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Haha fair enough. How come you're wanting to change to an Evo?

My GTT with stock cooling was reaching oil temps of 110+ after ~3 hot laps and water temps were 110 minimum rising to 130 with a few hot laps. I fitted a 52mm Fenix radiator and some China oil cooler with a Greddy block and now I don't think I have seen either go over 80 degrees and I give it hell so both definitely make a huge difference.

Tossing up between making my R34 400hp ish and doing lots of track days or buying an evo ix.

Mostly because the evo is a much newer car and it's easy to find one in immaculate condition and they make close to 280kw with a few boltons and e85. Would make a decent daily I think.

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Oh hey!

That is I. I have both an R34 and the EVO X, My brother also has an EVO 8 MR.

EVO X is a great daily, and the missus loves beating everything in traffic without trying. But as a weekend car I get more excited driving the Skyline then the Evo.

When I cbf driving the EVO is great.

Evo 8MR is more raw and exciting then the Evo X, so would probably be similair with the Evo 9. But i would say the Evo would get boring quick if your looking for that x factor

Here is my Evo

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Not what I wanted to hear, make this choice even harder..Another idea is R32 GTR, as they can do both skids and the whole traction thing...

That track day video made me laugh haha! :laugh: Looks like much fun was had!

Best fun I've ever had in my car, pants off situations included.

Not what I wanted to hear, make this choice even harder..Another idea is R32 GTR, as they can do both skids and the whole traction thing...

Best fun I've ever had in my car, pants off situations included.

Depends what you want:

Evo: Fast, comfortable, new, better handling out of the box. Would kill a GTR on the streets and twisties and tight track. No soul

GTR: Intangible feeling of a car you want

  • 6 months later...

Sold the car a few months ago, now driving around in a Toyota Starlet.

I've looked at a heap of R32 GTR's, none have been up to scratch and most had rust/paint issues or required buckets of money poured into them. I've kind of given up in finding a decent R32 GTR and have since been looking at Evo IX's.

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They are an old chassis, that's for sure. Looking at my R34 now and seeing some problems that are arising, then considering a Skyline 2 generations it's senior - no way in hell I'd ever be happy buying something that old.

Oh well. Best of luck to you and your new Evo. Still think the sale of your 34 was a mistake. :P

  • 5 months later...

Well... After a year of searching and inspecting around 15 cars, I've finally found a replacement. 

I have to learn how to drive the damn thing, having driven an auto commodore for the best part of a year. Genuinley scares the shit out of me.

Thought I'd update this thread as supra forums are shite at best, and to provide a comparison to the R34 if anyone is looking to switch ;) 

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Currently makes 526hp at 22psi on 98, more than double what my R34 would of been putting out lol

Major Mods:

HKS T04z

6boost

Tial 44mm wastegate

HKS 272 Cams

HKS Cam gears

ID2000 injectors

Titan Motorsports fuel rail

Fuel Lab Pressure Reg

HKS Type-R Intercooler

Haltech PS2000

3.5 inch dump with screamer, including interchangeable plumb back pipeScreamer, manifold, all ceramic coated

Blitz NUR Exhaust

K&N Pod 

Exedy Hyper Carbon Twin Plate

B03B Diff

MintSpeed Titanium Strut Brace

Marks Engineering Poly Subframe and Diff mounts

Genuine Recaro Seat. Driver and passenger

Momo Steering wheel

TRD 320kph Speedo

Defi boost gauge with controller

Alpine Stereo/GPS with Rockford Fosgate speakers.

SSR GTV 02 Wheels 18x9+45 front 18x9.5+35 rear, MT ET Streets on rear

STOPTECH BIG Brake Kit, 355mm Front and Rear, 6 piston front 4 piston rear, all braided lines

Powerhouse Industries Twin-in-tank fuel system

Cool car!

19 hours ago, owen1r said:

Thought I'd update this thread as supra forums are shite at best, and to provide a comparison to the R34 if anyone is looking to switch ;) 

So how does it compare? :)

Pretty similar to be honest, supra feels a like it's more of a GT car than a R34 is. Seating position is really low and perhaps not as comfortable as the R34, probably because I'm tall. Need to get some decent coilovers first as my R34 had all the nice handling mods/aggressive alignment, then I'll make the decision on which one I think handles better ;)

It's insane going from a 170kw to a 400kw car, still can't get my head around how quick it is and yet I see blokes who get sick of that power quickly and move onto 800 hp +, crazy. I'm sure in a year I'll want to do the same thing. Off boost drive-ability is still fantastic, but doesn't hit full boost until 4.5k-5k rpm and then it's all in at once. Definitely needs the boost curve flattened out a bit for traction. However in saying that, the 285 MT ET Streets hook up in second gear which I found very surprising. 

Keen to get out on the track asap to find out how it behaves when pushed and so I can finally go through a few gears at full throttle without getting to license loss speeds. 

 

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