Thanks! Better to start searching sooner rather than later.

I'm currently going through a Japanese insurance agency at an agreed value. Not cheap, but I feel safe with it.

No real updates as of late. I got deployed overseas, so I will not even see the car until next year. I might make some upgrades to it then, but I'm collecting parts for another turbo 240Z build in the meantime. Too many projects/ideas, not enough cash. Pair that with getting confirmation that I'm extending another year in Japan and I've already started getting the wild idea to import an early NSX again. Someone help me.

 

Doesn't the car need to leave the country once it's show and display deal ends then it has to be imported again?

 

To be eligible for the 25 year exemption, yes. It's a matter of paperwork however, so the car will probably stay in country while it gets exported and reimported on paper with new submittal docs.

 

Another good pickup for the GTR. I have LMGT4s for the car, but these LMGT1s are old school awesome, very reminiscent of the Group A Calsonic car.

 

Beautiful car, do you have anymore photos?

I've driven every GT-R and the R32 is tied for my favorite along with the R35. But the R32's front seat's win as far as comfort. I bought a few in the past and had installed them in an old 240SX/S14 I had.

Excited that the '89s might be legally imported in the next couple of years.

-ty

 

Beautiful GTR! Always been a huge fan of the R32, there are a few imported in the Atlanta area, and seeing them pop up at meets is always a pleasure! Definitely post some more pics of yours!

 

I had thought about changing out the seats, but I think I would rather reupholster than replace them because I like them too.

The 89s will be sooner than a couple years! 8 months before the first few are legal, 10 months for mine.

Thanks!

I don't have any *new* pics per se, but here's a few I haven't posted yet, one with the AVS 6s on the car still, another while on a drive up in the mountains northwest of Tokyo, and another while I was out on the Expressway at Tatsumi PA, "The Airport", a famous parking area for car meets/races in Tokyo.

 

Yup, definitely feeling some car envy over here... the Nismo wheels look great too, very OEM+

 

Very cool car.. An r34 is on my Wanted list.

 

Thanks! I think I might keep the LMGT4s for street wheels and mount some serious rubber on the LMGT1s to use after I get my Fuji license.

 

Really nice looking skyline. I love the LMGT4s on it.

 

Thanks!

Here's a shot we took of my car at the peak of sakura blooming. Those petals were everywhere for weeks.

 

Wow, I haven't updated this thread in months.

This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend a trackday at Tsukuba Circuit with a club called PRO-iZ.



I did two 20 minute sessions in a heat of 26 cars. My best time was 1'13" on the 5th lap of the second session after I got comfortable and away from traffic, but that's about when my ignition woes started unfortunately, for both sessions. It felt like a misfire or ignition cut upon throttle application exiting the curve and cleared itself up after a second or so, but it killed my momentum I had going toward the end of the session in both sessions.

Other than that, I had a blast and the event was awesome with a very "kid gloves off" approach. I wasn't fast by any means, but I enjoyed getting to go play Gran Turismo in real life.

After leaving the track, the misfire continued to pop up about once every few minutes on our 2.5 hour drive back. It was frustrating.

I got to reading on forums and blogs which eventually led me to a great youtube video out of Australia where a guy troubleshoots the misfire he's experiencing in his '96 BCNR33 Vspec. What he ended up finding was that carbon trails, moisture, and grime along the side of the coilpack body and around the boot caused the spark to travel up away from the cylinder and ground into the metal coilpack frame.


So I bought a tube of silicone grease and some contact cleaner



Pulled the coilpacks out of the car


Disassembled


This is the plug boot on #2 cylinder. Moisture.



This is cylinder #4, water has been sitting here at some point

Plug from #4

Cylinder #5, corroded boot seal


I had just changed all the plugs only a few months beforehand, so they all looked pretty good.

My harness was looking worse for the wear as well, so I purchased a new OE ignition harness which wasn't all that expensive. It will not arrive for another week or so. The center garnish, while looking cool, also causes the harness to bake in the valley.

After cleaning contacts at the MAFs, igniter, CAS, and my old ignition harness, I reassembled the coilpacks and reinstalled everything back into the car.

A cleaned and prepped set of coilpacks. I dabbed a little grease in the boots and at the connectors as well.


Started the car and let it warm up. No hiccups or wavering idle. Took it for a spin and it drove like a champ. Rock solid.

So now I'm miffed that I didn't fix this before the trackday, but now I can look for improvements in my time and performance for next time.

 

Long story short: Shipped the car back, sold it to my brother, he played with it for 6 months and then realized he needed to get money out of it, then I bought it back.

I ended up selling this car to my brother back in May of 2015 to fund the purchase of another NSX here in Japan which I've been enjoying for over 6 months now. Imported the car into the US where my brother has been enjoying it for the last little while, installed the Brembo brakes up front I had been meaning to do myself when I owned the car. I ended up selling my 1970 Datsun 240Z and bought the car back from my brother when he realized he needed to get a little cash back to fund a few upcoming life things, so now I'm the former and current owner of Skyline GT-R #2317.

 

Get the canadian spec. stuff and make it left hand drive................in japan!!!

It would be the only one.