Taking The Turbo Out Of An R34 25gt-t

[resh]

I know everyone has probably read that and said to themselves why on earth would you want to do that!?

Here's my situation. After wanting an R34 since i was old enough to feed myself the time has come when my hours upon hours of hard work have paid off and i have saved enough to get one. Problem is that, well, i'm on my P's and those lovely restriction laws in victoria mean only n/a skylines for me. After reading extensively through these forums the consensus seems to be that if i buy an n/a skyline i'm going to regret it further down the track. okay enough beating around the bush, basically i want to know if its actually possible/a good idea to get the 25gt-t, rip the turbo out (essentially making it a 25gt) then pop it back 2 years down the track when i'm off my p's and a competent enough driver to handle a 208kw 'line. Also how costly would the whole taking the turbo out procedure be?

oh and i appologise in advance if this is a completely stupid question and not actually possible, my knowledge into the mechanics of cars is very limited at best!

[Jezza-gtR]

I think you may find that even though it is a good idea.. it wont work..

the car may not physically have a turbo, but in vic roads/cops systems the car will show as being a turbo model and you will get done for it, plus it would be over the power / weight ratio.. dont quote me on this tho just going of stuff off the top of me head lol

[KURAUN]

u sir r a tool, sell the car and buy a gt ull make some money to

theres that many things that u would need to change to make it a NA itll cost so much its not funi,

plus as jezza said vicroads classified it as a turbo model as it will also b classifed

sell ur gtt and buy a gt

[R31Nismoid]

Hi.

There is plenty of info around mate, so ill be locking after this post as we have gone into it at length.

To summarise for you.

The car is still build-plated as a TURBO. So it is therefore illegal.

You would need to have it re-complied with EVER single proper NA factory part on the motor.

Right down to brakes/stud pattern/NA motor/exhaust and so on. Removing the turbo doesnt essentially make its a NA... as its still the turbo motor

So simply put, it would cost you well over $10,000 i reckon. By the time you sourced all the parts, labour to convert.

Compliance fees, Engineers fees and so on.

So buy the NA, drive it for a few years (inline with the law) and then sell up and buy a turbo

Cheers

Ash