Jump to content
SAU Community

  

25 members have voted

You do not have permission to vote in this poll, or see the poll results. Please sign in or register to vote in this poll.

Recommended Posts

Which car has more character: the showroom pony, the forgotten-now-restored showpiece or the modified car that pushes the limit of its design and production?

definitely the modified car :D

I also think regardless of whether you modify or keep it stock it's meant to be used/enjoyed/driven.. not sit in a shed for its life and hauled around to shows on trailers.. whats the point? To say yours is better than theirs? Enjoy the car for what its worth

yes...but that said, i rather the car enjoy a simple and safe life before i bought it....hahahahahaha so i can buy a pristine, low kms beauty then modify it... :thumbsup:

So you own a nismo 400r, you going to rip out the computer and put a microleb in it, and some BC coilovers?

no...but i will put a motec/vipec, with high quality parts in it then get the ideal HP

what about someone who modifies a nur? :happy:

http://www.street-cover.com/feature/daniels-r34-gtr-v-spec-ii-nur/

http://www.pasmag.com/features/rides/3300-2002-nissan-skyline-r34-gtr-v-spec-ii-nur

Nurs, while very nice, are not rare.

There is more to enjoying cars than shoving bits that please you on them or making them super fast. That is simply one aspect of being an automotive enthusiast.

Put a 800hp R32, and Bobs pretty much pristine R32 ADM next to each other at a car show/cruise and I bet the ADM would get more attention.

This is a good example. Rare car. Not been molested by 3 different owners who knew what were the best parts for it. This is a keeper.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/441409-1996-r33-nissan-skyline-gtr-lm-limited-vspec-1-of-98-made-1-of-14-vspecs/

Anyone who modifies a 400r should be shot.

Factory specials are rare and expensive. ..modify it and it becomes just a modified R33 worth nothing.

Eg 69/70 boss 302 mustangs are wirth a shit load in original condition...same goes for ones restored to original. ..

Ones thst were modified are worth nothing..in fact people won't buy them.

  • Like 1

Pn's hit it on the head.

I'd never mod my 32 but would be happy to go balls deep on a "normal" 32. The Vspec would be the highest I'd go with mods, everything rarer than that I would leave well enough alone and probably in the shed more often than not.

  • Like 1

I have a virtually stock R32 VSpec II. The only mods are a new stereo (kept the original one - btw if anyone knows wherther Nissan ever supplied a 'microdisk player' as an option ?? - coz that's what was in it and it had a Nissan sticker on it.....), and a quick release steering wheel (strictly for security)

The car is what I've always wanted and even though I top out at 196 rwkW, it seems plenty. To me the car is almost like an original japanese sword - yes there are cheaper ones, sharper ones, better ones out there but to me that does not detract from its inherent value.

Please don't misunderstand, there is a part of me that would love to take a $20K R32 GTR and throw a bucket of (good and tasteful) mods on it........I just can't imagine doing that to my car.......

Maybe the only solution is to have one of each......

Now where did I put that spare $40k........

Cheers

The unmodded Baron

My preference is function over form, without a doubt.

I think a mostly original looking car, that is reasonably well maintained (but not "show spec") with power and handling to run with the best, has a lot more soul than a show spec car that isn't driven like it's meant to be, or a mint original car that's just kept garaged all the time.

I guess what I mean is I am one that believes cars are meant to be driven. The exterior doesn't mean much in that regard, so it's all about how it feels to drive, and how it performs.

If you have a car that's so valuable you don't want to drive it (show spec car or rare mint car), then it's become an investment item, and has lost the purpose of being a car. Nothing against people that have mint condition cars, I appreciate them just like anyone else. It's just personally I would have a hard time not driving something how it was meant to be driven.

Full kudos to people who fully restore cars to a mint condition and then drive them how they were meant to be driven!

  • Like 1

...

Once upon a time we bought Skylines to Modify (GFB) and then there is a swing to unmodify and go all OEM

...

