I bought a very different kind of GT-R...

"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy) 10/10/2017 at 05:15 • Filed to: None

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Homologation Special ftw! More on that later :)

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 05:16

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I love the 80's obsession with MOAR LIGHTS!

Flavien Vidal > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 10/10/2017 at 05:19

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This one it’s becauserallycar though! It’s a 1992 car btw ;)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 05:25

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which rock did you find this under?

Flavien Vidal > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/10/2017 at 05:31

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That’s a secret :)

(more seriously I got this one through auction... got very lucky as it wasn’t listed as a GT-R and I think even the seller had no idea what he had)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 05:44

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I’m assuming the headlight ‘eyelids’ weren’t stock? :P

Fl1ngstam > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 05:46

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I’ve seen that front end somewhere before. It looks... familia... ;)

Fl1ngstam > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 05:48

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Can you confirm this for me (from Wikipedia):

“Both the GTX and GTR models were limited to a top speed of 180kph. However, removing a screw on the back of the instrument cluster, labeled 180kph, meant that the speed limiter was removed.”

Flavien Vidal > Fl1ngstam 10/10/2017 at 05:52

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Considering that this car already has had the ABS removed, I’m fairly sure the top speed is currently delimited too. I’ll see if I can “check it” though :)

180kph in the mountains might be tough but well... doable :D

Flavien Vidal > Fl1ngstam 10/10/2017 at 05:53

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It is quite familia indeed :)

Flavien Vidal > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/10/2017 at 05:53

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lol I didn’t even notice haha... That will have to go :D

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 06:15

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5 years to young :(

What cool cars where built before 1987?

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 06:48

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Ok so maybe he didn’t know what he had, but did you lowball him? ^^

Flavien Vidal > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 10/10/2017 at 07:06

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Nah, it was auctions... Never even met or talked to the guy... But yeah, thanks to that, it will be the cheapest homologation special car on this planet haha

Ike > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 10/10/2017 at 07:11

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Uh, import law is 25 years? Or am I missing something

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 07:12

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Only homologation special that matters :)

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1072787302.htm?ca=1_s

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Ike 10/10/2017 at 07:17

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Yes, the part where I’m not in the US ;)
In France, you can import a newer car if you take it to UTAC to have it tested, but the homologation process is long, expensive, and complicated.
If the car is 30+ years old, you just send a mail with all info and pictures of the car to the FFVA, they send you back a letter saying yep, it’s an oldtimer, and you can register it without doing the homologation.

nerd_racing > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/10/2017 at 07:42

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They are! It’s the 323 headlight shape. They are recessed.

nerd_racing > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 07:43

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I love these cars! How is the gearbox? I know they are fairly weak. Let me know when this goes up for sale.

Flavien Vidal > nerd_racing 10/10/2017 at 07:53

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GT-X gearbox are weak... GT-R ones were beefed up accordingly. It will be on sale... well pretty much now lol... I just don’t have pictures of it yet. An american friend in my town might end up buying it though. I hope he does... That way I can steal it from him in exchange of my RX7 from time to time haha

Flavien Vidal > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 10/10/2017 at 07:55

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haha you’re still onto that thing??? Just get over it and buy it already lol! And swap a freaking manual into it! Please, make it a manual.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 08:24

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Yeah but making it street legal would be a major pain in the ass.
But I would at least try to make it a manual. I guess the transmission from the regular V6 should bolt on, hopefully

Flavien Vidal > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 10/10/2017 at 08:30

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18 mois et 3-4000 euros pour le passage complet en réception à titre isolé... Ça vaut le coup.

nerd_racing > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 08:36

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GTR Transmissions are still fairly weak. Even the GTaE with the similar box but with cryo treated and shot peened gears are still pretty weak when you turn up the boost.

Flavien Vidal > nerd_racing 10/10/2017 at 08:46

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Nah, I know a couple owners of those and transmissions are perfectly fine. Main problem being owners of those cars these days who find some sort of amusement revving them to 5000rpm before dumping the clutch with the engine making 400hp instead of 210 lol...

Driven hard as it should, but properly, also as it should, those gearboxes last forever...

