R32 Gts-t A Fantastic Car

[adamskill]

hey guys, ill keep it pretty short. i drove 900k's over the weekend in my mildly modded r32 m-spec, in and around Dorrigo (north-west new south wales) the roads are all narrow, windy and mountianous with occasional straights. awesome roads to actually drive on. alot of people on this forum im sure, arent lucky enough to drive their skyline in an environment other than that in the city. too and from work, and the occasional squirt on the weekend. although my 32 is 16 years old, and my brothers 33 is 13 years old, both cars didnt miss a beat! the skylines both handled perfectly, abiet tail happy, responsive thru and out of corners, and are a fun, comfortable, responsive car to drive. i have owned my 32 for 3 years with 140k on the clock and this trip away was a real test to see if the old girl still had it in 'er, and i guess it just confermed that even though they are getting a bit dated, with a bit of respect and TLC, skylines really are a fantastic car, and a REAL DRIVING PLEASURE. do yourself a favour, go for a REAL drive, and appreciate a great car that we are all fortunate to own! hehe cheers adam.

[GTR-N1]

Good Post Adam!

And that's a great testing road over the Gt Divide.

Thanks for your feedback!

Tez

[Johnny]

Mad post, i like reading how a car can make someone happy; like the boss of jaguar once said "the car is the closest thing we have engineered to being alive."

Ive driven an r32 gts-t before and they are a real nimble car with nice power (dont know what people are talking about with the rb20 being down on power)

[s13_Skyline_inside]

once the rb20 gets up in the rev range, well not that up but on boost it goes, just off boost it lacks torque, but hey boost comes on early ive had 2 rb20's in different cars and they are nearly indestructible

[astrotristan]

mate your 32 looks nice and tidy

totallly know what you mean hey, drive to and from work - nothing special - but every month or so i go for a nice long drive to nowhere, and as ppl have said - thats wen you know you are living..

...you are going up a mountain, its cold, its dark, you hear the turbo spooling up something cronic... - yummmyy

*throws jumper on, runs to 32, takes off into the night for a mountain drive*

[Psymon]

Dammit now i wish mine wasn't up on stands and i lived near a decent road!

[gotRICE?]

I havnt driven my 33 since May. Its so sad shes locked away for the winter. (only because im not in the country) Im dying to drive it.

[WYTSKY]

Well said mate, I know what you mean, same feeling I get driving my 33, sure the BA's and HSV's might sound gruntier and are 10 years newer, but they still can't beat or handle like these skylines

I've done a few of those sorta drives... GOR, Black spur, driving to Winton few times...... and I tell you what, those drives were so enjoyable, actually made you want the destination to be further so you can keep having fun and enjoy your machine responsibly.

I know this as I can compare it to when my gf and I went to see part of her family in Merimbulla, and I was halfway through putting in a new turbo, so we had to take her '89 1.3ltr Charade.... WORST ....DRIVE .....EVER.... others went in vt commo's and XR6's and made it there in about 7 hours, we took 9 and a bit! Not to mention no power to overtake big trucks, unfomy seats that sit u up like on a plane, small interior.... and 2 bloody tanks of petrol because it sits on 4gs doing 100.... the commos made it there and back on 1 full tank.

So yes, really easy to appreicate these ol' gals.

Adam

[adamskill]

the best thing about the rb20 det engine is that it doesnt nag, and ask rediculous questions all the time, unlike my girlfriend...

Edited July 16, 2009 by adamskill

[syfon]

That's just like driving up through the hills to Toodyay in WA....hilly narrow roads with some awesome straights....same place they conduct the Targa West Rally every year

I went through there with a bunch of e36 & e46 bmw m3's and none could keep up

[r32 lj conversion]

hi there i am new on here but i wanna do a conversion on my lj torana so i get a good power i have a rb 20 det and am really needing a ignition module i cant find any i live in darwin so it pretty limited

please get back to me ... with a few places or any second hand ones lying around

[WYTSKY]

hi there i am new on here but i wanna do a conversion on my lj torana so i get a good power i have a rb 20 det and am really needing a ignition module i cant find any i live in darwin so it pretty limited

please get back to me ... with a few places or any second hand ones lying around

U know, there is a for sale section and people are willing to post/ship stuff, search through there.....

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Sa...-Parts-f12.html

[DarkGT-R]

hey guys, ill keep it pretty short. i drove 900k's over the weekend in my mildly modded r32 m-spec, in and around Dorrigo (north-west new south wales) the roads are all narrow, windy and mountianous with occasional straights. awesome roads to actually drive on. alot of people on this forum im sure, arent lucky enough to drive their skyline in an environment other than that in the city. too and from work, and the occasional squirt on the weekend. although my 32 is 16 years old, and my brothers 33 is 13 years old, both cars didnt miss a beat! the skylines both handled perfectly, abiet tail happy, responsive thru and out of corners, and are a fun, comfortable, responsive car to drive. i have owned my 32 for 3 years with 140k on the clock and this trip away was a real test to see if the old girl still had it in 'er, and i guess it just confermed that even though they are getting a bit dated, with a bit of respect and TLC, skylines really are a fantastic car, and a REAL DRIVING PLEASURE. do yourself a favour, go for a REAL drive, and appreciate a great car that we are all fortunate to own! hehe cheers adam.

Beautiful post!

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