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Hi guys, yes I've decided to defect over to the Zed club lol... well not quite... the car I have in mind is a 1988 200ZR... which if you know you're RB's will know is a crossover Zed that came with an RB20DET. Its a Z31. My cuz wants a first car, but dosen't want something expensive, so I'm thinkin of bringing down a car from japan for him. He dsen't like skylines, but he likes the old Zeds. The deal is I use it for a few months while my car's in the shop and then palm it off to him for a couple of hundred less.

Does anyone have any info on this car (other than the usual stats that's available) or know anyone in australia that owns one.

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Here's something like what I wanna get though...

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Mmm same angine that came in an R31, we'll most probably swap it for a newer Rb20det though

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Mmm watanabe's

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mmm nice profile too...

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no i haven't actually... is he on the forum? got pics?

they hardly come up for sale in japan (yahoo auctions or USS auctions) but when they do, they sell pretty cheaply...

Uses NICS type (1st Gen) RB20DET. Not exactly a powerhouse...about 140kW in stock form. Top mount IC suffered similar problems to GTiR...efficiency drops dramatically with increasing temps and increasing boost makes things worse. Best changed for an FMIC (not that easy with the nose shape on these things) or a water/air type.

Note that the sump on these is a different configuration to the R31/R32 spec RB20DET's....sump bowl is at the rear, not the front. May be possible to just swap sump/pick-up but I don't know for sure...

Back in 1988, 140kw is plenty and in an older, lighter chassis it will deliver a decent performance. 160ps (115-120kw) at the time of KPGC10 in 1970s is considered above most competitions already, although it is hard for those figures to impress when presented in the modern world today, as public are 300kw minded these days.

they go for roughly $2100 - $2500 to buy in japan, and then there's the rest of the costs. All up under 8grand to bring into the country. An RB20DET out of an R32 should be about $1k to pick up in oz (I know company that can't get rid of em). I've got the general instructions on how to swap em, including the R32 ECU, so once that's done it should purr along nicely.

Best changed for an FMIC (not that easy with the nose shape on these things) or a water/air type..

I would look at one of FMIC they sell for late model Civics -- they seem to be extremely thin and long, and might just fit behind that front bar.

funky: why not go for something more classic, like a 260 or even a 240? Come to think of it, what do those go for in Jay-phan?

LW.

i have an r32gtst standard i/c including piping if you want a cheap upgrade from the top-mount item...

my bro used to have an R31 (although with the vg30e) and it wass a nice car to drive and nice inside for and older car

the 200zr looks much 'smoother' though

great idea and good luck with the buy!

Waz.

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Hay i have one, it is a great car to drive i got it of autostyle in sydney. Dom's orange one is a machiene and just got sold to a guy on the central coast. made 469Kw on low boost without the nos (has only used the nos set up a hand full of times) and thats at the rears. its well cool :). any way i would deffo advise getting one i have no regrets, there comfertable and practicle and great to drive. as well they are an RB20 so plenty of tuning potential. the only problem i have is the suspention, the camber is not adjustable so it is on -3.61 degrees at all times and burns through tires in no time. i am looking into a way of getting this rectified at the moment.

oh, and it's easy enough to fit a fromt mount, i have a R33 V-Spec item in mine and works a treat.

some pics of mine

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Then it wasn't trying or it had excessive wheel spin. I was talking to Dom about it and he said that if he tried to use the nos it just wheelspinned on the dyno. I will ask him again but i'm sure i'm right.... i'm always right, ask any one who knows me :D:)

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