Briggs

I think people are getting a little preoccupied with straight line speed. The type-r was never really a power demon. What it does do well is make a huge amount of power for a 1.8 given it’s n/a, but more importantly it handles like it’s on rails. A good mate of mine has a 97 model integra type-r from japan that he lets me drive occasionally and although it’s not exactly inspiring in a straight line, when i take throught the twisties i can’t help but get out with a huge grin on my face. In an aside, he uses it at the track and last time we were at winton (short), he destroyed a guy in a 450hp supra simply by outbraking and having much more corner speed and the ability to get on the throttle earlier. Another bloke in an evo 9 was behind him and couldn’t get past, said Alex was lifting the inside wheel about 6 inches of the track through some corners. At the end of the day the most fun vehicle i have has only 32kw, my go kart. A car doesn’t have to be fast in a line to be a good car to drive, people should really try one before commenting, they wont be disappointed if they find a nice bit of road.

I get these all the time, especially in relation to my bike... “what do you need a fast car for, isn’t that why you got the bike?”... followed by “but isn’t the bike faster as well?” my response to all but one question is; “if you have to ask, you’ll never understand.” In relation to “you can only go 100kph.” I respond; “my speeding fines say otherwise”

my view was that the r34 looks and felt way better, but at the end of the day i'm more of a performance junkie. N1GTR, i have no idea exactly what the suspension and brake work that's been done is but will get the receipts for the work when i pick it up and will let you know. and the engine is nowhere near stock, the guy was building it up with about 500 kw atw in mind. the engine is strong and so is the gearbox (does cryogenic freezing and cutting make a big difference?), apparently at this stage all i'd need to push out more power is initially upgrade the feul pump/rails/whatever (again not stock but not able to take more than 400kw), and then look at engine internals, the rest of the car is ready. when i've got everything, i'd really appreciate it if i could put up a list of mods and have you guys tell me what would be safe boost, driving style and maintenance things that i should keep in mind, cheers, Briggs on a side note to coming off at 120, had a VERY close call today on the r1 coming out of a 3rd gear corner somewhere near 200kph, small moist bit of ground and the rear spun up a little more than i would have liked, managed to get it back through a nice mix of arse and luck...

just thought i'd say thanks guys. am putting a deposit down tomorrow on an r33 gtr with 300+ kw at the treads and about 10k of suspension and brake work, should be fun, see you out there soon.

i noticed i made an error in my first post (way to join the forum huh), i am after a modified car. i guess my main concerns are these; 1) can the r34 engine handle 300ish kw atw without major internal work? 2) does the r34 handle as well as the r33 if both have the same suspension, etc. (as in does the chassis make that big a difference?) 3) is it too much power for a rear wheel drive car on the road? 4) before major work (forged pistons, conrods, etc), how much pressure can each engine run, as in is 20psi way too much? at the end of the day, both caqrs would be an absolute blast but as much as i want a high performing car, i dont want to be paying through the nose if i need to replace a blown motor. and yes it must be that powerful, the car needs to be able to give a similar thrill to the bike or i just find them uninspiring, figure if i'm going to spend 30k that i should love it right.

had a 33 lined up but a few problems came up. and i have allowed for $1500 for insurance, $1500 for stamp duty, etc, etc. could someone just put a link up to a relevant thread, and when i searched i found that the threads i could find referred to unmodified cars. i want an unmodified comparison, cheers

hey guys, basically i'm looking at buying a skyline for about $30k, and by that i mean if i sold my soul i could just do it. have seen a few nice r33 gtr's for around this price and lower and also a few modified r34's. my question is which one to go with. the ones i'm looking at all have around 200-300awkw, and a few suspension mods. i gather that in standard form the r33 will way out perform the r34, but do the mods negate this? i'm not really concened with looks (they both look awesome), mainly after performance. figure you guys are the experts, any thoughts? cheers, Briggs ps. if anyone is wanting to get rid of one in the general vic area let me know