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I have a friend who has been building a car - an R31 Skyline, Rb30E 5spd. He uses coilovers from an s13 and some steering control arms etc from an S13 aswell. Trying to track down a stiffer rear swaybar.

Car runs extractors from the wreckers and a 2.5" exhaust, autobarn heavy duty clutch, Pod with CAI, new leads and plugs. Diff is a weld job, is the only dodgy part.

Was a cheap car to build (about$2k, its no D1 car but its tidy and registered) and makes enough power. Should be taking it out soon hey.

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completely stock rb30e apart from extractors, exhaust and a pod filter, never misses a beat :D

exedy hd clutch, minispooled 3.9 diff

s13 front coilover conversion with jic 9kg fronts, s13 tie rod adapters, adjustable castor rods

rear is s13 7kg teins with cusco hr31 top hats (bolt in perfect then)

whiteline swaybars front and back, and adjustable panhard rod

got some r32 front brakes on for good measure

heaps of other small shit, but its certainly not a bad car to slide considering how much it cost. i drive it every day too

non turbos great for archerfeild, will be going there again this wed. it struggles at QR though, but its all about the clutch kick

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some sliding pics

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rb30s are pretty good drift motors mainly because they are cheap as, but also because they have great midrange. unlike a rb20 you can rev it to 3k and drop the clutch and get wheelspin. only shit bit is they have no top end, dont rev hard and have a gay limiter

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now i have to get a photo will take one 2morrow after work and post her up :)

mines completly stock besides an apexi pod and hopefully the gtst axles and viscous diff will go in ok this wednesday...fingers crossed :D

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nice work guys.

nick, i agree QR is a very power demanding track. even for circuit work you need a fair bit of power to push through the corners.

i do a little bit of motorkhana stuff and i agree the clutch does cop a fair bit of abuse, but contrary to what everyone says about having buckets of power to 'powerslide' a corner, i have found suspension setup and technique is more important.

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I been pondering about selling my GTS4 and buying a boro S13 for drift/girp application..

I care too much about my gts4 to take the risk of tire walls etc. etc. etc. So I ifugre.. if I dont care so much about it.. I could go balls to the wall..

Any idea?.. should I take the leap?

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i do what i can with an auto n/a 33.. im so considering selling to get a manual of something.. so much better but ill lose so much money.

only mods on my car are extractors, 2.25" exhaust, pod and working on my CAI, need an LSD :< and some better springs its like a boat atm

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they are 235's and not on belts but they resemble some sort of home made drag slick.

i should really replace them but.. im poor :blink:

try to make tyres a priority... they are the only thing keeping you on the road regardless of how much/little power you make. federal 595 is a well priced good performing tyre, check em out.

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