Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Hi all, I'm new to this forum but have been a part of r31skylineclub.com for a while now..

I have a nice loan under my belt to the tune of $20,000 and am looking at buying an R34 GTT. I know a fair bit about 31's, 32's and 33's but the 34 is fairly foreign to me. Could any of you tell me what I should look for in an R34 and where to go for a good deal (I'm in WA).

Tim.

your about 8-10k short to buy a manual 34 coupe or sedan in turbo .non turbo manual at 20k is available,turbo auto start @ 20k ..average condition...,

there is a nice auto sedan for sale in perth advertised on this forum with mods @23k IMO this is a good car and price

i have 6 r34`s atm 3 manual 3 auto ..nothing wrong with the auto`s BUT the manual`s are just brilliant..i have owned over 50 skylines in the last 10 years and the NEO manual r34 is easily the most refined/smooth engine gearbox combination +brilliant ratio`s and syncos of all the skylines by far .. in my opinion

but once again ..there is nothing wrong with the tiptronic

Unfortunately I only have 20k to play with. I've heard the R34's are great in manual but I'd love a tiptronic too, so really, I don't mind auto. A 4 door is fine too (except i hear getting side skirts is difficult).

Do you think I can get a 4 door auto turbo for 20,000? It needs to be in fairly good condition.

I was like you opting for an s15 or a GTT... in the end I realised there is no f`ing way I could scrape up 30 grand (+insurance etc) for a car.

So instead I dropped down to R33 GTS-T II. For 16 grand you could find one in good nick. They go hard and look mint...

IM0001.jpg

mate, don't mean to burst ur bubble...u might have 20k to purchase a skyline but at the end of the day, have you accounted for running costs and maintainence? Fuel, maintainence, insurance, rego??

Eactly. Even a 16 K car like R33 II for me:

16,000 K car price

1000 insurance (im 25, for you its like 4000 grand or more)

500 (roughly) stamp duty

300 vehicle inspection cost

400 rego

Plus any stuff you need to fix after buying the car.

So in the end a car thats meant to be 16 K ends up costing AT LEAST 18,200+. Imagine an R34 thats 25 grand? :cool:

Homosexuals? An AUTO BF typhoon is currently the quickest 1/4 mile and 0-100 KM/H Aussie muscle car available! It beats manuals with more KW hands down... this not only goes for Falcons but for HSVs and even some Euros also! In a drag I rather an auto, with twisties then manual...

Putty, if you want an auto tip tronic then go for it...

As far as I know the Typhoons were only made in the 6 speed manual.... :cool:

Sir-D did you get your car from joel?? aussiecar compliance?

that backdrop and the condition of the car looked like he took that photo before it got complied.

if so sweet ride, i got mine from him a few months back, same price, same series 2 and yep its auto :cool:

Edited by R33TOM

Ok Ok, I HAVE thought about insurance and rego and shit, calm down.

I think at this point I will be going with an NA 4door Auto. Sorry but I'd rather that over a 33 regardless of how hard and fast they go.

I've always loved the dominant look of the 34.

As far as I know the Typhoons were only made in the 6 speed manual.... :cool:

BA? Maybe... but check out the latest Motor edition, it has a BF Phoon with a ZF German 6 speed auto... its beating HSVs and other FPVs with manual trannies.. in the twisties as well as straights! Infact the only car that bettered the phoon's winton lap time was a VZ Clubby DTS...

PS whoever said that Falcons were overweight... looking at HSV stats, they bloody weight about the same now lol

Sir-D did you get your car from joel?? aussiecar compliance?

that backdrop and the condition of the car looked like he took that photo before it got complied.

if so sweet ride, i got mine from him a few months back, same price, same series 2 and yep its auto :cool:

na dude but yes it is his car... :P I was gonna get it from him but another offer came up and Im just chasing it up now to make sure all is well...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Even more fun, leave all the ADAS stuff plugged in, but in different locations, hopefully avoid any codes!   And honestly, all these new cars with their weird electronics. Pull all the electronics out Duncan, and just shove an aftermarket ECU and if needed a trans controller in, along with a PDM. Make it run basic but race car styled!
    • To follow up a question from earlier too since I had the front bar off again (fking!) This is what is between the bumper and the drivers side wheel And this is the navigator side, only one thing but its a biggy! So basically....no putting coolers in the wheel arches without a lot of moving other stuff. Assuming I move to properly race prepping this car I'll take that job on and see how the computers respond to removing a whole bunch of ADAS modules
    • So I prepped the car for another track day on Wednesday (will be interesting to see coolant temps post flushing out and the larger reservoir, with a forecast of 3-14 being 20o cooler than last time I took it out). Couple of things to mention; since I am just driving the car and not taking a support vehicle, I took the rear seats out and just loaded the back up Team Trackday style. Look at all that space! To cover off removing the rear seat....it is weird (note the hybrid is probably different because it wouldn't have folding rear seats) Basically, you remove the lower seat base, very similar to a r series but it is a clip that pulls forward to release the base rather than it being bolted down. Easy Then, you need to remove the side section of the rear seat on each side. There is a 14mm head nut at the bottom of the side piece, the it slides upwards off a hook at the top to release; you also need to unhook the seatbelt from the loop at the top. Then the centre piece is weird. You need to release/fold the seats forward with the tab in the boot on each side From there, there are 2,x12mm headed bolts holding the rear of each seat to the folding bracket, under the trim between the rear seat and the boot (4x christmas tree clips there, they suck). The seat is out but you can see where the bolts attach to the bracket
    • As discussed in the previous post, the bushes in the 110 needed replacing. I took this opportunity to replace the castor bushes, the front lower control arm, lower the car and get the alignment dialled in with new tyres. I took it down to Alignment Motorsports on the GC to get this work done and also get more out of the Shockworks as I felt like I wasn't getting the full use out of them.  To cut a very long story short, it ended up being the case the passenger side castor arm wouldn't accept the brand new bush as the sleeve had worn badly enough to the point you could push the new bush in by hand and completely through. Trying a pair of TRD bushes didn't fix the issue either (I had originally gone with Hardrace bushes). We needed to urgently source another castor arm, and thankfully this was sourced and the guys at the shop worked on my car until 7pm on a Saturday to get everything done. The car rides a lot nicer now with the suspension dialled in properly. Lowered the car a little as well to suit the lower profile front tyres, and just bring the car down generally. Eternally thankful for the guys down at the shop to get the car sorted, we both pulled big favours from our contacts to get it done on the Saturday.  Also plugged in the new Stedi foglights into the S15, and even from a quick test in the garage I'm keen to see how they look out on the road. I had some concerns about the length of the LED body and whether it'd fit in the foglight housing but it's fine.  I've got a small window coming up next month where I'll likely get a little paint work done on the 110 to remove the rear wing, add a boot wing and roof wing, get the side skirt fixed up and colour match the little panel on the tail lights so that I can install some badges that I've kept in storage. I'm also tempted to put in a new pair of headlights on the 110.  Until then, here's some more pictures from Easter this year. 
    • I would put a fuel pressure gauge between the filter and the fuel rail, see if it's maintaining good fuel pressure at idle going up to the point when it stalls. Do you see any strange behavior in commanded fuel leading up to the point when it stalls? You might have to start going through the service manual and doing a long list of sensor tests if it's not the fuel system for whatever reason.
×
×
  • Create New...