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I've made a page on my site listing all the Nissan Skylines i've been in or driven (with pics where possible): http://godzilla.netfirms.com/linersibeenin.htm
So far the fastest one of those cars on the page i've been in is a mates R32 GTS-4 manual coupe.
I think i've been offered a ride in a fellow club members' R33 GTS-25t one day so here's hoping. 
Wish i could have added a 600 hp R32 GT-R to the page, after the day the owner took a couple of guys from our car club for a ride. He had imported it from Japan but it wasn't legally allowed to be driven on NZ roads due to the stupid pre-1996 cars frontal impact laws.
Nevertheless he still took them for a blat up and down some road, one at a time. Bear in mind the road was dry, fairly grippy i think and he had semi-slicks on as far as i can recall. The guys came back on the forums after they went for the ride and had this to say:
Guy 01: "OMG this car is fast!!!! actually fast doesnt describe it. The quickest car ive been in previous is a 280hp VR4... Which would feel like a snail after experiencin 1000hp. It got to 5g and just exploded and jumped lanes... the whole world went blurry and the whole tunnel vision thing started... was crazy. I wouldnt drive this car even if u paid me. I know i am making it my lifes goal to own a gtr.. maybe in a more mild state of tune tho."
Guy 02: "This GTR is insane.... it's not even a car, its an animal. The size of the turbo, the way it idles, the rattlin of the forgies... it's just plain evil sitting there. Of course, it likes to pretend its a car. When its bein driven around 2-3 grand, its nice and placid, you can foot to the floor and it just sits murmuring....
But as Ben said, let it loose at 5 grand and it'll scream to 10 grand faster than you can grab onto your seat and hold on for dear life. Tunnel vision, heart thumpin away a million times a minute.... makes me wonder why you'd ever bother ricing up ya car... just save your dollars for one of these puppies. (tho you could be saving a while lol)"
And a quote from the owner: "my zex nos kit is going in it today (you cant have to much power).
we have decided to have a crack at the nz land speed record with it the current record is only 349.6kph "
The car:
More pics (too big to post here)
At the moment i think this car has a 1,000 hp engine in the build, the engine from this GT-R has gone straight into his race car (pic below) and the 450 hp engine from his race car (550 hp with NoS - best 1/4 was 11.5) went into his road car as far as i know.
Latest pics of the red machine (September last year);
Thats him leaning over the bonnet.
It was probably the worst decision i've ever made to not text/ring him and ask to get a ride in it the same day the other two guys did, two years later i'm still kicking myself.
So far the fastest one of those cars on the page i've been in is a mates R32 GTS-4 manual coupe.
I think i've been offered a ride in a fellow club members' R33 GTS-25t one day so here's hoping. Wish i could have added a 600 hp R32 GT-R to the page, after the day the owner took a couple of guys from our car club for a ride. He had imported it from Japan but it wasn't legally allowed to be driven on NZ roads due to the stupid pre-1996 cars frontal impact laws.
Nevertheless he still took them for a blat up and down some road, one at a time. Bear in mind the road was dry, fairly grippy i think and he had semi-slicks on as far as i can recall. The guys came back on the forums after they went for the ride and had this to say:
Guy 01: "OMG this car is fast!!!! actually fast doesnt describe it. The quickest car ive been in previous is a 280hp VR4... Which would feel like a snail after experiencin 1000hp. It got to 5g and just exploded and jumped lanes... the whole world went blurry and the whole tunnel vision thing started... was crazy. I wouldnt drive this car even if u paid me. I know i am making it my lifes goal to own a gtr.. maybe in a more mild state of tune tho."
Guy 02: "This GTR is insane.... it's not even a car, its an animal. The size of the turbo, the way it idles, the rattlin of the forgies... it's just plain evil sitting there. Of course, it likes to pretend its a car. When its bein driven around 2-3 grand, its nice and placid, you can foot to the floor and it just sits murmuring....
But as Ben said, let it loose at 5 grand and it'll scream to 10 grand faster than you can grab onto your seat and hold on for dear life. Tunnel vision, heart thumpin away a million times a minute.... makes me wonder why you'd ever bother ricing up ya car... just save your dollars for one of these puppies. (tho you could be saving a while lol)"
And a quote from the owner: "my zex nos kit is going in it today (you cant have to much power).
we have decided to have a crack at the nz land speed record with it the current record is only 349.6kph "
The car:
More pics (too big to post here)
At the moment i think this car has a 1,000 hp engine in the build, the engine from this GT-R has gone straight into his race car (pic below) and the 450 hp engine from his race car (550 hp with NoS - best 1/4 was 11.5) went into his road car as far as i know.
Latest pics of the red machine (September last year);
Thats him leaning over the bonnet.
It was probably the worst decision i've ever made to not text/ring him and ask to get a ride in it the same day the other two guys did, two years later i'm still kicking myself.
