What To Do? R33 Gtr

[l0ckym]

Hi Guys/Girls

I have a 95 GTR VSpec.

It is completely stock - wheels, airbox, turbos, exhaust - everything.

Mechanic reckons he's never seen one not touched or in this condition. Has a verified 109K kms. Was imported to Australia with 40k kms in 2000 - so has been here for ages.

I'm torn between leaving it alone, and giving it a bit of a touch up with wheels, coil overs, turbos, dumps, downs, exhaust, ecu, fuel pump, coils, studs, intake, fmic & other associated bits and pieces for 350-400kw at the wheels..

R33's seem to be the ugly ducklings of the GTR world - and they are very slowly increasing in value - but probably not enough to be a true investment like a clean 32 or 34.

It's nice to drive as is - but everyone wants more power.

What would you do?

[Hadouken]

6262

ID2000

Walbro 400L

Link G4

MCA coilovers

Enkei RPF1's

Series 3 headlights

Ganador mirrors

Darker tint

[KiwiRS4T]

How long have you had it? You will soon want more power - I don't believe R33s are ever going to be a collector's item - modify away!

[l0ckym]

Only about 2 months....33's have the same driveline as 32's & 34's - once they go into the stratosphere- perhaps a cheaper 33 looks good value and increases in cost from there. They only made 6000 33 vspecs just for jdm - can't be many left that haven't been f'ed with -

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Garrett -7 or -9 Turbos

Full 3" or 3.5" Exhaust

Nistune or A'PEXi Power FC ECU or whatever your choice / mechanic can tune with

Cam Gears

Coilovers, Wheels and Tyres

Don't bother with Air Intake / Fuel Pump / FMIC / Dumps, stock is good for 300rwkW

[Piggaz]

Any preference to single of twin? Will you be keeping the stock engine? What fuel?

[tridentt150v]

Very few vehicles [cars, bikes, trucks etc] outlast a generation. So what was valuable in your time may be just another vehicle in 10-20 years. You see this all the time, everyone thinks they have an absolute desirable collectors item and they do while their generation is alive but as they get older and/or die out the next generation coming through aren't even remotely interested - well maybe a few, but not the majority.

So mod away!!!!

[l0ckym]

Any preference to single of twin? Will you be keeping the stock engine? What fuel?

I'd prefer not to have any RWC issues - but I live in the country - probably more of an issue once it comes time to move it on.

I'd like to keep the stock engine - if only from a cost perspective - and only 98ron is available here..

Edited June 22, 2016 by l0ckym

[sneakey pete]

Garrett -7 or -9 Turbos

Full 3" or 3.5" Exhaust

Nistune or A'PEXi Power FC ECU or whatever your choice / mechanic can tune with

Cam Gears

Coilovers, Wheels and Tyres

Don't bother with Air Intake / Fuel Pump / FMIC / Dumps, stock is good for 300rwkW

Get a 3.5" exhaust but don't get dumps?

What's the point of a bigger exhaust if you've still got a restriction up front...

[Piggaz]

I'd prefer not to have any RWC issues - but I live in the country - probably more of an issue once it comes time to move it on.

I'd like to keep the stock engine - if only from a cost perspective - and only 98ron is available here..

If that's the case.

-5's

Bosch/ID 1000's

Walbro 400/460 in tank pump

Decent set of front pipes (none of this merging into 75 or 80 mm garbage)

3.5 inch exhaust (if not 4...) Get some mufflers made and have something fabbed up

Nismo coppermix twin plate

Whatever ECU you want

Keep factory airbox

Get some decent dumps (HPI 76 mm)

Quaife front diff if budget allows

[niZmO_Man]

Enkei RPF1's

fatz cracked a spoke on his R33, but tracked car.

[Hadouken]

Fatz gave them a proper workout. Never cracked on mine coz I didn't hit ripple strips haha

[Kinkstaah]

The answer is always "sell and buy someone else's project" if you EVER want to put any money into it.

[Leroy Peterson]

The answer is always "sell and buy someone else's project" if you EVER want to put any money into it.

we talking GTRs though. unless owner is reputable, but then $$$

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Get a 3.5" exhaust but don't get dumps?

What's the point of a bigger exhaust if you've still got a restriction up front...

Cause stock Dumps can handle the power of 300+ rwkW

I wouldn't push anything over 300 rwkW on a 20+ year old Stock RB26 ('95 model R33 GTR)

Unless rebuilt and you want 350 - 400 rwkW then yes, go upgraded Dumps

[Hadouken]

Is cap it at 350kw on e85

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Single Turbo Twin Scroll, if poor get Garett GTX, if rich BW EFR.

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Is cap it at 350kw on e85

Yeah, sounds about right for that power figure

[Mick_o]

6062

ID2000

Walbro 400L

Link G4

MCA coilovers

Enkei RPF1's

Series 3 headlights

Ganador mirrors

Darker tint

FYP brah

[JGTC]

On the topic of singles, is there still much value running them between 18-20psi on stock internals? Over say a -9 set up? when it comes to street-ability and power?