Astaroth

Thanks for that, might have a search for some photos of the different years... haven't noticed too many external differences but haven't been looking at them side by side.. Have been reading the sticky in the forced induction section, some great info there. The RB30 thread is f'ing great, but I have about 259 pages left to read lol. Cubes emailed me the summary document though (couldn't d/l it at work, thanks cubes!) and it's excellent... that'll definitely be something I think about over the next couple of years. In the early stages I'd be looking to fit a suspension kit and do all the bushes etc, this assumes I buy the one I pic'd above cause it still has stock suspension. Can anyone link me to a fairly comprehensive suspension mod guide? I've found scattered info here and there but nothing that really covers the lot... the handling section seems more full of brake stuff than suspension I'm basically looking for a guide on a complete suspension overhaul, mainly to give me an idea of how much I would be looking to spend. Also I'd like some info about ECU's - the most common here seems to be the PowerFC, am I right in that it literally just drops in and requires no modification? Also does it run the car as it came from the factory, everything operates as normal? And assuming it's tuned well does the car start and run like a factory car? When I put the VR4 in the cordia I ran a microtech and she was an absolute pig to start... ran fine once it was warm but cold start was terrible. Hmmm I think that's enough for the moment. Thanks!

Likewise, great read - I'm in the process of looking for a reasonably stock R33 so I think I'll be heading down the same path as you. Have the cash to buy the car and do all of these mods in one go. Worst part though, I had a malpassi RR reg and a Bosch 044 fuel pump on my cordia and I sold them only a few weeks ago!! Thanks for the ideas

SKY031 - thanks for that link, had a look through the stickies but must've missed that one. TBH the differences between S1 and S2 seem very minor so I don't think I'll discount S1's... if I find a good one I'll take it. That purple one I pic'd above is a really nice looking car so if it turns out to be a winner I don't think I'll be worried that it's not an S2. Uh.... ok then.

Yeah from the photos it looks very tidy. It's fairly stock - has a big cooler (600x300 or thereabouts), bov, new HD clutch, pod, exhaust, and obviously the wheels/kit/paint... no internal work or anything though, just the way I want to start. Comes with a bunch of spares, according to the guy he had plans for it but he's had a kid now and it's not practical. There's seats and trims and stuff plus spare wheels and tyres etc. 135,000k's according to him, not really sure how to check that other than the general wear and tear of the car. Think I might have a look in the next week or two, will have to give it a good working over. I got burnt when I bought the cordia (hence I decided to do the VR4 conversion)... was young and silly, lot more experienced now so not gonna let that happen again He's asking $15k, without knowing much about shkyrines I'm not sure how reasonable that is (and of course I haven't seen the car yet...). It still has stock suspension so I'd want to rectify that almost straight away.. so there's money to be spent already Oh and I meant to ask, do you guys have a 'I just bought a skyline and have some money to spend, where do i start modifying' sort of thread here? Can't seem to find anything.

Sorry actiondan I meant to ask about this: Why? Are there significant differences between S1 and S2 or are you just suggesting I get the latest I can? I only ask because there's one in particular that I'm looking at and it's a 93. Cheers, Astaroth.

Gah that's right, I forgot invision groups with +'s hence 'r33 common fault' turns up 92137283923475034954098 results Thanks

Hi all, I'm looking to buy an R33 GTST, there's a few for sale around here at the moment and I've been thinking about it for a while. Had a VR4 Cordia project going for a while but have outgrown that and since parted her out.. I've read through the FAQ section, found the 'I'm buying a skyline..' thread very useful. I've done a bit of searching but am having trouble finding much more info... never liked the invision search engine I'm trying to find information specs on GTST's... I'm after the differences between year models mainly, as some of the ones I'm looking at are quite early models (late 93).. but also info on different specs within the same year. Also some R33-specific info would be great... particularly what tends to go wrong with them! Thanks