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Hey everyone,

I am looking to buy a R32GTR but it has a R33GTR engine in it.

I am very interested to know if the 33GTR engine suffered the same oil problems that the 32 GTR had.

If there is a link to all this information please send it to me as i am very serious about purchasing this GTR.

Also any possible warnings or tips upon what to look for in purchasing a GTR would be awesome!

If you have any advice on purchasing a GTR please let me know.

Car was built in Japan and probly used for track, strret and maybe drag racing (exact specs cannot be known but these are all suspected if not priven to e modified to the car)

Specs are below and any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

2.6 litre twin turbo coupe with anR33 GTR engine and Trust 618z turbos

ENGINE AND ELECTRONICS

APEXi Power FC and FC Commander unit

HKS EBC

Forged Pistons

TOMEI 260 degree cams

TRUST adjustable cam gears

HKS 1.2mm head gasket

HKS metal gaskets for plenum and exhaust manifolds

Sard 680cc injectors

SARD fuel regulator

N1 water pump

HKS delivery pipe

Bosch intank 044 pump

Polished Plenum

Oil catch like the powerplay ones + oil Air separator

Cusco Intercooler Intake pipes with Custom Turbo Intake Pipes (aluminuim)

Custom Carbon Fibre Air Box with CAI

Cusco master cylinder brake stopper

Z32 airflow meters, new apexi pod filters

Dual core radiator with cusco air panel diverter

TRUST dual core Intercooler 75mm

TRUST oil cooler and oil filter relocator Power Enterprise magnetic oil filter used

OS Giken twin plate clutch with lighten flywheel

R33 Brembo brakes front/rear with Earls braided brake lines F/R

NISMO circuit link suspension parts

AS - front pillar brace bar, for more rigid chasis

Chasis has been Pop Riverted for extra rigidity from engine bay to front cabin

Adjustable Front Upper Arms (camber)

G4 - Height and dampner adjustable suspension

ARC adjustable castor rods

Rear HICAS cancellation bar

ARC front and rear strut tower braces

ARC front and rear sway bars

NO ABS

TRUST dump/front pipes

3n1/4 inch Kakimoto stainless steel exhaust

Hi flowed Catco cat converter

Push Start Button with kill switch

Battery relocated to the boot

RWD toggle switch made by Dirt Garage

GReddy Electronic Boost gauge and HKS oil temp gauge

4WD controller by Raceworx installed (Duncan)

Turbo timer

Trust Gear Knob

3point immoboliser with auto window lifter, works with turbo timer

Rays Engineering 17x10inch rims, chrome outter and gold innner 2 piece rims 255x40

N1 front bar with front lip on bonnet (carbon fibre)

N1 head lights

N1 lip on the boot

N1 style side skirts

Kenwood MP3 player with Clarion 6inch splits, Clarion 6inch rear speakers

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Well given it no longer has an R32 RB26 in it any criticism of the early RB's is rather irrelevant.

Secondly, with all those mods I would have expected to see something relating to the oil pump & maybe an oil restrictor in the head. Maybe they just missed listing it.

Lastly, it doesn't read like a drag car. But you just don't know. Just make sure the thing is reasonably fresh. All the mods in the world won't help if it is flogged out. Good luck getting it complied...

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sounds like it was built in australia to me? G4 suspension... catco cat... dirt garage rwd switch etc. so given all these mods done in aus, i'm assuming the car is in aus, which begs the question, why not just ask the owner these kind of questions? i'm not so keen on a pop riveted chassis, and not quite sure how they get two front strut braces on there...

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Having usd T618Z on a few customer cars i would be wary as to what you want to use this car for, with T618Z's expect a fair bit of lag as they are designed for heavily modded 26's and are Trusts largest bolt on twins nearly equiv to twin TD06S-20g.

Average output is 440-520 odd rear wheel KW and trust recommend pretty extreme specs with these turbo (nothing under 272 10.5mm) with baby tomei 260's the above setup seems to be a little mis matched, have you driven it or got any power figures?

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Have not driven car yet.

Wanting to drive this weekend and quite possibly buy if he will let me.

Car has been for sale for about 1 year and no one has snapped it up. That is why i thought i woudl ask for any assistance if the GTR fields that some people might know more about than me.

He has stated the car has 570 ps at the flywheels but i do not know what that converts to in kw or much else.

Also has it tuned by JEM at 300awkw on 1 bar and 360awkw at 20psi.

Does this all sound right.

Car has been in aus for a while and some mods have been done to it here but the majority of engine work was done in Japan. Just a few thigns done to it in Aus for compliance (prestige motorsport) and just owners own preference after compliance.

Any help would be appreciated.

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