Steve85

I'm going to go against the grain here and say, i'm not that concerned by E85 prices. I didn't buy the car to be economical, nor to try to go for hyper mile efforts. It's a ridiculous car and if it means paying more for petrol for another 100kw so be it. If I was allowed out of my house, i'd be burning through enough E85 to solve the overproduction issue on my own. (obviously an exaggeration). I may have burned about a half tank in 30kms the other day... foot to floor. Hit speed limit (ish) foot on the brake, repeat. Good times.

Welcome to SAU. You'll certainly find the info you need here. Did you import the car yourself or did you go through an import dealer over there? I'd be keen to know how American's get a hold of their cars. Also, any pictures? I love pictures!

Hello and welcome back to Steve's upkeep where he updates things whenever he can be bothered, or he remembers, or he gets so bored he takes to the internet and adds content! As I write this we are in the middle of "social distancing" or "preferred human contact" if you're an introvert/IT guy. Things are quite bleak for a large portion of the worlds population. So what better way to "spark joy" than to show you the results of having my car, washed, detailed, corrected and finally ceramic coated... Please see these pictures from a good guy I know through the GTR owners in Melbourne, he completed all the work for me. He is quite popular among GTR owners and has outdone himself again!

What a cool looking car. I love those rims. Congrats on finding such a nice example!

Welcome to SAU. I like your car, it's cool you got your dream car. I remember the feeling. I go out and stare at my car. You may find you lose hours in your garage doing the same. I really like your mirrors though. I'd kill for a set of Ganadors. Keep us up to date with your adventure. I like seeing what owners do with their cars.

Damn! That car looks amazing! What a great find, a real credit to your inspection and patience.

That would be pretty cool in my opinion. Certainly it appears to be very well rated in road car formats. One interesting note, is the A90 Supra only uses the 8HP51 (rated to 500nm). I would have expected these to be a higher spec especially given the target market of tuners.

Welcome. This thing looks amazing and you've passed the intro test. Posting a picture! Now that i don't need to ask for one, i'm not sure what to do with myself. Welcome to the forum, hopefully you will find us to be somewhat useful.

Oh, this thing looks amazing. You have really gone down the rabbit hole on this one.

Some of these are old, but should get you started; Here's my search in case these are no good. Best of luck! https://www.sau.com.au/forums/search/?q=RB20 Turbo Conversion&fromCSE=1

I have 265s all round on my 10.5 rims. They're a small as I would dare to run, I will need to do some guard work to get bigger tires to clear in the front end. They are ever so slightly stretched (not like stupid, but just enough that you might notice by looking at the wheels when they're off the car). My plan was always to upgrade sizes when I used the first set of tires. It's not looking like I will ever get that far... ?

Ok, my bad... just trying to help

Welcome! Good to have more people here! Would love to see some pictures if you have any!

You will need to create a post on GTR registry to add your picture. Head over to the forum, create a post with your car and the picture you want it to be. Add the topic as follows; VIN | MODEL | TYPE | No (if applicable). BCNR33-023798 R33 GTR LM Limited #161

For me, it would depend on condition at these kms. 100+ kms on the clock and you know you aren't buying a low km car. At that point you should be looking at condition more than anything else. You could get a check, but i'm not sure if it would be worth it. If it were me, i'd rather spend the money on a decent mechanical inspection by a Skyline expert (or at least someone familiar with them). Regarding your concern around re-sale value, at these price points, I would expect these to hold their value over the next 10 years. However, I would not expect this to appreciate. If you were super keen on buying something that will appreciate, I would suggest looking at a stock, low kms GTT or equivalent.

