Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

my brother is considering buying one of these

i dont know much about them

wat should he look for with the car?

good points and bad please?

seems to be in a good sort of condition

burgandy in colour

need to replace the right side headlight cover

downside is that its done about 310,000k's

are parts easy to find?

engine conversions?

any info appreciated

thanks guys

ambs

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/
Share on other sites

Sounds like a good price - good car on a budget. Parts are easy to find and all mechanics know them pretty well. It was my last car before my R33, had no major problems and was pretty cool for what u get (although didn't look anything flash)

Mine was still going strong on 250,000km or so, and many people get about 400,000km out of them - so they're a good workhorse.

Go for it as long as the body is shipshape.. if the engine blows should be able to get another one put in for under $1k or so.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-621295
Share on other sites

1,250 is good.

yeah it's got high km's... but as others have said, the RB30 you can get 400,000 out of.

I'd be checking the Diff for whine, the Borg Warner is well known for it... and if it is getting noisy then it is on the way out.

Other than that, get it checked out etc by a mechanic.

Parts are easy to come by so dont worry about 2nd hand parts.

It's no Import Skyline or anything and most bits are interchangeable from the motor out of the VL.

it'll serve him well if it is in good nick.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-621342
Share on other sites

need to replace the right side headlight cover

If it's just a cracked cover, then take the left one off.

downside is that its done about 310,000k's

It's a Skyline.... it can handle it :)

are parts easy to find?

Too easy

engine conversions?

Lots of options, starting with basic NA mods, extractors, pod, exhaust.

If he wants to go turbo, then the VL turbo bolt on bits will give him a nice and easy extra 30 to 50rwkw

Then if he's still power hungry, there are still places to go.

RB25det, RB26det, RB30det.........

How much does he want to spend on mods? :D

As far as enginge modifications go, its gotta be one of the easiest to modify.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-621436
Share on other sites

thanks for the info guys

sounds good!!

ill advise him of wat u have all said

and get the car checked out asap!

OH and hes not really thinking about mods at the moment

probably just dump it and zorst

i was just asking incase the engine does go

wat opions would he have

but thanks i got the info i need now

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-621440
Share on other sites

check for any rust in the doors and around the doors also in the wheel arches.

they are good cars a mate of mine had one with a shit load of k's and it neva gave any trouble. You could probably get a freshn'd rb30det to put in later on.

then it would be CRAZY!!!!!!!

hehe

take it easy

Mark

:)

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-623450
Share on other sites

look out for rust along the top of he windscreen

also the auto boxes in the series 3 skylines were a bit shonky. Most of them don't last. Other than that they are great cars. I had mine for 6 - 7 years, and the whole time the only problem I had was a lown exhaust manifold gasket.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-624120
Share on other sites

I had a Silho before my coupe and was a great car. This is what to look for, noisey Borg Warner diff they need to be rebuilt around the 100,000 k mark as they get a whine up around the 100KPH. I have seen RB30E with 300,000ks and still have hone marks on the bore, if looked after from day one, have been known to get 700,000'ks out of a motor. SerIII Auto never had their bands adjusted properley out of the factory so if it is still running properley would be good to get them checked and set properley. Rust they usualy only have rust if they have been treated like crap thats why the little buggers are all over the place still after 17 years the only reason they end up in Wreckers is due to prangs.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-625400
Share on other sites

Guest SXY.033

I had exactly the same car (colour and everything) - number plate is not DCW-xxx is it?

- Anyway there was a common problem where water would gather at the bottom of the spare wheel and rust right through. Might be something to check.

- The borg warner lsd is a bit dodgy - only aussie made part on the whole car apparantly. Only need to worry if its making a whining noise.

Is it the series 1 (with the rear bar lights, and front block type headlights)??

- series one came with a 4 speed auto mechanical tranny - while series 2 and 3 came with 4 speed electronic auto.

Apart from that - the engine is bulletproof like many others have said.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-628837
Share on other sites

I had exactly the same car (colour and everything) - number plate is not DCW-xxx is it?

- Anyway there was a common problem where water would gather at the bottom of the spare wheel and rust right through. Might be something to check.

- The borg warner lsd is a bit dodgy - only aussie made part on the whole car apparantly. Only need to worry if its making a whining noise.

Is it the series 1 (with the rear bar lights, and front block type headlights)??

- series one came with a 4 speed auto mechanical tranny - while series 2 and 3 came with 4 speed electronic auto.

Apart from that - the engine is bulletproof like many others have said.

its got the round stove top lights

ill try get some pics of it to post up

looks pretty scmik actually

nice two tone colour

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/30690-r31-silhouette/#findComment-628859
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • I should note too as I have all 4 wheel speed inputs to the emtron I now have the emtron controlling the attessa solenoid for 4wd/traction and launch control strategies. 
    • It works quite well with the adjustibility within each of the programs of the turbolamik. Essentially p1 is drive and lockup comes on like a normal driver.  But in program 7 I have customised it to not request the lockup clutch to engage until something like 6500/7 when slip was the lowest. 
    • Yep, I like that. The tags are only on the first post of a thread and we don't get huge numbers of new threads. Also, I plan to add some more report types and we could have a member report type like 'review tags' then members could flag if they thought a topic wasn't tagged correctly.  No way man, I dig the input. Thanks! 
    • It's a valid thought. There's not exactly that functionality already (when creating a thread) - that's where the OP can use/create any tag they want. We'd have to come up with a way for the user to request their tags get reviewed or something. Otherwise the mods would have to review every new post's tags (for those that have them, anyway). There's kind of that functionality already exists to some extent, post facto of starting the thread, where the OP or any other user could report the post to admins, and request that tags get reviewed. We could do this already, and any user could already have made such a request. To make it a part of the forum proper, it would require an initial and an ongoing education programme, so that people know that it's a thing. OP based tagging/request for review would also require at least some (probably most) of the user base to be told that it's a thing they can do. Both of these things probably wouldn't spread too far and/or get used very much. If it was the standard approach on a lot of different sites, then it might do, because people would be used to it. Prank's approach to this differs from my original thought, by leaning into tagging. Which is fine - it's possibly better than what I originally suggested. In fact, I just went to the R32 GTR wiring diagram thread and added tags, including "Library". That's probably a good way to use tags and the idea of a library. We just have to drag together an (organised!) index of threads or posts that have that tag. I have yet to do any of my own follow up by pursuing worthy threads and posts and reporting/marking/tagging them for the library, such as the @Sydneykid stuff I was talking about, and possibly any amount of @Lithium 's and others' posts. At least if I tag them Library, we'll have a start.   Back to @Wazmond's idea as it relates to @PranK's, we might have some sort of a list of tags that are already used to scrape for this library. I'm not entirely sure how that would be presented or used, particularly if it got long. But it's yet another idea!   cheers
    • Just a thought, but instead of restricting, is it possible to do like an "up for review" kind of thing? Where say someone who's not an admin/mod tags, it would require approval for it to actually tag? User posts with a 'tag' > Admin/Mod Reviews > Approves tag > Tag now exists kinda thing? Just came across this thread so Im not too sure if Im straying off topic or not but forgive me if i am...
×
×
  • Create New...