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I'm 16 and have always been a skyline enthusiast.

i had been telling my dad that the skyline is the car for me, but he did not approve because they come stock turbo. :werd:

Recently my dad's freind knew of this guy that imports cars from japan to Australia and recently brought one in.

For a price of 14,000 my dad and i went to check it out.

when we got there we popd the hood then had a look at the registration.

it said " Nissan Skyline r33.:"

it is not turbo and i cannot find if its a gts, or whatever. all it has is a gt at the sides and an "s" at the front.

its a twin cam 24 valve non turbo skyline.

to me, ive never heard of just a Nissan skyline r33.

its a 1995 model.

ive never heard of just a nissan skyline r33 gt

please give your thourghts on what it is? :confused:

it may not have turbo but i blown away by the amount of take of acceleration it has.

cheers

FLYR33

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check the blue plate in the back left hand corner. a non turbo will say where the engine is RB25DE. a turbo will say RB25DET. Thats how you can tell, if not check the in side dash, if it has a built in boost guage where the rpm tacho is.

these are just some ways that you can tell

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Take care it isn't a GTS, those have the SOHC 2.0L engine - will have for the engine designation RB20E on the firewall plate if it is. They are 'somewhat' underpowered....

Most likely it is a GTS25, as mentioned that will have RB25DE on the firewall plate. 200HP from the NA 2.5 means they are fairly quick.....

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ok the plate is on the firewall most usually on the left side.

the firewall is at the back of the engine, the wall that seperates the engine from the cabin.

NA means Naturally Aspirated, which means non-turbo.

Hope that clears up some confusion

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I've got a Rb20E mate and theyre not that bad, good car to learn on, still pisses on lancers and shit like that, so i wouldnt worry too much if thats what it is, rb25's are good motors, and by the sounds of the 24valve it sounds like one!

Goodluck, and lets hope its a good car!

It should also say on the compliance plate which is a green plate mines on top of the strut tower, and it'll say what make it is and who its complianced by and the date!

Dayne

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ok the plate is on the firewall most usually on the left side.

the firewall is at the back of the engine, the wall that seperates the engine from the cabin.

That's left hand side as you look from the front of the car toward the back of the engine bay. Just to the left of the brake master cylinder.

24 valve - yup, that would indicate a RB25DE (GTS25) as I think the RB20E (GTS) is 12 valve due to the SOHC head?

Dayne - yup, GTS's are still better than a lot of cars out there! Just be sure that you don't pay a premium for one. In NZ the GTSs are significantly cheaper (and thus far more common) than the GTS25s.

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ok the plate is on the firewall most usually on the left side.

the firewall is at the back of the engine, the wall that seperates the engine from the cabin.

NA means Naturally Aspirated, which means non-turbo.

Hope that clears up some confusion

THANKS MATE

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The GT badge on the side of the car has nothing to do with the cars motor. It is just the famous GT badge associated with Skylines.

In the R33 range as said earlier:

GTS = 2lt Non turbo.

GTS25 = 2.5lt Non turbo

GTS25T = 2.5lt Single turbo

GTS4 = 2.5lt Single turbo or NA + 4wd

GTR = 2.6lt Twin Turbo 4wd

All very good cars. Not a fan of non turbo Skylines though as I think it defeats the point.

I know that coment will cause some tension. i might just run and hide under my turbo...

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Dayne - yup, GTS's are still better than a lot of cars out there! Just be sure that you don't pay a premium for one. In NZ the GTSs are significantly cheaper (and thus far more common) than the GTS25s.

Got mine at a good price anyways:) considering upgrading to RB20det in it this holidays though.. or 25DE

Dayne

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The GT badge on the side of the car has nothing to do with the cars motor. It is just the famous GT badge associated with Skylines.

In the R33 range as said earlier:

GTS = 2lt Non turbo.  

GTS25 = 2.5lt Non turbo

GTS25T = 2.5lt Single turbo

GTS4 = 2.5lt Single turbo or NA + 4wd

GTR = 2.6lt Twin Turbo 4wd

All very good cars. Not a fan of non turbo Skylines though as I think it defeats the point.  

I know that coment will cause some tension. i might just run and hide under my turbo...

thats like saying getting a standard commodore without a supercharger defeats the point.

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GTS4 = 2.5lt Single turbo or NA + 4wd

I have never heard of an R33 GTS4 Turbo, all the 33 GTS4's I've seen have been NA

The only other single turbo GTS4 I've seen is an R32 GTS4.

and before someone makes a smart arsed comment, GTR's with single turbo conversions dont count :(;)

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