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Hey guys.

I'm a new reader of the skylines australia forums, and im hoping you guys can help me out. I'm planning on getting a skyline, but i'm not sure which one to get yet. I want one thats relatively stock, because i want to mod most of it myself. At this point my two main choices are an R33 GTR, or the R34 GTT. I like the look of the r34 better, but from what i've read so far, the 25 neo is more costly to get decent power out of. First of all, is that true? I'd prefer to get the tiptronic auto aswell, and from what ive seen looking on carpoint, autotrader etc, all the r33 GTRs are manual. Do they come with the tiptronic auto? and does the tiptronic auto in the r34 GTT handle decent power well? my aim is to get between 300 and 350kw at the wheels.

If what ive read about the power limitations on the 25 neo are true, if i got the R34 GTT i would probably do an engine conversion to the rb26. How hard would that be, and would it be worth it, or should i just stick to the r33 GTR?

So yeah, any advice or thoughts would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

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R33 GTR if you want 350wkw that you can 'use'.

And im not sure, but i would think the triptonic would complain like hell with 350rwkw running through it.

Infact.. GTR. You cant go wrong. Either one is going to cost a fair hit to modify.

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R33 GTR if you want 350wkw that you can 'use'.

And im not sure, but i would think the triptonic would complain like hell with 350rwkw running through it.

Infact.. GTR. You cant go wrong. Either one is going to cost a fair hit to modify.

+1, currently running 244 kw's out of my 34 GTT and already cost me around the 8k mark.

Any reason why 300-350kw's is your goal? What do you plan on doing with it?

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+1, currently running 244 kw's out of my 34 GTT and already cost me around the 8k mark.

Any reason why 300-350kw's is your goal? What do you plan on doing with it?

It's not going to be a daily driver, it will be a weekend car that i take on cruises and to shows etc. The whole car will have work done to it, not just the engine. I plan on redoing the whole interior, possibly a 2 tone paint job and good stereo setup.

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It's not going to be a daily driver, it will be a weekend car that i take on cruises and to shows etc. The whole car will have work done to it, not just the engine. I plan on redoing the whole interior, possibly a 2 tone paint job and good stereo setup.

couple of questions:

To be able to comfortably get 350kw at the wheels, what size turbos should i upgrade to? I'd like to get 350kw at the wheels, with room for more eventually.

What is the flange type on the stock r33 gtr manifolds?

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RB26DETT + R34 N1 turbos (or HKS 2530 or something like that) will get you 300rwkw.

NEO motors are slightly easier to mod than RB25 since you can get a plug in Nistune board :P They also have solid lifters and apparently share the same block as the RB26, they just have a different inlet manifold, single turbo etc. (also damn good on fuel when stock)

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