This might sound really stupid!!!!

[Mortz]

I love those Super VR4 wings so much Brad don't be suprised if yours is missing one morning. Ooohhhh and the purple dash too....and the kit...and the steering wheel....screw it, i'll take the whole damn car. Just leave the keys under the doormat for me Brad, i'll take great care of her

 

[king_panther]

I love those Super VR4 wings so much Brad don't be suprised if yours is missing one morning. Ooohhhh and the purple dash too....and the kit...and the steering wheel....screw it, i'll take the whole damn car. Just leave the keys under the doormat for me Brad, i'll take great care of her

Those wings aren't cheap to replace either so please leave a bucket of blood for me to donate to the blood bank in return. Oh, & an arm & leg as well.

I'm desperately trying to sell off my stuff that's clogging up the garage so I can repark her in the garage safely again!!! I fret just with it parked outside the front door! :sad:

Back on-topic, I've seen a few ST-Rs on CarSales pop up that have been brought over by NZers. I wonder how they got them in ?

 

[Mortz]

I'm desperately trying to sell off my stuff that's clogging up the garage so I can repark her in the garage safely again!!! I fret just with it parked outside the front door! :sad:
Back on-topic, I've seen a few ST-Rs on CarSales pop up that have been brought over by NZers. I wonder how they got them in ?

Yeah, thats one thing about the Supers, they certainly are nowhere near as stealthy and incognito as a normal VR-4. I highly doubt anyone would steal my "Magna", even with the boost gauge peering through the window.
Also I think if you come to Australia from elsewhere you can bring over (almost) any car you want as a "personal import", of course i'm assuming this would not be at all cheap. But if a cars rare/needed enough I guess it's an option. Not sure if Aussie residents can take holidays and bring back personal imports though, i'm guessing not.

 

[bradc]

Perhaps if they were owned in NZ for more than a year?

Make sure you get a manual one though, the 4 speed auto has really wide ratios and makes the car a ton slower.

 

[mookers]

I want to know how garden-variety Carinas and old N/A Mark IIs end up here. I mean, they're rare for Australia, but they're nothing special. Surely it would be easier to just buy a car when you get here?

 

[pu-11-me]

Get half cut and do an engine conversion..... There's FA else they can do with ST-R's in oz and you'd get the whole engine etc cheap. The chassis is the same so it'd all pretty much bolt-in, just gotta spend the dosh up front. Prob wouldn't save you any in the long run after the conversion costs but i'm just throwing it out there

 

[bradc]

Indeed, there is no real point. Personally I'm looking forward to an rpw style mivec n/a 6a13. I've got enough spare VR-4 engines, just need to get a spare fto and a spare str engine

 

[pu-11-me]

 

[Macca]

Those wings aren't cheap to replace either so please leave a bucket of blood for me to donate to the blood bank in return. Oh, & an arm & leg as well.

That would make it kinda hard to drive

 

[pu-11-me]

Nah, he's an auto driver so he could get away with it lol..... Its like riding a postie hahaha

 

[king_panther]

That would make it kinda hard to drive

It's an auto dude. You only need one of each

 

[ygoslo]

Get an M35 stagea

This is a good idea. They certainly DON'T look like poo...

 

[king_panther]

......................... & that would be just a fantastic work car.......

NOT.

 

[ygoslo]

Somewhat unsurprisingly, given the appearance, that one isn't standard. A standard one would be just as suitable as a Legnum, I'd have thought.

Bit pricey, but very very nice cars. As soon as you say "Stagea" people think of the ugly ones. I reckon half the "import people" in Australia don't even know that this model exists.

 

[king_panther]

I know full well that model exists. The M35 is what I was comparing against the Legnum, but just too pricey. I was looking at the AR-X I believe or something like that, with jacked up suspension & also with 4WS but couldn't justify the price.... plus they weren't well known just like the Legnums at that point.

 

[king_panther]

Plus they have a big fat arse hanging at the back which I don't like... the Legnums look better from behind

 

[mookers]

The M35 still looks like a Volvo. A newer Volvo.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, though. Volvos have style now.

 

[ygoslo]

The M35 still looks like a Volvo. A newer Volvo.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, though. Volvos have style now.

I saw one in the flesh for the first time a month or so back and was struck by how good it looked. Much nicer than in photos. I think they look a lot "newer" than VR4s. Different sort of cars though.

 

[bradc]

That champagne coloured one there has the 350S kit on it, which is the model with basically a 350Z engine, gearbox and rear diff in it. 6 speed manual rwd wagon - hell yeah

 

[king_panther]

Let's go back & revisit the ST-R theory;

What would be required in transplanting an ST-R engine into the VR4 ?
They are also 4-speed autos too aren't they?
Would an ST-R engine match up to a VR4 INVECS 5-sp box?
You'd need to swap for an ST-R ECU too?

Any shit required to keep the government happy? Hey might bring the insurance premiums down too....

I'm interested.