Skyline R34 from 0 to 200kmh in 9.25 seconds!
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A reader of my blog sent me a link to some Google Videos recently regarding great import car videos. There is one of an R34 Skyline accelerating from stand still to 200kmh in 9.25 seconds! Another has an R34 GT-R up against a Porsche over a standing quarter mile with the Porsche beating it to the line... I suppose that's what happens if you spend 3 TIMES MORE AND HAVE 420PS COMPARED TO 280PS AND WEIGH 20KG LESS!! Goes to show that you don't have to spend over $200,000 to get great performance!
Anyway check them out at http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=label:impreza. If you come across anything that may interest my blog readers please pass it on.
Is your R32 Skyline running rough?
On another topic, we had a 1993 R32 Skyline GTS-t in stock and had some rough running issues. The car would sometimes run fine and then have a missing problem. First we pulled out the spark plugs an checked and gapped them but they seemed OK so I wasn't confident that thats where the problem lay... it wasn't the spark plugs. We then thought that maybe a coil had decided to commit suicide so found a good one laying around the workshop and went about swapping each coil in turn to try and find the dead one. We found that the number 4 coil plug wasn't connected properly and that seemed to cure the missing for a while however it returned on a second test drive. I then remembered a problem I had with a Nissan Cefiro not so long ago where the pins on the module were badly corroded so the 2 plugs that connect it to the wiring harness couldn't make a good connection. I cleaned them up with a small file and contact cleaner and it cured the problem. As this was also an RB20 engine with the identical ignition module, I did the same and voila!... hasn't missed a beat since. So, if anyone out there has an RB20 with rough running problems don't waste time like we did... clean those pins up first and if that doesn't work then try the spark plugs and coils. (for those who don't know, the ignition module is that black box on the top of the engine at the back with 2 plugs connected to it)
My Skyline
I have just fitted GT-R Brembo brake calipers and rotors to my R33 Skyline GTS-t. Even though the standard GTS-t calipers and rotors are great, you just can't beat BIGGER! With 324mm rotors on the front and 300mm on the rear and weighing 200 kg less than a GT-R, I am sure they will be fantastic! Will let you know how they perform.
thanks for reading this blog... more soon.
A reader of my blog sent me a link to some Google Videos recently regarding great import car videos. There is one of an R34 Skyline accelerating from stand still to 200kmh in 9.25 seconds! Another has an R34 GT-R up against a Porsche over a standing quarter mile with the Porsche beating it to the line... I suppose that's what happens if you spend 3 TIMES MORE AND HAVE 420PS COMPARED TO 280PS AND WEIGH 20KG LESS!! Goes to show that you don't have to spend over $200,000 to get great performance!
Anyway check them out at http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=label:impreza. If you come across anything that may interest my blog readers please pass it on.
Is your R32 Skyline running rough?
On another topic, we had a 1993 R32 Skyline GTS-t in stock and had some rough running issues. The car would sometimes run fine and then have a missing problem. First we pulled out the spark plugs an checked and gapped them but they seemed OK so I wasn't confident that thats where the problem lay... it wasn't the spark plugs. We then thought that maybe a coil had decided to commit suicide so found a good one laying around the workshop and went about swapping each coil in turn to try and find the dead one. We found that the number 4 coil plug wasn't connected properly and that seemed to cure the missing for a while however it returned on a second test drive. I then remembered a problem I had with a Nissan Cefiro not so long ago where the pins on the module were badly corroded so the 2 plugs that connect it to the wiring harness couldn't make a good connection. I cleaned them up with a small file and contact cleaner and it cured the problem. As this was also an RB20 engine with the identical ignition module, I did the same and voila!... hasn't missed a beat since. So, if anyone out there has an RB20 with rough running problems don't waste time like we did... clean those pins up first and if that doesn't work then try the spark plugs and coils. (for those who don't know, the ignition module is that black box on the top of the engine at the back with 2 plugs connected to it)
My Skyline
I have just fitted GT-R Brembo brake calipers and rotors to my R33 Skyline GTS-t. Even though the standard GTS-t calipers and rotors are great, you just can't beat BIGGER! With 324mm rotors on the front and 300mm on the rear and weighing 200 kg less than a GT-R, I am sure they will be fantastic! Will let you know how they perform.
thanks for reading this blog... more soon.
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