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I think he meant that they dropped the regular GTS-t (non-Type M) from '91 onwards Richard. Before '91 the GTS-t and Type M were sold in unison, after '91 they only sold Type Ms. xRHETTx: You're right mate, ALL R33 turbo's are Type Ms. ... isn't it great that no ones mentioned 'M Spec'? Such a small thing but extremely irritating lol

Look at the badges on the car in the pics... it's clear as day 'G35S'.

Geez thats awesome... who needs to go to Japan anymore? I see the R33s far outweigh the other models by about 3 to 1 just like here

Anybody else confused by 'off-throttle response'?

Where was xxxxx.co anyway? Is that Colombia? LOL It's times like this when I think globalization sucks. "Yeah man... I'll give you my bank details! I heard Colombian people are soooo friendly!" Yeah that spammer can buy my car for the heavily discounted price of 2,000,000 cents

^^^^ We don't tolerate blatant spam in here. Suspended indefinately.

No, the car in your avatar has the 'standard' front bumper and that particular front bumper was standard across the entire range of R32s (except GT-R). There was an 'aero bumper' which could be ordered alone or as a kit as in the picture below: ^^^ This bumper was OPTIONAL. It's called the 'aero bumper'. No, the GTS-t (base model turbo) had 2-pot front brake calipers similar (maybe the same?) to the GTS N/A versions. I don't know the diameter of the disks as I've only ever seen one GTS-t (not Type M) in the last 6 years... ALL other R32 turbos I've seen have been Type Ms. Ok, you're right saying most R32s came with 4-pot bakes, simply because most R32s imported into Australia have been Type Ms! Trust me on this, I lived in Japan for a long time and questioned many local Japanese people about this very subject over the years.

The 'Auto spoiler' was an option for all R32s except the GT-R. As has been posted 11tybillion times before, the only things that actually differentiate a Type M from the other R32s are the 4-pot front brakes/2-pot rear brakes, and the Viscous LSD. Digital climate control air con was standard too, but other GTS-ts (not Type M) could be optioned with it. I would add the GT-R lookalike 16inch wheels too, but so many cars have them swapped over or exchanged you can't really rely on that to tell you the difference anymore. Optional equipment: auto spoiler rear wing aero front bumper/side slirts/rear pods CD player metalic paint Don't worry, far fewer GTS-ts (without 4-pot brakes etc) were sold than proper Type Ms. I've only ever seen one GTS-t here and in Japan, but seen countless Type Ms. The Type M is the one you want anyway...

Nissan (Infiniti) have done that already. The new V36 Skyline/G35 is a Lexus IS350 and BMW 330 competitor now, in the true sense. I posted up something about it in the Japan section. About the next GT-R and Nissan dealerships, elsewhere I've mentioned that the GT-R may just have it's own sales channel with it's own servicing section away from mainstream Nissan models to address the aftersales issues people have been having. Kind of like how Honda sold the NSX back in the day in Japan, it was under the same roof as everything else, but had it's own salespeople who took care of everything like a concierge, with 6-star service.

Close... but no cigar. Actually, you WAY OFF 38,000yen was for a metal head gasket. They used the R34 turbo that was already present on the old engine, A nismo clutch with flywheel (I take it 'F/W' means 'flywheel') Stock cams have been taken out and taken away(?) Maybe they used the RB20 cams in the RB25...(?)

Like they'd give a shit what a dealership did on the other side of the world...

Although I can't confirm it 100%, I'd say they definately aren't. About 2 years ago I posted up on here the DuPont recipe for Midnight Purple II, and I think the difference with MPIII was that it used the same amount of purple as blue. Maziora has about 29 clours to choose from, so I take it you're refering to the one which is called 'Saphire' from their Jewell collection thats used on their race cars? If so, thats definately an original colour and on most angles the Maziora colour looks more purple. http://www.nissan-prince-f*kuoka.co.jp/TOP...Web/gtr_mp3.htm (Midnight Purple III) http://www.nipponpaint.co.jp/maziora/at_race.html (Maziora Saphire)

I used the 80km/h speed limiter' and 'zero tolerance DD Policing' as an example of how heavy-handed you'd have to be to *literally* stop these deaths from occuring... it was a bit of a rhetorical question/senario really. We could all drive around in really big Scalextric cars on slotted roads and just use a touch screen to tell the car where we want to go and it does everything automatically... viola! 0 roadtoll, and we still get to go where we want.

