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I've heard if you type the VIN into fast, and the car is an autech model, a dialog box displays "This is an autech model"

I've seen the guys talk about it when they "fast" their autech stagea's and S15's

I can check your VIN for you if you want?

Can I see a photo of your 280km/hr dash? I haven't seen one for a cefiro before

The engine has a "Tuned by autech" badge on the top of the inlet manifold (just behind the throttle body), where a normal RB20 has the ECCS badge.

I would also guess that a genuine autech model would have plastic skirts and bumpers as opposed to fibreglass copies.

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Ah well mine is probably not an Autech model, the engine isnt the original one though, was changed in japan to an RB20DET, did the Autech models come out with a RB20DE? Vin is A31-007166

here is a pic of the dash, never seen one in another ceffy before, and a pic of the car

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RA31GFEM

09/88

colour KH0

RB20D

IRS - non hicas

Factory manual

no dialog box popped up for me

Yea i didnt think it would be an Autech ceffy, one could only hope though :P Still strange about the dash however, anyone else seen a 280km/ph one before?

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Thanks for the comments guys, i hate blowing my own horn so to speak but its still in really good condition, im not sure about the 280 dash, the car came with it from japan, i actually though i broke it the other day but it turned out to be the speedo cable *phew*. I had the vented guards put on a few years ago (paid $300 for them from viva garage/e-bay) but i dont really like them as they dont sit as perfect as the stocky ones did (anyone want to buy my vented ones lol).

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It's an Autech series 1 rear bumper and side skirts, and series 2 front bumper.

I've seen many cefiros with autech kits but they were all fibreglass, unlike the R32skylines M-spec kit, there were that many available I don't think anyone would bother making a fibreglass copy when they can source a genuine plastic kit.

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