GTR pricing and insurance in Hong Kong

[SkylineUSA]

Hey R33,

What kind of straight away speeds are you hitting? What was your rear wheel HP? or should I say, all wheel?

[Initial_E]

Hey R33, you have to look after me too. I have friends living in KL and I might visit them next year. You got to give me a ride too.

[R33]

Sky, on the DTS dyno, the car recorded 524.2 hp on all 4s. Straight away speed? Gee...I dunno....haven't the gut to try yet! The tuners tried it in S'pore early one morning. They said they hit 302kph. I can tell you this much. The Srepang F1 track has 0.9 km of straight (the front straight). Prior to this mods, I got 218kph (running at 375rwhp then) with the rear wing unadjusted - less restriction. The other wekend, running at just 1.25 bar, - and coming out of the hairpin before the straight in similar way as before ie at 60kph in 2nd - I got 230 kph at about the same braking point with the rear wing fully adjusted for downforce. That's all I could tell from first hand experience.
Initial, you are of course included but you have to take me for a ride in your 911 Turbo and R34 when I am in HK!

[Initial_E]

R33

Sure, you can take my words for that, but my 911 turbo is in Canada not in HK.

[SkylineUSA]

302kph thats like 185mph if I am doing my figures right off the top of my head. Damn, thats fast. Are you running the stock trans?

I have a lot of work to do to catch up to you.

[dieselpower]

actually for 302KMPH is Divided by 1.6093 =

187.65923072143167836947741253961

[dieselpower]

Initial_E

This is a Good balance on where to have your cars and drive them.


Hey the 911 must be a cheap to insure in CN ?????

also I found a LOOP hole in CN on how to import your GTR to CN

I will e-mail on this later.

[R33]

Sky: yes, I am using the stock tranny. Still holding up with no sign of stress. Apparently the 33 tranny hold up better to big power than the Getrac 6 in the 34. It could hold up to 650 hp (some even say 700hp). BTW, what are doing with the car right now?
Initial : no, you are not gonna get away that easily. I will go to Canada one of these days!

[redback911]

Hiya Folks,

I am moving to HK in two weeks and the first thing I want to do is buy a R34. Can anyone recommend a good garage? Also I am selling my UK car:

Brought R34 in March 2001 (UK price plus VAT)
Upgraded to 400BHP with MH in March/April
Upgraded to 550BHP with MH in May/June

What I remember about the car is that it has:

-2510 HKS Turbos
-Upgraded Cams
-Upgraded Intercooler (HKS I think)
-Upgraded Radiator (Nismo)
-HKS Fual Rail
-Bigger Injectors
-AP Brakes
-2x 4-Point Harnesses
-Trust Sump extension
-Apex fual controller
-Turbo controller with splash time on console (so you can set the turbo pressure)
-Nismo Clutch Basket
-HKS Piping Kit
-Oil Cooler

Plus other bits N peices that I just cannot remember.

When I upgraded the car I made sure that tuned it to stay reliable, since then I service the every 2,000 to 2,500 Miles and it currently has around 11,000 miles on it.

It also has a brand new set of SO3's on it. The buyer will have to come to Belgium to pick the car up.

Right now the best offer is 27,000 UK Pounds.

Intial E, I also recently had a 996TT. How do you compare the sthright line speed? Is your R34 modified? I found that my R34 (550BHP) was faster to 240KM but then the TT takes off.

/Dan

[Initial_E]

Redback911

You can go to GT Sports in Yuen Long and look for Ah Wa. He is my 5th grade classmate. They got me the Skyline and they are doing the maintainence. In fact, I just came back from there today and had my oil change. They also have a 4 wheel dyno there.

Both of my 996 TT and the R34 TT are stock. Well, the 996 TT is definitely faster. That's why I am thinking of modding my R34 now. What do you suggest if I want to light tune my R34? I can't do major mod in this car because my wife will get mad at me.

[R33]

Hi InitialE, first, dump the stock air filter and fit an aftermarket ones .....eg. HKS Super Power Flow/ Blitz etc. Then, change the downpipe and exhaust system. That will free about 40-50hp easily. Later, install a boost controller to up the boost and remap the fuel programe using HKS F Con V Pro/ Apexi fuel computer or whatever aftermarket fuel comp. Than you would have another 60 hp. Your wife does not have to know....if you are worried about her driving the GTR, you could always turn the boost controller off when she drives the car!
Later, big turbos, cam kit, forged pistons, stroker kit, GT intercooler etc etc and you are well into 600hp! ENJOY!

[Initial_E]

R33

Thanks for the advice. What kind of exhaust should I get? I want something quiet. Nismo or Mine's?

[R33]

That's a fast reply!
Whatever you wish to install, just don't install a Trust exhaust...it's damn loud that when you are cruisibg at 110kph, you have to shout to communicate! I dumped the Trust pipe for the HKS Super Drager. It's street legal and with the cat unremoved, it's pretty quiet and will only roar once ypu hit 6000rpm. It's got a silencer mid way through the pipe. However the tail pipe is so huge you might not like the look of it....but that boils down to personal preference. NISMO is expensive. Mine's is good and very light....I think it's full titanium...so it is also expensive. The advantage is it's very light....my friend fitted a titanium in his EVO and it's only 4kg!

[redback911]

I also like the HKS stuff, I had a Super Drager when my R34 was running 400BHP, when you get more HP then you need to fit something that breathes a little better. I moved to a HKS Hiper, it sounds AWESOME! I had a Ferrari 360 for a while and the R34 with Hiper outdoes the sound from the 360 anytime, windows down full RPM thru the tunnel in the R34 will blow you away, it sounds like a full GT race car.

The onyl thing that soudns better is a R34 bored out to 3.0 with Hiper.

I saw some posts earlier on top end speed, here is a pic I took in the 996 TT a while ago.

Initial, I plan to be fulltime in HK in 2-weeks time, maybe I can buy you a beer and pick you brains about the do's and dont's of Skyline ownership in HK.

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[Initial_E]

R33 - Thanks for the advice. I will go to GT Sports to shop around on Wed. I think I am more into the Mine's exhaust cuz I think my car is really heavy.

Redback911 - When are you coming to HK? I am going back to Canada on 27/11, but I come back and forth very often. How old are you? It's gonna be a serious issue when you buy insurance here for your Skyline. I just went to an Evo meet yesterday and all the owners were complaining how difficult it is to get insurance for their cars. Skyline is pretty much the same. If you come to HK, what are you gonna do with your 996TT? If you want a brand new Skyline, I can help you with that.