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Who Drives a modded import?

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RoLLLinDeep
Posts: 3318 - Karma: 9
These are my three cars

my first car

200sx se-r
intake/headers/exhaust
AGX w/ ground controls
Had it ready to be boosted but my boy totaled it like a retard when we were wasted one night
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Next is the beast
92 Sentra se-r
320whp
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heres the mod list
1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R
Corvette C5 Red


Motor
JDM 9.5:1 with 45K miles
JWT S4 cams
Greddy Rocker Arm Stoppers

Turbo
Nissan GTiR T28 Turbo
GTF 3” Down pipe
VRS 3” Cat back exhaust with single tip muffler (no catalytic converter and no resonator)
Forge Motorsports Front Mount Intercooler with custom piping
Greddy Type-S BOV
PC Fuel Rail with MSD 50lb Injectors
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump

Suspension
KYB AGX Struts
Ground Control Coil overs 350f/250r
Front and Rear Strut Bar

Brakes
NX2000 Front brakes
Stainless steel brake lines

Body
Stillen front bumper cover
Tsuru headlight conversion with HID’s
Tsuru tail lights

Electronics
JWT ECU programmed for Cobra MAF
Greddy E-Manage (custom tuned)
Apexi Turbo Timer with Air Fuel Meter
Autometer Gauges – Oil Pressure, Boost, Voltage
[Phantom Series white face black bezel]

Wheels
16X7 Rota C8 Bronze with polished Lip
Kumho 712 205/45/16 Tires

Transmissions
Clutch Specialties Stage 3
Fidanza Flywheel 8.8lbs
SMC Short Shifter

The third and the daily driver
2001 Sentra SE 2.0 with sr20de
Brembo Brakes
Ksport Coilovers
04 Spec V wheels
04 Taillights
Stillen Front Lip
Yellow Fogs
Stromung Exhaust
AEM intake
Ghetoooo Grille
6000k Hid

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mntelebumper
Posts: 1287 - Karma: 10
^oops for got to tell you what that sexy beast is. is a Lancia Delta, they only brought about 3000 to america between 1990-1993.
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mntelebumper
Posts: 1287 - Karma: 10
^ opps again the delta was introduced in the late 80's as a group b rally car. another sweet machine would be the E30 M3

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CTD
Posts: 6303 - Karma: 360
your stupid. thats not photoshopped. look at the tires, theres grass blades there. not that that isnt too hard to do, but most wouldnt bother.

now look into the paint? what do you see? trees, thats right, and exactly the same kinda trees as in the background.

bottom line, it is a real pic, of a very ugly RX8.
RX8s are gorgeous cars, with a huge attention to proportion and form. Very few if any body modifications can keep or improve on the cars gorgeous appearance, so why waste money ruining the appearance, while the drive line is left pretty much untouched?
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lorida
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 46
what's everyoby's opinions on importing an Rx-7 or Skyline from japan? Are these cars usually abused? They're all super low km's ( 70k and bellow, that's 40k miles and below) and are cheap... 6000-7000 for twin turbo beasts. But, they're also 15 years old, due to import laws. Hook me up with some info!
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dammitmike
Posts: 2530 - Karma: 24
looks like a sixer to me(i know the later model trans ams had the raised wing, not sure about the earlier ones of that style). feel free to prove me wrong but upon further inspection of that last pic i can only make out one tailpipe.
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
the problem isnt the initial cost in buying the car or even shipping it to america. the main problem is the modifications that you have to make to have it be street legal i the us. this process costs 10s of thousands of dollars and takes upwards of 6 months

most r34 skylines cost about 60k upfront plus 40-50k to convert and about 6-12 months time
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
he is talking about an r32.


and you are not going to get an r32 gtr for 6-7 thousand.
19 years ago
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RoLLLinDeep
Posts: 3318 - Karma: 9
swap a n/a sr20de in it or a sr20ve and go wild
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Unbalanced_au
Posts: 382 - Karma: 10
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I had a whole thing typed up.. but i lost it and cbf re-typing it..


but to the guy with the wrx, a 12 is still feasible through a VF34 turbo. However, having fun breaking gearboxes as anything that surpasses 180kw is gearbox-a-week depending on your driving.. and if you plan on racing it/launching it.. bye bye third!
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
alrighty, here is some real info,
A R32 GTR will be between 15-20g's for you, GTS-t will probably be 10-15, maybe cheaper if your lucky. The km will actually be around 80-120 depending, and you will most likely have some minor body stuff to deal with, or dumb things like ripped seat bolsters, no radio etc. You will have to do some basic upkeep things to get it ready, and to pass an OOP which you need to register you will need to add daytime lights and some other minor shit like new brakes etc. There is no real way to tell if the car has been beat to shit or not, so use some common sense, if it has a cage and a shit load of mods, its been flogged, look for a mostly stock car, and go through a reputable dealer and you should be alright. Hope that clears some things up for you.

