The Stock R33 GTR

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Should send them to Nissan Australia, maybe he might pay for your car's time for marketing stuff, would be cool!

[Steve85]

Should send them to Nissan Australia, maybe he might pay for your car's time for marketing stuff, would be cool!

I wouldn't hate that... maybe. [emoji848]

[l0ckym]

I have a stock one too Steve85, perhaps a double act?

[Steve85]

Hey all.

Some time ago, i said i would take some photos of the interior and engine bay... Obviously you should have learned by now that when I say i'll do something, i mean in a few months. 

In any case here are some interior shots of the stock GTR for your viewing pleasure. BTW, the car is slightly dusty, and has some leaves and dirt in it, the photos make it look very bad, but it's not as severe as it looks. I took a lot of images of the stickers on the car, as I suspect there wouldn't be too many left with these stickers intact.  I also grabbed images of the usually suspects for wear and tear in an attempt to convince those who aren't (there's a few out there - mostly facebook experts) that the car has been rolled back or had a changeover cluster and other parts. I'm convinced that isn't the case, unless someone has changed every single component on the car, in which case, it's an amazing rebuild (which it isn't) and would be worth the cash monies I paid anyways. 

Ok i'm losing track of my point... See the images below. 

[Steve85]

@ActionDan finally...

[The Bogan]

Nice, she sure is purdy.

[No Crust Racing]

Artifical lighting and flash always make it look 10x worse. 

Car looks fully legit to me. Even down to the fact your intake snorkel foam surround is already perishing 0_0 Nissan got it wrong on that material lol 

I struggle with this car because I would want to drive it all the time to enjoy its freshness, but not ever drive it to preserve its freshness... So I would do as you have done and have two

[Mohsen]

Thanks for showing me this little weapon the other day mate!

shes definitely genuine, a proper time capsule.

[Steve85]

On 7/5/2019 at 7:11 AM, ActionDan said:

I struggle with this car because I would want to drive it all the time to enjoy its freshness, but not ever drive it to preserve its freshness... So I would do as you have done and have two

I am a bit the same. But I feel like i need a third GTR. Like a high mileage stock one. Maybe in Midnight Purple. Then I have an easy to drive, no problem, already depreciated GTR on my hands that i can run into the ground. Or am i being greedy??? ?

2 hours ago, Mohsen said:

Thanks for showing me this little weapon the other day mate!

shes definitely genuine, a proper time capsule.

No worries. I show them off to everyone who pops round for parts and fixes. So far everyone reacts like you did. We're all the same, kids in candy stores round these cars.

Also I'm learning that the KR4 car gets the big wow factor over the LM. Never thought i'd say that, but there you go. ?

[No Crust Racing]

That might be a bit greedy

A mate is much happier having sold his first 33 for a rougher more modified higher k's example, enjoying himself much more. 

[Steve85]

The stock GTR is about to be completely stock again. Thank you internet purchases.

On the flip side I'll have another Nismo radiator cap lying around.

[No Crust Racing]

Do they not make these new?

[Steve85]

2 hours ago, ActionDan said:

Do they not make these new?

Never even occurred to me. ? 

But I would suspect they probably do now that you've pointed out the flaw in my otherwise brilliant purchase. (In my defense, it popped up in my advertising, I got excited, I bought it). 

[No Crust Racing]

Haha, just thought a new one would be nice given the car's overall condition. 

 

[Steve85]

This is getting old... accidentally tripped over the power lead the other week. Double checked the connection to the car. All good.

Fast forward to last weekend, attempt to start car to move from Garage. Nothing. No life whatsoever. Dead battery assumed. Check battery, cables, power lead, all seem fine. Look at power outlet, the damn plug has pulled out there... uggggh.

Chuck the multi-meter on it. 4.2Volts. Wow...

Cue pulling apart car and retrieving battery for "fixing" with a power supply and 100 odd watts being jammed into it. I'm sure it's just on it's last legs this time.

[No Crust Racing]

I too recently flatteend yet another battery.

I think it was fats say he just buys the cheap shit lead acid batteries because they dont care about being flattened and will just charge straight back up and be happy. 

The next battery in the silvia will just be a touch heavier, but much cheaper and more forgiving. 

 

[Steve85]

On 11/11/2019 at 10:10 AM, ActionDan said:

I too recently flatteend yet another battery.

I think it was fats say he just buys the cheap shit lead acid batteries because they dont care about being flattened and will just charge straight back up and be happy. 

The next battery in the silvia will just be a touch heavier, but much cheaper and more forgiving. 

 

Yeah this is solid thinking in my book. I am surprised by the batteries I have though. The yellow one you saw above died twice and the black battery in the car has died twice as well. 

The only issue I have is the Silver car still has the original battery tray in it, so I have to keep the battery small enough to sit on that. If I didn't know that all these components made the car worth more I'd have chucked them all in the bin. Which i think happened to all the GTRs in the late 90s/early 2000s. Certainly the LM hasn't got these pesky things like trims and carpets and clips... lol

[No Crust Racing]

Big GT-R problems... battery tray lol

Went for a spin in my mates 33R recently, was fun, didn't make me want another one lol 

[Steve85]

On 11/21/2019 at 8:47 AM, ActionDan said:

Big GT-R problems... battery tray lol

If I don't blow things out of proportion my life seems boring! ?

 

On 11/21/2019 at 8:47 AM, ActionDan said:

Went for a spin in my mates 33R recently, was fun, didn't make me want another one lol 

I think this make's you a rare breed. Normally the cycle is: 

• Want GTR
• Buy GTR
• Mod GTR
• Hate GTR
• Sell GTR
• Profit?
• Want GTR etc etc.

Edited November 25, 2019 by Steve85

[No Crust Racing]

Profit for me = part of engine build for Silvia. Originally it was going to be the full engine build and box swap etc but the spec list kinda grew....

Driving an M4 really changed my world view. So many cars I haven't experienced. I've had 2 GT-Rs and aside from the power differences they were largely the same.

Will always love them, just don't want another project and I don't think I could stop myself building it if I owned another.

To find one "finished" these days is drug money. There's no way I would spend the kind of money I got for the 34 on another one. Even rough 33s are so far overpriced it's nuts.

I get to live the dream through you and your dollars instead