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Ok I'm look at buying an R33 GTR and modify it, but it would be handy if it could be daily driven too. how far can i mod it before it becomes a pain in the ass to drive in traffic? I want to go down the HKS 2530 route with some mild cams, power fc etc. Would this make it a pain to drive, would it be reliable? Twin plate clutches are no drama everyone of my current cars has one, but would i need bigger? what size cams could i use before it became a lumpy pig? Are there any parts of R33 GTR that are renowned for breaking, should i be worried about the gearbox at this level of mods?

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Ive got a 32 GTR with similar mods to what you want, 2530's, Tomei 260 poncams, powerfc, avcr and camgears, making 330kw at the wheels. Also has HKS twin plate in it (which is meant to be one of the more vicious to drive on the market), full whiteline suspension and its still quite nice to drive on the street.

In my opinion, it has reached the level of being an extremely quick street driven car, while still maintaining response and driveability etc.

It can certainly be driven daily, I just dont as I have a commodore to rack the kms up on instead of the gtr ;)

EDIT: Ive also smashed a gearbox (3rd gear) with the current setup, but I was doing extremely ham-fisted 2nd -> 3rd gear changes. I take it a bit slower now and dont quite use as much force to change, and work the throttle in from 75% -> 100% instead of just mashing the pedal and havnt had a problem.

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when to stop modifying??? the answer is probably never as for some reason we all go and change one more thing, and then another a little later after we say thats it for now.....

But to answer your question, i wouldn't go any further than Amaru if you'd like it to be a daily driver. The r34 N1 turbo's would be great for a regularly street driven GTR since they come on boost just like std turbo's pretty much but are better and are capable of getting to 300kw at the wheels before running out of their efficiency range.

Personally, i dont think anyone considering a daily driver street car should go over that mark as practicality would go right out the window...

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