Was My Car Boosted ?

[KiwiRS4T]

I am not convinced that red badges denote "turbo". I know its all over the net but I am sure I know of someone with a red badged N/A R33 who told me what it stood for but that was quite a few years ago.

[Gareth]

I'm unsure about 34's but my first skyline was a r33 gts25 type-s which was the best of the NA r33's (slightly more power, standard viscous LSD (option on lower models)) unsure what else was different, but it had the red GT badges to differentiate it from the non type-s. I worked with a guy who after being in my car several times went out and got himself a blue badged number and it was a totally different car....haha...he was gutted..... I have fond memories of that car, it wasn't slow and was the most reliable skyline i have owned by a long long way

[Wagzy]

Hey, my GT badges are red and white on my R34 N/A. Mines a GT-V model which is essentially a GTT with a non-tubo engine. So right now I could do an engine swap to a turbo, and it would bolt straight on. It would be a lot of effort to replace the engine with a another one, then to have to change that back to the non turbo one. Though having a turbo timer does seem a bit weird. Camber wouldn't mean anything i don't think, camber is just the angle of the wheels.

I'm the first owner in Aus for my car, so nothing has been changed. I can take a picture of the badges if you'd like?

Also I do believe yours may be a GT-V as well, but can't be 100% sure. What year model is it?

Link to GT-V: http://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/214496-r34-gt-v/

Also if you can, post a picture of your interior, speedo etc, I should be able to tell from that if it's a GT-V.

[Humbla]

Ha ha ,I've had people look at the red badges on my old 33 and point and laugh,funny as when they hear the turbo they shut up and go back wards. :-) :-) :-)

[Brizz]

Im not to fussed was just curious, but thanks for all those that replied. Has anyone here done an engine swap from DE to DET was looking to do it at the end of next year. i should have a decent budget by then.

[Hadouken]

Sure, do that.

And then don't forget to do the driveline to support it. I think your budget will be spent before then.

[UWISSH!]

Don't bother. It's easier and more cost effective to just buy a turbo car. They are cheap these days

[Jordy32]

If you want to see What's involved in going from DE to DET, check my build thread

In saying that, I already had the turbo chassis/driveline so it was significantly cheaper, as suggested, sell up and buy a turbo model

here's a post i wrote up for a guy who asked a similar question, but the idea is the same
http://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/459003-25-gt-or-25gtt-help-please/?p=7587864

[Brizz]

My r34 is the GT-V (same brakes as the GTT,brakes,LSD ECT) so i thought if i changed the pistons and rods to 8:1 and got a new ecu + turbo manifold ect it might be easier and cheaper ? Im not sure though Cheers Jordy 32