the cars weight (next GTR, new Z, G35/skyline) without adding cost and increasing body rigidity I think that would be OK. So please keep talking about the car being heavy because if enough people make a fuss about it then the company might actually DO something about it. Cheers

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I hear what your saying regarding the rear end. Probably more trouble than it is worth. One the the reasons that I am still very keen on the steering rack is that Nissan no longer sell the internal worm drive components for the steering box, so can't really properly overhaul the box. Could you get the worm drive parts custom machined? If so where, and would it really be better value than doing a rack conversion and getting better feedback? (although someone has said I may lose some turning circle if I do the rack conversion) Thank you Ghostrider for your feedback. Cheers

Sorry to dig this tread out again, but I found the following http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=116117 So how similar are the rear suspension mounting points on 280zx and the DR30? Both are semi trailing arm and look very similar. DR30 with S13 front suspension & R32/S13 rear suspension Cheers

Cops are ......... people. There some great people and some not so great people is all professions. All because some people have had a bad experience with cops does not mean all cops are bad. Have you had dealings with every single cop in Victoria? Sure there are some F#$K wit cops on a power trip. There are also other cops who are really trying to do the right thing. Me and my friend used to have heaps of trouble with cops when we where younger (sometime we were asking for it, other time the cops were being pricks) I started working and got a lift to work every day with an ex-cop, and he opened my eye's a little. He was the first person to admit that there were some truly crappy people that were cops, but some of the most decent people he had ever met in his life were also cops. I have since been much more respectful to cops and hey presto never had a problem with them since, even when I got busted for drink driving I was respectful and they where actually very nice people, just doing their job. We had a chat about cop cars etc. So grow up a drop your prejudge. If you are looking for a bad guy, you'll usual find one. Cheers

Sorry for the long post. RB26dett: Sand cast iron, closed deck engine block As already stated inline 6 (&V12) engine layout has perfect balance, and is even firing. Some inline 6 engines do have torsional vibration problems due to length of the crankshaft, but this can be overcome with good design. VQ35de High presure die cast alloy, open deck engine block with cast iron cyclinder liners. 60 degree V angle. A 60 degree V6 in even firing (unlike a 90 degree V6 which needs splayed crankshaft journals in order to be even firing) But a 60 degree V6 still has end to end vibration. for more info on this try http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth1.htm The open deck engine block is weaker than a closed deck engine block. However VQ's have been reliably boosted, proving how strong this design can be if designed and manufactured properly. High pressure die cast engine blocks can also sometimes have problems with porosity. VR38dett What we know: alloy block, plasma coated alloy cyclinder liners 95.5mm bore, 88.4 mm stroke The engine could be a VQ35hr (or VQ40de) engine block with different liners and rotating assembley. Or As stated the engine is said to be based on the racing engines. Modern racing engines tend to use the lost foam casting method. This method is very accurate with complicated shapes, is consistant and parts tend to have better finish than sand casting (also no chance of a stray sand particle going though your oil system) Lost foam also has the advantage of lower tooling investment, allowing production to be more flexible. So if the engine really is based of a racing we are talking about a very very VERY serious piece of kit. BRING IT ON Cheers P.S. I do also mourn the end of the inline 6. L28 with twin SU's and extractors sounds soooooo horny

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Hi All, I am in urgent need of a FJ20et sump PH: 0415 745 943 I'm based in Melbourne Cheers

Think there are some people out there who might disagree the this. http://forums.freshalloy.com/showthread.php?t=159347 And I think this is not the VQ35HR which apparently has a stronger bottom end. Cheers

I agree the that car does look a bit fugly but the wide guard DR has potential. The Ultmate DR Full roll cage custom carbon fibre kit Custom FJ24ET (ala OS GIKEN with low comp pistons), custom manifolds, intercooler etc. R32 or 33 based front and rear suspension, maybe even 350Z/V35. I know the above completely insane, but I would love see a hard core DR30 "silhouette style" DR30. One that looks a bit less carton the Tomica R30 (with FJ based engine). Dreamin