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Hi guys, really new to the forum and Skylines, they have always been my dream cars!

I just bought a really nice new r34 gt 1999, with 58,000kms on the dash(I know it probably was wound back).....

It is really smooth, the engine runs very smooth and all fluids are topped up, clean engine bay etc...

Today I was driving it for about 10 minutes, when i was doing about 50kph in 3rd gear, the engine light came on and the car lost about 50% power, still was running but the exhaust sounded like it was missing. I pulled over and turned it off and let it sit for like 1 minute, then restarted it and drove to the mechanic just down the road. When I pulled up he said it sounded like it was running on 5 cylinders, and that the coils might be going... Does this sound like a reasonable explanation? I restarted it and all was fine, running butter smooth again... Can anyone help me out here?

-I really drive it nice, I dont frag it too hard....

Thanks in advance to anyone who could help me out.

Second thing, could someone tell me more about the body kit that is on my car?

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The Bodykit was a factory option Nismo kit you will see a fair amount of 34's with the same kit and that is why, although not so many of them have the huge wing.

Your other problem sounds a little strange to me when the coils go in my experiance i have never had the engine check light come on and usually it will miss in any gear when you start to load it up on boost, also once they coils start to go they usually don't come good again just because you restarted it. what boost is it running is the car 100% stock?

The other guys on here may have heard of this before i will be interested to find out what the problem is. Unfortunately it is a pretty common problem with Skylines having coil pack problems have you had anything done to it like new plugs etc since you bought it?

The Bodykit was a factory option Nismo kit you will see a fair amount of 34's with the same kit and that is why, although not so many of them have the huge wing.

Your other problem sounds a little strange to me when the coils go in my experiance i have never had the engine check light come on and usually it will miss in any gear when you start to load it up on boost, also once they coils start to go they usually don't come good again just because you restarted it. what boost is it running is the car 100% stock?

The other guys on here may have heard of this before i will be interested to find out what the problem is. Unfortunately it is a pretty common problem with Skylines having coil pack problems have you had anything done to it like new plugs etc since you bought it?

As far as I know, its stock, and not running any boost, the stock gauge goes to about .8 on the kg/cm2 when Im hitting it. I know these gauges suck, but I dont really care about the amount of boost im running as long as its stock and running well.

I have not had any mods done to it since ive bought it, it just has a big exhaust, pod filter, and ipod deck lol. I just want to do the regular maint, to keep it reliable and not thrash it, (some times youve gotta feed it though...)

Thanks for the quick help so far from everyone!

Try changing the spark plugs before doing anything else, they are the quickest and easiest thing to do seeing as the other options will most likely cost you a couple of hundred $. Also by your ODO reading 58,000 i'd say they haven't been done before...

Try changing the spark plugs before doing anything else, they are the quickest and easiest thing to do seeing as the other options will most likely cost you a couple of hundred $. Also by your ODO reading 58,000 i'd say they haven't been done before...

Thanks I think im gonna replace the spark plugs, then do the coilover tape mod hehe. What are the best bang for buck spark plugs?

You'll find even after spark plugs a few thousand Km's later the problem will return, I suggest upgrading to Splitfire Coil Packs to be honest, when i had the RB25 in my R34 it used to play up and the 6th cylinder wouldn't work due to faulty coil pack, i replaced it and then it was perfect. The check engine and traction control light would come on also when this happened, and usually restarting the car would fix the issue, or if I needed to, I would pop the bonnet, and unplug the coil pack then plug it back in.

Next time it happens you can find out which coil pack it is by un-plugging them one at a time and when there is no change in one of them (still runnning rough), there's the faulty coil pack.

I'd also be inclined to say your ODO reading is genuine and accurate, most R34's have rather low Km's, mine had 29,000 when I purchased it a year ago. You're R34 is nice and clean btw, good buy.

Cheers,

Dallas

I have a set of R34 GTT coilpacks for sale if you're interested. $100 and I can express post them to you as well free of charge. Let me know if you're interested.

How many kms on em? Gimme some info and their as good as sold. Throw in some spark plugs too!

You'll find even after spark plugs a few thousand Km's later the problem will return, I suggest upgrading to Splitfire Coil Packs to be honest, when i had the RB25 in my R34 it used to play up and the 6th cylinder wouldn't work due to faulty coil pack, i replaced it and then it was perfect. The check engine and traction control light would come on also when this happened, and usually restarting the car would fix the issue, or if I needed to, I would pop the bonnet, and unplug the coil pack then plug it back in.

Next time it happens you can find out which coil pack it is by un-plugging them one at a time and when there is no change in one of them (still runnning rough), there's the faulty coil pack.

I'd also be inclined to say your ODO reading is genuine and accurate, most R34's have rather low Km's, mine had 29,000 when I purchased it a year ago. You're R34 is nice and clean btw, good buy.

Cheers,

Dallas

Thanks for the tips man! This forum has probably saved me over 1000 bucks in servicing fees. I will probably get some of the stock coil packs and put them in my self at the same time change the spark plugs just to be 100% sure everything is rockin. Ive had it for only 1.5 weeks, and now I want more boost lol.... I said before that I would never boost more.... Thanks again for the tips!

I have a set of R34 GTT coilpacks for sale if you're interested. $100 and I can express post them to you as well free of charge. Let me know if you're interested.

I am interested, please let me know.

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hey buddy im not sure if they are the same but ive got a set of coils off a r33 series two i would want about $50 bucks each for them..............

paintball and skylines a combination that cant be beat how is action goin these days. i work at fireball paintball used to play heaps of tournees at action i will probly be ther on the weekend you probly no my little brother SHITLOCKS im pretty sure he said this weekend anyway i can bring them with me

hey buddy im not sure if they are the same but ive got a set of coils off a r33 series two i would want about $50 bucks each for them..............

paintball and skylines a combination that cant be beat how is action goin these days. i work at fireball paintball used to play heaps of tournees at action i will probly be ther on the weekend you probly no my little brother SHITLOCKS im pretty sure he said this weekend anyway i can bring them with me

Yeah good old paintball, I think Im gonna get some the JDMs or whatever, or maybe the splitfires. I want to replace all of em f**k it, i dont want my baby to be hurt.

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