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well its that time for a change and with three main options ahead of me i look to my fello skyline members for advice!!!

well here it is,

A) i currently own a 95 GTST skyline and i absouloutly love it but spend roughly $7,000 and it would be heaven, do these prices sound wright?

GT 3040 600HP Ball Bearing Turbo

(.82 exh and .70 comp) $2,890.00

TIAL SPORTS 38mm External Wastegate $695.00

Exhaust Flange $50.00

Modified Manifold to suit $690.00

Braided oil and water lines $220.00

Total price for kit $4,545.00

then probably $2,000 for a micro tech or Apexi power FC.

so is it worth it? has anyone done this? what RWKW would i be looking at?? will my stock internals hold up???

option B) sell the car and begin settling down and look at a house and some other sort of future investment.

or and i know this will be the most popular C) sell GTST and buy GTR!

thank you for your time all opinions will be greatly appreciated.

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lol.. i think every skyline owner goes through this after owning it 6-12 months :D

That sounds like a reasonable budget, but don't forget the labour costs can add up, unless you are doing it yourself. Oh, and you'll need 6x new injectors and a Z32 AFM or equivelent. You could probably get 300rwkw with that setup. Inasnt currently went similar and pushing 330rwkw i think at the moment. Will give any stockish GTR a great run.. Anyhow, I await his "bullshit you can do it for $7k" sometime soon :rofl:

Problem with the GTR is you'll just want to do it all again.. and seeing as the initial purchase price of the GTR is much higher, in the end up works out much more expensive.

House is safe.. but then again you're only young once, and telling the kids how you bought a house at age 20 might sound cool, its kinda dull. And when you explain the next 20 years it took to pay it off you couldn't afford to go out, see the world, or actually have fun. But the GTR on the otherhand... :)

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Going for A you definitely must allow more than $7k.

With obvious upgrade of pwr you should remember maintenance and running cost. 400hp engine drinks more fuel than 300hp engine and cost more to maintain, especially if the internals finally let go (metal fatique due to age).

Going for B is the wisest choice. Although there are ups and downs in property market, in general property prices has hardly ever depreciated. Beside, there are other things in life beside cars cars cars and cars. Remember: car values always depreciate, a wise investment will appreciate.

Going for C would be the most popular, I agree, as I wish for a GTR too. But if you start doing your GTR like what you would do for A, wouldn't you be in the same boat again in the next couple of years? But it will surely be lots of fun in C.

The choice is yours..... consider how much time you got, what you wanna achieve in the future, and when do you wanna achieve that.

All the best, mate. :)

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The wiser person would say B. If you rent it out you may have to add a bit on top for the monthly repayments. It adds equity to your name as a home owner. A good 2 or 3 years later you can go back to the loan company and ask for that R34 GTR Nur and extra if you want to mod it. That way you get all A, B and C. :P

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Well, you're a lucky man to have so many good choices. Why not invest in shares and make money and save to buy your GTR in a couple years maybe and then you'll have even more $$$ for mods...

Your still young so driving the GTST as it is isn't so bad is it??? or spend half the cash on a highflow or something and invest the rest.

Good luck

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