Jump to content
SAU Community

Enquiry And Opinions In Regards To Wrecking Skylines

FSTR32

By FSTR32,
in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)

 Share

Recommended Posts

FSTR32 Rising Star

FSTR32

Posted
Posted

As the title suggests I am considering parting out and wrecking my current skyline due to a lack of interest and the inability to get a good price on the sale as a complete item. I know each case will vary depending on the type of parts and quality but I am interested to hear from anybody who has done this and any tips and advice people have. Also keen to know how much money people have made and whether it is/was worth the time and effort? I dont want to have to pull my pride and joy apart considering I have been building her for over 6 years but it seems that this is the only way I can see myself making more money than the offers I recieved and what I know she's worth! Opinions and advice please :)

thanks in advance

SIFTY32 Proficient

SIFTY32

Posted
Posted

Hey dude very nice ride, It would be a real shame to see it parted out although there is not doubt you'd get money more in parts, although it may take 6 months to a year to sell everything...

Have you tried advertising it on carsales or ebay? quite often you will get a more serious cash buyer through those avenues rather than forums...

Corin

FSTR32 Rising Star

FSTR32

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thanks for ur response. Yeah tryed those avenues but still no luck and I would not part with it for less than 10k so I rekon I can get more than that in parts. Also tired of being screwed around. I think selling parts would be alot easier than selling a car in the current economic climate. Been building it for 6+ years so another 6-12 months wont hurt. Well I shall see what other people have to say and will make a decision.

Have you wrecked a car or know someone who has corin? any advice?

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Haggerty
      RB25DE NEO with Haltech ECU

      By Haggerty · Posted

      I seem to the be only person that is using a Haltech 2500 on an NA motor, I've installed a Bosch DBW throttle body to the OEM intake manifold and am having problems maintaining AFR even with the wideband o2.  It will run extremely rich at idle and up to redline, but under load it will go extremely lean in the 20s and i'm essentially having to rev it over 4k and feather the clutch to get it up to speed.  I've read a few other threads of about the butterfly, it seems removing the vacuum to it is supposed to have it remain open, i've noticed no difference under 4k with the vacuum line to it plugged.  I'm hoping someone here has had luck using the NA manifold with Haltech, and if they happen to have a tune for it.  
    • sonicii
      Could it really happen......

      By sonicii · Posted

      I don't know any details, but I really wouldn't be surprised if they do it as a LHD only version, at least initially.
    • Gareth87
      What should I do next to hold the head on

      By Gareth87 · Posted

      Thanks for the replies everyone. Definitely a coolant push. Oil catch can is empty and always has been. As the engine is out now I'll be having a good look over things. I do have some detonation on the piston tops from a trigger issue back about 5 years ago. I felt it and shut off then bought a new ecu and changed the trigger. Never been an issue since. It never hurt the power, its made almost 80hp more since that incident but I will pull the bearing caps to take a look. If the bearings are damaged I will do a bottom end refresh. Head is being re conditioned at the moment and the block will be cleaned and checked to ensure it's flat. I'll go with a kameari gasket and see how it ends up. The other thing I'm not super keen on is the cylinder colours. I suspect this is from the inlet manifold. The plan will be to put it back together, retune and then stick a plazmaman billet inlet on it and retune. I'm happy with the power, if it makes a little more, then great, but I would rather just make everything more efficient at this stage.
    • MBS206
      Could it really happen......

      By MBS206 · Posted

      Maybe they'll look to do a bunch of presales to help inject some cash fast for their financial issues...
    • MBS206
      R34 25GT Engine Light 21

      By MBS206 · Posted

      Does it also misfire equally when revving?   Josh is very correct in what you should do. The coilpack harness wiring loom itself is a known problem due to its age and the number of heat cycles it has gone through. Throwing parts at a vehicle to diagnose the issue isn't a smart or good way to do it. Secondly, you may have a bad coil pack, you pop replacements in, they fix that issue, but messing with the harness breaks it, so the issue persists. So now you think "well it wasn't the coil packs" and have to continue chasing your tail, potentially swapping back in your shit coil packs and returning the good ones (yes, I've seen people do this because 'it wasn't the problem' and they want to save money). And suddenly, you've got two issues with the same symptoms...   Diagnose, don't use the spare parts shotgun.
×
×
  • Create New...