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I sold mine recently for $130K. Its basically where it is at now for an 09 car - if not lower. I also know a couple that sold for under $120 for an AUD one. All with less than 20,000kms. So I personally wouldn't be paying more than $100K for a JDM one now.

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Good to know - thanks Stu. Spoke to Mark this morning and the Elf E85 is selling here for $2.20/L - best rate so far I've found for 98RON blended E85 - and will also be available as an on course back up for THC anyways. Hopefully it goes well and we see them back as another supplier in Tas 2011 as well.

Closed - Topics like this should live in the Wasteland. Lets keep the R35 section on topic.

Guys - this isn't going to turn another thread of bashing S15guy just because you disageee with what he says. If you can't say anything usefull don't say anything at all or else you won't be saying anything on here for a week.

Yeah but it comes with the disclaimer that its the ugliest - biggest POS GT-R ever!

You can run 18's on an R32 GTR for Targa (can run +2' on both height and width from factory sizes) 400R for Targa can run a bigger exhaust (normal GT-R's can only run a 3" - 75mm exhaust) plus can run a 2.8L engine. I could do both if I ran my car as a Z Tune (and run bigger turbo's) - but then that puts the car out of Early Modern (1984-2002) and into Mordern against the Lambo's, Porka's and R35's since the Z Tune was technically a 2005 car. But both of those things on the 400R equate to a LOT of extra HP (the exhaust is the big one!) and the extra engine makes the car better again out of corners which is what you really want in a Targa car.

Dutton Victoria in 2007 and Targa Rookie 2009 both of which we won it was making around 380rwkw's. Last year at Targa Tas Early Modern - which I won for about 30mins before I got DQ'd for running the wrong gearbox (which made no difference in speed for this arguement) I was running around 320rwkws - but the car was FASTER than what it was the year before when it was making 380rwkws as it was much better out of corners. (But will hopefully be back upto around the 350+ mark with it running on E85 now) But power isn't the major factor at Targa by a long shot. Drew Jorgensons R32 GTR which makes around 320rwkws is an epic race car and has finished as high as 3rd Outright @ Mt Buller getting beaten only by J. Richards in his Porka and one other car. BUT - I have to personally say that whilst being competative is great I don't think winning is everything. The reality is come TT2011 Early Modern if all things are equal I'm likely to get beaten by Wooster in his R32 GTST and Newton in his EMO IV - both of which will no doubt have costed half of what my car did to build (can add Rick Shaw in his RX7 to that list too if he turns up!) If I was dead keen to win it next year I would have built an R33 400R replica instead of another R34 - but I think you have to love your car first and get results second. I do anyways.

My Blue car had a cage - but also had things like the full Stereo (including 6 speaker system and a DVD player), full climate control, full interior including all the internal trim, the back seats and floor mats! Obviously front seats were race seats and you couldn't get into the rear at all with the cage but having that in there meant the car was quiet to drive in (so I could hear my stereo!), at the right temperature all the time and was just a generally nice comfortable place to be whether I was racing or driving to events. I drove my car everywhere which was why I wanted it that way. But it weighed in at 1690kgs. The new car I'm hoping to get down to around 1550kgs or better, but it will be loud, smelly (will probably get some fuel smells from the boot I'm expecting), hot and not a lot of fun to be in when its not going flat out. But it should be faster, more reliable (less mechanical stresses due to less weight) and consequently a more fun race car as well.

Ok I will chime in now for you I've been reading this with interest. For what it is worth I DO have some GT-R love - I wouldn't be building another one right now if this wasn't the case. My Blue GT-R I had for 7 years which I bought originally as what you want which was a fast street car I could do some motorsport in. In that time it has been through a zillion different builds depending on what I wanted to do at the time - but when it finally ran its last race it was still essentially a fast street car with a cage. The thing is though even back as a standard package it was still pretty fast by your avergae car standards. With just a Power FC, Exhaust, Cam Gears and Semi's I managed a 1.49 @ PI and we've seen JFK do a 1.22 @ Sandown. The reality is no matter what is under you going faster than those times is going to be more about your head than anything else. That being said my Blue R34 in the end was only used as a race-car. But even though we had some top results it was comprimised as a race car because it was built originally with a street car in mind. My new White one is being built now soley as a race car and I'm quite sure it will be a lot faster than the old one was as a consequence. If you want a GT-R I say go for it. If its a street car base you won't win super lap and will get beaten by Newton at Sandown - but you will still be fast enough to be happy - and potentially fast enough to win the right events if you are good enough. If you want real real fast then go light weight and buy an RX7

Did you mean Power Plus? Right now I can find 4 suppliers of "racing" E85. Power Plus Cheetah Race Fuels Elf Race Fuels Fuel Control Australia But you can also buy the non-racing (basically 91RON mix rather than 98RON mix) from a couple of local petrol stations. I guess it would be tops to know from that list what can and can't be used.

I don't suppose anyone knows which CSR E85 is allowed under Targa rules? Is it the Sucrogen Premium E85 or the standard pump E85?

Yeah the best part I was finding on the weekend was the "Not having to worry about remembering how to put it all back together again". It's so much less stress!

Another R34. Although I'm not sure "building" is the right word as right now I seem to be destroying it!

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Got mine too. Now I just need to build the car! But I did organise a nice little present for it from Uncle John yesterday.

If it goes ahead I will do the Tour again! Fantastic few days of drinking

Yeah I had the choice between TWP11 and Whistler. I'm going skiing

Surely Deano owes you one!

Mt Buller down hill - should be an excelent wake up call every morning!

Exactly. I think as a Nation we are all being far too sensitive here. Giving Vettel the wing was the right thing to do from a team / championship point of view and after his effort last start Webber didn't deserve it anyways. If he hadn't have gone from 2nd on the grid to ninth to the back of Hekki's car all in a few laps at Valencia I'm sure he'd have had his new wing at Silverstone. Good on him for getting the job done on the weekend (as I can't stand Vettel anyways) but at the same time people need to toughen up to these decision - or better yet be in a position to earn them.

Get used to it. You will also have to learn how to drive constantly smiling since every 4th car will have someone trying to take a pic of you with their camera phone.

Mine is road registered here in Vic. I don't drive it around much (and you will quickly find a full trim race car isn't as pleasant to take for a drive than what a modded street car is!). But I do drive it to and from the work-shop, to and from events (although thats about to change!) and I also do take it for the odd test drive / set-up check / re-equant myself with the car around event time.

I use a 330 as well. The one I had that was horrible was a 310.

But I reckon after spending 2,000km's in a Superkart you'd be ready to neck yourself. LOL