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Hey guys,

Just thought I'd stop in an introduce myself, I'm John from over in NZ.

Just brought my first Skyline a couple of months ago from over in Japan, first car I've imported so has been a bit of an experience!

Had quite a few mods done to it in Japan; rough list for you...

R33 block, forged, 272 IN & EX cams, adjust cam gears

Nismo LM RR581 Twin turbos

HKS exhaust from dump pipes back

Greddy 150mm thick intercooler

Sard 720cc injectors

OS Giken triple plate clutch

ATS LSD's

Adjustable upper arms etc, heaps of Cusco sway bars

Sard alloy radiator

Trust oil cooler & relocator

Work Emotion CR wheels

Hicas delete

Ignition amplifier

Heaps of electronic bits like gauges etc

Soild mounted gearbox and all sorts of little things like that

HKS F Con V pro, this unforunately got stolen at the docks when it arrived into the country, I have since got insurance however and have replaced it with a Link G4 plug in, went to get it tuned and found it had an exhaust leak, so I had to strip the turbos off, was such a prick of a job that I have scrapped the twin turbos and am in the process of putting a single turbo on it, manifold is being made at the moment for a Bullseye performance S366 Borg Warner turbo, wastegate etc and then a new tune, haven't been able to drive the car yet to i'm dying to get it going!!

Finally a couple of pictures:

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Sand blaster the rocker covers ready for painting

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Engine as it used to be, watch this space!

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New brains for her!

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Cheers, John

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