Thinking Of Buy An R32 Gtr Soon

[SiR_RB]

hey guys

i got a friend coming around to look at my r33 as his interested in buying one

i wasnt planning to sell, but i chucked him a price and he seemed keen (and the price is good too )

now ive just been looking at afew r32 gtrs out there, and if i go that way ive decided to proberbly go a 1994 model

just afew questions:

do all 1994 r32 gtrs have the r33 engine from factory ?

ive seen afew good ones (only from pics) with abit more then 100,000kms on the clock, but the plenum has a little bit of paint missing, is it true that cars with paint missin from the plenum hav had a hard life?? or hav done way more Km's ?

anyinfo would be great

ps. before takin the plunge i will definetly be gettin a comprehensive chek over by professional

[KR4-GTR]

is it true that cars with paint missin from the plenum hav had a hard life?? or hav done way more Km's ?

good question, i've wondered that too?

[SiR_RB]

hmmm i think ive read sumwhere its comon for rb26's with over 100,000kms to hav this

says alot about some r32 gtrs with "60,000kms" and the plenum looks like its been dipped in acid lol

[N1GTR]

lol!

Funny thread!

My stock plenum looked immac one day, then i decided to gurney the engine bay and clean it up, the plenum looked ratty ever after as the paint is just old and doesnt like being hit with high pressure, especially considering the plenum goes through a lot of heat cycles.

There are a LOT more things you should be looking at to determine the approx age of a GTR when buying rather than the paint on the plenum, for all you know he couldve used a gurney like i did

[D-Spec]

K's are not the only indicator of car condition anyway, you really need to be driving the cars for a while and doing a proper road test. It pays to have a pro who knows GT-R's look over it too. Compression and leak down tests can also be a good idea. A car with 60,000k's could just as easily go bang as a car with 160,00 depending on how they have been treated and maintained during their lives.

[r32line]

good question, i've wondered that too?

I'll put it this way... Which would you choose:

While its not the be all and end all, it is an indication of how the car has been looked after.

As said above, the kilometer's that are displayed are rarely accurate so I would not really use that as a factor in assessing the car's condition.