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thanks heaps for the informative post. I guess i'll be sticking with the HPS instead of the XPR, i dont know why, i just don't have the heart to put a non royal purple oil in my car anymore haha

Hey guys, I did a bit of searching around but couldn't find specific answers for this; What would be a more suitable oil in a stockish R34 GTT - Royal Purple HPS or their new XPR oil? It seems the XPR is a on up from the HPS, specifically for performance racing, does that mean it would not be suitable for a daily jap turbo? This is what their website has to say; (useless) http://www.royalpurpleconsumer.com/right-synthetic-oil/ Thanks

The photos of the hole are very blurry so im not too sure. If that hole is on the dump pipe, it's usually for an oxygen sensor to be screwed into.

The squeeling problem is most likely a loose or off center belt. You could turn it on and look at the engine bay and try and follow the sound to see which belt the sound is coming from, replacing/tightening the belt's price will depend on which belt it is really. I'm sure someone else would be better suited to explain the lights on the dashboard problem, I would be leaning towards a fuse/short somewhere though.

Yeah, the defect is bound to happen I guess. my question again though, the possibility of the infamous "$10,000" fine for running a decat car can only technically be had if they can prove it is decat. the only way for this is if they nab you there and then on the road by suprise, and try and test the emissions in a carpark (as they do sometimes) this car park has random RTA n EPA officers sitting around n they pretty much test it there n then. So in considering that, would a kill switch be a viable option to not have that happen? or will they seize the car or something i dunno lol

yeah fair enough, been defected before when the car wasn't even too low. the real question here though is, i've heard at times, they make you drive to a carpark or something straight away and there are EPA testing stations, testing your exhaust for toxic gases. hypothetically, a car not starting would cause for it to not be tested?

So not that any of this applies to me; but to avoid these two problems: - Cop defect for exhaust too loud - EPA road side defect/cop defect for de-cat exhaust system Could one not instal a hidden kill switch in their car, and hit the switch, pretending the car doesn't turn on for whatever reason, therefore not allowing the EPA/Cop to check the loudness or more importantly, if it is venting toxic fumes due to decat. At least temporarily, and then tow the car home n change it back to stock? This example referrs to if you're driving and pulled over "randomly" and then directed to an EPA station from there directly. Or more likely, the cop with a decible meter. I wouldn't recomend this idea, just wondering if this is a possibility.

With the recent japanese free trade agreement going through, I can't seem to wrap my head around the concept still so I was looking for a bit of clarification. With this free trade, will the prices of use jap imports drop, e.g R33s, R34s, etc. Along with this, I don't understand how in New Zealand, the prices for these cars is almost half as much as it is here. I always assumed it was due to the agreements and that this new free trade agreement would balance out the prices eventually evening them out with New Zealand. Thoughts? Thanks in advance

thanks heaps for that. does anyone know any examples of what sorts of things you can see with the cable, e.g - compression tests? etc and is it worth getting a cheap like $15 one?

can't seem to find the edit button, but along with those questions I have another; Why are the prices ranging for the consult system, from like $15 - $400 on ebay? isn't it just a cable you connect, would have thought it would be a cheap thing to get?

wow reading through this thread, never felt so bad for someone on this forum. hope it works out this time. so scared to drive my car anymore lol

Hey guys, I've got a R34 GT-T. I've had it for a while and have heard about the "consult" cable. I have a stock ECU, I was wondering a few things about the whole cable: - What are the main things I can do with the cable and my car? (I have a reasonable amount of computer knowledge) - Is it hard to use the cable? - Is it worth buying? Thanks heaps guys

haha yeah, im one of those guys that will stop indicating until the last second, or make unecessary turns if theres a car thats been following me for too long. thanks again everyone, good to see that the RTA has failed us all collectivly, once again

wow thats a relief. i got pretty paranoid last night, ran outside at 3am and tried investigating if the car used to be a 4 door or something and got rebirthed. late night does crazy things to the mind lol thanks again guys, i shall sleep easy tonight.

hey guys, i've got a r34-gtt and have had it for quite a while, i bought it fairly cheap and now im a bit paranoid beacuse i looked at the PPSR check and the free rego check of my car, and while the number plate and all is correct, it says body type = SEDAN when infact, my car is a 2 door coupe? Can anyone provide some insight or thought into this? Is this hard to fix? What could the reasons for this be? or how will this effect me? Thanks heaps guys.

any ideas on this guys? its getting hot and i need my window working

nissan said they won't sell that little plastic thing without the entire scissor section.. ugh, for a 20cent looking plastic thing im gonna have to pull the whole thing a part n pay a fair bit more. any other ideas? maybe a makeshift holder? i dunno lol

Hey guys, so i've got a R34 GTT 2 door. and just recently the passanger side window stopped going verically up, instead it goes up a bit and then starts to get wonky. I looked into it and turns out one of the lower guides that move horizontally while the window goes up and down has come out of its guide and is basically doing nothing. It keeps coming out because this small white plastic thing it goes into has somehow broken, it used to be a full circle to hold the end of the mechanism into. Really confusing to explain, so i took a few photos. The first photo shows how its sitting now (outside of the guide). Second photo shows how its meant to be, but its meant to also be within that white thing, or it'll keep coming out of the guide. Anyone know where i can possibly get that small white thing? or its name? or possibly a way to get around this problems? Thanks heaps guys.

haha yeah, i've decided to stay with the R34. at least it also has the bonus of it (arguably) looking better than most of the cars out there. really can't see myself sitting in a falcon lol

everyone here seems pretty sure so im a bit unsure now. but as far as i know, im almost certain that p-platers in the ACT can drive turbo. however, once they enter into NSW they have to abide by NSW laws due to the jurisdiction. Similar to the fact that gay marriage may be accepted in a certain country but wont be recognised in a country that doesn't have the law. So im gonna have to disagree with what is being said here, if the cop really wants to im pretty sure that they can fine you in NSW for not abiding by their P plater rules. someone correct me if im wrong though.

with your experience Ill have to believe that I guess. ive kept the copper ones I bought, might swap them in one day and give them another go if the iridiums give me issyes

i thought it was the coil packs, tested them all individually by turning the car on and checking for a spark. all of them had spark. i was shocked too at seeing that iridiums with 1.0mm gap would work better than coppers at 0.8mm gap. but who knows, guess thats just one of the many mysteries of the skyline lol.

well thanks for allll the help guys, it was really heplful and wouldn't have gotten it done otherwise. pretty much re did it all, except this time i put in bosch iridium 1.1mm gap plugs, cleaned out the area very nicely and yeah. luckily this solved the miss fire problem, and even more so, the missfire under boost problem, i tried putting my foot down at high speeds and low speeds, where before there would be pops now there was no sound like that. so everythings working fine thanks again everyone

how could my coils get wrecked all of a sudden they were fine last morning n after changing sparks this happened.

so i replaced the spark plugs with 0.8mm gapped copper ngk ones. and now the car sounds like a wrx, its slow and its missing so much. searched about it heaps, but still unsure what it could be =\