After the loss of my first GT-R, I really wanted another. I was getting used to the car, and really enjoying it, and the way it responed to simple modifications. At the time, GT-Rs were still very rare in the UK, so I chose to source one from Japan. I had an agent searching the auctions for me, and he eventually tracked me down a nice example - while I was on holiday in Corfu!
I had wanted a White GT-R ( this was before I discovered the Black ones are faster ;-) ), however when I saw the pics of this one, and the condition (Grade 4) it looked to be a good one, and with the wonders of internet banking, the deal was done, and the car was on it's way to me.
Here's the pics of the car in Japan.
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It took around 3 months from purchase for the car to arrive from Japan, and it then had to be SVA'd and MOT'd before I could use it, but eventually, the prcoess was complete. At the same time as I bought my car, a friend of mine was also importing a GT-R. I didn't know at the time, but this would later become my car as well!
Here are the pics of his car, which became later my third GT-R, whilst it was still in Japan.
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Once the cars arrived, we travelled up together to collect them. We took a few photo's along the way.
My GT-R
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My car arrived with 16 inch wheels, lowered suspension, HKS Exhaust, boost gauge, side skirts and a 'speed meter'. Apart from that, everything was standard and well looked after - there was even a box in the boot containing loads of wax and polish!
Jon's GT-R
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Jon's GT-R was far more modified, and one of the most highly modified GT-Rs I've seen from Japan. It had a 5Zigen exhaust with decat pipe, HKS Air Filter, Bee-R ECU, Bilstein shocks, Blitz Intercooler and Tanabe springs.
Together!
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Time to start the modifications! My first job was to modify the HKS exhaust to remove the cat, this was fairly simple to do. After that I added a HKS boost controller, and set the boost to 1 bar. A trip to the rollers showed 254BHP already, just from these simple mods. The main problem now was that the clutch couldn't cope, so time to find a better one!
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