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I have heard so many horror stories about 135i's from people I know that I would never want one of these. Boosted FA Rod bender is the choice, but the real sleeper is a NB Turbo MX5 from the factory. (or buy my megane)

370'z are going down in price, and R33's are going up. A smart choice is an older 370z for peanuts. A really really smart choice is an 86 with a mild boost kit. Skylines are great IF you can HAPPILLY encounter these problems and gain enjoyment from fixing them up, making them great, and enjoying the little things like buying satisfying new lines and shit. If this does not bring enjoyment to you, buy something you don't need to do this with. A Skyline that does not need this stuff done to it will likely run 35k++++.

It's not that the cars are bad. I really love mine and I don't think I'd have anything else. So many stories, fun times, and learning that don't happen with a car you don't have to build from the ground up. RB25's are great, it's just best to be realistic when it comes to just how long and hard you can burn a candle at both ends. 90's cars were so project prone because the OEM gear was, well, not optimal. Nowadays OEM gear is a lot more optimal. Noone's putting coilovers on their M4 Competition (to the extent people would on say, a R32/33/34). My little megane hot hatch did a track day on OEM everything and it was the most fun trouble free day I've had. If you want to have a car where you get the satisfaction of changing everything, making it yours, watching it 'grow' then they are a great car. If you want to buy a car for resale, no. If you want a car that is great out of the box and you don't want to become a semi-mechanic, again no. If those things sound fun, then they are awesome cars and there's many many opportunities to spend a lot of cash tinkering and learning. The other side of the coin is this - I always say a GTT is better than a GTR, because in the end everything gets upgraded anyway and the cars only perform at what they get upgraded to, and a GTR becomes a really, really expensive bodykit and heavy AWD system. In this frame of mind the HR34 is going to be just fine - But be prepared to constantly explain that "oh yeah, it is a HR34..." and people do judge on this even if they shouldn't. Try having a sedan and getting 2nd class service everywhere. This shit does happen and people do kind of react based on whats 'cool' Tis just perspective. If the car fits the needs and you will think back and go "Yes, this is what I signed up for, I love this shit" then absolutely go for it.

Here's the thing, the RB25DET and VQ35 (or VQ37) have about the same level of reliable power before they need a forged rebuild. You will also need an aftermarket turbo system on your VQ to get to that point. You will also need a rebuild and aftermarket turbo system on a RB25DET to get to that point. Never buy a skyline without expecting this as being needed soon, and budgeting the cash and the time to having it get done. Any skyline you want has every component done. They become good cars when every component is done. They are good cars because these options are available. Any decent skyline will eventually need: Wheels Tyres (larger than stock) Full exhaust system Aftermarket Radio/Audio Aftermarket Seats Aftermarket Turbo Aftermarket ECU/Engine Management Aftermarket Fuel system (not just injectors, you need pump (s) Aftermarket Suspension (choose a coilover kit of your choice) Aftermarket Bushes/Suspension arms/Camber, Toe, etc. Aftermarket Brake Kit/BBK (especially in your case) Aftermarket Diff Aftermarket axles (in your case) Aftermarket Clutch Engine Rebuild Aftermarket Radiator Aftermarket Oil Cooling (if you want to actually lean on it) You must factor the cost of this into your purchase price. Then remember shit breaks. You like them because you have seen the ones with all of the above done. You've done some of this to your Z. Rebuilt TT VQ is under much less stress than a RB25. You can fit much wider rubber on a Z. You already have the Z. The heart wants what the heart wants, though. Source: Done it all, many times, now have V8 in car because RB25DET is shit. You are talking USD, buy a C5 Z06.

I mean it doesn't necessarily instantly kill the turbo. But there is a reason the people who made the turbo even made a blow off/recirculation valve. There is a reason all? turbos in any performance car have these valves.

