MerlinTheHapyPig

it's a 1989 R32. you can bring in cars 15 years or older with no restriction. Mods are ok. If you import under SEVS (for cars younger than 15 years), then the car must be stock - ie no mods anyway, Im not after an aftermarket BOV, the car has a perfectly good one - it just doesn't plumb back and hence isn't legal. The question is - if i removed the BOV all-together - just for the vicroads inspection - then will it be ok? My plan is to take it off for the inspection, and then put it back on once the car has past the inspection (and hence suffer the consequences of driving it with an illegal mod - i won't drive it on public roads of course ;-) ). Im just pondering if I should get a stock one to replace it, or if i should just go without. I know the EPA would require it to have a BOV because it came stock with one, but it's just a Vicroads inspection, and i doubt they would know or care.

if someone here is in victoria and can lend me a stock R32 exhaust mid december, I would be very grateful!!!!!! please pm me if you can I have an R32 skyline i will be importing and I have to get it registered, it is my guess the exhaust will be too loud (it looks phat-as in the photos)

how easy is it to bolt on a stock exhaust? I might need to do the same when i try to get my car registered.

yeah, hehe remember to pack lots of cable ties and duct tape! they're like the 2 most important things aside from a car and a death wish!!!

yeah, before you drift if you can be bothered, take off your front skirt/guard (might be better to leave it if you have a big front mount), and tape up your rear wheel guards. That protects your body kit/paintwork, and when you blow a tyre it won't cause too much damage. Most people i know, weld/lock their diff, which makes drifting a lot easier, but reduces the cars road-drivability. I think it might also make the diff stronger. You also want to look at suspension things. You really need a decent set of coilovers. get some second hand stock rims to use and keep your normal set of rims to drive home on. Most people I know use the same car as their daily driver without any problems. You'll probably go through 2 sets of rear tyres and a tank of petrol. Calder Park (in Victoria) charges $100 to drive on drift practice nights. And if you will stay on the track for the entire time (about 4-5 hours) minus time to do a wheel change, you just have to line up for a short amount of time between each lap (typically 0-5 minutes between each lap) check out www.nissansilvia.com , they have a pretty big drift community.

No current upgrade plans at the moment, I gonna be pretty broke for a while so a new turbo isn't high on the list. Luckily the car has quite a few of the basic mods already done to it (exhaust, pod filter, BOV, better suspension, LSD - not sure if stock LSD or upgraded one). I probably will get a stock BOV at some point down the track. The car will be arriving mid December and i'm going to be in a rush to comply & register it so I can take the car when I go away early January. I don't imagine the stock one will be too difficult to install. Where exactly on the intake does the stock one plumb back to?

Hi guys, just thought i'd introduce myself here! I just bought a R32 GTS-t Skyline and am impatiently waiting for it to to arrive from Japan. In the mean time i'm arranging for all the bits and pieces i'll need to get the thing registered. Firstly, It has a APEXi BOV, which probably won't pass becuase it doesn't plumb back pic here What is the best thing to do about this, i've been searching the forums and have found mixed responses? My thoughts are to simply take it off when i go for the vicroads inspection, plug up the vacuum line and get the test done without a BOV at all. This isn't likely to do any harm to the engine, coz i'll put it back on straight after the inspection (ssssh!). I can't imagine it doing too much damage as i used to drive a GSR cordia which never came with a stock bov anyway (and was running higher boost that the skyline im buying) The alternative is to replace it with a stock bov, or just turn it off, and leave it there, hoping they don't notice. I've been told that the EPA has the main issues with atmo venting BOVs and that vicroads don't really care that much about emissions. I know it's been discussed before, but there are too many differing opinions, what sort of luck have you guys had with vicroads?? Thanks!

they made sure they got the 'blitz' FMIC in the pic they took of the car http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/...6949513637.html has a pic of the car they probably didn't know what type of Honda it was, but everyone knows what a skyline looks like. My dad saw the article and was like "isn't that the car you just bought?"