Hi I am an 16 year old in Australia and I love skylines they are the best car in the world and are so easy to modify even though little modification is needed as they go so hard by the way the new r34 gtr comes with 206kw standard which is just outstanding as appose to the r33 which comes with 186 however I believe the r33 is a lot more appealing to the eye as the r34 has a some what outlandish look.
Seems there's always some one with all the answers. If the two brainiacs who made the comment relating to the redline of the RB26DETT engine fitted to the R34 GTR "" V spec""...did there home work they'd find that the redline is actually 8500rpm!.As far as destroying the drive train...please..the V spec is purpose built car. It can break, but it will take a lot of 8500 rpm clutch dumps to do it.
I have an R33 GTST Skyline, which currently has 300bhp.
This is acheived with an after market computer, after market ignition system, 3 inch turbo back exhaust, front mount intercooler and running the standard T28 Garret Turbo with 12 pounds of boost. I'm planning to run 50 pounds of boost pressure and want about 700kw@ the wheels.
Does anyone know how much this would cost in Australian dollars? I was thinking of running a T88 Garret turbo and making engine bullet proof with after market internals.
This is in reaction one post by a guy who thinks the new concept R35 is a stunner. Granting that everyone has a right to his own preferences I still think it is a crying shame that Nissan is thinking of jazzing up the exterior this way. I really think that the current design with its clean lines is the best. Why is it that car designers all around the world suddenly seem to be having the toughest time brining out proper car designs? The Nissan Altima, Maxima, Infiniti G35 and the recent Honda Accord all look like different pieces of these cars were designed by different design teams communicating with each other by playing peekabo. Can't we all please petition Nissan to save the GT-R from the second iteration of curve madness infecting car designs around the world? Audi changed the backside of the A4 even though previous iteration left a more organized slipstream in its wake and hence provided less drag. Nissan has gone for a complete donkey's ass look for its Sentra already. I hope they don't mess up the look of the R35 GT-R. Especially since I hope to stack it against the EVO VII and the WRX STi before I buy one.
The skyline R34 GTR vspec... CAN rev over 8000, why? its tach goes to 9.5.
It red-lines at 8000, it doesn't matter how high the tach goes. And how many clutches have you been through buddy? About 50?
Don't forget there are skylines with over 1400 hp, and you can stroke and bore the engine to make it a 3 liter. I've seen one in a magazine. (rb30dett).
American cars are cheap anyways. Why don't you think they use em for indy racing.
Did you know that they made a whole nother class just for skylines because they dominated the other car.
Do they make skylines with the driver seat on the right? I hope they do because I live in the usa.
Unfortunately mate, no one is going to give you a Porsche, Ferrari etc. And the money you would save by getting a GTR you could spend on making it easily quicker than a Ferrari anyway.
Some of you guys really should do more homework because its clear some of you know nothing about skylines. I happen to own a v-spec that I had import I slightly modified it and it can stomp the exotics around here in california. this is for sure no CAR YOUR MOTHERS WOULD DRIVE AROUND .
I don't think you can have a twin turbo skyline in America because when they convert them to LHD the turbos get in the way of the steering colum.. I'm not sure, but that's what I've herd.
When do you think they will have a Nissan Skyline GT R 34 in the U.S.A.
"CAR YOUR MOTHERS WOULD DRIVE AROUND." in reaction to this... you don't know my mother well enough, she's got a gold foot (gold is heavier than lead) she has stomped on her jeeps pedal hard enough to do 70mph in 5 seconds (roughly of course) now my only experience with skylines is limited to Gran Turismo three and I'm only 16. so no one make fun of me! I'm educated enough to realize its just a game. but its awful close enough for me. the skyline gtr-VspecII in black pear that I have (fully upgraded and tuned for drag) has done 0-60 in 2.38 seconds and the quarter mile at 9.141 trap is 158. I was reading a magazine and there was the same car doing 168 with 1100 hp hitting the line at 9.040- so the game doesn't over exaggerate, but it does kind of hinder what you can do with it. (sorry for being scatter brained) but yes my mother is nuts enough to drive this car and do it to its full potential while she's at it!! (she's a mother of 2 kids,5'2" and 300+ pounds) she's very very nuts, but reasonably so.
My specs for the skyline I have in the game are as follows
(feel free to use these settings if you play the game
racing suspension:
Springs 11.0 both F/R
Ride hight 86mm all the way around
Shock bound 1/1
Shock rebound 2/2
Camber 0/0
Toe 0/0
Stabilizers 7/7
Brakes 17/17
Gears: 1rst 2.423
2nd 1.537
3rd 1.083
4th.804
5th.628
6th.517
final 4.980
auto set 41
down force for rear spoiler should be at the minimum
NO A.S.M.
Only 1 for T.C.S.
Up grade it with racing suspension, sports breaks, break force adjuster thing, racing exhaust, port polish, full engine balancing, displacement up, racing chip, triple plate clutch, racing fly wheel, carbon fiber drive shaft, fully customizable transmission (duh), NO LSD!!bad for you and your cars health. stage four turbo, racing inter-cooler, super soft tires (tires don't wear out on the 400m track) full weight reduction all the way around giving me 1072bph top speed is 243mph (no joke)
I think unless you have driven a car, you should keep your negative opinions to yourself until you can confirm it for yourself.
I was never into the import scene until I came across the R34. I first bought the R34 GTT, but wasn't too long before I upgrade to the big brother, the R34 GTR Vspec II NUR, one of the best R34 ever made and the last of it's kind.
I had Ferrari owner came up to me at a car wash cafe and marveled at it and asked questions. SO all you guys with your negative stories and dreams, get yourself into a GTR and your tune will change for the better. They don't call it Godzilla for nothing.
Sydney, Australia.
PS: Not sure who claimed the rev only came up to 7000rpm, but the last time I checked my R34 GTR, it says 9000rpm before it redlined, so yes you can dump it at 8500rpm if you choose to. Personally, I loved my GTR too much, but having said that, it is built to do that on track day ALL DAY if you need to.
I am currently serving in Iraq with the US Army. I've been here for more than a year and as a reward for myself, I decided to buy a car from overseas... the car of all cars; The Nissan Skyline. I've arranged for paying for it and what not, but am having trouble with all the regulations and DOT guidlines, blah blah blah. Is ther anyway that I can get some information from you? All I really need to know is; As far as American Spec are concerned, is the car legal in the US and if it isn't how do I make it legal? It's a 2000 GTR and I have no problem getting it to the states, but how difficult is it to get if off the boat? I have heard that it has to have certain windshield specs and certain engine specs. Do you have these figures? Thank you very much for your time and if you can't provide me with the info then I'll try to get it from somewhere. Thank you for taking the time to read this in hopes that you'll help.
Tikrit, Iraq
FalenRomeo@msn.com.