The driver could have all the defensive driving instruction in the world, but is that gonna stop them from a moment of madness on a Saturday night drink driving with a bunch of friends in the backseat egging them on to 'see what top speed she can do'? Is that gonna stop that poorly posted sharp corner from coming up too quickly? It's even more simple, the 17 - 20yr old deaths will start to decrease when it's considered 'cool' to be responsible on the roads no matter whos in the car or what kind of car you're driving... with zero tolerance DD Policing and P-plater cars with 80km/h speed limiters on them. Sound like a too tall order?

"Someone gets kicked in the balls" = 17 - 20 year olds? So the Government has somehow 'killed' that extra 37% because of a kneejerk reaction? Your comment sounds like your blaming the laws. I'd say inexperience/alcohol/stupidity/peer pressure/invincibility was the culprit for all those deaths.

I don't know... Radar uses frequencies doen't it? Wouldn't it be like radio where you use a dedicated frequency? My translation of 'short wave' radar might be a little incorrect, but it definately uses radar to detect objects.

(2006/09/23) Lexus LS460 incorporates the latest preventive safety technology and in doing so has achieved the mantle of 'the safest car in the world' title. Boasting collision safety technology and pre-crash safety technology that so far hasn't made it's way into a production car until now. The 'Pre-crash Safety System' adopts an obstacle detection system, a driver monitor, steering evasion support, and rear pre-crash safety systems to inform the driver of the danger of the collision, and to secure the vehicles stability when crash evasion is employed, and to decrease the collision speed if necessary. All these functions are applied the brakes automatically. The obstacle detection system reads information from both the shortwave radar at the front of the vehicle and the dual 'stereo camera'. The stereo camera that adopts a near-infrared radiation CCD is set up in the top of the fornt windscreen about 35cm apart. The near-infrared radiation CCD is irradiated from the near-infrared radiation projector long range beam and combined, they all project forward to the same area and can detect objects with an 'image data process'. As a result, pedestrians etc. can be detected even at night. Also in a world first, the steering wheel can be overidden if an imminent crash is detected by the pre-crash safety system by use of gearing set up in conjuction with the shortwave radar and near-infrared CCD. The steering override system only secures the posture and stability of the vehicle, so when the pre-crash sensors judge that there is danger of a collision, the chassis balance can be optimized. The effect is subtle and does not shake the steering wheel about furiously as some might imagine. In addition, the infrared camera (made up of 6 near-infrared high beam LED's) that monitors the driver is set up in the steering wheel column cover, and the direction of driver's face is detected regardless of day or night with an image processing computer. The infrared camera facing the driver can react faster in the event of a collision, thereby warning the driver (if his face is turned away from looking to the front) by means of a collision warning buzzer and dash lights. Another world first is the rear pre-crash safety system. The possibility of the rear-end collision is judged by distance, relative speed, and the direction, etc. with the vehicle behind detected with the special shortwave radar set up in the rear bumper. A hazard lamp is first flashed when the possibility of a crash is high, and attention of the driver is directed to the vehicle behind. The injury sustained when the headrest of the driver's seat snaps forward when there is a possibility to a collision from behind can be avoided somewhat too, as the system reduces the impact velocity of the car behind by moving out of the high impact zone and/or speeding up. An active steering wheel integration control was added to the steering called VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management). It is a sort of ballast and sensor in the front wheel along with the brake control system and is controlled in cooperation with VDIM to govern the behavior of the vehicle. For instance, when cornering and the car oversteers, VDIM applies the brakes to four wheels, then makes an electric power steering and VGRS (changeable steering wheel angle compared to the steering angle applied by the driver) cooperate and at the same time controlling the engine power, and also automatically counter steering to regain stability. The driving support system includes the 'lane keeping' assistance, radar cruise control (with a function that can follow of the velocity of cars in front), and intelligent parking assistance. The radar cruise control operates from high speed operation to low speed such as the in congested traffic situations and the sudden slow down situation that might occur on the high speed expressway. The position and the lane used by the car in front is recognized by information gathered from the shortwave radar and the stereo cameras, and it stops at an appropriate distance with the car in front. An intelligent parking system which uses proximity sensors as well as the rear facing camera both work in conjunction to parralel park the car when parralel parking is selected. The vehicle moves slowly moves back at a creeping pace, and the driver should use the brakes at any time if a complete stop is desried. When the parralel park in confirmed by the driver by using the touch screen prompt, the steering is released and normal operation is regained. The car in question, the Lexus LS460 with just a hint of BMW 5 series... The 'stereo cameras'. This pic shows the shortwave radar, stereo cameras and near-infrared CCDs working in conjunction to detect an object... in this case the system is foiling an attempt to run over G. Dubbya Bush. This pic shows the display when radar cruise control is set, showing the car in front and it's movements either further or closer to the LS460.