Never heard of that swing, I thought all Skylines were meant to be modified??

:whistling:

Even with that, i still dont get the hype.

Will an ex-brocky bathurst winning V8 fetch the same price?

Or a craig lowndes V8?

Brock, f**k yes

Lowndes, maybe

But...have you seen what the LeMans winning GT40 sold for, or a Group C Sauber Mercedes

or the Bud Moore Transam Boss 302

Winfield GTR is chicken feed compared to them

Even with that, i still dont get the hype.

Will an ex-brocky bathurst winning V8 fetch the same price?

Or a craig lowndes V8?

You bet your ass!

The GMS cars were/are still racing. Brock's cars aren't. They are all holed up because of the value of them.

People derive pleasure in different ways. It immature to think that modifiers are somehow the ultimate form, or restorers are the ultimate. We all enjoy different aspects of the automotive lifestyle. It's only my opinion, but some cars are best left original, while others are great modified. When I see someone wreck a significant car by modding it, it's kind of like when a modifier sees someone JDM a Kia rio! Lolz

If you need to see passion, just talk to someone who has researched their car so much they have restored the chalk build markings on the undercarriage. They love it just as much as anyone who installs coilovers and a exhaust.

  • Like 1

Brock, f**k yes

Lowndes, maybe

But...have you seen what the LeMans winning GT40 sold for, or a Group C Sauber Mercedes

or the Bud Moore Transam Boss 302

Winfield GTR is chicken feed compared to them

but those cars are cool... that GTR is just... so similar to other GTRs. its not like DTM widy body or GT40 rarity or LeMans concept or something.

i know how much all those cars sell for, but its pretty sad the people who spend that money. so $$$ for servicing of a car that doesnt get driven. its all just an ivestment.

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



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • My guesstimate, with no real numbers to back it up, is it won't effect it greatly at all.its not a huge change in position, and I can't see the air flow changing from in turbulence that much based on distance, and what's in front of it. Johnny and Brad may have some more numbers to share from experience though.
    • Which solenoid? Why was it changed? Again, why was this done? ...well, these wear..but ultimately, why was it changed? Did you reset the idle voltage level after fitment? I'm just a tad confused ~ the flash code doesn't allude to these items being faulty, so in my mind the only reason to change these things, would be some drive-ability issue....and if that's the case, what was the problem? Those questions aside, check if the dropping resistor is OK ...should be 11~14 ohms (TCU doesn't throw a flash code for this) ~ also, these TCU designs have full time power (to keep fault code RAM alive), and I think that'll throw a logic code (as opposed to the 10 hardware codes), if that power is missing (or the ram has gone bad in the TCU, which you can check..but that's another story here perhaps).
    • Question for people who "know stuff" I am looking at doing the new intake like the one in the picture (the pictured is designed for the OEM TB and intake plenum), this design has the filter behind the front bar, but, the filter sits where the OEM duct heads into the front bar, and the standard aperture when the OEM ducting is removed allows the filter to pulled back out of the front bar into the engine bay for servicing, a simple blanking plate is used to seal the aperture behind the filter This will require a 45° silicone hose from the TB, like the alloy pipe that is currently there, to another 45° silicone hose to get a straight run to the aperture in the front bar Question: how will it effect the tune if I move the MAF about 100-150mm forward, the red is around where my MAF is currently, and the green would be where it would end up Like this This is the hole the filter goes through  Ends up like this LOL..Cheers    
    • Despite the level up question, actually I do know what that is....it is a pressure sender wire.  So check out around the oil filter for an oil pressure sender, or maybe fuel pressure near the filter or on the engine. Possibly but less likely coolant pressure sensor because they tend to be combined temp/pressure senders if you have one. Could also be brake pressure (in a brake line somewhere pre ABS) but maybe I'm the only one that has that on a skyline.
    • Pull codes via the self-diagnosis procedure. As far as I can tell this is just a sign of transmission issues but not a code unto itself.
×
×
  • Create New...