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Hey all, My names Sam and ive been on SAU for a little while whilst searching for a sports car. Not knowing what I wanted I explored many options before falling head over heels for this mint, freshly imported and complied Dark Grey Pearl 1997 R33 S2 GTS25T Manual Sedan. Grade 4 at Auction in Japan it was pretty much stock except for Blitz Atmospheric BOV, Blitz turbo timer (now removed) and a 3" cat back exhaust, dark tinted rear windows and aftermarket CD player.

OWNER

Samuel

YEAR/MAKE/MODEL

1997 Nissan Skyline GTS25-T Sedan

ENGINE HARDWARE

Nissan RB25DET Twin Cam Turbocharged 2.5 In-line 6

ENGINE ACCESSORIES

Just Jap Front Mount Intercooler Kit

Blitz BOV

DRIVETRAIN HARDWARE

Nissan 5 Speed Manual

BRAKES & SUSPENSION

Front: Nissan(Sumitomo) 4 Pot Monoblock Calipers with Standard size RDA slotted rotors, Bendix Ultimate brake pads

Rear: Nissan (Sumitomo) 2 Pot Fixed Calipers with Stock size RDA slotted Rotors, Bendix Ultimate brake pads

Jaguar DOT4 Brake Fluid

Stock Suspension all round

ROLLING STOCK

17"x7.5" Nissan R34 GT-T 6 Spoke Alloys

225/45ZR17 91W Falken FK452 Rubber

BODYWORK

Standard Nissan Dark Grey Pearl

Front Bar modified to fit FMIC

INTERIOR

Stock Interior

Gran Turismo Front seat covers

Leather wrapped steering wheel

Nismo leather gear knob

Tom Tom Navigation unit

STEREO COMPONENTS

Pioneer Bluetooth CD Player with Ipod adaptor

Stock Front speakers with Fusion Tweeters :S

Pioneer 3 way 6x9's

PERFORMANCE

1/4 Mile 14.2@ 98mph @ WSID

143.3.3RWkW (using Dyno Dynamics Shootout mode)

FUTURE PLANS

Upgrade Stereo (Amp, Sub, etc)

Suspension upgrade (Coilovers or Whiteline springs and bilstien shocks)

Apexi Power FC

More Boost

Hi-flow turbo

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How I bought it in November 06 From Chris and Bettina at Southside Performance Imports Kirrawee. Many thanks to them No hesitation in recommending them to anyone.

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After purchase I added a Pioneer head unit and 6x9's, and 18x8.5 and 18x9.5 Starcorp Impul Deep Dish Rims Future plans include Just Jap FMIC Kit, Greddy Profec B Spec II boost controller adjustable coilover suspension and maybe a subtle body kit.

How it looks at the moment (poor light, n00b with my digi)

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I'll update as i go along. Hope you enjoy.

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Love rims with dish! and those have loads of it!

Thanks Jason, I reckon your Nismo rims look tougher!

That looks great sam, now, find yourself a nice kit

Thanks James, I like the way it is, might just go for side skirts and a front lip. See how i go.

Bit of an update. I have Fitted RDA rotors from the group buy and Maxistop Performance brake pads. With a trip to Wakefield Park Raceway I'm considering a set of EBC YellowStuff brakepads. In the attached pic I snapped a wheel stud and we had just replaced it.

Next set of attached pics are from the Front mount cooler install. Just Jap Cooling Pro FMIC kit.

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  • 2 weeks later...
  • 3 weeks later...

Ok time for a small update.

Aussie day I went to Wakefield Park and had an awesome time learing how far I could push the car (which wasnt very much.) pics to come soon.

Wednesday past i went to WSID and pulled a PB of 14.525@94mph and 2.1 for the 60 foot. pics to come.

Today I went to a dyno day at Wollongong Motorsport Centre PB of 143.2rwkw or 192rwhp.

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And some new pics taken by a mate of mine who wanted to have a play with my digi camera. (Stockers are still on from Wakefield Park track day and trip to WSID)

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Gotta love those plates Sam :thumbsup:

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yes i do. the situation that inspired me to get them was the look on a young bloke (about 19 or so) in a 33 coupe looking at my car with the biggest WTF face I ever seen. and the fact that backwards it reads R33 For The Win!

You car looks sweet as, I have the same FMIC installed on mine and the washer bottle issue gave me the shits. I have the factory Nismo kit on mine, let me know if you want some pics and I'll see what I can do next week.

You car looks sweet as, I have the same FMIC installed on mine and the washer bottle issue gave me the shits. I have the factory Nismo kit on mine, let me know if you want some pics and I'll see what I can do next week.

cheres mickyb yous looks sweet love the rims. what did you do about the washer bottle?

cheres mickyb yous looks sweet love the rims. what did you do about the washer bottle?

My mechanic removed the rear washer bottle and put a repco replacement one to the side of where the hole needed to be. What about you?

My mechanic removed the rear washer bottle and put a repco replacement one to the side of where the hole needed to be. What about you?

theres one 1 washer bottle with 2 pumps and mine is currently out of the car. hmm i might look into getting a replacement bottle. reckon you can get me a pic? im guessing its just a generic bottle?

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