Blue Gt Badge, No Stock Boost Gauge But Turbo?

[syphex]

I have put a deposit down on a 1996 Series 2 GTS-T. I currently am in the process of organising RACV checks etc, etc..

There is a couple of things that are worrying me a bit though. The car has a turbo, 5 stud rotors and GTS-T brakes but I found it a little odd that the speedo cluster had no stock boost gauge, the GT badges on the side of the car are blue and the car had no HICAS.

Does this seem normal? I mean the car drives fine and is in pretty good condition but are these features (or lack of) normal in a GTS-T? I am a bit concerned the car was originally an non turbo converted to a turbo. Any S2 experts which could help me on this?

I am going to contact the owners to get the VIN number so I can run it through the FAST software.

Otherwise, anyone with thoughts on this?

Thanks

-patrick

Edited December 30, 2005 by syphex

[CS_180]

to me it sounds exactly like that..........a non turbo that has been converted and had the brakes and hubs upgraded

[Mr Italy!]

Yep sounds like its been converted to me... run away from it as fast as possible.

[lordsnipe]

being a converted job doesn't necessarily mean it's dodgy.

you sure it has no hicas? i was pretty sure all skylines, be it turbs or non turbs had hicas.

maybe the cluster was changed for some odd reason .. could be a million things...

[mad34]

blue and white badges usually come only on non turbo's. check the blue enigine plate thing on the firwall engine number should say rb25detxxxx if it was born a turbo. other engine number will be rb25dexxxx.

[ORIGIN]

yeah i thought all skylines came with hicas... my next door neighbour has a 4 door non turbo 32 and it has hicas.....

[dezz]

best bet is to get the VIN....then you wont have to second guess everything. also, as for the blue badges, u can buy those on ebay, and i rekin they look better than the red 1's, on say, a white car...

[urbanoperations]

nope not all 33s came out with hicas

could have been an RB20e fleet model r33, thats been converted ...

[syphex]

Ok, after checking the VIN number it is clear that the car was originally a non-turbo but has had an engine transplant and the hubs and brakes upgraded.

From this experience I have learnt the following:

- Blue badge = N/A (Easy to change though)

- All turbo series 2 R33's come with HICAS standard and a stock boost gauge in the cluster. (some N/A's did come out without HICAS)

- DON'T buy a car (or at least a skyline) before checking the VIN number.

Now, although the car drove fine I don't know how old the engine is, whether it has an N/A or turbo gearbox or whether the brake conversion has been done properly (i.e. engineered).

Thanks for everyone's input.

The search continues....

-patrick