From The Us

[Kanaric]

From the United States, Las Vegas area, and have been considering importing a R31 or R30 so I came here to read about the car. I would like a XB Falcon or a Chrysler Valiant Charger but have no budget for that, like Australian spec cars quite a bit. Always been a Nissan fan since a kid but only have had a 350z. Have a '12 WRX now for my daily car and a Moto Guzzi Griso for a bike.

My WRX has some simple mods:

Perrin Top Mount Intercooler

Forge BPV

Catless downpipe

AEM Intake

and obviously a dyno tune

Here is some American silliness. This is a smog test county I live in, they just test it with the OBD2 and since mine won't report a failure due to the tune I have I can run this car catless. With any car 21 years or older you don't have to test. Outside of my county there is no smog test at all and you can register your car there to avoid it. I always heard your laws were fairly restrictive it's just weird to me that they ban all foreign cars here newer than 25 years yet they don't care what you do to a car if it's domestically approved unless you live in California.

Anyways I was lurking your forum and decided to make an account. Lots of good info here.

[bozodos]

Do you mean to import a poo spec Aussie R31, or a Jap HR31 coupe? OTOH, an RB30 would be about as rare as rocking horse shit in the US

You can get sent to the EPA for a full emissions test here if you get caught out, but in general cars are only tested on road worthiness (varies from state to state) No cats = up to 5k fine here.

[luke gtr]

welcome.

hope you find the machine youre after.

and boz, depending on state, decat can run up to 20k.