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R34

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I’m a bit undecided what to do with my DR30.

I’ve built it up to be a nice street package to use in the odd classic rally etc.

I’ve entered in a 1 day classic rally just for fun and got some sponsorship for the event.

Just had a call from this companies brand manager and now they’re talking about upgrading the sponsorship.

If that happens I would need to upgrade the car a fair bit for more serious racing.

So do I strip it into a racer or go find a beat up S15 to race?

Almost seems a shame to turn this car into a racer.

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jrh001 Proficient

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I'm a bit undecided what to do with my DR30.

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Almost seems a shame to turn this car into a racer.

Hi,

Found the pics in this thread: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Wt...pe-t284778.html

I agree with your conclusion.

JH

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I would do what Ghostrider has done, He has the PNV KHR30 as a showpiece/cruiser with good power to boot, and then the old DR30 he scored for under 4 grand, and done some effective mods getting it track worthy,

the thing is if he prangs the DR30 race hack, its not a massive loss.If the PNV got pranged, it would likely become a national day of mourning and countless dollars attempting to return it to its former glory...

My suggestion, look at a track only vehicle.

There is PLENTY of options out there, dont think of bulk killawasps but power to weight and a balanced chassis

the S13 Silvia can be put together for under 10 grand in a few weekends, and are cheap to fix/repair/upgrade

R32's are becoming cheaper and they also are a great package once the suspension is sorted well.

There are occasionally race only Lexus IS200 or whatever they are ,and they have some 2gtse BEAMS engine and fly along like a rocket.

an S15 is a more refined package, but as a track only setup, I would put the later model SR20det into the S13 and go mental from there...

OR

trawl the net for months on end and maybe find another DR30 to rescue from some p plater drift nut wannabe in adelaide...

hang on a sec! there is a big thread about one such thing just a month or two ago!

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DR JOSH

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There are so many better base model cars to build a track car from would be both cheaper and would get better results from an S-chassis, and your car is too immaculate to do it to.

Come to think of it Datto boy's DR has been up for sale on here for a while and it is good start if you do want to make a track DR, it already has most of the basics few little bits and pieces here and there and it would be good to go

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Eo...30-t253701.html

trawl the net for months on end and maybe find another DR30 to rescue from some p plater drift nut wannabe in adelaide...

Hey I take offence to that, sounds like me, except I'm not a p-plater any more :D:(

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Duncan Grand Master

Duncan

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definately don't race something nice.

buy something cheap (even if its a damaged version of the model you have) to race instead. it physically hurts to see what racing and rallying do to a car you love. and you really need to strip whatever it is first anyway, so repairs at the sametime are cheap and simple

I bought my car as a shitter 7 years ago to race, and even now it still hurts that I need to chuck the shell away and get a new one - too much damage to the chasis/body itself, bodywork, mounting points and chassis rails to stick with it for more than a couple of years more.

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