funkymonkey

let me be the first to wish you a warm welcome to 3 weeks ago http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=108086

S2 stags were available in manual from the factory. Keep in mind there are RWD only variants as well.

www.stageasaustralia.com is already linked to SAU from memory.

I'll check at driftline if the stock catback has been returned... someone's always using it to clear epa's.

Boostcruising user... should explain everything Stop... Breathe... Punctuate. I want some of what you're smoking.

ouch 21 grand for that? $13,500 is probably closer to what it's worth. I saw an auction for this same car end a couple of hours ago, and it finished at $16,500 or something like that, with the reserve met.

hmm decoding your model code, according to FAST, its a regular GTR made in May 1997. According to the VIN plate its a GTR V-Spec (W in 6th pos = V Spec). According to FAST that car is just a GTR (Q = Regular GTR). So if the car's got V Spec bits then someone's gone to a fair bit of effort to make sure that they pulled off a fake V Spec. I'd say its a car that was upgraded at the factory for a customer.

some R33's have a combination of printed and engraved plates. Please don't post the same topic in multiple sections... it won't get your questions answered any faster.

The R34 N/A 4 door is just a simple commuter car (pretty much a commodore of japan)... I wouldn't be expecting blistering performance out of it. The mazda's got better power to wieght than your car.

looks like a bag of M&M's is there a colour code that hasn't been done in sydney yet?

Maybe you should write a letter to Nissan asking em why they built em in the first place. I'm sure they'd love to hear your input as to why they shouldn't have made a couple of their best selling commuter cars also I should add... calling an admin a "pooface" is a bad idea

haha canoodlian sam! Its aboot time you logged on here. You gonna get an R32 GTR in canada or what? they've got a 15 year old import scheme still.

LP2 is Midnight Purple, which is a somewhat rare colour to get a GTR in... so if your car is currently Midnight Purple, i'd say that the car was originally supposed to be a Black GTR (KH3), but then the new car buyer asked for a different colour and options when he bought it. Usually the order goes back to the factory and a car is picked off the production line and modified. Having the kanji and brand printed and the rest engraved is normal. I'll see if I can decode the model code so you can check with your car, but I have a strong suspicion that the difference will be upgraded parts. In the meantime, what's the current colour of the car?

hmm will have a look at the attachment checking script... was my old man hooning around in the cefiro again? He loves the new boost controller.

yeah I downloaded some password cracker thingamajiggy that got rid of it. The main delay was to get the full version of Acrobat 7.0 so I could reauthor the PDF's. All done now, unfortunately have to wait till Monday to mail em out.

so does it actually have any lap times and dyno figures of its own, or is everyone simply running around like headless chooks going off figures leeched from the original Mine's tune demo car? Not to take away from the car, its an awesome looking car and spec wise I'd give a left testicle for it, but I'd like to see some numbers.

What to do in Tokyo Do it... do it! Cos if you don't hoards of american tourist fanboys will soon enough.

sorry for pissfarting around guys... just haven't had the time to finish em off. I'll be spending some time tomorrow morning finishing off the reauthoring of the PDF's (stupid japanese seller password protected all of em) and burning em onto CDs so I can send em off on Monday, or if I do em quick enough maybe even before the post office closes on Saturday. Ian or Alex, if you want I can meet up with you somewhere around the Glen Waverley area and give you the CD's for the melbourne based guys so you can hand em out at the next meet. Otherwise I'll just post it out.

gah not more attachment errors... thought the upgrade would have fixed it. Was it a once off or is it a recurring issue (ie is it still happening?)

*** have been in the importing game for a long long while... they're good at what they do, just that recently they sound like they need some motivation to finish things that they start.

and you know the A32 cefiro came in station wagon form right?

Actually... bayside blue was an option on models other than the GT-V a couple of months before the GT-V went into production. Also if you didn't get the series 1 GT-V (jan-aug 2000) you got the hideous Series 2 R34 narrowbody bumper as standard. Interestingly the second series GT-V's also dropped a few nice colours like red and yellow... possibly due to lack of interest from new car buyers in japan.

Love airbags n hydro's... both our VIP Celsiors have airbags (factory with aftermarket controllers to allow em to sit an inch off the ground) and the Maxima has hydros... doin the dogleg (one wheel off the ground) Hydraulics suck for handling and ride comfort,because its like having no springs at all and dampening is only provided at the midpoint of the height, ie there's no travel in shock absorption at full height and minimum height. They pull the chicks though... apparently. Airbags are much nicer for handling and ride comfort. Get an Air Strut though... they're replacement struts with airbags built in.

FFS I will ban the next person that refers to their "Type M" as an "M Spec"... consider this... an "M Spec" is an R34 GTR variant, usually a whole $80,000 more expensive than an R33 GTS25t Type M.

how hard was the engine swap to do?