Nissan Skyline For decades, the name Skyline has stood for Japan's version of the Muscle Car. Combining Rear Wheel Drive with the high performance engine, the Skyline can be seen everywhere in performance world, from video games to magazines, this car is many enthusiasts dream car.

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Old 04-20-2005, 04:37 PM
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..but it will be called the infnity skyline, and have a pricetag of 65+...[:@]
65+!! thats not cool! [:@]
 
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Old 04-20-2005, 05:31 PM
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i read an article a while back..to buy a GTR34, the skyline in my AV, on ebay, it would run you roughly 80,000+, fully tuned, so on...and to make the car 50 state legal, there is a company that i believe it in new jersey that specializes in making them legal, will cost about an extra 15 thousand...and from what i understand that includes making the car emission legal, registering it, and the like, all without lowering the power output...but like i said, that was something i read online...i believe the legalization process includes emissions and safety measures...if you notice, sometimes skylines on ebay willm specifically say "50 state legal", or "JDM car, not Us legal" so to have a Real, 50 state legal high end tuned skyline, youd pay upwards of 90 grand...ive seen R33s on ebay, 50 state legal for as low as 45g...it was in virginia, and was registered..so on...and had something like 505 dyno'd hp....it was very nice
 
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Old 04-21-2005, 09:25 AM
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Well, they are nice and fast cars, but not worth that much. One can get a Cobra for half that price, and have a better performance car to boot.
 
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Old 04-21-2005, 03:55 PM
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but the cobra is only rwd...i would have to think that in certain performance applications, and in economy, the skyline would have an advantage...the way i look at it, they are liek cuban cigars...once castro dies, and the embargo is lifted, cuban cigars wont carry the outrageous prices...the same goes for the skyline once nissan introducs it full scale to the us, prices will be greatly reduced...

however, i have seen ALOT of fake skylines..i have seen a 2 door acura legend, a mazda 626, and a 2 door prelude turned into a skyline..they were very realistic looking, but in 2wd, and transverse engines...
 
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Old 04-21-2005, 04:13 PM
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but the cobra is only rwd...i would have to think that in certain performance applications, and in economy, the skyline would have an advantage...the way i look at it, they are liek cuban cigars...once castro dies, and the embargo is lifted, cuban cigars wont carry the outrageous prices...the same goes for the skyline once nissan introducs it full scale to the us, prices will be greatly reduced...

however, i have seen ALOT of fake skylines..i have seen a 2 door acura legend, a mazda 626, and a 2 door prelude turned into a skyline..they were very realistic looking, but in 2wd, and transverse engines...
and so were the original skyline rear wheel drive. There is absolutely not anything wrong with rear wheel drive for go fast applications. Hell, even the Nascars are rear wheel driven.
 
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Old 04-22-2005, 12:20 PM
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oh..im not arguing with you there..my drag car is RWD...but i feel that in a road course application, or any non-drag application, i woudl rather have a high-revving AWD car..
 
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Old 04-22-2005, 02:11 PM
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True.....I see your point.
 
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Old 04-22-2005, 03:00 PM
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and while i have seen some sick nissans on the 1/4, i did see a fox body with a 351 blown with DOTs run 7.99 in an NSCRA event...sick.
 
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Old 04-23-2005, 08:28 AM
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Now, that's fast. WOW! Talking about pulling some G's
 
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my r34

if you want one talk to these guys
http://www.motorex.net/skyline.html#
 


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