If you dont believe what i just said, scroll up to the pics of my car on the other page and look closely at it.
19 years ago
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
Oh, and if you want i know of a R32 for sale, only 45grand Canadian, but it does run 9's
19 years ago
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Unbalanced_au
Posts: 382 - Karma: 10
lol ^^

also don't believe the KM reading, as 99.9% of the time it has been wound back on imports..

Imports are fun.. beware of wacky old school japanese setups.. dodgy extra injectors and weird fuel programs etc

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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
^thats why you buy stock and make your own homemade wacky fuel maps, lol
19 years ago
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
I've got 2.

1995 Eagle Talon TSi AWD
6bolt motor (original motor crankwalked at 60k), ACT 2100 clutch and a MBC. 14.079 @94mph in the 1/4. It's my winter car now. Lol.

1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo.
Red, T-Tops. Was originally an N/A car but was swapped with a 1994 with pretty much all new parts. Brakes, motor, trans. I never took it to the 1/4 track, just Auto-X's. But it runs dead even from a roll with an Evo with just an exhaust. Mods are a boost controller, HKS Fuel Cut Defender, and a Magnaflow exhaust with a custom downpipe.
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
Yup they do that, teach you to buy a DSM lol. I like MR2s but they feel kinda weird when the ass gets out, not hard just different to what im used to. Do you find that your MDC has mad boost creep, mine is pissing me off but im cheap.
19 years ago
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.John.
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I hate ricers. my friend spent like 10 grand on a car, and then 8 grand on mods. then his dad went bankrupt. they live in a trailer now, but at least he has a sick car
19 years ago
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lorida
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 46
Alright, radio I can deal with, I've already got a stereo.

But A couple extra thousand to get it road legal, forget that.. unless if it's already been done? This dealer I'm looking at;

http://www.importconcern.ca/

Says that "All Calgary stock vehicles will have completed Alberta out-of-province inspections prior to sale". This means that the cars ARE road legal, no?

And up there^^^ someone said 60 k and 6 months to get it road legal...are you sure? In Canada, you're allowed to have a right side driver.
19 years ago
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
bwahah your buying a car through Christian, sweet, which car etc. The 6 month thing is bullshit and for the states anyway, those cars are road legal as by the time Christian gets them all set up he has already had them inspected(ish) his guy is a little shady though. Thats whom i got mine through though.
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
dont forget you get what you pay for aswell, pictures can sometimes be decieving, where do you live? Some of his cars can sometimes have less then perfect bodies, and then some are super nice, there will always be little niggling things though, for example my window didnt work and i had a ding on my door, and a cracked sideskirt when i got mine. I fixed them but if your not into that kinda thing it could be annoying. Also check out world car link, i forget their website, i think it might be worldcarlink.com, its kinda a shady looking site, but the guy Andrew actually picks out the cars himself works on them himself and ships them to lethbrigde. He spends 6 months here (i think he is here now)and 6 months in japan. Also Redlineimports is out of Edmonton, they use the same auctions as Christrian, but i was told to go to them, they guy seemed really cool to when i talked to him aswell.
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Eh, I had boost crep bad in the Talon in the past. Replaced the o2 housing with a good flowing one, and it made a world of difference.

MR2 doesn't creep at all.
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zerospinskier
Posts: 4867 - Karma: 350
there is so much i want to say to this comment. but im gonna hold myself back. haha
19 years ago
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
haha but i am right after all, neat i can bold now
19 years ago
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PhaedeD
Posts: 11499 - Karma: 342
im picking up a nissan s15 shell time to drift :)
19 years ago
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Stealth*Steez
Posts: 86 - Karma: 10
haha yea :p All you guys should seriously join the car cult though.
19 years ago
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
ill believe it when you upload pictures.
19 years ago
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PhaedeD
Posts: 11499 - Karma: 342
ya me 2.. i meen like im gonna try real hard it might not happen but im atleast gonna get like a 240 or something.
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