How much do you think this RB25DET is going to need repairs? Those fixes etc also do cost money. I just feel that a well sorted Z33 with a rebuilt motor (cant think of what else would cost 6k USD) Has: A rebuilt motor, not a 25 year old RB25det. Also prime for some mild boost. A well sorted Z33 with some boost is just going to be better than a nearly stock HR34 ? However the heart wants what the heart wants. This may also bite you in the butt, because noone really wants a HR34. They want at least a GTT.

The Z is probably better. However you won't run into any issues, the rear sway bar will bolt on (it has the holes, you need the brackets from a GTT). Things are mostly compatible. Think R33 GTST brakes, R33 GTST Coilovers. Your gearbox kinda depends on what gearbox got put in. Could be a R33 GTST gearbox too, pretty common! I am basing this on the HR34 being the same as the ER34. There aren't any real HR34's in AU. The Z is probably better.

They are very similar, but I don't think this has been done before/information is readily available. I know there are *SOME* differences in arms between a 33 and a 34 in the front. Ostensibly they are different for 'some reason' but I don't know if the front subframe is the reason for it. I have bent knuckles and front arms before and found out that the 34 ones have curves in them where the 33 ones are straight. But you also have things like 33 coils fitting in 34's and vice versa (at the front only) and sway bars (I think) 34 coupe and sedan are the same at the front, but as the front subframes generally dont get uh, broken? It's not something that generally gets swapped between cars..

Plenty of people have made over 300 for a few years. RARELY do they see a lot of track time. Given your sim setup you clearly have track aspirations for this car. I don't know what its like in Syd, but when you actually go to a track day, but cars boosting way above stock power are actually really rare. The thing is, your motor will last "X" time at 3X0kw. Then when it does let go, what are your options? 1) Replace engine with literal 20 year old performance engine with unknown treatment, which costs about $4k for a neo now cause.. rare. 2) Rebuild motor, and you may as well build it with all the good stuff.... 3) Resist the urge for 450+kw "because I have a built motor" All for what, so your wakefield time drops 2s? The boost dropping is a turbo actuator thing. You could call it a sanity check. Almost every single hypergear turbo (or any internal gated turbo) that bolted to a RB25 manifold did this. It was addressed by heavier and heavier springs but they all fell off at the top, and the answer always seems to turn into "obtain an external gate" which starts the daisy chain of Gate, Manifold, Fabrication, Different Turbo, Different intercooler cause fab is happening anyway, retune, rebuild motor, change clutch, be sad on track days.

I used a blitz return flow cooler (the one from just jap) and made near on 500kw with it, with intake temps around 30c post cooler. You have the ECU, see what your intake temps actually are before deciding the internet said a thing so it must be true. Even if it's not THE best intercooler, back to back changes will be minimal, especially for 270kw. There's so many good reasons to just stay at 270kw as the changes to go above it (full motor rebuild, manifold, turbo) and the corresponding reliability start to look very dim indeed. What we'd really need to see is all the data as to what exactly the turbo *does* when attempting to make more power. My guess is "it wont hold boost" which was pretty common for older hypergear internal gate turbos which all seemed to make 50+ kw more power when externally gated, especially on an OEM manifold, and 50+ more when E85 was added to the mix. I say put a Garrett G25 or G30 on there, given they should fit in the space pretty well. But definitely, definitely, definitely follow the data. And if you don't have the data, get the data!

I have an attakd 356 kit. If I had my time again I would not buy this, and want to upgrade to the HSV/CTSV 6 pot kit which has a much larger pad, and calipers can be bought brand new for the $2k mark. Benefit from OEM Pad options and OEM disc sizes. Just keep in mind if you do go the attakd kit you want the full pad depth pads, have been burned a few times by getting 'compatible' pads which do fit, but also don't fit. It is mildly annoying, but if you get the right pad, right compound AND UPDATE YOUR BMC it will definitely do the job. Also whatever you do, do not attempt to use the default pads for the track, they are hilariously bad. Unsure on how the "red" ones go.

Yes. Absolutely. Now I get to worry where all my power and grounds are wired to/from!

