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locASH

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GTRgeoff Grand Master

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Try the bluebirds australia site. :D

OK sorry. Nice sleeper to annoy the wrx crew with some mods...and it's a nissan so doesn't have the idiotic boxer engine that sounds like a mower. Std handling is a bit doughy so give that a tweak and should be nice.

ibz23q Collaborator

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hey dude im telling ya now bluebirds are really good cars they handel well and have got the power ti beat a stock wrx also not much ppl know wat type of car it is so u can say its a sleeper insurance is pretty good (depending on your age and wat not)if u are looking at buying one i know a guy who is selling a great example for 15k pm me and give u his contact number and email

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deano_33 Enthusiast

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hey when i was looking for a new car i wanted a jap bluebird, but they cannot be imported under raws, whiteline do a suspension kit and you can do all the usual sr20 mods, apparently they have a pretty weak gearbox though. Pretty cool car, beat skylines without too much fuss. They have attesa but they are front wheel drive til traction lost then rears come in - not as much fun as rwd skyline.

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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So many misguided thoughts here, but I refuse to battle wits with those who are unarmed.

Fact: won't beat a stock man skyline as standard.

Fact: not as quick as the same years WRX but mostly due to handling.

Fact: very few with manual gearbox.

Fact: with SR20DET and the Attessa they are very responsive to mods.

Worth buying, then debadge :(

R34GTT-R Experienced

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Well i own a nice one and i would put it up against a gts-t on a standing start no worries.The atessa is rear wheel drive until the front kicks in.ive had no dramas dumping it at 7000rpm spinning the rears for a split sec then fronts grab and sling shot outta there.does need the whiteline kit to really push it through corners as understeer is scary.Need any more info give us a yell

MJ Mentor

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I looked at a couple at an import yard a while ago. Tried to convince my mate to get one cuz hes got kids and needs 4 doors. They are a great sleeper, really nice interior with all power options and you wouldnt get hassled at all. Just about all of them are auto though. Just bolt on your usual mods and youll suprise alot of people out there.

deano_33 Enthusiast

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sorry r34gtt-r, i was led to believe they were front then back - but you should know seeing as you have one.

skyline geoff even though i own a skyline i would still back the stock bird against stock line - i remember seeing the standard 0-100 figures on an importer's web site and one of the reasons i wanted a bluebird was because it's quick, quicker than a skyline even :)

R34GTT-R Experienced

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Naa keep spending all my money on the GTT.

Here is the best article on Bluebird ive found well worth the read!!!!!

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_0140/article.html

"As a family-based car with stealth performance the 4WD turbo Bluebird is virtually unbeatable. It features a cavernous boot, an inoffensive interior design and NVH levels that are in keeping with any other mid-sized sedan. It is extremely safe with excellent stability, ABS brakes, an abundance of useful power, and it also returns good fuel consumption."

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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The auto version that we tested unfortunately had a badly slipping trans, but from seat-of-the-pants experience we'd suggest the car to normally be a mid-8 second 0-100km/h car. However, its performance times have been quoted as 7.4 seconds for the 0-100 and 15.4 seconds over the quarter. Without the fluid coupling, the manual versions cut these times to highly respectable 6.2 and 14.5 seconds respectively (remember that's on Japanese grade fuel).

Meanwhile the 33 is quoted at flat 6 and having imported these things for a while, I'll go along with that. So if you have no mechanical sympathy then do your 7 grand launches and lunch you clutch and box for 6.2's if you can actually get a manual. The numbers speak for themselves.

Back on topic though, I like them, but they won't really bother a skyline too much until it gets wet. Crap that WRX's are even a stockie will eat me in a straight line in the wet, and I get wheelspin at 180 in fourth in the wet.

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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Suit myself? I generally do. No drags for me unless it involves the rolling start from the corner entering the straight. I don't mind, any straight throughout the lap of the track will do.

I'm actually pretty envious that you've got a manual. The only manuals I had were already sold so I had to be nice to them...dammit.

R34GTT-R Experienced

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So you were importing them???.If so who was compliancing them as i might have one of your old cars.Ive been a bit wrong in my posts as my car has button clutch and boost upped.But while my gtt is either spinning the wheels off the line or not enough revs and waiting for boost my missus already in second gear, top end she gets wrecked tho as the bird has short power bands.

deano_33 Enthusiast

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Ah, found it...

http://www.importforums.com/information.htm

This was the info I was going on in my assumption of the bluebird being slightly faster than skyline, 0-100 atleast (by a whopping 0.06 seconds!)

Admittedly Skylinegeoff your knowledge is very good, but in you're "battle of wit's against those unarmed", is knowledge/remembering things witty or just, knowledge? Not wit by the definition I know gunslinger, but I have been known to propagate misinformed sh!t - just see above!

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