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Hi everyone. My name is victim7. I own a 1995 Series 1.5 R33 GTS-T 5 sp manual. I bought it back in December 2005 in Sydney and then had it shipped over to me in Perth. I then drove it home. (I live in Albany, 400km sth of Perth). It has a 3" exhaust from the turbo back, High flow (racing) cat, twin plate HD clutch, HKS blow off valve, Apexi turbo timer, and it's chipped (or so I've been told, I dont really know for sure but I've hit top speed of 240 Kmh and apparently from the factory they have a 180 Kmh speed limitation). Anyone know how I can tell if its been chipped other than that? I've also fitted a pod filter since I got it. Stock engine and turbo. 1st thing will be a Trust front mounted intercooler and a boost controller. Any advice on this would be much appreciated. Anyway, thats me. Once again, Hi to everyone out there in Skylines Australia.

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you can tell if its been chipped if you take the cover off the ECU... if its been chipped, the standard solder-in ROM chip will have been removed, and a socket soldered in, in its place, with the new chip inside that...

or if its a MINES ecu or something like that they usually have the sticker on the outside of it.

but if you've hit 240, there's 2 things i can deduce from that... a) you're an idiot and b) the standard 180kph speed limiter has been removed, which is either done by running a speed cut defender or a modified/aftermarket ECU

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A little harsh don't you think?? :D For all we know he may have achieved this speed on a track somewhere!!

but if you've hit 240, there's 2 things i can deduce from that... a) you're an idiot and b) the standard 180kph speed limiter has been removed, which is either done by running a speed cut defender or a modified/aftermarket ECU
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the car has an exhaust and a pod... which means it is going to be not much quicker than standard (i.e. wet wig)... there is not a track in Australia short of Bathurst (conrod straight) that i can think of that a near-standard R33 would be able to wind out to anywhere near 240kph

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the car has an exhaust and a pod... which means it is going to be not much quicker than standard (i.e. wet wig)... there is not a track in Australia short of Bathurst (conrod straight) that i can think of that a near-standard R33 would be able to wind out to anywhere near 240kph

you know...there are actually places in this country where there are no speed limits...and I'm sure WA may just fall into this category...(frowning)

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eh yeh fair harsh, theres quite a few long roads in AUS that are unlimited speed, people always jumping to conclusions.. Mentioning anything over 100 KPH, mentioning drifting, burnouts or standstills and youll get flamed instantly, its quite sad really. Seems people think theres no places in australia you can enter into these activities legally :O

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Put it this way - why does the Aussie Joe-Public simply LOVE their hi-po motorbikes??

I'll tell ya - speed, speed, and more speed... thats straightline speed and cornering speed. Thats how bikes are judged here, how quick they are in all-round conditions. Im finaly using my smarts, and walking away from riding tho.

To see if its chipped, open up the kick panel on the pasenger side (under golvebox), check over the front and rear of the ECU for stickes, stamps, tampering etc.

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