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hi fellow skyliners, i have a question, i was speaking to this guy who owns a R33 95 RB25 powered gtst practically standard, and he told me that his car has a different gearbox than mine, he reckons that his had a gtr box fitted to it when he bought it like that. now to my knowledge the gtr has a 4WD gearbox which mates up with the 2 diffs, and as far as i know if you were able to fit it to a rwd it would have a drive shaft hanging off it?? am i correct or is this guy just having a lend of me. thanks ppl for you time, and also what year/month did the R33 gtst series 1.5 stay in production till they changed to the series 2. thanks 85URK

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i thought that internally the gearboxes were the same but the gtr box has the fittings on it for the transfer case? also cant you run a skyline gtr in 2wd by just disconnecting the front driveshaft from the gearbox? I dont know how this would go long term but this could be the case??

I could be wrong but thats the impression that I am under

cheers

Glenn

i thought that you could only do the 2wd/4wd switch in the R32 gtrs, but if you actually dropped the drive shafts in the front u mite be able to do it in the R33 gtr's, im not sure myself?? any1 else got any ideas?? he mite be having a LEND of me! (My mate that is)

another thing i just read was that there is a limited edtion R33 gtst?? does any1 know how to tell the different between the 2 of them?? as ive never heard of these before, there probably out there i just havent seen 1. is there any difference between the 2 and whats the easiest way to tell

Limited edition? Apart from the Series 1/Series 2 / Type M variants (which are pretty standard), there were some 1997 GTSTs with 40th Anniversary Skyline insignia, which included side badges, and trimming on the seats.

Only other limited release 33 I can think of is the Active LSD GTST. Easy to spot as on the dash there are lights for 'traction' and 'slip' - or something like that. It has the same diff that is in the GTR VSpec. There's a few people who have these cars on the forums.

is the only way to tell the 97 model series 2 by the front bar?? like do they all have twin round lights in the front bar (the round orange 1 and the round white 1) and do some of the series 2 skylines have the same front bar as the series 1.5?? or are they all got the twin round lights on each side.

oh yeah. no worries so they went series 1 from (93 or 94 not sure when they started - 95), series 1.5 = (95 - 96) series 2 = (96 - 97) coz my friend reckons his skyline is a 97 model, but it doesnt have the different front bar like the 97 models. mine is a 95 gtst with the square wing on the boot lid. and no round lights in the front bar only the clear indicators.

here what you "could"do....get a Getrag 6 speed from a supra and change the input shaft to a 34GTR one and run a 34 GTR bell housing/front case....93 onwards supra has a getrag V160/161 transmission and as do a 34 GTR...but they have a diffrent extension housing but the main trans is the same...ratios and all

i have a R33 gtst, and im asking bcoz a guy i know rekcons his skyline has a GTR box in his R33 gtst and i was wondering if he was bullshiting or not?? if its possible, and if it was would it be cost affective for some1 to do that. i think hes full of shit (i dont believe he has 1 in his if u could put 1 in anyway) i think hes just having a lend of me.

it woudlnt be worth it as internally they are similar and also the housing of a gtr gearbox if different, as is the floorplan of a gtr, so you would be stupid to fit a gtr box into a gtst it would be difficult and expensive.

also to clear some things up the 40th anniversary edition r33s were also sold in 1998(not sure if they were sold in 97, all the ones i have seen are 98 models)

if your friend has not got the correct front bar, it cant be a 96-97-98 model because the series two bar does not fit flush with the headlights on a series one.

your car would be a later 95 model, with the hi rise series 2 spoiler.

to check when his car was made just look at the australian compliance plate, it will state when the car was manufactured.

yep thats right the compliance plate will tell you, the japanese one does not have the date of manufacture on it so dont bother looking at that :)

also its not a series 2 if it does not have 2 air bags, and a different interior and steering wheel to yours.

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