R34 Obd Ii

my1967stang · #1 12-23-2006, 06:28 PM

Hasn't anyone been able to convert any R34 Skyline for OBD II. OBD II has been out for a decade now. Someone should know how to convert an R34 to OBD II compliance. I'm sure it's not easy to do, but with how long OBD II has been out someone should have figured it out by now.

MT-2500 · #2 12-23-2006, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by my1967stang

Hasn't anyone been able to convert any R34 Skyline for OBD II. OBD II has been out for a decade now. Someone should know how to convert an R34 to OBD II compliance. I'm sure it's not easy to do, but with how long OBD II has been out someone should have figured it out by now.

What year make and model engine and transmission are you asking about.
1996 was the big year for OBD11.
You can not convert a OBD1 to a OBD11 unless you want to buy a 96 up car with one on it.

my1967stang · #3 12-23-2006, 07:08 PM

Every vehicle produced in the US 1996 or after are required to be OBD II compliant no matter what drivetrain is in them. Even with engine swaps the engine has to be in compliance with the emissions regulations which were required for the years of the body of the vehicle. My thing is that no one has been able to make a Skyline OBD II compliant over the past decade.

MT-2500 · #4 12-23-2006, 07:17 PM

As asked what?
What year make and model and engine and transmission are you asking about.

SkylineUSA · #5 12-24-2006, 07:12 AM

He asking about 99-02 RB26DETT

If it was worth my time, I do it. But, its not.

MT-2500 · #6 12-24-2006, 09:49 AM

10-4 on that. SkylineUSA
If he would tell us the problem maybe we could help fix it.

MT

SkylineUSA · #7 12-24-2006, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MT-2500

If he would tell us the problem maybe we could help fix it.

MT

The problem is, nobody has converted an RB26 to OBDII

HellBent · #8 01-11-2007, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MT-2500

10-4 on that. SkylineUSA
If he would tell us the problem maybe we could help fix it.

MT

Adapting OBD II for the RB26dett isn't the problem it is the expense. Not only do you have to spend a substantial amount of money to modify the engine and ECU, but then you have to pay an ICI to have the test protocol performed (usually by an independent and certified lab). The cheapest price I have heard for the test is $7000 if you can even get a lab to talk to you about a Skyine.

Add to this the cost of the ICI and modifications and the price is easily $20k. That of course doesn't include any of the structural or other mods to the vehicle done by the RI. Then there is no gaurantee the car will pass...

-AL

RazorGTR · #9 01-11-2007, 12:38 PM

The bigger question is "WHY" would anyone bother to try and figure it out. Simply put you are beating a dead horse.
DOT has put a total ban on all Skylines for importation. So knowing this it make very little sence for anyone to even bother messing with it.

HellBent · #10 01-12-2007, 01:22 PM

The DOT has not banned the Skyline, the NHTSA has only partially rescinded the original petition. As it stands a few years of the R33 Skyline may still be imported.

The crux of the problem is that to get a Skyline certified by the NHTSA that it meets all FMVSS, you need to demonstrate that it was modified in the exact manner as the MOTOREX cars. The petition requires pictures and engineering descriptions of all the mods. Only MOTOREX has that proprietary info.

Therefore it sounds like no Skylines will be legalized until new crash testing is completed and a new petition is submitted.

Since a new GTR will debut next year, it is highly unlikely that there will be people willing to pay the high price of importation and modification on an ever aging car, when you can buy a new GTR for less. Thus the likelyhood of any company legally importing more JDM Skylines is highly unlikely until the oldest R32s become 25 years old. By then interest and trends will have moved on...

-AL

I'm a dreamer but I live in reality.

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