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Yeah I thought 210 @ 11psi was a bit much. Still looks like a pretty neat car for the price, will go check it out. Cheers mate.

Silver 33 Quick question guys, is 210rwkw @11 psi possible with those mods or is the seller exaggerating? I'm really only familiar with the approximate power increases of bolt ons so I don't know what effect pushrods, pistons and a crank has on the power output. Cheers.

Just out of curiosity, why do you say that?

No. Gts-t is a single turbo r32 or r33. Gtt is a single turbo r34.

Pretty much what I was going to suggest, but I would have said over 65's. I like your other three ideas too. I think what some people have suggested is a little too extreme, but something definitely needs to be done. And I think starting with re-testing every 2 or 3 years for over 65's is a good place to start. Also, has anyone got their licence in the past year or so? Because I remember hearing that they were making the licence testing longer and harder. I think I remember hearing tests would be 30-45 minutes. Mine was 10!

Spotted a black or grey R33 GTR turning right into Watergardens off Keilor Melton Rd tonight at about 5:45. Belong to anyone here? That thing was very sexy. Very clean. Spewing I don't have the cash for a GTR.

I'm still looking for my Skyline, but I've test driven 4 and they are loads of fun to drive. And considering this is a Skyline forum, I'm pretty sure everyone on the site is going to agree. Although I have to admit, there is a supercharged VX commodore on car sales that has caught my eye. If it was manual I would have gone to look at it already lol. Go have a look at a few and see how you like them. Or see if your mate will let you drive his. Even if it's just in a car park.

PM me if you lose your licence then lol. You don't have a problem with a stateroads check do you?

Still I like the look of the SIIs better. Although if I found a really nice 95 model I'd probably go have a look. Drag is good enough for me to start off with. I won't have the balls to take it sideways for a while lol.

I like the look of the Series II's better, I want dual airbags and I just had a 92 Prelude, I'd like a bit of a newer car. Dad wouldn't be too happy if I bought too old of a car either. lol Hahahaha. It doesn't bother me if a car has been tracked before, as long as everything is still in good nick. Hell, I plan on taking my Skyline (when I get one) to the track, so it would be hypocritical of me to not want to buy one that has been tracked before. Calder is right around the corner from my house, so I can see myself heading over there quite a bit.

Yeah I have no idea how you could spend 3500 on a diff either. Looking at a few websites, you can buy a Nismo 1.5 or 2 way diff for $1500. Surely installation isn't double that? Then again that $1500 may not include shipping. The other thing is, the diff was put in by the previous owner. So he was told that it was $3500 by the guy he bought it off. Apparently the diff was only put in a few months before he bought it. I'm keeping an eye on the For Sale section here too, just haven't found any 96 Skylines or later in Melbourne that I wanna go have a look at yet.

If I had 28k to spend on a car, I would definitely buy this off you Gohan. Too bad my budget is only half that! Good luck with the sale mate.

Car looks very clean man. Very nice. I'm jealous! I'm in the market for a Skyline myself at the moment, can't wait to get one!

Will do mate. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it. Edit: Just smsed the seller as talking about diffs all day got me curious and I had to know. Quote from the seller: It's a full automatic. It's been in the car for 3 years and it was purchased for $3500. Sound right? $3500 sounds a bit high considering Rolls said you can get an LSD installed for a bit over 1k. But I have no idea about this sort of stuff.

Ah k cool. So it's not worth buying if it has a welded diff as I'm just gonna have to fork out 1k+ just to get a new one. Thanks. Yeah I understand, I was just curious to know more about the diff that's all as I don't know anything about them. And Rolls answered all my questions so I understand where you guys are coming from now. If it's welded I will go back to the white 33. Yeah I won't be buying one until I'm sure everything is ok, which is why I'm on here asking so many questions about all these cars lol. Good thing the guys brought up the diff though, when he was telling me about the diff I didn't think too much of it. I was more interested in asking him about the engine, what boost he ran it at and if he would let me get a mechanic inspect the car.

What is wrong with a locked diff besides the fact that it is not roadworthy? How much does it cost to buy a LSD inc. installation? Cheers.

Yeah he doesn't know a hell of a lot about cars. He doesn't even know how to use the boost controller, hence why it is at 5psi still. Turning corners was fine, I had no problems with it. My mate Pedro reckons it makes a sound when turning corners because of the diff, but I couldn't tell. I was too busy concentrating on the road I guess lol. I will ask Pedro to find out what the diff is now. Why is welded bad? Just because it is unroadworthy or because it is very dangerous? To my knowledge it has the stock turbo. At least that's what he said. Again, he seems to know very little about cars like myself. The new engine was because the old one was starting to have problems. But if it was showing 115,000 who knows what the real Ks on it were, as a lot of skylines are clocked back prior to importing correct? I will ask about the timing belt too. For the respray he is getting his brother in law to do it, who is a panel beater. Will just be plain white as far as I know, which doesn't bother me. Hell I'd take the paint as it is now if he gets that broken front bar fixed and touched up, but he offered to respray the whole car. I'm guessing he will just go over the current coat. I'm not expecting a full rub down and brand new paintjob from scratch. My only concern with the car is the mechanics. I've seen cars in a lot worse cosmetic condition. You'd be surprised how many people don't bother to wash the car or clean the interior before having the car looked at. Like I said, it looks nicer in person than it does in the pics. Whilst the other cars I've looked at are the opposite. Thanks for all the advice though, I've got some more questions to ask next time I speak to him now.

