Hi guys, i'm looking to get into skyline ownership over the winter and just wanted to pick your brains first. I have owned quite a few performance cars, the best so far being an immaculate 11 second Impreza Type R with 450bhp and build No #001 Evo VIII FQ340 MR.
I've decided on an R32 GTR, as the R33 is getting very common around my area and the R34 is a bit pricey for me.
I want it to easily run in the 10's, and i want it to be very reliable (got fed up of subaru's chocolate components!)
I found the Evo to be a very boring drive after the rawness of the Type R, and got fed up of the AYC keeping everything in check all the time and it was that comfy and soundproofed i had to keep reminding myself that i was in a performance car, and not a rep-mobile.
So what i want to know is, what sort of power am i going to need to get in the mid-low 10's, as there seems to be a massive leap in price from a 500bhp car to a 600bhp car, so can i take it that an RB26 can produce 500+bhp at the fly on standard internals?
And most importantly what are they like to drive? I realise that depends on the set up, but are they tail happy, do they understeer when pushed, are they soundproofed to excess, are they 5spd or 6spd, short or long geared, what are they like on the motorway, is there anything in particular that i need to look out for? And what are the arguements for and against a big single turbo conversion?
I apologise if all of these questions have been asked before, but i don't have the time to trawl through the site looking for the threads!
Thanks in advance
Chris
I've decided on an R32 GTR, as the R33 is getting very common around my area and the R34 is a bit pricey for me.
I want it to easily run in the 10's, and i want it to be very reliable (got fed up of subaru's chocolate components!)
I found the Evo to be a very boring drive after the rawness of the Type R, and got fed up of the AYC keeping everything in check all the time and it was that comfy and soundproofed i had to keep reminding myself that i was in a performance car, and not a rep-mobile.
So what i want to know is, what sort of power am i going to need to get in the mid-low 10's, as there seems to be a massive leap in price from a 500bhp car to a 600bhp car, so can i take it that an RB26 can produce 500+bhp at the fly on standard internals?
And most importantly what are they like to drive? I realise that depends on the set up, but are they tail happy, do they understeer when pushed, are they soundproofed to excess, are they 5spd or 6spd, short or long geared, what are they like on the motorway, is there anything in particular that i need to look out for? And what are the arguements for and against a big single turbo conversion?
I apologise if all of these questions have been asked before, but i don't have the time to trawl through the site looking for the threads!
Thanks in advance
Chris