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hey guys, just had my subaru break on me and could be a pricey fix so i thought about a skyline or a silva around the 1992 to 1996 mark. now most of these are turbo cars and as i am still a p plater just wondering how hard is it to make non-turbo plus will if have any repercussions on the car reliability wise?

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I really don't understand this. I'm trying to put myself into the position of one of these people that make these threads. This is what they must think to create such a thread:

"Damn I'm on my P's and can't drive a turbo car, maybe if I just take the turbo off, I can get around this law! Hell yeah, I can't believe no one has thought of that before! Hahaha i'm so smart for thinking of this. Hmmm I don't really know what de-turboing a car means though, what do I actually have to do?? Oh!! I know, i'll quickly start a thread and some one will answer this for me. It can't be that hard. Hmmm should I search to see if a thread about this allready exists?? Nah, no way some one has thought of this idea before, other wise every one would be doing it! Righteo lets start this thread."

This thought process must happen at least once a week to some one new.

Edited by PM-R33

Besdies the point of the extra effort of de turboing a car and it being worse then a normal NA skyline you have the main issue, even if you de turbo a turbo car it stil does not make it legal for you to drive because it is registered as a turbo so if the cop wants to be a flamin mongrel hell still dick you so you might aswell drive it turbo if this is the road you want to take. As others said go buy a NA skyline.

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