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i love my r33 for drifting

here's a few vids/pics

my car is pretty much stock btw except for a few engine bolt-ons, kaaz 2way and full susp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MdhDHxkUOM

(watch more towards the end on this vid)

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I am with you dude, mine was decent even if it did still have that shite standard diff lol, the HICAS made it a little hairy sometimes lol. But yes Mild Modded RB26 + Stretched Tyres + Hektik Suspension = Fun Times :blush:

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I used to have a 33 and still have a soft spot fir them. They are a great base and can be set up as a basic drift car quite easily, the wide wheel base also names them transition a little more softly. The only thing I found was it tended to understeer on turn in a bit and because of the higher centre if gravity it could sway a litttle if not slammed.

I switched back to an s chassis for the same reason as their general popularity in drifting circles, the lighter, more nimble chassis, combined with way more aftermarket parts desighned specifically for drifting easily available.

The way I see it, 33s don't have much of a following in drift and as a result there hasn't been much research put into setting them up for drift and desighning drift specific parts for them which subsequently means that taking them to the next level setup wise is a little difficult, whereas with an s chassis you can just jump on ns and copy one of a million cars and have a very competitive car hence why you see adair few at the social/club level, but very few beyond that. I still think they are and awesome car for entry level, but if you were looking to develope the car beyond the basic handling mods I'd suggest the boring old sil route . Best mods youcan do to a 33 are diff and lock hicas, I found they greatly changed the way my car behaved,

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Dusted mine off the other day... :( bit of work to get her back to glory days again... but I'm motivated...

Found turbo missing... but have 30/37 to go on needs manifold... (manifold on it's way)

Going to need Q45 AFM... now wired in, awaiting turbo manifold and waste gate set up then plumb the afm in.

Gearbox selector arm bent... looking for replacement...

Rear gards bent, moving to R33 GTR guards, and spaced rear wheels.

Front guards bent... making custom wider than rear front guards...

new front bar to match...

Hoped to have the whole package going by end of may... but happy to have it finished by September...

Bring back the 33, game on!

i ownly have 180 rwkw in my r33 still in street form and it slides sweet as but must admit as well that angles are a tad harder to pull off but that being said its still not hard to slide at all infact very easy to control. and each suspention mod i makes me push the car harder and harder cause it makes feel more in control and all i have is pinaples caster pillow joint rods and i ownly have lowered springs and shocks. cant wait to fit coilovers.

so with a full suspention set up dude. the r33 would be a peace off piss to drift. plus with the strong as nails drive line conponents u can drive em like u stole it without shit braking.

great car man i dont regret buying one at all

Dusted mine off the other day... :) bit of work to get her back to glory days again... but I'm motivated...

Found turbo missing... but have 30/37 to go on needs manifold... (manifold on it's way)

Going to need Q45 AFM... now wired in, awaiting turbo manifold and waste gate set up then plumb the afm in.

Gearbox selector arm bent... looking for replacement...

Rear gards bent, moving to R33 GTR guards, and spaced rear wheels.

Front guards bent... making custom wider than rear front guards...

new front bar to match...

Hoped to have the whole package going by end of may... but happy to have it finished by September...

Bring back the 33, game on!

hey dude. you said your going to be using the q45 afm right. i just sold one that i was going to use on my r33 cause i got told there hard as hell to tune and got told to use the z32 afm instaed. how do you find the q45 compared to the z32. cheers

Andrew Milne in his matte black R33 on the weekend at the Super Drift event at Mallala. Apparently he was f**king ripping it.

man that black r33 looks sweet as i need to get me one of those hoods.

hey dude. you said your going to be using the q45 afm right. i just sold one that i was going to use on my r33 cause i got told there hard as hell to tune and got told to use the z32 afm instaed. how do you find the q45 compared to the z32. cheers

Well at this stage I'm still waiting for the exhaust manifold to be finished, but I'll report back when it is tuned and let you know how it went.

Well at this stage I'm still waiting for the exhaust manifold to be finished, but I'll report back when it is tuned and let you know how it went.

sweet as mate keep me posted how it works out. cheers

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  • 2 weeks later...

I think I counted 7 R33's drifting at Winton on the weekend. I don't think it was a case of R33's becoming a more popular drift car but more R33 owners becoming interested in getting sideways instead of just the usual straight track work. It was a refreshing event to see so many different types and styles of cars.

hey dude. you said your going to be using the q45 afm right. i just sold one that i was going to use on my r33 cause i got told there hard as hell to tune and got told to use the z32 afm instaed. how do you find the q45 compared to the z32. cheers

what kit is that?

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