I am in the market for a new car. I currently own a 300ZX TT and love nissans especially turbo ones. I was considering buying a 240 and doing a SR20 swap on it. I however have always wanted a skyline. I am figuring this all pointless since i will probably learn that unless I bought one form motorex i will never be able to legally own and register a skyline. I was wondering what it takes to buy a R33 GT-S or a R32 GT-R
and legally register it in the U.S? Would i have to have it modified like the Motorex cars? Or because Motorex imports and brings them up to U.S standars could i use that they are signifigantly similar to a DOT registered car? I live in South Carolina if that maters and don't know what the laws or if they are even any different from national laws on the mater. I see seemingly nice 93-95 GT-S Skylines selling on ebay for around $8000. I would have around $14-16000 dollars on getting one. I was wondering also how a R33 GT-S compares to a R32 or R33 GT-R as far as performance potential goes. I would definately be interested in adding bigger turbo(s) intercoolers and the sort. How much power is the RB25DET or the RB26DETT internals good for? How hard are the cars to work on? The engine is very tight in my Z and has to come out to do almost anything to. Am i wasting my time researching this or is it possible? Should i just figure if i want a skyline here give motorex a call?
I am sure this question has been asked a million times and i tried to search but it apparently doesn't work at the moment.
Thanks
Shawn