Had a Play with a Skyline
10-17-2005, 03:14 AM
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I actually watched a very good Skyline DVD the other day. Most R33s or R34s arrive in the UK at 276bhp stock. A bit of playing and 3k gets you 400bhp straight away!
What was impressive was Top Secrets modded Skyline with 1200bhp!! That they showed doing the midnight club thing in Tokyo!! 205mph from a standing start in a motorway tunnel! Same guy driving who got arrested on the A1 for doing 194mph in his modded Supra. I think stock Skylines are very rare!
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What was impressive was Top Secrets modded Skyline with 1200bhp!! That they showed doing the midnight club thing in Tokyo!! 205mph from a standing start in a motorway tunnel! Same guy driving who got arrested on the A1 for doing 194mph in his modded Supra. I think stock Skylines are very rare!
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10-17-2005, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Oct 17 2005, 11:28 AM
I do wonder about some of these 'modded' ones:
I'm sure many make great 'headline' figures, but probably make the car less driveable than it was out of the box. (Sound familiar?) I know there are some that the specialists recommend that you do NOT do!
The R34 that I once followed was going effortlessly, but either the driver wasn't really trying, or the car was well matched to the S.
I'm sure many make great 'headline' figures, but probably make the car less driveable than it was out of the box. (Sound familiar?) I know there are some that the specialists recommend that you do NOT do!
The R34 that I once followed was going effortlessly, but either the driver wasn't really trying, or the car was well matched to the S.
This is a good video (posted on the above forum) which shows that power isn't everything - http://www.kyushu-danji.com/mov/20041121de...ai_20041121.wmv
10-17-2005, 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by rahula,Oct 17 2005, 12:07 PM
I have the Nissan 350 Best Motoring DVD and there is an R? somehting in it. It killed everything in the race. Anyone know what it was?
10-17-2005, 06:02 AM
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Due to the gentle mans agreement both the R34 GT-T (2.5 single turbo) and GTR (2.6 twin turbo) state they have 280bhp but in reality the GTR is more like 320, most of the GT-T's that come in to the country these day's are standard due to how strick the SVA test is, its only when the cars are over the 10 year old barrier that you see a lot of tuned GTR's coming through.
10-17-2005, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Amuse Boy,Oct 17 2005, 01:59 PM
I think it was called 350Z shock.
The Skyline has been replaced by a 4wd 4-seater stretch of the 350Z, which looks exactly how you'd imagine it to do so!
The historical link to Prince Motors and their Skyline model has sadly been dropped.
10-17-2005, 06:27 AM
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Nick - in this DVD, they use an R34 Skyline as the camera car and it truly does trounce all the cars BUT it did hold up the S from chasing the 350Z!!!!
The G35 is the new Skyline but nothing is confirmed for an R version yet.
The G35 is the new Skyline but nothing is confirmed for an R version yet.
10-17-2005, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by DE Burr,Oct 17 2005, 02:02 PM
Due to the gentle mans agreement both the R34 GT-T (2.5 single turbo) and GTR (2.6 twin turbo) state they have 280bhp but in reality the GTR is more like 320, most of the GT-T's that come in to the country these day's are standard due to how strick the SVA test is, its only when the cars are over the 10 year old barrier that you see a lot of tuned GTR's coming through.
All the Skyline's I've seen have blown almost everything out the water! Only the Scooby in the wet and modded Misti Evo's seem to be one step ahead.
I'm fairly confident that the Skylines are about the quickest for drag racing with some pushing out 1600bhp
(excluding funny cars, etc!)
10-17-2005, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Amuse Boy,Oct 17 2005, 02:27 PM
The G35 is the new Skyline but nothing is confirmed for an R version yet.
10-17-2005, 07:27 AM
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Not according to Nissan Japan. It's still a current model.
Correct me if I'm wrong but you aren't confusing the Skyline with the R32, R33 R34 variants are you?
http://www.nissan.co.jp/EN/lineup.html
Correct me if I'm wrong but you aren't confusing the Skyline with the R32, R33 R34 variants are you?
http://www.nissan.co.jp/EN/lineup.html