From what I've been told, the first scenario applies to this car. I would hope that my cousin and his sister's boyfriend wouldn't lie to me about that lol.

Yeah I'm getting a compression test done, but is a leak down test necessary if the compression test is ok? I thought leak down was only to see why the compression test failed. Either way I'll speak to the stateroads guy and see what he says. If I have to pay more for the leakdown test I'll do it. I'll have to ask more questions about the engine. Not sure if it was second hand or new when put in. But I do know that it hasn't been touched since being put in. So obviously it hasn't been rebuilt. Will definitely get him to have a good look at the oil too. Cheers mate.

Will definitely be doing a compression test. Is a leak down test necessary only if the compression test fails? Or should I do it anyway? What do you mean by rebuilt motor? As in a second motor? What am I looking for with the oil? Burnt oil?

I understand that, but at the end of the day I'm looking at Skylines. Do you know of any that haven't been thrashed a bit at some point? Please don't take that the wrong way, I'm not trying to be smart. It's like people who high flow their turbos, they don't do that to drive at the speed limit and change gears at no higher than 3000 rpm. From what my cousins have told me he bought the locked diff so it would go sideways better as you said, but he doesn't do it very often. Doesn't go drifting at the track and doesn't drive like a hoon. Gives it a bit of a lead foot from time to time, but no more than the average performance car owner. What do you mean there is no way a stateroads check can see if the car has been thrashed though? The guy was able to tell with the black 33 I looked at last week. Failed compression test and the car ran like crap.

Clutch and gearbox both seem fine. The clutch in the 34 is a lot better than the one in the 33 I saw yesterday. It's a HD clutch, just wasn't mentioned in the ad. The car looks to be in a lot better condition in person than it does from the pics. I was apprehensive about looking at the car too based on the pics. My only real complaint is the front bumper, but that will be fixed. Anything else you think I should look out for? The guy with the anniversary white R33 won't get back to me, but the 1996 R33 with the pinging has been thrashed too. The owner was very honest with me lol. Plus he has done a lot of the work himself. Whereas with the 34, everything has been done by a mechanic. I'll get the 34 stateroad checked, if it's thrashed I'll try the other 33. Also keep in mind that the pics from the white 1996 R33 are very old, the car doesn't look like that anymore. The paint is a lot rougher than the 34. Cheers mate.

Looks like I may have found one. White R34 It has a new motor that was put in at 115,000. So I shouldn't have any worries hopefully. Looks like we have agreed on My smashed Prelude + 13k cash his way for the car. However, he is going to get the front bar fixed for me, respray the whole car and put on new tyres for me too. He will also supply the RWC. I test drove the car tonight (it belongs to my cousin's boyfriend's best friend) and it drives very well. He says it is running at 5psi atm because he got trouble from the police, but he said it he will go back to his mechanic (who originally imported the car and who he bought it from) to get it tuned back up to 10psi, which is how he had it previously. I'm guessing I won't get anywhere near 200rwkw @ 10psi with those mods (full exhaust, pod, FMIC, hks wastegate, fuel pump <--- unsure what brand, full locker diff), but if I use the Apexi EBC that it comes with to pump it up to 14psi every once in a while I'm guessing I'll be there or there abouts? 10psi should be ample for a daily though. If stateroads give it the thumbs up hopefully this will be the one. Thoughts?

Had a look at this skyline today WhiteSkyline All was looking good until I took it for a test drive. It was pinging at about 4-5000 rpm. How much of a problem is this? If I get it stateroads checked and all is well except or the pinging, will an EBC and a tune fix the problem? The seller seems to think so, but just thought I'd get your opinions. Cheers.

What constitutes a rebuilt engine? This? : Silver R33 I love the look of it, and if it's making 210rwkw @ 11PSI then it leaves me plenty of growing room for later. Anyone think that number is BS? Or do all those mods he did to the engine make a big difference? The only other car I like atm mods wise is this one: White R33 As it has a high flow, fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator already done. All I really planned to do to this one was put in an EBC and get it tuned. However neither of the above two have gotten back to me yet. I've called the first guy twice in the past 24 hours with no answer, and sent 2 emails to the guy who owns the white one and haven't heard back from him yet either. lol