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hey everyone i am new to skylines australia and i am new to skylines.

i just bought a r33 GTS-4

RB25DE

KYB Struts + King Springs

2.5" Exhaust with Highflow Cat

Greddy Strut Brace

Rebuilt Gearbox

Front + Rear LSD

ect ect ect...

Just wondering what the standed specs are on these, Are they rare?

Do they go good? and add on to make it more powerful

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Their a great starting point.

My 32 used to have the 4wd system and an NA 25.

Do they go good? Well it depends on what you want to do with it. The key to driving a 25DE quick, is never let the revs drop below 4500-5000 RPM and point to point, its not a bad little engine.

The 4WD system is great for when things get hairy. If you find yourself in a pickle, the hardest part is to resist the urge to lift off, but keep it flat, let the ATTESSA kick in, do its thing and straighten you out.

25DE's have around 100RWKW stock.

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Got a 33 gts-4 myself awsome car with lsd, works well for p plates...and basically as for engine upgrades alot easier to drop in a rb26 if u wanna twin turbo it later which is what ill be doing once off my p plates...

What are u looking at doing with it mate?

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Got a 33 gts-4 myself awsome car with lsd, works well for p plates...and basically as for engine upgrades alot easier to drop in a rb26 if u wanna twin turbo it later which is what ill be doing once off my p plates...

What are u looking at doing with it mate?

well the body is in pretty ruff shape. small rust over the wheel arch, tiny cant notice it and just 3 4 dings all over it and starches and stone chips all round so was going to fix that up and put some tanky offset wheels on it and a body kit. just really want to know the N/A mod for a rb25de for some increased power

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yayyy GTS-4's!!!!!

They are pretty rare. The po po dont even know what it is.

The truith is they are hard too mod because you have too stick too the rule of thum, more fuel and air will increase power and being a NA there are not many ways too do that let alone much ways too get the power. You have too cut straight too spending more money for slight gains.

My GTS-4 has oversized pistons too 50thou for now. It was my first mod and i wanted to make sure the block was out of the way, i also recondictioned the whole block and top end but with that out the way im only 10% of the way there and gained 20kw so far for the upgrade and rebuild (sitting on 121KW at the wheels)

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hahah thats what i did! goes a lot better and really shows the potential of the 4WD.

It is pretty rare, when I say gts4 ppl think its a 4door.

Will be a bit of a pickle trying to source some phat rims with a 4 stud though. But there out there. OR do a 5stud conversion (got som bits n pieces left over from mine) hint hint*.

When mine was NA i had 2.5' extractors and cat back + pod etc bolt on stuff and mid 14s -15 at wsid was bout as much i could get it to go with bolt ons to give you an idea.

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hahah thats what i did! goes a lot better and really shows the potential of the 4WD.

It is pretty rare, when I say gts4 ppl think its a 4door.

Will be a bit of a pickle trying to source some phat rims with a 4 stud though. But there out there. OR do a 5stud conversion (got som bits n pieces left over from mine) hint hint*.

When mine was NA i had 2.5' extractors and cat back + pod etc bolt on stuff and mid 14s -15 at wsid was bout as much i could get it to go with bolt ons to give you an idea.

are they 4 stud? i thought r33's where 5 stud

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hahah thats what i did! goes a lot better and really shows the potential of the 4WD.

It is pretty rare, when I say gts4 ppl think its a 4door.

Will be a bit of a pickle trying to source some phat rims with a 4 stud though. But there out there. OR do a 5stud conversion (got som bits n pieces left over from mine) hint hint*.

When mine was NA i had 2.5' extractors and cat back + pod etc bolt on stuff and mid 14s -15 at wsid was bout as much i could get it to go with bolt ons to give you an idea.

what you ahve left over from teh conversion? ive been wanting to do it for a while now and change to 5 stud with bigger brakes, but just before i was about to buy the gtst hubs ect i heard that the gts-4's needed the hubs of GT-R's??

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what you ahve left over from teh conversion? ive been wanting to do it for a while now and change to 5 stud with bigger brakes, but just before i was about to buy the gtst hubs ect i heard that the gts-4's needed the hubs of GT-R's??

Front hubs yes. To allow for front drive shafts

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what you ahve left over from teh conversion? ive been wanting to do it for a while now and change to 5 stud with bigger brakes, but just before i was about to buy the gtst hubs ect i heard that the gts-4's needed the hubs of GT-R's??

thats true. Only hubs that will fit properly are ones from GTRs and Stageas. (got a pair of r33 gtr hubs goin cheap if any1s interested :thumbsup: )

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strip it down and put it back together gave it a full clean inside, re did the system, rewired the front bar theres just one more problem ill try to get a video of it to show you all maybe you can help me out

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a good upgrade might be a factory GTR clutch and flywheel (from early R32) i have a billet lightweight GTR flywheel and Excedy HD GTR clutch in mine, clutch grip is phenomenal (second gear clutch drop lights all 4s with fat tyres) on RB25DE+T but you pay for it with your left leg, it is brutal heavy and bitey, Ive got a mate with a 4000lB Jim berry full monty clutch, and that's light as a feather compared.

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