Also replacing a Haltech Platinum Pro with a G4+ is not an apples for apples comparison. Did you replace an Elite 2500 with one? Generally speaking most standalone ECU's only really cause issues when wired in wrong. There are always benefits to aftermarket management if you know what you are doing, or are curious to learn and get it right. It can be very satisfying!

Yep, topmounts can fit with the stock manifold, but you can see why people go FFP and deal with the issues of a FFP, purely to clean it up. Works though!

Nothing - I only got one while my 34 was off the road doing the whole V8 thing, and needed to get around in something that wasn't crushingly depressing during that time... I was under the impression mates would still do track days and car events and I wanted to still do those without the whole "I'd like to go but my car is off the road" problem..

Correct, this issue happens because 1) The NA Auto ECU cannot accept a Nistune 2) A GTT Auto ECU cannot natively run the Auto gearbox from the NA car, because the NA car has a seperate TCU. You can wire the the inputs to the NA TCU into the GTT ECU on the correct pins and bypass the NA Auto TCU. Nissan have the wiring diagrams of both units available in the shop manual. This has only been done successfully a couple of times. It isn't that hard, about ~20 wires. All clearly labelled in the shop manual. People just never tried it, or had need to.

DT Panels or Stud Road Panels in Vic do good work. Have a friend whos R33 rear quarter met a barrier at Sandown and got it fixed through DT. Cost about $5k to repair.

The 225 is effectively the same car dynamics wise, but the rear is less skittish. Infact it's super annoyingly planted, and has a wheelbase a fair bit wider than a GTR (!) and yes, super fun and I prefer the dynamics of the 225 vs the 265, the rear coming around I know is a good thing, but it doesnt 'feel' as predictable, I like to do it with the brake pedal as opposed to just pure inertia. I don't have a golf, but holy shit I have packed a retarded amount of stuff into the 225, stuff my 34 sedan just can't touch. There is something to be said about hot hatches, to be sure.

X84 (second generation). The D95 RS265 is mostly cosmetic, they handle a little differently. The RS265's want to pivot under braking more, and the visibility is way less. Generally nicer interior though. They fixed the issues with the 225 sport when they released the 225 cup. I drove both of those and the difference is surprisingly huge. And yes I noticed immediately getting out of the D95 gen back into mine that I suddenly had space to put stuff everywhere. (inside door jams, inside door rests, specific slots for sunglasses etc, massive center console, etc, multi level glovebox etc etc etc)

Mine has all sorts of cool storage cubbies, one of the things will actually really miss

buy my Megane In all seriousness, they are great little fun cars. (the RS variants of stuff), incl the Alpine to a degree. Criminally underrated. Everyone Raves about the Type R but ignores the Megane which will pants it and look 800% better. Could be because they aren't sold in the USA.

R33 GTR rims are 17x9 +30 ? (but they do fit!) In any case these do fit - Something is off here, the wheels arent what you say they are or something is seriously wrong.

I don't think it's time right now to go buying expensive fun cars. I noticed a lot more inquiries pop up about my Megane just as restrictions started to lift, now obviously all disappeared again. New Supras are really nice and not much/anything better than it in its price range. The ... 1 .. weekend we could all go for a cruise I would have seen at least 20 of them on the road, and they looked great out there. Really made all the MK4's look dated.

Okay so this is the kicker then - You're doing a test where the stock 26 won't actually pass. Funny thing is though, you therefore need mods in order to pass the test, effectively mandating an aftermarket ECU. I found it all pretty interesting tuning the car on the emissions dyno, watching pollution in real time. That said, certain regulatory bodies don't give two shits if they say contradictory things like 1) The engine will not pass stock 2) You are not allowed to modify the engine. I suggest putting a LS into it, it makes for a better engine than a RB26 anyway Though this does or may explain why certain LS's have AIR pumps in them whereas they don't have that here.

This will be far better, easier and more accurate to run aftermarket gauges in the space.