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Thinking Of Buying An R35...key Differences Between My09, 10, 11 & 12?


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Wardski sounds like your R35 is a garage queen, let me know you're ready to offload it. :P

Indeed it is. I only do 4,000kms a year, nothing but the best treatment for my baby :) Unfortunately I plan to keep this one for at least 5 years :D

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Is it possible to crack 400awkw's with the DBA's on 98/100PULP - didn't get get slightly bigger turbos then CBA's?

No mechanical differences other than slightly larger turbo inlet pipes. Only the spec v had different turbos

The oem power gain has been in the tuning, so you'll get less of a power increase aftermarket tuning a DBA vs CBA and end up at the same place

Aftermarket turbo inlet pipes are larger than oem

Like I said earlier, a number on a dyno is somewhat arbitrary. Tweak the dyno and you can get it to read whatever you want

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i personally dislike the 35,

while it did impress me at first, then i found out how the entire car is a "throw away item"

(my personal experience working on these)

09, 10 have a shim over bucket cam follwer, 11 & 12 have a solid 1 piece bucket with a stem on the inside

the 09/10 cylinder heads IMO are better as you can get shims made up and generally you order them thicker for the intention to grind them to suit the clearance you want

the 11 & 12 you will need to have nissan make up the solid buckets to suit the valve protrusion, if you get the measurement 100% perfect and matches their measuring tools

the bores are plasma coated, cannot be rebored or even honed as the coating is only 2 thou thick, darton will be releasing a sleeve kit quite soon

cranks cant be ground either due to their coating, spin a bearing, buy a new crank

Is it true the bores have to be inspected at 100,000klm's?

if its not broke dont fix it, but by time anyone get to 100,000kms im sure darton would have the sleeve kits available so these engines have more then one life

i personally dislike the 35,

while it did impress me at first, then i found out how the entire car is a "throw away item"

(my personal experience working on these)

09, 10 have a shim over bucket cam follwer, 11 & 12 have a solid 1 piece bucket with a stem on the inside

the 09/10 cylinder heads IMO are better as you can get shims made up and generally you order them thicker for the intention to grind them to suit the clearance you want

the 11 & 12 you will need to have nissan make up the solid buckets to suit the valve protrusion, if you get the measurement 100% perfect and matches their measuring tools

the bores are plasma coated, cannot be rebored or even honed as the coating is only 2 thou thick, darton will be releasing a sleeve kit quite soon

cranks cant be ground either due to their coating, spin a bearing, buy a new crank

Sheesh...the R35 is such a shitbox..Im gunna sell mine and buy an 80s skyline

i personally dislike the 35,

while it did impress me at first, then i found out how the entire car is a "throw away item"

(my personal experience working on these)

09, 10 have a shim over bucket cam follwer, 11 & 12 have a solid 1 piece bucket with a stem on the inside

the 09/10 cylinder heads IMO are better as you can get shims made up and generally you order them thicker for the intention to grind them to suit the clearance you want

the 11 & 12 you will need to have nissan make up the solid buckets to suit the valve protrusion, if you get the measurement 100% perfect and matches their measuring tools

the bores are plasma coated, cannot be rebored or even honed as the coating is only 2 thou thick, darton will be releasing a sleeve kit quite soon

cranks cant be ground either due to their coating, spin a bearing, buy a new crank

at the same token, this is very good feedback as I have broken my fair share of engines in the past

such an intelligent response, "speedah"

to correct and educate you; (this requires reading the entire post)

never did i say the r35 was a shit box, i was quite impressed with them at first and the "porche killer" nickname and the nurburgring lap time, aka far from a shit box

My workshop has had quite a few come in, and from there i noticed they are the perfect symbol for todays throw away lifestyle. The customer spending a large amount of money to buy the car initially, then something goes wrong or sometime in the future the motor could do with a rebore cause its a tired motor, but there is barely anything that can be repaired, just replaced, so more money goes to purchase of new parts or motors and the rest ends up in land fill,

in short IMO great for nissans profits, bad for consumers wallets

to add in my earlier post not once did i suggest, encourage or talk up "an 80s skyline" or any other type of vehicle, this post was and still will be in reference to the r35 and i was just stating my personal experience with these motors to help Marko R1 make his decision which im assuming this thread was started to list the pros and cons of each of the series

(similar idea when purchasing my r31, i got all the pros and cons, with the knowledge i found i bought a 31 knowing that the cylinder heads crack, leaking power steering racks being a factory option, whinning diffs etc but i still bought it cause "i heart box")

Lol yea 35's are ghey long live the r31

And now the trolls come waltzing in..

Long live the R31 - in a museum.. LOL.. Hmmm, the R31 interior is no better than a same year Mazda 323 as well as being more a dinosaur than Godzilla.

Pity this thread has gone way off topic.... My 2cents - every car has issues, but I wouldn't trade my 2010 GT-R for anything on this planet, especially any of those overpriced euros....

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