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Illusionsir
09-13-2002, 08:35 PM
so i was driving up nosehill drive and country hills blvd and a r31 "right hand drive" skyline passed me! it took me totally by suprise, i looked over and saw a 10 year old in the driver seat so i looked in the passenger seat and saw the steering wheel! it was crazy.. anyone know if theres any other skylines in calgary even the old school r31's??:thumbsup:
2000impreza
09-13-2002, 08:52 PM
never seen a old r31 before.... anyone have the factory specs?
kaput
09-13-2002, 08:59 PM
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T5_X
09-13-2002, 09:46 PM
Originally posted by kaput
I saw something with skyline tails the other day. They were unmistakably skyline, but I couldn't say whether or not they were on a skyline or moulded onto something else.

A new impala perhaps? :rofl:
infamous
09-13-2002, 10:04 PM
well after a bit of searching, i found that the r-31 Passage GT 's have the RB20DET, a 2.0l DOHC inline-6 turbo with 180hp at 6400rpm. The base model was now using the CA 18, a 1.8l DO-HC 4-cylinder with 100hp. Nissan introduced the R31 Skyline GTS-R in 1987 with a RB20DET engine tuned to 210hp thanks to a different turbocharger and different exhaust manifolds.
The engine tuning was supported by an improved suspension and tuning on many other parts of the car, to give the GTS-R a more sportive character overall.

hope this helps....
dj_honda
09-13-2002, 10:54 PM
there is already a thread on this somewhere......and someone even had pics of it

personnaly i like the r32 and up skylines...
CA18DET
09-14-2002, 02:22 AM
there is one.... ask a dealer ship. its a late 80's skyline
infamous
09-14-2002, 02:22 AM
personally i like the r-34 gt-r.....:drool: :burnout: :drool: :burnout:
rage2
09-14-2002, 02:28 AM
Legendboy test drove that car.
infamous
09-14-2002, 02:44 AM
which?? the r-34??
shadowz
09-14-2002, 02:46 AM
NO the R31, there are no R34s to test drive
infamous
09-14-2002, 02:55 AM
ahhh...well mabye if rage was more specific in his posts, i wouldn't be so envious of legendboy....lol...jk
legendboy
09-14-2002, 10:09 AM
haha, Yup, I drove that car a week ago. hehe
buh_buh
09-14-2002, 11:41 AM
Originally posted by legendboy
haha, Yup, I drove that car a week ago. hehe
how was it?
SmelltheRubber
09-14-2002, 12:36 PM
It's legal to drive a right-hand steering wheel car in Canada???
shadowz
09-14-2002, 12:41 PM
No not at all
legendboy
09-14-2002, 10:35 PM
Actually it is perfectly legal to have a right hand drive in canada. u don't even need a permit or anything that people think. Driving felt pretty wierd, but I'd get use to it, I have to say that the RB20DET is a very nice engine, even at stock boost! I love the feel of a factory turbo rear wheel drive car! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Speed_RaSiR
09-17-2002, 11:17 AM
I thought Skylines are illegal in Canada, some shit about passing safety requirements or something. I wonder if we'll get an Evo when the Mitsu dealers open up....
LaughingTiger
09-17-2002, 11:43 AM
Originally posted by Illusionsir
so i was driving up nosehill drive and country hills blvd and a r31 "right hand drive" skyline passed me! it took me totally by suprise, i looked over and saw a 10 year old in the driver seat so i looked in the passenger seat and saw the steering wheel! it was crazy.. anyone know if theres any other skylines in calgary even the old school r31's??:thumbsup:

I thought skylines were illegal in North America due to saftey and
polution specs????:dunno:
rage2
09-17-2002, 11:46 AM
All rules pertaining to importing cars are thrown out the window after the car becomes 15 years old. You can import any vehicle that's older than 15 years.
Ferio_vti
09-17-2002, 12:11 PM
Originally posted by rage2
All rules pertaining to importing cars are thrown out the window after the car becomes 15 years old. You can import any vehicle that's older than 15 years.

What is the reasoning behind the 15 year rule??
rage2
09-17-2002, 01:27 PM
Not sure, they probably think cars over 15 years are either undesirable, or collector's items.
Ferio_vti
09-17-2002, 02:03 PM
Originally posted by rage2
Not sure, they probably think cars over 15 years are either undesirable, or collector's items.

