R33 Vspec

[maccattack]

Howdy all.

I am about to become an R33 GT-R owner :wassup: and at this point only have limited knowledge on the cars. I have looked at the car I want to buy - owner says it is a V Spec but it has no decal on the rear. Is there any other way to tell the car is or is not a V Spec.

Thanks

[Leewah]

Look at the diff casing at the rear of the car. Vspecs have fins coming off the casing for cooling purposes I believe.

Also, I believe Vspecs have an extra light on the dash for the ATTESA-PRO system

[jlnewton]

Yeah, as Leewah said, fins on the diff casing, plus you can see the extra pump for the active diff pump gear tucked up on the right of the car behind the rear wheel arch and the line going from it to the diff. There should also be a A-LSD light on the tacho. Those two thing are probably the easiest ones to pick. They have different shocks and sit 10mm lower or something too, but you could never pick that. The attessa computer is different, the attessa-pro, don't know how to pick the difference externally. And apparently a V-spec GTR always has a "W" as part of its Chassis identification tag whereas a normal GTRs have an "O". V-specs also have different brake ducts.

Most of that info came from an article in a HPI mag. Should be good. They all checked out on my V-spec which I got to see for the first time yesterday at the compliance workshop.

Can email the article if you like, too big to post here and if I reduce it, its too hard to read.

[JezR31]

these are the pics of the diffs

[maccattack]

Thanks heaps guys.

I appreciate it.

[GZ R33]

Howdy all.

I am about to become an R33 GT-R owner   :wassup:  and at this point only have limited knowledge on the cars. I have looked at the car I want to buy - owner says it is a V Spec but it has no decal on the rear. Is there any other way to tell the car is or is not a V Spec.

Thanks

CONGRATULATIONS

[ylwgtr2]

i think Vspec also has the increments between 1000 rpm and 3000rpm closer on the rev tacho...this is assuming it has the original dash

[meshmesh]

See attached... I have better quality version but had to compress it quite a bit to upload.

[KBNR32]

That is some good info Mesh Mesh.. do u have any specific R32 vspec info.. as i have just bought 1