Importing a Fairlady Z from Japan to Iowa, USA

[Yaggus]

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

the funny thing i find, is how quickly people tire of skylines... take for example australia... of all of the people i've talked to that live there and are into cars absolutely looooooaaaaaaathhhhheee the skyline because it's absolutely Everywhere, and seems to have become the lastest rice craze... amazing performance specs of the gtr or not, people seem to still hate them, because they're so common now.

even from my experience, at first it was like OMGWTFBBQ a Skyline! now it's just more of a 'oh, another skyline'.... not denying the power potential of the gtr's, or even the gts-t's, they're still awesome little cars, just not as special as everyone has made them out to be.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo shit. Man, they arent even that good a looking car. Really. They aren't. R32s especially. Yes, they are fast but they are not the prettiest car running around. Not by a long shot.

I could go out and buy an R32 GTR tomorrow. But I'm not going to. Why? Because then I'm just another shmuck is a skyline... R32s are very unreliable too.

-end rant-

...So hows about that weather....

[DeleriousZ]

snowing.... bitch...

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

the funny thing i find, is how quickly people tire of skylines... take for example australia... of all of the people i've talked to that live there and are into cars absolutely looooooaaaaaaathhhhheee the skyline because it's absolutely Everywhere, and seems to have become the lastest rice craze... amazing performance specs of the gtr or not, people seem to still hate them, because they're so common now.

yes but to put it in better perspective. yaggus goes crazy over a Mitsubishi Eclipse and also a Chevy Corvette. though the corvette is an absolute monster in aspects of a sports car it is boring, bland, overplayed, and lame here. not very many people in my area will oo and ahh over a vette simply because they will see one approximately 30 seconds later when going down a boulevard. its a reaction that works both ways depending on the availibility of a product in a certain area.

i personally would love to have a R33 GTR as a daily driver and a motorcycle. but if i could live in a dream world, i would have a GTR complete drivetrain into a Z32. if i ever have the money, means, and time... i will create an AWD RB26DETT powered Z32. the timeless beauty of the Z32 + the pure brute power, rev capability, and practicality of AWD = my dream car.

Originally Posted by DeleriousZ

snowing.... bitch...

are you experiencing weird, slightly warmer weather up there or is it just the US because of our uncontrollable desire to destroy the world?

it has been about 50 degrees F constant here in the dead of winter...it should be around 0 or in the teens. chicago has aways been known for being very cold and harsh winters. our winters arent even worth investing in a snow shovel or mittens anymore.

[Yaggus]

Originally Posted by k3smostwanted

yes but to put it in better perspective. yaggus goes crazy over a Mitsubishi Eclipse and also a Chevy Corvette. though the corvette is an absolute monster in aspects of a sports car it is boring, bland, overplayed, and lame here. not very many people in my area will oo and ahh over a vette simply because they will see one approximately 30 seconds later when going down a boulevard. its a reaction that works both ways depending on the availibility of a product in a certain area.

i personally would love to have a R33 GTR as a daily driver and a motorcycle. but if i could live in a dream world, i would have a GTR complete drivetrain into a Z32. if i ever have the money, means, and time... i will create an AWD RB26DETT powered Z32. the timeless beauty of the Z32 + the pure brute power, rev capability, and practicality of AWD = my dream car.

Yes but Corvettes are hot...

I wouldn't worry with the RB26 in the Z32. Its been done before. Best combo would be Z32 shell + R34 GTR drivetrain + VVTi 2jz-gte = FUCKING MONSTER

RB26's are stupidly expensinve to modify. 2jzs give you 2wice the power at half the cost. Most of the top GTR tuners agree that the best combo would be a 2zj in a skyline body. But the drivetrain in another better looking car will do.

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by Yaggus

Yes but Corvettes are hot...

I wouldn't worry with the RB26 in the Z32. Its been done before. Best combo would be Z32 shell + R34 GTR drivetrain + VVTi 2jz-gte = FUCKING MONSTER

RB26's are stupidly expensinve to modify. 2jzs give you 2wice the power at half the cost. Most of the top GTR tuners agree that the best combo would be a 2zj in a skyline body. But the drivetrain in another better looking car will do.

the RB26 in a Z32 chassis is no big deal. fabricating the AWD portion of the drivetrain will get costly and take much time and fabrication. they make a full bolt on kit to swap a RB26 into a Z32 now. needless to say, it will start to get rather popular.

i would love to put a 2JZ in a Z32 along with the AWD from a GTR but for the cost it would take to modify a Z32 with AWD i think i could afford to build up a RB26 to my satisfaction. wonder how hard it would be to mate a 2JZ to the GTR trans. wonder if a fairly simple plate adapter plate could be fabricated. once that is done the rest would be cake in comparison. the oilpan would probably be a masterpiece by the time you got done with it.

but then again...the easiest would probably be to widen the fenders on a 240z and adapt the full GTR drivetrain into that and just build the Z32 with the 2JZ as its heart. ultimate track/street car vs. full blown, sick to the stomach, unusable power on the street, RWD Z32 that is useless for anything but burning rubber and drag w/slicks.

[nismogt_rfreak]

Originally Posted by k3smostwanted

the RB26 in a Z32 chassis is no big deal. fabricating the AWD portion of the drivetrain will get costly and take much time and fabrication. they make a full bolt on kit to swap a RB26 into a Z32 now. needless to say, it will start to get rather popular.

Who makes the swap kit for RB Z32?

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by nismogt_rfreak

Who makes the swap kit for RB Z32?

http://www.speedandsoundstl.com

very popular and highly looked upon mechanic in the Z32 world did all the fabrication of the kit.

[Yaggus]

Originally Posted by k3smostwanted

http://www.speedandsoundstl.com

very popular and highly looked upon mechanic in the Z32 world did all the fabrication of the kit.

Except he chose the wrong engine...

[k3smostwanted]

Originally Posted by Yaggus

Except he chose the wrong engine...

not his car...he just did the work. he has a built to the gills VG in his car.

also, everyone is entitled to their own opinion but that RB in that Z32 is built to rev to 10k rpms and make over 1000rwhp. i think it is a very clean install and that car makes more power than it will ever be able to use.

[Hodo]

Well...... hmm.... I like the R33 above all other Skylines. But I love the Z32. Now that I know I can import a Z31 from japan I know where I can get my dream Z31..... Might even try and get a 200ZR.

As for loopholes its a matter of who you know and how much money you have. I can think of less legel ways of getting a car to the US. But they arent legel. As for the Z32 it shouldnt be as big of deal to get it over here as the Skyline because, one its already here. They wont have to crash test the vehicle and two its got the same specs as a USDM model (as far as they are concerned) They would only worry about emissions requirements. If I were going to import a Z32 from Japan I would get a Z32 2+2 TT 98 JDM, yellow like the poster Z32. Or I would get a slicktop TT....... ahhh......