I need a reason NOT to buy a GTiR

[[D4RKS1D3]]

Hey y'all

Ive decided to sell my skyline because i quit my job and i dont want the hassles of ever defaulting on my car loan. Also because I think that the interest rates are total :bs:

I'll be selling my car, paying off the rest of my loan, and within 6 months, will have saved up enough money for a GTiR.

Anyways, i currently drive a NA r33 and decided that I want a GTiR. Ive been in love with them for ever and I'm real hesitant to jump into the water. Ive heard that the gearboxes are :bs: and that they guzzle fuel like nothing.

Anyone ever owned one and have any experiences with them?

I'll continue to keep my bunky as well so the GTiR wont be a daily driver.

Are the sr20det's compadible from other s-series?

Thanks all for input.

[kinggts25]

I used to have one....really cool car....need some coin spent on handling...then they rock! :-) expensive to repair...some people say the g/boxes are weak but if you service them constantly they dont seem to bad....mine had 2 1/2 years of constant launches and abuse and never missed a beat :-) have fun

[wrxkilla]

Hi go see http://forum.gtiroz.net/index.php

Ive had a couple.

Love GTiRs, can cost a bit to maintain etc, so its not a cheap car to run...

Alot of buckets around these days too...

michael

[someonestolecc]

Great little car, one of my best mates owns one.

They're responsive, they're fast... but...

They don't handle all that great stock standard. My mate spent just under $2k on handling and then it handled nice... so keep that in mind.

Maintenence can be a bit of a cost, especially with parts and for example I've -heard- (can't confirm) a clutch change is an engine out job.

They're not easy to "do up"... that is .. with my sr20 if I wanted a manifold, I just bought one and put it on.. Sure it took me 6hrs and $300 but if you did that to a GTiR it'd be $800 for the manifold and an engine out job. Similarly if you wanted to put on an exhaust, you'd have to order it or have it built, not just jump on the forums and buy one.

Stock parts are also harder to find than say a silvia or skyline, but the advantage is there is less of the GTiR on the road.

In the end I still prefer my cefiro even though the GTiR has me on the corners, my car is still so much more damn fun to drive. There's the control factor of having to keep the tail in but still apply power, and there's no wishy washy understeer feeling of a FWD car being turned AWD as you get with the GTiR.

Having said that however, that wishy washy understeer goes through the corner faster than my car ever could...

[Phantom32]

My mates got a gti-r, pretty nice car

Solid lifters are a plus

turning circle really sucks though - get used to 3-point turns

[pentae]

- shithouse turning circle (not what you'd expect for a small car)

- getting a bit old now, be sure to buy a 94 auction grade 3.5+

- guzzles fuel like crazy (not what you'd expect for a small car)

- lots of work to drive fast in stock form

+/- rally style driving position

+ cheap performance package for < GTR money

+ solid lifters

+ kills Subarus/commodores etc

+ still many people out there who dont expect to get owned by one

[gun-r32]

Unfortunately, with all the weight in the front, they understeer like a bitch!

[Guest Mashrock]

']Hey y'all

Ive decided to sell my skyline because i quit my job and i dont want the hassles of ever defaulting on my car loan. Also because I think that the interest rates are total :bs:

I'll be selling my car, paying off the rest of my loan, and within 6 months, will have saved up enough money for a GTiR.

Anyways, i currently drive a NA r33 and decided that I want a GTiR. Ive been in love with them for ever and I'm real hesitant to jump into the water. Ive heard that the gearboxes are :bs: and that they guzzle fuel like nothing.  

Anyone ever owned one and have any experiences with them?

I'll continue to keep my bunky as well so the GTiR wont be a daily driver.

Are the sr20det's compadible from other s-series?

Thanks all for input.

Haha i had one for about a year... great little car!! good for burning a hole in your pocket! but its the luck of teh draw tio get a good one. out of 10 i test drove only one went. and it was standard. while some others had mods...

the gti-r motor was only ever in the gti-r, and the sss 4wd bluebird turbos, but gearbox was different.

all the parts for the gti-r are gti-r and that only. not really interchangable for other sr20's

i spent alot on the gti-r as i rebuilt the motor. but from experience, they are expensive. and alot of people who know will tell you exactly the same!

if u need any more info ask. i am sure someone here can help out for sure.

[Guest Mashrock]

i'd still buy another haha

**** i am dumb!!

[**JaR**]

mate of mine owns one, shes had it for like a month now, all i can say is there little pocket rockets, shit loads of people under estimate them until they get owned by it lol , it does understeer to the f***ouse but, im used of drivin my skyline.... i drover her car once and it was a fair bit different lol. i still reckon there a good little car but, but from what i read there ^^ i'd say it'd cost as much to maintain as a gtr?? lol

[Guest Mashrock]

mate of mine owns one, shes had it for like a month now, all i can say is there little pocket rockets, shit loads of people under estimate them until they get owned by it lol , it does understeer to the f***ouse but, im used of drivin my skyline.... i drover her car once and it was a fair bit different lol. i still reckon there a good little car but, but from what i read there ^^ i'd say it'd cost as much to maintain as a gtr?? lol

maybe half as much. but i havnt had the gtr for a year yet.

they do have a bad understeer. but that can be fun in the wet, when you pile on as much steer as possible and plant it for some good old 4wd drifting action.

it also can be fixed for about 3000? i beleive? someone can probably correct me there. whiteline supply a complete kit for them which helps this problem out alot. tho i never had it done.

[Guest Mashrock]

p.s. i miss him,

[CerealKiller]

they're ugly.

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[GTR032]

My best mate has a GTIR engine in his N15 Pulsar.. goes very very hard Not much help for your thread question though hehe

Runs GT28RS turbo, bigger cooler, full exhaust etc etc. As someonestolecc said some of the parts are not so easy to get, a custom dump pipe and rest of xhaust had to be made cos we found none 'off the shelf'. Gearbox is a problem but mainly due to only being FWD on this car..still uses GTIR box though. Best 1/4 mile is 12.6@116 and 215fwkw's

[**JaR**]

they're ugly.

end thread.

dude pocket rockets go off, you can make them look good just like any car, just dont go OVER the top with cosmetics and it'll end up lookin' classy and not like somethin off a st corner in st kilda lol.

[Guest Mashrock]

as if they are ugly..

[Guest Mashrock]

and lovely engine bays!

nice big photo for you all!

[[D4RKS1D3]]

Thanks for all your input guys. realli helping out.

The onli real problem i can see so far is the understeer issue. But as every one says, that can be fixed for a couple of grand.

Just a question though, why did everyone who used to own one, seem to have sold it? Was maintenance issues that bad?

Anyone who uses theirs as a weekender/ cruise/ track car experience the same amount of problems?

once again, cheers for all the help.

[Pva_Glue]

this is all you need to see

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/800/

[Guest Mashrock]

']Thanks for all your input guys. realli helping out.  

The onli real problem i can see so far is the understeer issue. But as every one says, that can be fixed for a couple of grand.  

Just a question though, why did everyone who used to own one, seem to have sold it? Was maintenance issues that bad?  

Anyone who uses theirs as a weekender/ cruise/ track car experience the same amount of problems?

once again, cheers for all the help.

i bought a gtr.. that why he had to go.

i'd still get another one tho. but i'd have a long hard look if it was the case.