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Thanks for all your ideas. Adriano - The short wheelbase chassis is shorter than the 34 so would need lengthening. I could use the LWB chassis and lengthening the 34 body by 34 mm, but this would take away from the skyline's lines I think. Scotty - Engineering a cut/shut chassis would be possible (as it is legal to build your own chassis if properly engineered) but it would need to be subjected to some pretty rigourous twisting tests to ensure safety. XRATED - The Rhino buggies look cool. Craved - I think a custom floor pan would solve the handbrake/driveshaft issues, and entry and exit angles would definitely be compromised using a skyline body, however with a body lift and some custom barwork I think it would be achievable. What do you mean by the wheel arches presenting a problem?

I have had an idea buzzing around in my head for a custom build and I have some questions about feasability. GQ Patrols have an RB30 motor (in some of them). I've seen some Patrols running an RB26 conversion for extra power which is a relatively straightforward conversion. The Idea I have often wondered about taking a LWB GQ Patrol chassis, shortening it by 305mm to match the wheelbase to an R34 GT-T 2 door, fitting an RB26 then modifying the R34 with a custom floor pan, matching body mounts to that of the GQ Patrol and bolting the two together. Retain the Patrol diffs, suspension, drivetrain etc and fit the R34's cooling system, engine management etc. A bit like taking the old Kingswood ute's and bolting them to a Range Rover chassis only with a Skyline/Patrol version. I realise the project is A. Impractical. B. Costly ..............but most projects are What are the pitfalls? I can think of quite a few but keen on the SAU input. FWIW no I'm not 12 years old with big dreams and a small budget

Spotted a black 34 4 door leaving my workplace this afternoon on full noise.....sounded VERY good

Vitara is sold

GSXR is sold

Aaaah!! Noooooo!!! 4 door 34 with a GTR badge!!! Don't leave it on (facepalm), get a custom badge made up for it that says 'family car' instead

I reckon the 33 brake option is a good one, GTR if you can afford it but non-GTR if you can't. All bolts straight up but you'll have to lengthen the rear brake lines a bit.

Bump - in answer to questions price on the Vitara is negotiable, price on the GSXR is not negotiable.

Apologies that these are not Skyline's for sale, however I thought there might be some interest in the Vitara as a daily so it's worth throwing up an ad. And might as well try the bike here as well as bikesales.com and gumtree.com I previously advertised the Vitara on SAU when it's motor was playing up but I've now extensively rebuilt it.....in fact I've spent over $6,000 on it.....(gulp). Mobile: 0434 924 001 or PM me on this forum but mobile is quicker Vitara Details Asking price: $3,800 (doesn't take an accountant to figure out I overcapitalised on it somewhat!). Model: 1991 Suzuki Vitara soft top Motor: G16A (Carby 1.6 litre) Odometer: 234,xxx km Work completed on the car in the last year: Motor pulled out, crack tested, bored out 25 thou oversize, brand new pistons, rings, bearings, crank polished and tolerances checked. Head dipped, shaved, valves reseated, new seals etc. New extractors, catalytic convertor and exhaust. New alternator, starter motor, heater core, temp sender, oil pressure sender. New King springs and dampers and poly bushes throughout except for rear trailing arms as these bushes were fine. Pioneer head unit, new speakers front and rear, amp under seat (sub not included). New tires done 5000km (including new spare). New heater core. Oil and filter change at 1,000km after rebuild and every 5,000km since then. Done 15,000km since rebuild. Reason for sale: Had this and the 32, sold the 32 used this as daily but upgraded to a dual cab ute to carry baby and pram...porta cot...toys...nappies...bottles...dirty nappies...etc Pictures: below GSXR Details Asking price: $9,999 (or $10,000 with $1 cashback - limited time on the cashback offer) Model: 2009 Suzuki GSXR 600 K9 Extras: No, totally stock Odometer: 2,300 km Reason for sale: I was a moron who let a salesman talk me into buying a new bike....on credit. Paid $13,200 for it only three months ago and simply can't stomach the high interest repayments any longer. Gonna sell and get a cheap bike. BTW, reason it's a 2009 model but only 3 months old since new is that I bought last years model since I loved the white colour, it's exactly the same as the K10 model but has different colours available. Pictures: below

Heh, speaking of moveable signs at a recent outdoor expo at the wayville showground I was refused admittance for my car to the parking lot because I had a for sale sign on it!!!

