Gr8 time to buy? Bad time to sell???

[siddr20]

maybe also the fact that, most ppl dont seem to want a modded skyline, purely due to knownin its been trashed or ppl just want a fresh start and want to mod their line by themselves... I have seen heaps of really gd bargains, but i believe most people get pushed away, when they see a whole heap of mods been done..

Then again, thats just what I think and i could be wrong..

[The_Paladin]

Odd's are that if it's modded it's been thrashed.................

who mods a car to drive the speed limit?? (i'm suggesting that the speed limit is broken on the track not the public roads)

[predator]

I find issue with the "modded its been thrashed" sometimes.. well mb not that... the modded its going to **** it ..

Ok, now an exhaust, is probably actually going to reduce the backpressure, probably reducing temperatures at the turbo, and possibly increasing turbo life.

An aftermarket ECU in conjunction with boost controller, if adequately tuned may actually reduce stress on the engine by preventing missfiring, overfueling, etc when the power is raised. Would you rather somebody who had just kept the stock ecu "as is" and tampered with the boost at some point in stupid ways via say a bleed valve (indetectable)?? or somebody who had done it properly??

Now the key point is - how can you really "thrash" a car in Australia's main cities? 60km/hr speed limits, 100km/hr highways, etc.. even if you accelerate as hard as possible at every opportunity, if you "thrashed" the car around, redlined it in every single gear all day every day I doubt you're soon well well over the speed limit. Trashing a skyline is like redlining it to 250km/hr.. Its not even that possible that often!

Now as long as its been adequately tuned, and fluids changed, etc - I don't think there would be much of an issue. These cars were made for a bit of pasting, and that is why the engines are overengineered to take a lot more power, and handle a few stupid things.

Track racers? its hard enough to fill numbers even at your average track day, through so many road users scared to push their cars, blow up an expensive RB26dett, spend the money, etc, etc. Its not a big thing here in Australia. Maybe 1 in 50 skylines here would actually see a racetrack, drift day or official drag strip, if that..

But I am sure it can be disputed of course... and it depends on the level of modifications afterall.