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08-13-2003, 10:40 PM

#31

Apex13B

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LOL just buy a formula mazda and circut race it you "production car idiot"

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08-14-2003, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Aug 12 2003, 07:02 PM

see the problem with your whole plan is that you cant import the car with out the vin and the vin is here. they inspect it as it comes off the ship, so you need to have it already done.

mike

didnt read the rest of the thread after this, but that only happens when you ship the car in entirety, if you ship the chasis and then the engine your fine with it. thats why theres so many RHD stateside civics.

08-14-2003, 01:07 AM

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Leetheslacker

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Try registering it as a kit car instead?

08-14-2003, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by FrestyleFC3S' date='Aug 13 2003, 11:36 AM

if im gonna be paying 15000ish for a skyline...then tell me how i can get a carerra4 for 7500

and the reason theyre so popluar, to me, is not becuase of the rarity....but because of the awesomeness that a skyline has...i have driven one...4wd is amazing, handles amazing, and the rb26dett is simply ........... amazing

its a powerhouse that is virtualy amazing....amazing..;

whats the big deal about an FD or a supra then.....same reason....not because theyre rare

if everyone in the world had an FD would you still own one....ask yourself if you own an FD beceause theyre rare or because they are amazing

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME!

They are nice looking cars, but the RB26DETT is FAR from amazing. You ever seen a 600+ AWD GT-R get beat by a T04S RX-7?...ask IGY...I'm sure he's willing to tell that story again.

They're HEAVY, expensive as **** to fix if you break something, and harder than **** to work on.

I can get my turbo off my car in less than an hour...with a bathroom break...no way in ******* hell you're doing anything like that on the GT-R. Ask TheCamel350 about GT-R's...he has one. Guess what's he's buying when he gets back to the states...an FC.

08-14-2003, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jspecracer7' date='Aug 14 2003, 05:10 AM

[quote name='FrestyleFC3S' date='Aug 13 2003, 11:36 AM'] if im gonna be paying 15000ish for a skyline...then tell me how i can get a carerra4 for 7500

and the reason theyre so popluar, to me, is not becuase of the rarity....but because of the awesomeness that a skyline has...i have driven one...4wd is amazing, handles amazing, and the rb26dett is simply ........... amazing

its a powerhouse that is virtualy amazing....amazing..;

whats the big deal about an FD or a supra then.....same reason....not because theyre rare

if everyone in the world had an FD would you still own one....ask yourself if you own an FD beceause theyre rare or because they are amazing

[/quote]

thats true my friend has a motorex r32 and its hard and expensive to get parts when you hit a deer, and now that its got miles on it, its got weird intermittant electrical problems and oil leaks

mike

08-14-2003, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Aug 13 2003, 11:27 PM

Maybe someone should import a 2003 RX-7 and swap the VINs with

a parts car since its so simple to do.

this is much easier to get away with because they are essentially the same car.. except the whole rhd thing. what he is talkin would be the same as bringing a 02 RX-7 stateside and swaping VINs with a miata and claiming "its custom". anyone in their right mind would tell some ill **** was going on.

08-14-2003, 12:21 PM

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Do it.

You will have fun for a while.

Then you will get very severely hosed.

Actually - why don't you ask on www.freshalloy.com? They may have some input . . .

J

08-14-2003, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jspecracer7' date='Aug 14 2003, 08:10 AM

To whomever posted this thread: you'd be better off importing just the R33 engine. The RB26DETT fits in the S14 with some fabrication pretty easily. It wouldn't be noticeable, you wouldn't be wasting tons of money, and the 240s can be rigged to handle really well. But I warn you.. showing off your RB26 is just asking for it to be stolen.

To the Skyline haters. The cool thing about the Skyline is the drivetrain. The R34 GT-R has an electronic AWD system (NOT 4WD!) with a VCD that can switch torque bias on the fly. It' also a very nimble car, usually putting out slalom and skid pad numbers just below the FD. All this in a 2D sedan that sits way above an RX7.

Basically, the drivetrain on the Skyline is as cool and advanced as the engine in the Rx7s. I love 'em both.