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When I was a teenager there was a thing called a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R, a Japanese touring car so ridiculously far ahead of the competition,

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The Legendary Nissan GT-R - Times LIVE November 26, 2009

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The driver pushes his car to the point where the back tires spin-out and the car begins to drift around the corner, at which point the driver corrects for the spin to realign his vehicle with the track. "It's about the art of sliding the car sideways, putting on a show and getting some smoke," said Tanner Boyne, a drifter and a board member of the High North Sports Car Club. For those not familiar with the Japan-originated motor sport, drifting involves taking tight-corners at high-speeds while maintaining control of the car. In a motor sport mixing squealing tires, plenty of smoke, high-speed cornering and an air of showmanship, drifting is sliding into this year's Drag Wars.

Q:

Nissan Skyline?

I want to get a Nissan Skyline in the somewhat near future. I live in New York State and was hoping for one made after 1998 and a GT-R model. I heard about some company in California that was importing but sued, and that importing is illegal. I also can't afford anything too expensive, buy any and all information would be helpful. No links please
(asked by Freezerburn on October 11, 2006)

A: jccjr1982 is dead wrong. god, i cringe when people dont know what they are talking about. infiniti G35s are NOT THE SAME CAR. the easiest difference? the name. duh. if it has an entirely different name, its different...end of story. the G35 has a nice 3.5L VQ engine with double cams and fuel injection, good for about 280 ish HP...slightly similiar to the skyline. however, the aerodynamics, suspension, chassis, transmission, and body style are all extremely different.

the skyline is a COUPE. its a very long coupe, but it is a coupe. only this year have infiniti g35 coupes come out, and they are quite expensive. the skyline is more of a racing car, it comes with brembo brakes (stock) and a stiffer suspension. it also comes with 300+ hp (R34), despite the gentlemans agreement. (fact: people have bought nissan skylines and dynoed them after driving them home, doing no tuning, and they produced well over 280 HP. the most was about 330, give or take 5, by the R34 VSPECII. Ttoyota did the same thing with later versions of the Supra, but not exactly as much as Nissan). the skyline GTR has a twin turbo engine system and is all wheel drive. ATTESA-ETS and SUPER-HICAS are on the skyline, whilst only the ATTESA-ETS is on the infiniti G35x (which is 4WD).

ok, ill stop ranting. to answer your question: you can LEGALLY import any R33 skylines that were made in between the years of 1996 and 1998. if you wish, you can look it up on the US importation list, i dont have the link on hand. GTS, GTS-T (or whatever they had) and GTRs are all legal from that time frame. however, they still have to pass emissions, which requires a great deal of work. if you buy the cheapest skyline, the 96 GTS (or GTS-T i think), itll cost you about 10k at the least, excluding shipping to some east coast port. then emissions and legalization...but itll be under 20k, maybe under 15k if your very picky.

Motorex was the company in california. in a nutshell, they arent up and running anymore, so dont even worry about them, they cant help you in any way..the owner is in jail. so yeah.

oh, by the way...any and all upgrades to the nissan skyline GTR, no matter how mundane, will result in a relatively large boost in horsepower. exhaust systems, *any* turbo upgrade (stock turbos are ceramic), throttle body, computer chips...for some reason, they provide like 150% horsepower to the skyline compared to any other regular car. and the RB26 engine is remarkably resilient.

good luck getting it into NY...i live in CNY, ill get one eventually haha ;) i hear theres only two or three legalized in NYS, all in NYC i believe.

edit: its not a ceramic engine. its a cast iron block engine with an aluminum head. and to add to that, you dont need to have it changed to left hand drive, you can keep it in right hand drive, it is perfectly legal. why? post office trucks can drive on the road, and they are RHD. (plus theres no law that says they cant =P) (answered by SideWinderGX on October 11, 2006)

A: another fast and furious wannabe. (answered by mustang656 on October 11, 2006)

Q:

Is It possible to drive a nissan skyline r32 or r34 gtr in california?

im going to japan to buy a nissan skyline r32 or r34 and imported here in the us...is that possible?
how much does it cost all in all?
(asked by nik3z_11 on February 10, 2033)

A: A job for Yourself whom have to do your research for where you live as many will say the Skyline is not street illegal in the US but infact it differs between states,example some states require the car to be made LHD whilst others dont mind,some states require added safety features on older Skyline models.Some states will not allow the Skyline at all,but all states require the car to meet emission regs.
The easiest it bring in is the R33 96-98 models due to added safety features being stock at this point and these where models tested by Motorex as for the Motorex issue they didnt go to jail for selling bad Skyline although the false testing didnt help.But with the right money and mods other Skyline are creeping in and i see som many R34 Skyline on the net in the US nowdays.
So all those that say the Skyline is illegal it is and it isnt again it depends where you live and what puts people off is the cost of mods to make it meet US regs hence putting young buyers off and older buyers usually go for newer models of cars.
A common legal need on the R32 models is a strong bar adding between the rear fuel tank and the rear seats.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Fea tures/articleId=105699
Title of link
How to Buy a Nissan Skyline GT-R in America -- Right Now

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/impo rt/

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/impo rt/FMVSS/index.html

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/impo rt/graymarket_RI_list010807.htm

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/index.ht m

http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/06 12turp_nissan_skyline_gtr_r33/index.html
US GTR

http://www.japanvehicles.com/newcars/FAQ .htm

http://www.fast4wheels.com/jdm.php
Sells US Skylines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj-al3vR6 f4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf8y-3_0X RM

http://rbmotoring.com/gallery/album141 Has Us ones for sale

http://www.focusautosales.com/
sells imports

http://jdm-imports.com/vehicles/forsale. html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETOUG6TGu 20

http://jdmimport.net/

Dont forget to look at other skyline models as the R34 GTR for instance is expensive not matter where you buy it from in the world,other great models are the R32,R33,R34 GTS,GTS-T,GTS-4,GT,GTT.

Also the Stagea model is a good choice. (answered by tricky on February 10, 10)

A: If you bought it from the now dead Skyline importer MotorEx. Then yes, because they would have taken all the necessary steps to get it certified as street legal. Meaning bumper, and crash safety minium standards, emissions, and necessary smog hardware. But MotorEx does not exist anymore. And if you want one that badly, then you will have to file a ton of paperwork, get the car retrofitted to U.S. crash and emissions standards; document every step and then get it inspected. Not to mention the actual cost of shipping one and going through customs and taxes is outrageously high. But it can be done. Just be prepared for a mountain of redtape.

You may be better off finding one the cars the MotorEx actually sold in the U.S. Maybe the owner will want to part with it (yeah right...but hey try)

I have a strong feeling that you are better off buying the new Skyline that will be released soon. (answered by Snowman on February 10, 3178)