Rez's R32 GTS-t Type M... presentable version!

[yukz2daizzo]

ei nice car. very clean. heard of d1 grand prix having round 5 at odaiba? close to rainbow bridge. you can probably convince kayo to come over there then just head down to demon dave. just a suggestion. and sorry again.

[Rezz]

Dave, have you driven to Osaka from your place before? Or to Kyoto or around there?

[SKY031]

Nice car!

(I only like it cos it has a purple front on the stereo)

[Rezz]

Nice car!

(I only like it cos it has a purple front on the stereo)

I'll get a night shot of it all lit up... you'll love it even more then. So whaddaya think of the knob?

[Demon Dave]

Justin,

a couple of years back I drove to Kyoto...IIRC the drive was somewhere between 3 and 4 hours, but that was 5 people, plus luggage, packed into a Nissan cube with 89 PS of raw power and a max cruising speed of around 80mk/h, less when going uphill

I imagine, in light traffic and with a heavy right foot, you guys could easily do it in around 2 hours or so....

[Rezz]

Justin,

a couple of years back I drove to Kyoto...IIRC the drive was somewhere between 3 and 4 hours, but that was 5 people, plus luggage, packed into a Nissan cube with 89 PS of raw power and a max cruising speed of around 80mk/h, less when going uphill

I imagine, in light traffic and with a heavy right foot, you guys could easily do it in around 2 hours or so....

Mmmm, interesting... Troy, what do you think?

Dave, I've been quoted anywhere as long as 6 hours!!

[Demon Dave]

but that was from my place to Kyoto - no Osaka. Depends on the traffic really - going there took a lot longer (as I recall) 'cause we got caught up in traffic around Nagoya...

As I said before, I highly recommend you stop off at the Nissan Prince museum in Nagano - it's on the way to Yamanashi and well worth the visit...it'll break up the long hours on the expressway too....

[Demon Dave]

if you give me the post code, or name of the area of where you're living now I can run it through me Nav system and get an accurate time/distance report from here to there/there to here...

I think the six hour estimate assumed you were driving with Miss Daisy RB powered rocket ships (and Evo's ) should be able to do it much quicker than that

[SKY031]

So whaddaya think of the knob?

er......... I'm not sure what you mean by that, so I'll just leave that one alone!

[Rezz]

er......... I'm not sure what you mean by that

... the gear knob...

[Evo_Lee]

Mmmm, interesting... Troy, what do you think?

 

Dave, I've been quoted anywhere as long as 6 hours!!

Justin, arghhh... traffic depending, it took me 4 hours to get to Suzuka during last year's F1 final but that wasn't taking the highway and there were heaps of traffic. But nice traffic...I pulled into a convenient store just a few kilometers from the circuit and there were a few F40s, 360, Lambos, Porkas also going to the race but stopping for a break. I managed to get some attention when a few French Rally fans came over and asked if I was a rally driver :D (taking the back roads the car was very dirty and it rained heavily on the way over, not to mention my mate and I were in our F1 Malboro Racing shirts)

Now in comparison if I took the highway heading to other places...it took me 3 hours to get to Hiroshima with light traffic, or 4 hours to get to Takatsu Snowfield North of Gifu or North to Japan sea - Amanohashi 2.5 hours. By right you should be able to get to Tokyo in 6 hours but not with Japan's traffic...10 hours more like it, but where Dave lives I think it is still quite rural...I still say 4 hours including short breaks or 3 hours nonstop.

Dave, are you talking about that interchange North of Nagoya/South of Gifu? If you take the wrong lane/turn you end up doing a big loop.

[Demon Dave]

Troy / Justin, you have PM

[CerealKiller]

... the gear knob...

stock?

how much are the mirrors mate?

oh and less talk more pics

[Rezz]

stock?

how much are the mirrors mate?

oh and less talk more pics

Price as bought in Japan (ie: no freight cost) A$300.

Heres another pic... and it ain't pretty. This view will change soon enough:

[CerealKiller]

looks like my engine bay. (including the APEXi pod) - are you going to box that up?

[Rezz]

looks like my engine bay. (including the APEXi pod) - are you going to box that up?

Evo_Lee has boxed his air cleaner up quite well, with a new "SuperAutobacs super induction air feed suction pipe"... and seeing as me and him are unofficially competing with each other with mods (he's leading - trust me ) I might just try and box it up and put a cold air feed in too.

[Evo_Lee]

Justin, if I still had the factory airbox like you do, I would have converted it to enclose the pod.

The one I have now is a WRC airbox, but look through the books I passed to you...I'm sure you should be able to find some airboxes in there.

Are we competing...I maybe leading but your car is still lighter, more so when your carbon bonnet goes on...yikes!

[Demon Dave]

heheh - glad I'm not competing...I'm in third place, no doubts! :) Still pretty much standard under the bonnet of my GT-V. What is the standard power output on the GTSt M specs anyways?

[Evo_Lee]

come on Dave, you've secretly got a turbo hiding under there right?

plus don't you have a set of TE37, reduced unsprung weight!...if you take out the spare wheel, jack, rear cardboard, carpets, babyseat etc you should be able to run against Justin...would certainly be an interesting test too

[Demon Dave]

come on Dave, you've secretly got a turbo hiding under there right?

hehehe, the only way I'll have a "turbo" under the bonnet of my GT-V (anytime soon) is if I borrow the wife's hairdryer and duct tape it in the engine bay :D

I dunno - stock 200PS RB25DE GT-V Vs slightly modded RB20DET GTSt????

...the GT-V is slightly heavier than a 25GT (due to the extra GTT parts)...I've wanted TE-37's for a long time, but a set of Work Emotions came my way and I couldn't say no. Isn't the R32 GTSt lighter than the R34's anyway?

Nah, a few mods to a the RB20DET and Justin will leave me for dust Still, be an interesting race though