No problemos. I live in Melbourne and bought a car from Perth (Galvsport) and from Sydney (CRD). To be super clear, I did an insane amount of homework on both cars (in terms of modifications for the LM and the history of the Silver GTR), to the point where i knew the background of both better or as well as the sellers. Once I was happy with the cars inspections, I was planning to go and see them both and buy in person. Unfortunately, my life dictated otherwise. For the LM, I flew to a mine-site for 4 weeks straight and for the KR4 GTR, I purchased it around xmas, so my availability and that of the seller was not compatible. For the LM, I made the purchase, once the car was stored at Glavsport. That way, I owned the car, and it was in a workshop I trusted until it was shipped over by Galvsport. For the KR4, I did it differently, I put down a deposit, then arranged my own transport (Allens Car Carriers I think, i can dig it out if you need it), once I had it all booked in ready to go. I paid the day before at 4pm in full. Car carrier showed up and took the car at 10am the next day. They were great and the driver inspected the car before he took it. I had provided him with the CRD inspection report, so he knew it should be in perfect condition. For the KR4 I was a little worried, i'd have to call in all my favours from my Sydney friends or fly up at short notice if things went south, but nothing did and it's all history now. My advice would be if you can't be there, ensure you get a reputable inspection and go for the workshop storage option, the stress of buying a car privately unseen for big money was excruciating and could easily have seen me get ripped off.

@kye32gtst those rims appear to be a generic BBS LM knockoff. You should be able to find what you need by searching for BBS LM. @maddy400r33 These are Tommy Kaira Pro R rims. I have no idea how rare these are though. You might need to do some checking on Yahoo Japan.

Depending on the model, you would want it to go to a Skyline specialist shop (within reason). I have had bought both my cars from interstate. Both cars were inspected by reputable workshops (Galvsport & CRD). If you're at the other end of the spectrum (clapped out R31 for $500), you could probably just go for a normal NRMA/RAC test. I'm sorry i don't have any specific workshops for you, but you can try these threads, https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/54061-best-adelaide-skyline-workshops/ https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/431425-reputable-workshop-in-adelaide/ Alternately here is the search. https://www.sau.com.au/forums/search/?q=Adelaide Workshop&fromCSE=1 Most of these are probably pretty old, so make sure you check google and facebook reviews of places. Good luck.

Here's the full list of my car (a year or so ago at least). Bear in mind that technology has come a long way since this was put together and I wouldn't put it together exactly the same way if I were doing it again. But this should give you some idea of an "old school" build. If nothing else, most of head will be of use to you. Hope you find this helpful. GTR LM Limited Parts Installed.pdf

Sounds like a head gasket... ?

Ok, so when I said more than 15k I still had the old US to AUD conversion of 1:2 in my head. @nickestevez, I have receipts for around 35k AU of engine parts, plus another 15k AUD of other mods (drivetrain etc). What I don't have is receipts for the workshop costs. I imagine it wasn't cheap. (Keep in mind this was many years ago, before GTR tax took off into it's crazy territory it's in now). If you're committed to the N1 block, grab yourself; A decent oil pump Forged internals Single turbo Up-rated fuel system and coils to match Drop in cams A new ECU. Then get ready to destroy 3rd gear, over and over! Edit: Forgot upgraded sump and baffles. You'll need them too.

As already stated, above, N1 blocks are not as special as was originally believed (that hurts!). There is almost zero difference between an N1 block and a standard RB26 block. It comes down to the individual blocks being compared. If you're going full crazy on this build you may want to consider an RB30 block, if you haven't already that is. Regarding sleeving your block, that would be interesting for sure and I'd be well keen to see the results, but would likely eat your entire budget (ok hyperbole, but still not worth the effort) for no effect. You don't need to upgrade the cams, but if you do you can gain top end power for not much outlay and increase in costs. I run 272, 9.1s and I would consider them larger than necessary, but I know of people running less power, with higher lift and duration cams just because they like them. It's really up to you. And oil control is the big one, really do your research on oil pumps and oil control. If this goes wrong, it all goes wrong. There's heaps of info here and elsewhere online, hit that search button and get into it! Here's my car being built, it cost the last owner more than 15k (US) but no corners were cut.

100% a good idea to get it out of your head and onto this page. I'm very sorry to hear about your situation lately. It sounds like you're doing a stellar job holding everything together. You should make sure you take a break from everything once in a while (that's pretty hypocritical coming from me), but it will do you a world of good to just be able to relax for a couple of hours and concentrate on yourself. I know that's not easy and it actually takes planning and organisation (drop kids off to grand-parents etc). If nothing else, know that you can always hit me up here or on any other social media to vent. I'm no expert, but I listen. Keep it up. I'm secretly cheering you on!