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Hi all,

I'm currently driving and am soon to take ownership of an R33 GTS with a factory RB20E. Pretty new engine too... it's only done 360,000 :s lol. I know, I lose at Skylines, but I'll put a real engine in it in the not-too-distant. It's not that fast, but it's so smooth and it has a beautiful note to it. For now it's just nice to have something to drive other than Dad's Grand Vitara, or my half-broken SVD N13, haha.

Looking forward to tidying it up and pouring money into it!

Cheers to all,
B.

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Neither did I, nor did I know they could keep running so smoothly after this many k's. It's honestly the smoothest engine I've driven with. My diff, on the other hand... that's dying :(

Neither did I, nor did I know they could keep running so smoothly after this many k's. It's honestly the smoothest engine I've driven with. My diff, on the other hand... that's dying :(

Well this makes me feel a little better about my r32 with 280,xxxkms.. Lol

welcome.

2 options, engine swap, or, leave as is for rarity value.

how many others are out there?

wouldnt be many.

like the carby 32s, worth more because theyre rare.

if you do go with the swap, bloke on here has done an ls1 conversion with decent results.

or, tried and proven 25 or 26.

either way, good luck with it

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