Well after reading all the posts about blown engines, rods being thrown, and spark plugs being ejected from these engines it has me quite scared about where I stand on how much further I can go without hurting something. I talked with my friend tonight at his birthday party, along with the guys from the magazine "Import Tuner" ( not sure if the magazine is sold outside of california) They rolled up in their ricers and let me tell you these werent your ordinary run of the mill honda's. They were nissan Skylines one Black R32 and one White R33. I was stunned by the looks of both the cars. I had to ask him to lift his hood. The guy with the White R33 Skyline gladly smiled and lifted his hood. Laying under the hood was B26 Twin Turbo motor decked out by XS Engineering and mostly APEX-i (later i found out the guy with the White NIssan was V.P of APEX) From the looks of the engine it looked like it had thousands invested I asked him if he had run it at any track yet, he said "no not yet" he was waiting for the import showdown here in Cali to show off. He was dyno'd on the Dyno at XS at an amazing 1,000 hp so he said , by the look of the money he had in clothes and in his ride he cant be too far off. Well to make a long story short, I might be selling the L soon for one of these bad boys. They looked too good to be true and for the price I can get them for its practically a steal for a Japanese supercar! Dont get me wrong I love this truck to death, but im very worried about how things will hold up in the long run. Am i jumping the gun? or maybe avoiding a very expensive bullet? Would anyone be willing to buy a 2001 Lighning with only 7,000 on it?

-Sam

 

Well...............I sincerely hope you're not thinking of making your SKYLINE a daily driver.................

1.) You'll be importing it from Japan.........that alone should cost a pretty penny

2.) You're probably looking at something in the 50-80k range, depending on what you got done plus importing fees

3.) You better be in tight with the guys who are gonna hook it up for you..........you can't exactly take it to Jiffy Lube or your average Joe Blow Mechanic you know.

4.) There's probably less Skylines in this country than Lightnings that run 11's..............and there aren't a whole lot of 'em.....so you will be part of an elite crowd.

5.) Are you aware of its exclusivity?????? (Did I say that already).

Good luck on your decision...............................JC