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hey all

looking at getting a r32. been in love with skylines for a while but not until a week or so ago i test drove a r33 gtst manual. I was expecting a lot but was kinda dissapointed. It didnt seem to have much go at all. I also didnt realise they weighed so much 1400 odd kg. not a commodore fan but i have one(vkwagon) unmodifed 308 auto with lsd .its crap but fast ,

my point is my $2500 commodore has raced kicked the shit out of r33 r32 wrxs and others .

i was so excited in getting a r32 but what do i have to do to make it move ?

cheers john

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u know y? coz they were GTST. dont call skylines slow till u test drive a GTR. (no offense to any GTST owners.) but they r the true spirit of skyline.

kinda agree with u tho; had more grunt with a s15 than a GTST R33. dunno y.

as a matter of fact, GTRs r as heavy as the GTSTs, but RB26 makes the difference( they r completely different engines from RB25)

again, there r quick RB25s around; it will cost a bit money, and getting the power down is another issue when it goes over 350+hp on the rear wheels. Internally, Rb25s r not as strong either.

Rb20s r different; never done any work to it so i cant say anything. but the usual mods will increase the performance but dont know by how much.

S13 r great cars; personally i prefer the SR20 to the Rb20; they r light and have so much fun to drive; and after all, u can find mods designed for them easily.

my opinion any way. :)

Edited by frankxy

one thing i know for sure, Cold air intake(try a pod filter in a heat shield), a FMIC(be carefully with choosing the right one coz shitty ones will only increase the lag especially when u run the stock turbo), Wind the boost up to around 12psi which is safe enough, do the exhaust( dump pipe, hi-flow cat, and exhaust), u will get a significant power increase. usually u can tell the difference with the power of the car.

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