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Hello everybody!

I'm not new to cars, before life put me on a hiatus from having fun with cars I was big into BMWs. While I may be done with the germans, I haven't seen straight sixes through. I'm a big believer in community so I hope I get to help someone just as much I hope someone will one day be able to help me. I'm an American and many of you may know that we didn't get these cars until 25 years too late. I own a '94 Skyline GTR, mostly stock with a few mods to help her breath better. I currently have R33 N1 turbos on their way to the states to be rebuilt, I'm aiming for a mild 450-500hp street machine. Hopefully I can have a long block built within the year, budget permitting. I have attached a few pictures. If any are interested, I may be able to help individuals obtain parts from the motherland.

Cheers! -R

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Welcome as a BMW and GTR owner i am extremely excited you've signed up.

Your GTR looks to be in amazing shape. I'm going to assume you've been looking after it.[emoji16]

Completely unrelated, do you have any experience with N52 swaps? Asking for a friend, whose just appears to have spun a bearing in his 530i wagon... (cough).

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25 minutes ago, Steve85 said:

Welcome as a BMW and GTR owner i am extremely excited you've signed up.

Your GTR looks to be in amazing shape. I'm going to assume you've been looking after it.emoji16.png

Completely unrelated, do you have any experience with N52 swaps? Asking for a friend, whose just appears to have spun a bearing in his 530i wagon... (cough).

Thanks! She's got 140K Km on her, the previous owner appears to have done a great job keeping her clean, i've only owned her for about 3-4  months. Ironically, this car got me into detailing so I want to keep it that way. 

I will PM you about your question on the Germans!

-R

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On 4/27/2019 at 10:40 PM, Steve85 said:

Welcome as a BMW and GTR owner i am extremely excited you've signed up. 

I no longer have a GTR any more but I do have my BMW's now. I'm also excited!

On 4/27/2019 at 10:40 PM, Steve85 said:

Completely unrelated, do you have any experience with N52 swaps? Asking for a friend, whose just appears to have spun a bearing in his 530i wagon... (cough).

Interesting that your 'friend' has a similar car to you.

:welcome: Barker! 

 

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Just now, PranK said:

Interesting that your 'friend' has a similar car to you.

 

quite interesting... i'm not saying it's me... but, it's one of the wagons my wife and I own. And she didn't break it. 
Side note: guess how much a 2006 530i Wagon is worth without a running engine. Did you guess $300? Cause that's the highest I've been offered for wrecking. 

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