Purchasing A Gtr32

[Mr. Pav]

Well I have been modifying turbo cars for about six years and I have always wanted a GTR. My s15 puts out around 250rwkw at the moment but it's time for a change and something that's a little torquer off boost.

Ive always loved 32 GTR's and I have read as many threads as I could on them and RB associated oil problems (including sydney kids) 40 page boonanza.

I don't have a track to take my car too, I am past being 17 years old with a turbo car since I am now 24 and recently watched Steven Hawking prove that time travel into the past was impossible I know that's not going to relive itself.

I just want a 300kwish clean 32GTR that every now and again I can give it some stick and rip an occasional skid... very occasional.

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=9549222&__sid=12CCCABFB3A0&__Qpb=true&Cr=2&__Ns=pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294963846%204294963593%20900&seot=1&__Nne=3&tsrc=allcarhome&__No=105&trecs=317&silo=1003

Have a look at this one, it's clean as a bean but the only associated problem with it to me is the fact it has none of the oil mods done to it. I'm not necessarily getting this car but something along the same lines.

Is there any particular things for the sort of car I want that I should make sure they have or any other input someone can provide.

Thankyou

[olloSKYLINEollo]

Not 100% sure but I have been told that the oil problem was fixed during 1992. Not sure if this is true either but the oil problem had something to do with the ceramic turbos. Can anyone confirm if thats right?

[XKLABA]

oil pump problem was rumoured to have been fixed the same time the r32 went to a pull clutch, oil stavation to bearings is still a problem in all models and is easy to fix simple run 1/2- 3/4 a litre overfull of oil and try not to turn corners at redline.

that is a very clean r32 and a nice colour pretty rare to, at that price it is well worth a closer look

[Mr. Pav]

i thought there were problems with the r32 oil pump as in the end of the crankshaft was too short where the oil pump went on and was causing oil pump failure

[Deano 1]

there is a few probs with em mate, just run good qual oils, over fill and keep it under 7.5k rpm and you shouldnt have a prob

[Mr. Pav]

just out of curiosity.. how much oil do they normally take with the standard sump in place without the extra litre

[SiR_RB]

yeh longer oil pump drive went on r32 gtr's after 3/93 (when they were converted to pull type clutch)

like others said over fill with abit of oil and get any gtr your serious in buying compression tested !!!!

[Mr. Pav]

dang the one im looking at's a 92 so it must have a push type clutch then

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Push / Pull type clutch, won't matter, the car will still function the same.

Nothing to worry about.

The oil pump drive would only tend to fail at high power modifications.

If your car is stock / lightly / mildly modified, you won't have a problem.

The one you see in the Car Sales ad, who ever modified the car would have been aware of this and would have kept it in mind and prevent any oil starvation from happening.

The car in the ad should not have any issues, but still ask the seller the question.

As all have said, run the R32's with more oil and you will be fine.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

just out of curiosity.. how much oil do they normally take with the standard sump in place without the extra litre

Roughly about 4.5 litres.

[noone]

gt-rs so would be pretty laggy i would imagine

worth a look though if that dont concern ya too much

[djr81]

It looks neat, clean & the engine mods are quite reasonable.

Dark blue GT-R's are rare so that is in its favour. Check the paint code: Dark blue pearl (TH1)

Don't worry about the oiling issues in a road car.

You need to know this:

The modification involved a different drive arrangement for the oil pump on later model cars. Unless you launch the thing stupidly alot & unless the harmonic balancer is stuffed you shouldn't have an issue. I never did with an early GT-R I had.

As for oil volume. Motor takes 4.5 litres according to the manual. Just tip in the full five litre container & don't worry about it any more.

GT-R's are well engineered cars. As long as they are looked after & not abused they will do you right.

Golden rule: Buy a good one, not a cheap one.

[BoyWhoCriedWolf]

That GTR is one of the neater ones on Carsales mate, certainly worth a very close look.

[Ten Four]

Unopened ancient engine, do not want.

Get one thats for a forgie with a sump extension, then you can thrash it knowing it won't die. (Get receipts, obviously)

Edited December 10, 2010 by Ten Four

[PM-R33]

gt-rs so would be pretty laggy i would imagine

worth a look though if that dont concern ya too much

Yeah twin GT-RS's are quite large, good for 800 odd HP. Not much noise before 4000-5000rpm.

Given that the engine hasn't been built yet, 100% make sure the comp is good.