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hey guys. sorry if this has already been posted.

looking at getting a R34 from Japan soon and found a nice r34 AWD. now im just wondering if you can pull the fuse to change it to RWD when i want to, like the R32's?

and also does the AWD model's have GTR running gear??

cheers Luke

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hey im wondering the same thing..

apparently u can do it, just pull the fuse out. and on the the dash wen u turn it on, the 4wd lite shouldnt show so that means ur running 2wd.

ive got a n/a r34 gt-four and yes they use GTR gearboxes. had mine converted to manual.

altho i dont want my car to b 2wd coz then ill b pressured into doin burnouts lol. tyres dont come cheap specially wen u have 265/35 19" wheels

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This is a fairly common question over in the Stagea section.

Stageas use the same AWD system as the R33 GTR.

The R32 was the only one where you could pull the fuse and thats all. In R33's/34's doing this will burn out your clutch packs.

I'm assuming the R34 AWD system is the same ATTESA (maybe with a few tweaks?).

You should be able to put it in RWD by removing the front tailshaft (the one from the gearbox transfer case to the front diff). Four bolts each end and apparently the transfer case is sealed so no need to cover that hole.

I'm pretty sure you need to remove the fuse as well.

I've never done it myself but I've had it done in order to use a 2WD dyno and it works fine. :D

So basically DONT just pull the fuse - you'll destroy your ATTESA AWD system.

Personally I'd prefer to leave it in AWD. On stageas some people have noticed about a 1 second difference between 1/4 mile times with AWD vs RWD on the same car (AWD being faster, no traction loss, better weight/torque distribution). AWD is also safer in the wet.

So if you're not doing burnouts/doughnuts then just leave it in AWD :yes:

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the 33/34 GT-R transfer case clutchpacks run some amount of preload (which is part of the reason why 33s and 34s oversteer less than 32s, as well as having ATTESA that updates more often), and which is why you usually have to disconnect the front drive-shaft to run 'em on a chassis dyno. But lots of drag 33s and 4s in Japan seem to have RWD switches, so it must be possible to modify the system, maybe just not cheaply.

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