Gaspard

On to it... I just tried but my FAST now has runtime error 13 when viewing diagrams... so maybe my attempted semi japanese mode is screwing it up... will try again after changing a few things and report back.. EDIT: Fixed my runtime error Here are the diagrams: 1. Exhaust section: 2. Turbo section (The turbo has 2 other diagrams for cooling, and oil lines, figured you didn't want them.) 3. Part numbers (After selecting the 2 dump pipes and the exhaust header, and click "Part No. Search") EDIT 2: Actually reading your post would help eh! LOL after re-reading your post I noticed you said "inlet elbows" So you're after the INLET sections... DOH! One moment please... EDIT 3: ok so I looked through the inlet diagrams: Hopefully one of these helps?

not directly but I'd been matching it by hand yesterday... (i got my FAST to display actual Japanese Characters) The first one is Body type, which when using google translate on the jap returns "Boday" (so I assume the guest translator is a bad speller, or English FAST has someone in Japanese "sounding out" the words) The second one literally tranlates to "Engine" so that's the engine code... I assume L20T is Turbo version Grade (option trim level) and Transmission... FA = Floor action auto... I will now post what little translation I did on the option code lists: It is very slow tedious work doing this, if someone had a Japanese friend it would go much quicker... I'm literally using Character Map, autohotkey's window spy, and my naked eye to match the shape of the ideogram, then copy into google translate... translation I did last night: ボデイ -- Boday (aka Body type) エンジン -- Engine グレード -- Grade ミッション -- Transmission ステージア -- Stagea

not sure looking through the FAST OPTION CODE LIST now but don't know the year/month for the car so hard to tell which sheet... What year/Month is it? Also most of the options are in Japanese text so probably won't be much help...

the number format looks correct, but this is what FAST (at least my copy) says:

Well if you can find a number on the car in the format: HCR32 - 0023521 modelcode - serialnumber ... But it's probably not in the FAST system... anyone else know about these Aussie versions?

As what Duncan said, you should still have the number... Either case perhaps the Aussie compliance plate they might have mistyped the original vin...

This one is Australian and not Japanese... FAST doesn't like any of it... sorry This one wouldn't come up when I used the Chassis number so I put in the model and got this:

Grab a quick snapshot of your car's blue underhood plate if poss... will try to decipher what's up.. I tried running the ECR32 015378 but it wouldn't return the info

here it is:

here you go:

Sorry my FAST is too old...

private message, why? I assume you meant: ECR33-002434 here it is: From the program we can see it's an R33 Model year: 1993/August Color code: QM1 Body type: 2K (probably 2 door) Engine: RB25DET Steering: HICAS Driveline: 2WD Spec level: GTS25T/M Transmission: Manual 5 Speed

Well the option codes are in the "Model" box on the FAST Screenshot I posted just before, in your case: GGJPRWFR33ZDA-AQ-C additionally, if you can read Japanese here are the Model-code-to-Options conversion screens: The top part is characters 1 through 13 and the bottom bit is 14-18 I marked the options listed in your Model code with little red lines... but most of it is Japanese Characters... And YES the program is set to English, it just doesn't have translations for options unfortunately... EDIT: here are my best guesses: Character 1: Body type, (number of doors) (in this case "G" == 2 door) Character 2-3: Engine (in this case "GJ" == RB26DETT) Character 4: Type of drive (in this case "P" == 4WD) Character 5: NO IDEA, but only one option Character 6: Spec level (in this case "W" == GTR V or GTR N1) Character 7: Transmission option (in this "F" == case 5 speed) Character 8-10: Always "R33" Character 11: Fuel system?? (in this case, "Z" == I'm not sure) Character 12: NO IDEA Character 13: NO IDEA, but only one option Characters 14 to 18: NO IDEA sorry hope this helps! Gaspard

here you go:

In the FAST software there are 2 boxes; one with the code (BCNR33 in this case), and one with "serial" number (024253 in this case) So the easy way to represent the VIN is: BCNR33-024253 Anyway here it is: