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Rezz Grand Master

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Not sure about the 4WS... The Japanese R31's came in 2-Door, 4-Door Hardtop, 4-Door sedan and Wagon. The 4-Door sedan (as sold in AU) was never as popular as the Passage (hardtop), especially the Twin Cam turbo models. The Sedan was the ugly duckling of the line up I guess :)

Heres a pic of a Japanese market 4-Door R31:

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The series 1 passage didn't have 4WS, but all the coupes and S2 and S3 passages did have the 4WS.

I have a Passage 85 build date but complied as an 86 model. It's the first series and has HICAS 4WS.

I believe HICAS was an option with IRS models, but not available on live axle rear ends. I was wondering if IRS was available in the sedan, i'm not sure but someone here may know...

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You see very few pics of the sedan variant on the web. Also, mostly they appaear to be the RB20E or DE, CA18S or diesel powered variant when you do see one....

Passage or Coupe - me rikey very much.... But as for the sedan, the aussie version is probably in this case better than the JDM one, strangely.

I believe the Sooth Effreekin version of the sedan runs an RB30E (on leaded fuel with no cat and a bit more power) and the IRS rear end.

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Rezz Grand Master

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But as for the sedan, the aussie version is probably in this case better than the JDM one, strangely..
Hmmmm yep... I'd say exactly the same thing about the N13 Pulsar... it seems the (later) Japanese version got better tail lights (al la Skyline) but the earlier models all got the crap front end ie: sqaure lights/indicators.
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as far as i know.. all the JDM ones that I have seen that have the pillar, have been non-turbos or the povo-packs.

HICAS that slides the whole crossmember?! - that I would like to see.

um, frigjam - why do you have 3 import HR31 ???

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