nsw/act 1998 R33 GTST Series 2 40th Anniversary

YawRate · June 10, 2017

1998 R33 GTST Series 2 40th Anniversary

Unfortunately the time has come to sell my R33. It has been a reliable daily drive for the last 8 years and has never let me down, hopefully I can find a new owner that will continue to look after it moving forward. The basics:

May 1998 build, imported in 2005
192,xxx kms
Located in Canberra
$9,600

The driveline is fairly stock, it’s never been seen a track, and for what it’s worth I drive like grandma. It has never used any oil, never fouled a spark plug, never missed a cold start, etc. It's even fairly fuel efficient (10L/per 100kms if you drive like me haha):

OEM Turbo
OEM ECU
OEM R34 SMIC
Full turbo back exhaust, consisting of:
- Stainless bellmouth front/dump pipe
- 100CPI Cat
- Trust Power Extreme II Catback- with the centre muffler deleted... I'm biased but it sounds excellent
Apexi SAFC Neo- Tuned making 197rwkW at 0.8bar with a Turbosmart boost tee
Exedy Heavy Duty Clutch
Splitfire Coilpacks
Engine oil has been changed every 5,000kms without fail
The gearbox and diff oil was last changed 25,000kms ago

Other parts on the car of interest:

Tein Street Advance Coilovers
DBA 4000 Brake Rotors
Rota wheels 18x9.5+27 all round
Federal tyres, 235 front and 265 rear
Apexi Pod Filter- In an enclosure
OEM 4 door front fog/indicator lights
OEM GTR rear wing
Apexi RSM with the G-sensor
Oil pressure, Oil temperature, Boost pressure, and Water temperature gauges

Having owned the car for so long, just about every serviceable component has been replaced during my ownership. So every vacuum and coolant line in the engine bay, every gasket, the thermostat, the thermostat housing, the radiator, all the tie rods, the rear main seal, the clutch slave cylinder, etc. etc. etc. If I was keeping it, the control arm bushes would be next, and so on, and so on.... My point is, this has never been a heavily modified car, the priority has always been bullet proof reliability for daily driving. In that regard I could not fault the car, ever.

Being a daily driven car, it has to be said, this is definitely not a concourse condition car. There are paint defects, and it has experienced a few inconsiderate people in car parks over the years. What I can say however is that all the paint, and all the clear coat is intact, so it still cleans up fine. Hopefully this is demonstrated in the below pictures.

There are a few bad points with the car, which I’m happy to disclose up front:

The tacho has failed. I’ve been hesitant to replace the whole cluster as its original to the car, and given how many imports have been wound back, I don’t want to be seen as doing anything dodgy. I use the Apexi RSM for a tacho if required.
The drivers seat bolster is ripped
All the tyres are camber worn on the inside edges
The registration expires in around a month. Although I’m happy to discuss selling it with a pink slip with any prospective buyers

Hopefully I can find somebody who is passionate about these cars, who is aware of how this R33 GTST differs from the average example you see on the street.

I’m happy to answer any questions that people have, please post them below or send me a PM. Thanks for reading.