A friend of mine who owned both a GT-X and a GT-R did have minor synchro problems with the GT-X though.... but that’S about it.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > nerd_racing 10/10/2017 at 09:45

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Interesting that they would actually mask the light instead of just letting it sit behind the edge of the hood.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Fl1ngstam 10/10/2017 at 09:46

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I am now really intrigued to know how a screw in the back of the cluster could trigger a speed limiter.

Fl1ngstam > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 10/10/2017 at 09:53

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Me too...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Fl1ngstam 10/10/2017 at 09:58

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In my head it just stops the speedo needle at 180kph and nothing else.

AM3R, lost another burner > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 11:27

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Question... what would be a fun, possible track car imported for around $5k?

Edit: or a cool 4x4?

Flavien Vidal > AM3R, lost another burner 10/10/2017 at 11:32

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I have an Honda City Cr-i currently that would be an awesome track car for 5k$ landed... Otherwise, maybe a cheap Cappuccino?

You’d still have to import the car though... That’s an extra 5 to 700$

nerd_racing > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 11:41

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I’ve been a long standing member of the 323 and protege forums and I can confirm they don’t like clutch dumps at all, but I’ve also seen them die due to case flex on non-clutch dumps. But that’s just my experience. I’ve also seen a Holset HX35 BP+T on a GTX trans last a long time too (in my 4wd protege).

nerd_racing > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 10/10/2017 at 11:43

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They are molded to that shape and recessed. It’s hard to see at this angle, but it isn’t square. Here’s a pic:

Vs. the Square headlight:

Kanaric > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 10/10/2017 at 13:33

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it’s a rally thing, late 90s evos had massive lights like that almost twice the size of these

Kanaric > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 13:34

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Yup these are the good ones. Nice find. I prefer the Pulsar GTIR myself because it has a more “special” engine but I wonder if these are stouter? GTIR is notoriously fragile in some ways.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Kanaric 10/10/2017 at 14:26

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I know, I love the ones on the Evo6!

But it seems to me that putting them on production cars started in the midi eighties

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > nerd_racing 10/10/2017 at 15:28

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But if you zoom in on the pic, somebody has spraypainted eyelids on the lights AFAI can tell?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 15:28

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Yay, I helped you with a thing! :P

Shouldn’t be a hard fix, luckily :)

nerd_racing > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/10/2017 at 15:31

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I must be blind. All I see are normal 323 headlights that aren’t supposed to be square...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > nerd_racing 10/10/2017 at 15:35

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https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/fslf2elaqmdmelaxzzwg.jpg

But if you zoom in, aren’t I seeing a strip of not-quite-the-same-as-factory-color pain across the top of the headlights?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > nerd_racing 10/10/2017 at 15:36

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Ah, sorry, I see...the lighting makes it look like green across the tops and looks like eyelids to me rather than black plastic from them being recessed, you’re right!

nerd_racing > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/10/2017 at 15:38

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It is paint, it’s factory satin black paint that helps with light bleed. You were partially right. My diesel 323 had it removed partially and that side had less brightness.

AM3R, lost another burner > Flavien Vidal 10/10/2017 at 17:50

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Hmmm I was thinking more RWD. I’ve just been itching for a cool car that I can work on lately, and I feel like importing would be a fun option.

Flavien Vidal > AM3R, lost another burner 10/10/2017 at 21:29

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If you want a project car, I have a very good mechanically Honda Beat in stock... Super cheap too... $3300 landed. It’s not very pretty (paint is awful lol) but rust free...

Flavien Vidal > AM3R, lost another burner 10/10/2017 at 21:34

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As for the Honda City Cr-i, I can’t recommend you enough to reconsider the FWD thing :)

This thing is a blast!!

AM3R, lost another burner > Flavien Vidal 10/11/2017 at 00:34

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Okay now that does look pretty fun haha, I’m gonna have to look into the aftermarket of those..

Flavien Vidal > AM3R, lost another burner 10/11/2017 at 00:48

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Honda City parts are plentyful... With some coilovers and grippy tires, I can promise you that you’d have a blast! This one is $4800 landed actually ;)

Flavien Vidal > AM3R, lost another burner 10/11/2017 at 06:52

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feel free to drop me an email btw.... But with a 5k$ budget, I really think it’s the best car you can get... Honestly. :)

flavien.vidal at this thing called gmail dot com