Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 85
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

BTW, this is gonna sound weird, but: the 3 skylines I've test driven now, they all seemed to have huge backward and forward body roll on take offs. I drive a civic which (to me) feels like it's on rails (ignoring the understeer), but these skylines felt rather doughy and uninvolved by comparison simply cos of the roll.  Is this just because A) I'm not pushing the test cars cos I don't wanna get my ass kicked) and B) I'm just used to a small buzz box now that doesn't have enough power to even break traction from a standing start or push me into my seat?

Sounds like they have standard suspension in them, which is probably worn. They handle like boat anchors with standard suspension...

nah, its not the suspension, its because it has so much power, that it just throws you back and the car is wheel standing!!!! (yeah right....i wish!)

yeah, the standard suspension is a little on the saggy side. you can buy my suspension off me if you want? (its not stock...). i've just bought some coilovers..... :P hehe

Edited by Frink
I don't like the look of the R32s

i am with you well sorta its not that i dont like them but i prefer the 33 i could have got a 32 gtr but they just dont appeal to me as much as a 33... though i am getting a bit of a 34 bug at the moment i really want one pity their is 0% chance of that happening

Yeah sounds like your on the money with what your looking for!

Dont listen to half these 32 drivers on here! There still stuck with there 2lt commodore engines at the end of the day. (not you GTR boys!)

I'm not sure what your talking about with the "roll" on take off but my advice would be too sit in the passenger seat of mine and i'll give you a demo takeoff from about 6000rpm.

If you have any questions about SII R33's then i'll be happy to fumble out an answer.

theres nothing wrong with 32'! lighter than 33's and looks sportier etc... ask veilside, he'll tell you that 32's are better (i hope!) and he used to own a 33. but if your happy with a 33 then thats kool too, do what you want not what other want you to do :D

I'm not sure what your talking about with the "roll" on take off but my advice would be too sit in the passenger seat of mine and i'll give you a demo takeoff from about 6000rpm.

I'll try to get to the next friday night meet, and take you up on that offer! :D

I think I've made a subconscious (sp?) decision to upgrade the suspension on the skyline I get (if needed) before doing any stereo work. And that's saying something considering I spent 1600 on the sound in my titchy little civic hahahahaha

ok now i just read this thread it turned into a 32 vs 33 slander feast.

So Stirlo like steve said come sit in the passanger seat of my 33 see how quick you go white like me.

As for weight diff mines 1260kg so whats a 32 hmmm

nice to see we r all staying on topic.

just quickly, yes i prefer 32's but that said, i still loved my 33 (much roomier and very sexy)

anyway back on topic lads, there have been a million which is better threads and its purely personal preference, but so you all know....they are all better than peice of sh*t diahatsu's!

There's a white Skyline down the street from me but I don't know them.. it's a Northside suburb with a lot of old folks homes. If u read this and it's u, maybe I could walk down the street and check it out?

^^^ copyed from first post

If its a white one with no rear spoiler (stealth one) 18s (volks) fmic that would be me come up any time during the week only late in the arvo but.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Is there a shroud around the tailshaft spline into the back of the box? They can rub and make a horrible noise if they are not on straight/damaged. The heat might have caused it to grow too much in one direction and rub.
    • Strangely I noticed it either disappear later in the day, or not be present. I definitely noticed when I was crawling around that open wheel thingy entering the pits (that part was audible in car). Driving home and commuting around town for example, I didn't hear it. It's plausible that it was a brake disc or something still slightly in contact. The brakes absolutely felt BAD for the first couple of sessions, huge amounts of shudder and grinding as they got up to temp - And then I actually just forgot about it as the day went on/didn't notice it. The videos were from the morning when this was more present than the afternoon/drive home when it wasn't. I've asked around and got a variety of responses including handbrake shoe contacting hub, CV joints, CB tailshaft bearing as above, and clutch input bearing. I didn't test if it disappeared when clutch was in. I haven't noticed it in any of the other videos nor did I notice it when driving to that extent. More or less hoping the microphone at the rear license plate giving some kind of clue of 'something' but it looks like "spin stuff and see if you can notice it" is the way forward here. I could be smart and use the gopro mic and re-mount it to that location to see if the sound is still present at low speed actually. Sounds like a decent test whenver I have the CBF'ness to drive the car again. Given it's almost 40C for the day of the track day and the next 3 days after, the CBF is high. All I've done since getting home is unpack the car, remove the remnants of the lip and undertray and left it there. I was surprised how well the PMU Club Racers actually worked. The brake performance on the track was absolutely fantastic, best I've ever personally used, no fade whatsoever and the bitiness was almost too good, I was scrubbing more speed off than I needed to, but I also ended up infield when I started trying to scrape off ... less speed.... so...
    • Not really, no. Anything you would do is easily reversible.
    • I would like more noise related info for my truly uneducated guess  Does it do it at idle or when revving, clutch engaged, and disengaged? Does it only do it when the car is moving? I've heard "similar" noises from a clutch pack that left the chat room, and CV joints that have chewed themselves out But as Matt said, how's the yokes, tailshaft and centre bearing going after their last little issue Fingers crossed it is something simple  Weird noises make me cringe 
    • One other question, is there a chance that changing the idle speed can lead you down a rabbit hole and is the reason the tuner didn't touch it? Reason I ask is because if that's the reason the tuner avoided it then I probably shouldn't be touching it lol.
×
×
  • Create New...