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I don't think I have ever seen a stock R33 on the road. It looks very civilised and I quite like it! Please post some more photos when you get it. At least around where I am it feels like R33s can't exist without at least some bigass cannon exhaust. Making all the noise and not necessarily any of the power.

That email is such a quintessentially German response. Makes me wonder whether they translated it from some company guidelines. In Germany we don't say 'f**k you!', we say 'Please be assured that we have taken your concerns very seriously.'

Oof, that hurts a little. Please tell your wife that she delivered a widespread burn to probably at least half of the forum population Being in that age range I feel I'm only just getting to a point in life where I can even consider purchasing and driving a yellow fun car.

Seems to be not the first time for that guy @Duncan. Was successful before as well. See the below post where he was redirecting to the same email. I like to believe there is a special place in hell for people like that. @PranK put in a post limit before messaging but looks like that doesn't really help. Just invites cheap posts on welcome topics. Not sure what can help here. Maybe a warning when opening private messages?

Yup, it's all still sitting in a box in my garage. Just message me on the forums and I'm sure we can work something out if you want it.

By the way if you haven't seen it there was this discussion around R34GTT diffs and diffs in general the past days. I feel like I learned a lot from it.

To be fair the advertised values are just from whatever benchmark they run. My understanding was they are good for comparing cars but nowhere near real world use. Surely the same for VW? Not that they would ever lie about something like fuel consumption or emissions. So the wife likes it. How do you find it?

Have you tried google translate on the descriptions? The phone app has a camera mode to translate from there. The left jack is apparently 'image'. The right one doesn't give me anything but not sure if you've drawn over it.

FWIW Zenmarket has a shipping calculator: https://zenmarket.jp/en/calc.aspx In my experience they are pretty reasonable. Don't want to start sounding like a shill but for buying stuff from Japan it has worked really well for me. My understanding is that Jesse Streeter (also) does container shipping. So for big things that can't fit in regular parcels he's the way to go. Like when buying a new bonnet.

Realistically, what difference does it make when running a genuine Garrett core or not? Performance? Reliability? I'm curious because it is such a big difference in pricing. Thanks!

I've had good experiences with ZenMarket. Shipping is straightforward with them. Can throw the links in there as well and it'll translate. Or use their search directly. In a way it works too well. I had to stop browsing there because I kept buying stuff and then not using it...

Yep, fair enough. That's how it can get anyone in the end. Thanks for sharing! Btw, did you reach out to wreckers for the bonnet latch? Looks like jpjdm may have had one in stock at some point: https://jpjdm.com/shop/index.php?id_product=2994&rewrite=nissan-skyline-r32-bonnet-latch&controller=product They say to message them for requests as their listings don't show all they have.

That sucks. Sounds very sketchy. Some random account without any real contributions sending you the alleged email of someone else on the forums. I presume you didn't talk to @pol1on1 directly? He hasn't been signed in on the forums for 2 years. Makes me wonder whether someone like @PranK has access to users' messages and could check whether this was tried on other people.

This is coming up tomorrow. Pretty early start but we'll be there. Finger's crossed the weather works out okay in the morning.

I hear you! Been thinking about this a lot actually and I fully agree. Been wanting to get a second car that my partner can drive as well. But if I'm spending money on a car it has to be something that is fun to drive. And I already have a big old boosted boat so want something light and nimble. Pretty high on my list is the Honda S660. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_S660 Modern Honda so hopefully reliable, small, light-weight, high-ish revving 6 speed manual. Rear wheel drive. They are slow but apparently heaps of fun. And Jen loves the look of them. We see them every now and then around here. Main concern is that it's tiny and I might not fit.

Fair enough. I guess the important thing is that you are in control and can set it up the way you want it. Which makes a big difference I would think.

I wonder if it is because dbw lets car manufacturers do all kinds of shenanigans with the throttle input. Which then makes it feel like a computer is in control and not the driver. I think at least on economy shitboxes throttle inputs are modulated for maximum fuel efficiency. Loses all pedal feel and feedback. I presume neither of you have any of that nonsense on the Skyline

I have a feeling it might be easier to just get a full mirror and pinch the glass from that. Seem to be plenty going around on Yahoo auctions or wreckers like jpjm.

Hah, good luck!

I'm not Sam but there's no need to RSVP for this one. Just show up in the morning with however many people. Are you going? Jen and I are planning to make it to this one. Haven't been there in a long time.

Looks great! Though parking in a tight spot like in that second shot would give me anxiety

I have the ARD alternator in my notes as a good replacement. See https://www.rhdjapan.com/ard-low-resistance-high-output-alternator-z31-r31-r32-r33-r34-c34-c35-wc34.html Mentioned by people: https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/463130-the-ever-evolving-r32-gtr-build/page/20/#comment-7975524 https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/484831-ls-alternator-upgrade-kit-for-nissan-rb/#comment-7981690 I'd presume it's the same fitting for all as it's meant to be a direct fit and it supports pretty much all the models. Don't quote me on it though

Nice one! How did you end scanning the super wide foldout pages @Duncan?

This coming up today! See you there