GTR-34A

Yea we were but me and Jarrad were thinking no one was coming so didn't want to go out of our way for nothing... Post up eoi here if your keen to go down to Windsor in the morning

Yea weather is looking good. Get Keen people

Yep very much so, minus the high in performance though... Not worth the hassle...

If I could give any advice from having mine I would say stay away from them.. The series ones have a missing oil injector toward the centre of the housing from memory and are notorious for blowing up if not driven 100% correctly... Some after 40k Kms... You have to allow ample warming up time, do not rev it too hard until oil temp is right up ie 20mins or so... And you have to make sure you red line it often to blow out any oil residue left inside the engine, also keep an eye and top up oil every 3 tanks of fuel or so... And it aint cheap at about 100 for 5l.. All this for a mere 170 extremely peaky kw (no much there until about 5k rpm).... Having said all this it was a very nice car to drive, an incredible chassis... Mine was stock and sat perfectly through the bends, better than the gtr, well better than my gtr with stock suspension anyway... The engine really just let it down unfortunately... And if your into straight line speed, there nothing short from putting a turbo kit on to the stock engine for decent power which will just increase engine issues (hi comp engine and turbo don't mix ha).. And cost approx 10-20k depending on what u do... So with that in mind I sold mine and put the money I would have spent turboing the car and bought a gtr! Just my opinions anyways....

^Thanks guys, im guessing that there is probably around 10 or less in aus given the 3 above including mine, there is one in wa for sale on carsales, and other random ones i have seen/heard about.. pretty rare then i guess... still would love to know how many were made, but im guessing it would be impossible to find out. Cheers

it will cut it down to 190km, from about 420km.... joining the actual cruise for about 40kms..

Miss all the good parts of putty road then dont you?..

Might be best for central coast guys and newcastle guys to organise seperate meet points for the cruise down, we have a meet for newcastle, but if we are then stopping again at the twin servos it will turn in to a 3+hour trip down to sydney on what is already a big drive day if you know what i mean?... Just my thoughts...

Could always come to the meet in glendale before the cruise for the newy guys and see if you can get a lift with someone there?...

one thing to think about with rain, besides of course if you have a convertable skyline ha is that a weeks worth of rain on rural roads (most likely crappy sprayed sealed ones, and not much ashaplt) that probably takes its fair share of heavy vehicles (never been up putty road so dont really know what its like) will have a servere effect on the roads wearing course, ie large pot holes and rocks/debris... unless there is a bit of dry weather i doubt the council will go fill up the holes before the weekend, could be wrong though... Just a forwarning, the roads could be in horrible condition??... Just saying as i design roads for a living is all..

Ha its not that much more than the round trip for you guys in Sydney though...

Maybe if we say meet Glendale maccas 7.30am for a 7.45 depart?... google says 2hrs 10mins to the meet spot..

I would gladly offer my car for this, although I don't believe it would be the best around, and doesn't fit the bill exactly... It is very clean (like new with 40k Kms), looks the part kind of (really needs to be lowered, but is receiving a vspecii bonnet this week), and also doesn't have 300+kw haha so doesn't really fit the bill at all haha... Although it is yellow which is very rare.... Let me know if your interested mate, was going to request your skills at some point to shoot my car, once it's more finished, love your work! Also if your planning on coming to the putty road cruise this weekend, can check out the car then? Cheers, Anthony

Ha just to avoid confusion for perspective buyers, dont get the very mechanical/notchy feel of the gretrag confused with a bad gearbox, they are designed that way, it should shift smoothly as no clunks when engauging and disengauging gears etc but will feel abit mechanical and notcy on the gear stick... just tring to clarify this as if someone told me before i drove my first 34r the gearbox should be smooth, i would have said that every gearbox was f##ked haha. and Chris is spot on with whining or syncro issues.. i believe they can be costly. also same sounds for diff and transfer etc...

Sounds good buddy, cheers

If it is a nismo twin super copper mix clutch I could be interested mate, pending price and condition etc.. I plan to go with one of them when/if I go to -9s... Either way let me know once you've got it sorted and we can go from. Cheers mate

Ahh there's probably plenty of advice on here but don't know if there is a specific thread for the 34r. One of the first things I would do is stick my head under every part of the car, the under body is one of the first spots rust will start forming, and the cleanliliness can give you an idea of Kms sometime also... Or how hard a life anyways.. Pull out boot carpet and inspect body.. Seat bolster wears badly, but mine shows very little wear and my car has 40k Kms onit for reference.. But seats can be removed etc.. MFD can decrstalise, that shouldn't happen I would expect under after 100k Kms.. Depending on its history of course. Little metal pieces around the engine bay tend to show oxidation/rust with age, so that can also be an insight into its past etc.. Rust around the boot brake light, Also check all front guard bolts for wearing if they have been removed etc... For accident damage/repair And apart for it running smoothly, and mechanical pieces looking good (no big leaks anywhere etc) I left all the mechanical stuff up to a professional, get a hoist inspection including a compression check.. Cylinder 6 starves and can cause dramas so this is very important... You should get the idea after you have looked at a few though. Any other questions let me know, happy to help mate

no prblem, Sounds like you are looking for the same thing i was... the search can be very painful, maybe more so for me as most i looked at were in sydney which was a 2-3 hour drive depending where etc.... came close many times to giving up, but worth it all in the end for me.. as for search time, i know people who have searched for alot longer... in all i propbably looked at about 30 34r's.. there were about 3 decent ones in that bunch, 1 of which i bought.. but this is just in NSW.. there might be better selctions else where?.. Go have a look at some and see how you feel, the reality is that most of them are and look like 12 year old cars that have had plenty of use and fun, not all have been maintained perfectly and stored for half there life and in showroom condition (i kind of expected every GTR to look immaculate when i first started looking ha, being such a sought after and enthusiast car etc), and they say 50k kms or less but evidence shows otherwise, and the price tag is still around the 50k mark... sounds all doom and gloom but i am very picky when it comes to spending that amount on a car ha...

I would say go local if you cant find what your looking for... if you cant, import one, as you will have a better shot at getting what you want with a larger selection, you will also get a better idea of genuine kms. I had the same thoughts when purchasing mine, came very close to importing one but ended up finding a very nice example locally. the biggest problem for me when weighting up importing or not was the price.. because of the strong yen it is pretty much (in most cases) cheaper to buy locally at the moment, and you get to feel/drive/see it with your own eyes. As for choice of spec.. vspecII would be great, i was searching for one of them, but in the end bought a series 1 non-vspec as it was the cleanest one i found after searching for 3-4months... in the end it depends what your after, a car for a bit of fun and to play with and not too concerned about condition, or if you want a mint condition one (in this case in my experience they are few and far between, so i wouldnt get caught up in the specs otherwise your search may take a very long time unless your lucky)... Either way, goodluck

Im really hoping the weather gets good, and my car is ready ha..

Yea only only the drivers side mate, not sure if thats how it is meant to be?

Not a problem mate, happy to help

Hey mate here are some pics. Let me know if you cant read the measurments very well and i might be able to give you some more accurate numbers?.. Hope this helps.

nice one, how much for if you dont mind me asking, out of interest?

I did some reasearch on this when i was searching for my gtr... I was under the impression that it will always rattle unless it has a dual mass flywheel (it will still rattle but the dual mass flywheel will deaden the sound so you cant hear it?).. i hear the rattle in my car everytime i turn it off as the engine slows down etc, but dont hear it at all when idling. Most people when changing clutches get the upgraded flywheel for lightness and perfromance and live with the rattle i thought... This is what i thought from my reasearch anyways... im no guru though