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Given my car basically was a Z Tune spec wise already all I needed to do was put a kit on it.

It was going to cost me a LOT more to down-grade to an N1 than what this is (the major reason why I'm doing it since my newbness isn't going to make me all that fast straight up).

But we can be sure some Porka and EVO people are going t have a cry about it too which will be fun :banana:

I saw a genuine 400R up at auction a couple of months ago. now that would be cool for rally and the 2.8 and 400ps wouldn't hurt. it's the 33 to have. this particular one may have been a bit nice to race though. I can tell you if I'd had the money at the time I would have bought it. Grade 5A (unheard of generally for cars that old). 5,000 odd kms. would have been a nice collectors piece.

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I am not 100% sure how this applies to the CAMS rally or AASA rules, but in CAMS circuit racing to enter as something the car has to be in that exact spec.

ie your chassis does not have to be a real z tune, but every part of the car has to be changed to z tune spec.

In the case of my car in circuit racing it is a 91 gtr running as a 32 Vspec2 n1 which means it must run the bigger brakes, n1 turbos, no rear wiper, factory oil cooler, aero additions (nostrils, rear lip spoiler, sidepods) etc etc. Obviously people are a little liberal with those rules (eg I have no rear wiper but not an n1 rear windscreen with no wiper hole), but in theory it should all be genuine.

Would be interesting to get confirmation from Stuart how closely this is followed in tarmac rally.

I saw a genuine 400R up at auction a couple of months ago. now that would be cool for rally and the 2.8 and 400ps wouldn't hurt. it's the 33 to have. this particular one may have been a bit nice to race though. I can tell you if I'd had the money at the time I would have bought it. Grade 5A (unheard of generally for cars that old). 5,000 odd kms. would have been a nice collectors piece.

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Wow! That's an exceptional R33! Amazing rating considering it's age hey :)

Any idea what that went for Baron? Gotta be rare as hen's teeth.

powerplay had 2 for sale a while ago. if i had the money i'd quite happly buy a 400r and gut it for racing. what's the tuning potential of a 400r? (injector size, afms, zorst...) the extra torque of the 2.8 would be good for rallys though.

Replica vehicles are required to be mechanically identical to the model they are representing aside from where the regulations lay down a tolerance for modification. There is room for movement within the tarmac rally world where the component that is wrong isn't performance enhancing and there is a plan to correct the problem if it's of significance.

Eg. I used to enter my R32 V-Spec II as an N1, but didn't put the nostrils on it cause I don't like the look of them and left my rear wiper on cause I couldn't be arsed taking it off.

Obviously the wiper and support systems weighed more than not having one and the intercooler isn't as efficient without the nostrils so logic says my car is at a mechanical disadvantage which is Ok if the organisers agree.

Wow! That's an exceptional R33! Amazing rating considering it's age hey :)

Any idea what that went for Baron? Gotta be rare as hen's teeth.

I can't remember exactly, but my hazy brain is telling me it was around 5m yen = $50K at the time. quite good buying for one in that original condition.

another pic. :D

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I saw a genuine 400R up at auction a couple of months ago. now that would be cool for rally and the 2.8 and 400ps wouldn't hurt. it's the 33 to have. this particular one may have been a bit nice to race though. I can tell you if I'd had the money at the time I would have bought it. Grade 5A (unheard of generally for cars that old). 5,000 odd kms. would have been a nice collectors piece.

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Awesome stuff, I'd love to own that. They're my favourite GT-R, next to a Z-tune of course :P

.....There is room for movement within the tarmac rally world where the component that is wrong isn't performance enhancing and there is a plan to correct the problem if it's of significance.

excellent...and very practical approach.

in the production car class there is a real fight against replica spec cars, and even moves to ban them every now and then (ie I would have to find an actual vspec2 n1 vin chassis). if they knew my rear window should not have a wiper hole I would be disqualified and all points forfeited. all from the falcadore boys who are upset that

a. their homolgation specials are only a little less shit house than their base models

b. a 20yo datsun can still match or even beat their 2008 spec cars

the practical approach is thanks to targa tasmania as the market leader trying to be client focused. it was a different story five years ago.

that anal approach shits me... nothing like the small minded car club approach to the world of motorsport!

four digit numbers are application numbers, they will swap to three digit once confirmed as invited entries this month.

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