I have no idea if it will plug into a Power FC sorry. However, SOLD pending payment

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PRICE DROP I have sold the R32 and now have a Suzuki GSXR, so I no longer need the E-Boost. (Bodykit went with the car). Price drop to $300

Nistune is great, cost effective, virtually undetectable and fully programmable. I don't think I can add much to what's been said, except to say that I ran the Nistune board in my RB25DET Neo R32 and had a reliable 190rwkw all day every day. Stock turbo, injectors, airbox, GTR exhaust, Z32 airflow. Had one occasion where I lost all boost and the ecu pulled timing, but I soon identified it as the plug from the knock sensor being loose. Clipped it back on and she was sweet. PFC wouldn't have pulled any timing or dropped boost.

You don't have to go straight gas conversion though, keeping petrol has it's benefits. The system I use on my work ute actually starts and runs on petrol then automatically flicks over to gas when the car is warm. There are two main hassles people have with LPG and petrol both being operational. One is that petrol runs richer on a cold start whereas gas doesn't need to. Gas uses a piggy back computer to intercept the signal the ecu gives to the fuel system to tell it how much fuel to run, hence it puts more in when the car's cold and overfuels when it doesn't need it. (This can also be overcome by running on petrol initially). The other is that a lot of cut cost tuners just upload a rough tune, get it right at about 3000 rpm with the gas analyzer in the exhaust pipe and the rest is estimated which can result in poor idle, poor power and poor economy. Both problems are not problems when the tune is done right.

Classic Performance Dyno at Hackham specialises in gas installations and tuneups. He's got an old 70's Holden with a full V8 Infiniti conversion running straight gas making 190rwkw so he seems up to scratch with it all. I'm taking my Subaru Outback there to get a gas conversion done soon.

Deposit taken. Car sold pending finance.

Cheers, I'll look into it. Might see if I can find a mini forum for more info. /thread hijack

It's a 1963, 850....the slow Leyland one. Glad you mentioned that though, I'm going to do a full strip and respray so I'll pull out the old welder and up the ratio of seam welds along the dash! Any other weak spots? Whoops thread hihack sorry

Bump. Keep the offers coming. Considering a swap offer, but more interested in a sale.

The skills we learnt at this course just saved my car and an octoganerian's life! I was just driving along at 100km/h on a long, straight section of road. An oldish (70-80) lady pulled up at a stop sign at the point where the road she was on joined my road (T junction). She looked straight at me then pulled out, then saw me and stopped with the front of her car in the middle of the road. Whilst she was doing this I had braked hard (no way I would have stopped in time though), then saw that she had stopped, got off the brakes onto the throttle slightly and went around her with very little space to spare. All this happened in about 2 seconds. If I hadn't done this course I'm pretty sure I would have just locked up the brakes and hit her at about 60km/h right in the drivers door. She's lucky to be alive. Thanks for the training guys!

I drove like a suicidal maniac when I was 16-21 and I only owned front wheel drive econo-boxes then. If I'd have had a powerful car then like I have now (200rwkw) I'd be dead for sure, no question about it. Even now after having 10+ years of driving experience with normal cars, 4WD's, motorbikes, trucks and now performance cars and being licenced and had extra training on each of these vehicles, the power of my car takes me by surprise sometimes, especially in the wet. The recent John Bowe Driver Training track day I did gave me a lot of respect for the car and upped my skills as a driver, but it also taught me that there's no way I want my son owning a car this powerful when he gets his license. In fact, I've just started doing up a Mini for him! I'm with Sled here, I'd rather have my son alive and annoyed at me than dead and if these laws help then I'm all for it. I think it's a fantastic idea but I wish they'd have waited until I sold my R32....

Just cracked the front bar and popped the LHS front indicator out on a low kerb Price dropped to $15,000* *to allow for the purchase of a new front bar plus painting.

btw, I will consider reasonable offers.

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