Neg camber will cure alot of what you posted... still lipping would be a good idea as would getting narrower tires for the rim to stretch the sidewalls.

I think you'll have problems with the rim contacting the front strut with 9.5 + 25. I've got 9.0 +27 on my Silvia but with an 18mm spacer and it clears with heaps of room... but I'mm also running wide front guards. On an R33 I would say you'd need at least a 10mm spacer to make them fit on the front, but the wheels tires will be sticking out of the guards a bit. I realise it's an S13 and not R33, but I've found that swapping wheels between R32/R33/S13/S14 are all pretty similar.

I haven't heard of it personally, do you have any more info, or a pic of the sticker/document that it's written on? Sounds like a drifting club name to me...

Last night I had my two brothers and a Japanese friend (and his Aussie gf) come to my place last night for a visit, and the topic eventually came around to the stupidest stuff that I/we encountered in Japan... and even stuff that we were guilty of doing... Example: Japanese friend is from Ibaraki in North Osaka (not prefecture). One day while he was on they way to the train station, he came across a homeless guy on the ground next to a fence asleep and snoring loudly. The strange thing was that the homeless guys pants were down to his knees with his bare ass sticking out for all to see. It seemed as though he was trying to take a piss when he suddenly passed out... it sure as hell smelt like it! So J-friend has pity for the guy so tries to help him pull his pants up by the belt loops, when the homeless guy wakes up and starts kicking his legs frantically, so much so that one leg came out of the pants leg. The homeless guy gets up and tries to run away while shouting and yelling for help, but is slowed down by his pants, so he kicks off the pants and runs away naked from the waist down. -------------------------- I was late for an express train one night, and being Sunday it was pretty empty. I got on at the last carriage but wanted to get off up at the front carriage so I made the trek up to the front carriage. About 3 cars up I come across 4 foreigners who had managed to climb up onto the luggage racks above the seats and were laid out sleeping (or pretending to) up there... -------------------------- Another train story... This one happened about 3 - 4 years ago when having those mountain climbers little bag things was cool to have hanging off your belt. You know? The ones that are made of nylon and climbers use them as chalk bags... anyway, my friend thinks he'll be a comedian and gets one even though he bagged out alot of people for having them. One day I see him waering the climbers bag thing and he's FILLED it with about 500 10yen coins, and when walking down the street is purposely making the thing swing from side to side droping coins out while he's making his way through crowds of people. Unbelievably some people actually pick up some coins and chase him down to give them back! But thats not the worst... the next time I see him - on the train this time - he had been to the 'Loft' department store to buy some chalk sticks. He'd ground the chalk sticks up to powder then put it in said climbers chalk bag... next thing I know he coughs REALLY loudly, then dips his hands into the chalk bag to get chalk on them, then clapps his hands together like the Olympic weightlifters do, then grapples those rings that you hold when standing up in the train isles in a cloud of chalk dust... Anybody else got some stories?