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I have emailed Vigil as well after getting that same message, and was told they do NOT insure Skyline's and that i may have to go with the Just Cars quote that i mentioned. Nice huh? I'll call them and see what happens.

Willing to sell without tyres?

How bad are the tyres fitted to the wheels? You say 2 are good and 2 are not so good. Are they legal? What type of Yokohama's are they? Current ones or would i have to buy another type? Also, how much to send to Sydney? PM me with the info mate...

Please PM me an exact suburb. I'll be having a look at a few import dealers along Parramatta Road this weekend to see what they have. I have my eye on 1 particular car from Melbourne, but want to see what else is out there before making an offer.

Where in Sydney are you? Have finance approved. Now on the hunt for a car.

Wurth HHS2000. Awesome stuff!

I'm new to these RB's, but i've been reading alot. Common sense told me these engines are the same as everything else. Keep good oil in it, make sure oil pressure and compression is ok (and combustion chamber sealing), keep it cool, don't over rev or use to much boost and it will last. Sounds good. At the moment, the car will be just a street car. I may take it to a track day to have a play, but wouldn't get too serious until i have replaced the oil pump and water pump with N1 units. The timing belt has just been replaced on the one i'm looking at buying which sucks. If i knew it was going to be for sale, i would've paid to get them replaced at the same time seeing as i'm probably going to buy it. Will be interesting to get the scope down the plug hole and see what it looks like. Should tell me alot! I guess a more regular problem with that sort of power level is oil and water pump? Or is that more to do with rpm than power? How hard is the oil pump to replace? How easy are rod bolts to replace? Sump off, remove and replace? I guess you'd replace bearings while you were there?

A guy i work with came out with that statement that 350kw was about the limit. I understand a stock motor, if it was abused and revved to redline often, would not last long (probably 3-6 months like most engines). But i can't see how 350kw would be unreliable if it was driven to work and back, with a bit of fun on the weekend for 2 or 3 years. I don't intend on thrashing the car. It's too nice to do it to. And obviously it's not going to be making huge power all of the time. Boost would be wound back for the daily commute, and wound up a bit if some fun was required. I think it'd be safe to say if the compression is good, and the leak down test looks ok, that it should handle a bit of power for a while? I don't think i'll keep the car for 10 years or so because there are other cars i'd like to own in this life time as well. But i don't want to thrash and abuse it and flog it in 3 months. I'd prefer not to have to rebuild it. I actually work with a guy who did his apprenticeship at Nissan and has rebuilt GTR motors. And being a mechanic by trade, it wouldn't be too bad if i had to rebuild it myself.

PM me if you want any new calipers at a good price. I get them at cost

Some interesting numbers being thrown around. Was assured 350kw @ the wheels was the limit of the stock rods. I'm looking at buying an R32 with 63,000km on it, which is fitted with GT2530's, Mine's dump pipes, high flow 3 inch cat and continues at 3 inch all the way back, stock remapped ECU, stock injectors and pump, upgraded FPR, stock cams and gears and runs about 13 psi. Makes close to 250kw @ the wheels. Was planning to change pump (Bosch 040), injectors (SARD 600cc), AFM's (Nismo), ECU (PFC), cam gears (Some sort of name brand, whatever looks hot) and maybe cams (Tomei Pon). As i said, i was assured this would bend rods. I expect this combination would make around 350-375kw @ the wheels on 22 psi or so (correct me if i'm wrong), but would it live with day to day driving? And would the stock internals handle the load? Sorry if i'm completely wrong. I'm pretty new to these cars...

I look forward to seeing the results.

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Hey Ben. Please let me know the results of the comp test as i was going to ask you about what the internal condition is. Cheers

Injectors are still for sale?

Still for sale? I'll PM you later about them.

Still have the cams for sale?

What minor marks are on these wheels?