If if they don't pass safety standards?? :dunno:
infamous
09-17-2002, 04:40 PM
hmmm...well if that's true, in 15 years i am going to have an r-34 skyline sitting in my garage!
Ferio_vti
09-17-2002, 06:24 PM
Originally posted by infamous
hmmm...well if that's true, in 15 years i am going to have an r-34 skyline sitting in my garage!

Funny thing is, in 15 years, you'll want the current Skyline and not an R34.
[GaGe]
09-17-2002, 06:26 PM
Hmm... Maybe that was a right hand drive car with a skyline body.. hehe
viscosity
10-09-2002, 12:05 AM
Originally posted by infamous
well after a bit of searching, i found that the r-31 Passage GT 's have the RB20DET, a 2.0l DOHC inline-6 turbo with 180hp at 6400rpm. The base model was now using the CA 18, a 1.8l DO-HC 4-cylinder with 100hp. Nissan introduced the R31 Skyline GTS-R in 1987 with a RB20DET engine tuned to 210hp thanks to a different turbocharger and different exhaust manifolds.
The engine tuning was supported by an improved suspension and tuning on many other parts of the car, to give the GTS-R a more sportive character overall.

hope this helps....

It looks like the numbers you've quoted for the RB20DET engine are from JB Cars web site (http://www.history.jbskyline.net/index3.php#7thgen ). They are almost correct... the numbers are correct, but the wrong scale was used.

It should have been 180PS@6400rpm, which is the Japanese horsepower measurement. This does not equate to the U.S. horsepower. The actual spec is 160kW@6400rpm, which equates to 214hp@6400rpm (multiply by 1.34 to convert kiloWatts to horsepower). This engine was released in the 1986 R31 Skyline GTS-X.

The infamous GTS-R model, of which only 200 were built, has 210PS@6400rpm, which roughly converts to about 250hp@6400rpm.

I hope this clears up any misconceptions about the R31 Skyline. And as you can see by the conversions I've provided, there's a lot more to this engine than you may have originally thought. For a 1986 vehicle, it's got a lot of horses galloping out of a 2.0 litre engine.
kenny
10-09-2002, 01:01 AM
Originally posted by rage2
All rules pertaining to importing cars are thrown out the window after the car becomes 15 years old. You can import any vehicle that's older than 15 years.

Not *ALL* rules, the car still has to be roadworthy :)
infamous
10-09-2002, 01:03 AM
hahaha good call kenny!! oh yeah, thanks viscosity for fixing my fuck up...i just found that info on the net :thumbsup:
Arthur Dent
10-09-2002, 08:12 PM
Skylines go way back. All ugly though
Arthur Dent
10-09-2002, 08:13 PM
much perfer the Silva
2K255HP
10-09-2002, 08:35 PM
I've always been a Nissan enthusiast, the GT-R should be coming to North America in a few years under the Nissan badge...just rumors, but i personally like the R33, the R34 are nice but the R33 just have a better curve to it
Illusionsir
10-09-2002, 09:59 PM
at the rate car production is going, in 20 years skylines will be hover powered!
viscosity
10-09-2002, 11:20 PM
Actually, Skylines go WAAAAYYYYYY back... back to 1957 when it was known as the Prince Skyline ALSI-1...

http://www.history.jbskyline.net/Prince%20ALSI%201%20series.gif

The hand built 1961 Prince Skyline BLRA-3 was much nicer, though. Then again, it was designed by an Italian. Check out that headlight configuration!

http://www.history.jbskyline.net/Prince%20BLRA3.jpg

Those Italian sure love their convertibles. :love:
Ferio_vti
10-10-2002, 09:20 AM
Originally posted by viscosity
Actually, Skylines go WAAAAYYYYYY back... back to 1957 when it was known as the Prince Skyline ALSI-1...



The hand built 1961 Prince Skyline BLRA-3 was much nicer, though. Then again, it was designed by an Italian. Check out that headlight configuration!


Haha, I was reading up on that too. That was a LOOONNG time ago, before Prince merged with Datsun/Nissan.