New Member From Ozcelica.com

[mark_sudakov]

Hi everyone

Didnt know where to post my intro, theres no new members subforum.

Well i currently drive a Toyota Celica SX 1990 model, which i thought was the best for the money. Now im looking at upgrading to something in the $10000 price point. Seems like a good opportunity for me, since i will be getting full licence in 3 months and have found a decent part-time job to support the beast. Have narrowed it down to either the Celica GT4 5th gen or the R32 gts-t. The skyline seems to be the winner in this point in time. Its got the looks, availability of parts, average labour costs, seems fuel efficient for a turbo engine, seems reliable. Well thats the idea i got from reading on this forum. I love the famous skyline taillights.

For the gt4 its quite the opposite compared to the skyline. Does however have the rarity.

In this forum i will mostly be helping out ppl in the car audio section, which is my hobby, and i have a fair knowlegde of it. I have done all fibreglass work in my car, which turned out quite nice If anyones interested, i will post some pics. You can see abit of it in my sig

So ye thats about it

[Sl!m]

Welcome, looks nice. pls dont put chromies on a 32 if you get one though kthnx.

[Basti]

welcome, nice car you had/have. go the r32 or you'll regret it;)

[maclarenf1]

PLZ.......god tell me your not going to put those wheels on a 32.... , Nice sound system thought......

[mark_sudakov]

haha, that middle pic was done with photoshop. Exaggerated wheel size and lowered regiculously low. The car actually has stock wheels.

Only mods is k&n pod filter and hurricane muffler, and sound system of course. Sound is the main feature of my car. Id like to change that, to turbo being main feature , with the r32.

This is the real deal:

Edited January 30, 2007 by mark_sudakov

[123456]

Hmm i had a big toss up between a GT4 and a Skyline as well. The GT4 isn't much slower, maybe .2-.3 on the quarter, but it's pretty heavy and it's alot harder to find mods/information about it. The other problem was a serious lack of good nick ones, probably because theres not as many around. I also wanted the GT4 for originality, but i mean R33 is the car everyone and there dog has, R32's aren't as common (at least near where i live) Ohhh and the front looks ok but the curves on the rear bumper of the GT4 was a huge turnoff!

Ne ways, welcome

Edited January 30, 2007 by 123456

[Mr. Keets]

Welcome Mark...live the dream!

[DivHunter]

Trabant two-strokes aren't common either, doesn't make them good.

[Modena]

hey and welcome!

[mark_sudakov]

Hmm i had a big toss up between a GT4 and a Skyline as well. The GT4 isn't much slower, maybe .2-.3 on the quarter

hmmm, really. I was told stock gt4's do low 16's in 1/4 mile, which is pretty slow. The r32 does 14.8 or so. I understand this is when they r new, but still its a good comparison and probably not far off from wat the r32 can do now, especially considering there is not many stock r32's around.

I guess id have to drive both and see. Ive been in a 3sgte powered celica sx. That was a crazy car, but sadly its still fwd, which wat turns me off in doing the conversion.

[Link]

Welcome mate

Good luck in your search for a 32

[mark_sudakov]

R32's aren't as common (at least near where i live)

ye thats exactly wat i was thinking. Dont see them that often. The only r32 i see is a blue one that is in my area.

[tek_01]

i think a r32 aswell, it is very hard to find a celica in good nick as someone said... i was looking for about 2 months with no luck

ended up buying an r33 which i dont regret =) not a fan of 4wd

unless of course its a gtr

[r32line]

hmmm, really. I was told stock gt4's do low 16's in 1/4 mile, which is pretty slow. The r32 does 14.8 or so. I understand this is when they r new, but still its a good comparison and probably not far off from wat the r32 can do now, especially considering there is not many stock r32's around.

I guess id have to drive both and see. Ive been in a 3sgte powered celica sx. That was a crazy car, but sadly its still fwd, which wat turns me off in doing the conversion.

Yeah you are correct, GT4's are not as quick as r32 gts-t's. For a start a GT4 will be pushing to do 0-100km/h in under 7 seconds (that is the Rallye edtn which is the top model and faster by my understanding, so a normal GT4 will be slower)... A 32 gts-t will do it in 6.5 secs.

And before you say they are factory times, i bought my gts-t over a year ago (so it was 13yrs old at the time), with no mods other than a cat back exhaust which was terrible and cheap and more than likely lost power over the stock system, and using a g-tech meter i did 0-100km.h in 6.57secs

Good luck with your search for a 32, but personally i'd be budgeting a little more than $10,000 to find a good example otherwise you could be in for a lot more money down the track... but see how you go! Keep us posted!

Edited January 30, 2007 by r32line

[32line]

i rekon u'll get a piece of crap 32 for 10k man....id keep saving if i were u. u'll def need money for all the bits and pieces u'll prolly need to fix.

the GT4 is no match for the r32, harder to launch, slower 0-100 and slower 1/4 mile.... chek out the review from The Age newspaper:

http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleD...=10518&vf=1

the r32 is the way to go, eaaasy to extract extra power too.

[thorpe84]

wohoo! another one converted

edit: oh and for around 10k you can get some decent r32's

my r33 96 s2 was only $12,200 8 months ago!! mint condition 85,000k's

Edited January 30, 2007 by thorpe84

[32line]

my r33 96 s2 was only $12,200 8 months ago!! mint condition 85,000k's

key word there being 'r33'.

thats why u got it for $12,200.

[Dav]

and if it had been a 32 he would of got it for half that again

i think the key word here might be na

[mark_sudakov]

theres some r32's in the for sale section going for close to $10000, so its possible. Im in no rush. I will find one at my price point, just have to be patient.

EDIT:

However, i would pay $11000-12000 for something as clean as this:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=148835

That is exactly how i want it to look.

Im planning to buy in 6-12months time, until then, im researching.

Edited January 30, 2007 by mark_sudakov

[mark_sudakov]

i rekon u'll get a piece of crap 32 for 10k man....id keep saving if i were u. u'll def need money for all the bits and pieces u'll prolly need to fix.

the GT4 is no match for the r32, harder to launch, slower 0-100 and slower 1/4 mile.... chek out the review from The Age newspaper:

http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleD...=10518&vf=1

Id like to have a spare $2000 just for a rainy day, but we'll see.

thanx for the article, should be a good read.