Team Falken UK 650hp V35 Skyline (G35)

**Polo2** · 15-09-2010, 08:19

Originally Posted by Daz

Sweet. So shall we all place bets on how long it will take you to strip the car.

I think 2 days if its just you with no help.

Originally Posted by MagicMat

Stripped in a day i bet !!

I dont know if im going to strip it right away, duno, might make astart sat, its dificult now im running my own business.

Originally Posted by JulesS14200

I thought you were gonna get a damaged one?

I suppose you'll get quite a few quid back by selling the bits you dont need though

I was going to but the price of used body parts makes it un feesable, its cheaper to buy a complete one and sell what i dont need

Any way i got it last night and went streight to Garage-D for myself, Julian, Matt and Walton to have a good look at the chassis and see whats what. Also collected the front sump and prop for the 2jz. The 2jz and r154 box also turned up, so il chuck up some pics later

**Daz** · 15-09-2010, 08:30

Nice one Polo.

One question though.

You said it's cheaper to buy a decent one then strip it and sell the parts rather than buying a damaged one and repairing it due to cost of panels. Well won't that be a problem for drifting as it's going to get alot of damage?

Looking forward to the pics

**Polo2** · 15-09-2010, 08:43

Originally Posted by Daz

You said it's cheaper to buy a decent one then strip it and sell the parts rather than buying a damaged one and repairing it due to cost of panels. Well won't that be a problem for drifting as it's going to get alot of damage?

Alot of people have said this, A) i plan not to damage it B) i know i will

C) for road every thing needs to be nice etc, for this, if i bend a panel il just imprevise and make it streight again. You may ask why i dont do that with an already crashed one, this is coz i want it to be nice the 1st time its used and all the crash damaged ones iv seen are either too far gone or parts have already been taken off.

**Daz** · 15-09-2010, 08:52

Originally Posted by Polo

Alot of people have said this, A) i plan not to damage it B) i know i will

C) for road every thing needs to be nice etc, for this, if i bend a panel il just imprevise and make it streight again. You may ask why i dont do that with an already crashed one, this is coz i want it to be nice the 1st time its used and all the crash damaged ones iv seen are either too far gone or parts have already been taken off.

Ah, that makes sense then. I do like point 'A' though lol.

Just make sure once it's finished and looking mint that you get some decent photo's to help promote your company

.

**Scottie** · 15-09-2010, 10:57

Just out of interest, if this already has a 3.5 litre V6 engine, why not just rebuidl this and twin turbo it?

I thought you could get high power that way?

What are the benefits of 2j over this route?

Cheers.

**gonzomagic** · 15-09-2010, 11:06

Originally Posted by Scottie

Just out of interest, if this already has a 3.5 litre V6 engine, why not just rebuidl this and twin turbo it?

I thought you could get high power that way?

What are the benefits of 2j over this route?

Cheers.

Indeed, isnt the GTR based on this engine?

**docwra** · 15-09-2010, 11:18

The turbo'd VQ35's that have been used in UK drifting have suffered cooling problems, and Ill wager that for the price of the TT kit alone you can have a JZ with the powers he is looking for.

**-Marc-** · 15-09-2010, 11:30

Originally Posted by docwra

for the price of the TT kit alone you can have a JZ with the powers he is looking for.

Aps twin turbo set up is £7370 says their web site

**Polo2** · 15-09-2010, 11:37

Originally Posted by s14a.marc

Aps twin turbo set up is £7370 says their web site

Yea thats with out forging the engine,
£6k for 2jz fitted and 600hp

**-Marc-** · 15-09-2010, 11:43

I was looking at the cosworth stuff for the VQ the other day and that sure isnt cheap either.

I'd have gone for the jz as well.

**bobbitt** · 15-09-2010, 11:56

Originally Posted by Scottie

Just out of interest, if this already has a 3.5 litre V6 engine, why not just rebuidl this and twin turbo it?

I thought you could get high power that way?

What are the benefits of 2j over this route?

Cheers.

hope you are joking scottie!

the 2jz is a rock solid powerhouse..

the vq engine has been known to have multiple issues with turbos..

wether or not it is the base engine for the gtr or not is irrelevant..

obv nissan have the means to make it work.. polo is one man!

**Scottie** · 15-09-2010, 13:03

No, I'm not joking just know very littel about these engiens and was interested to hear why etc

**Tricky-Ricky** · 15-09-2010, 13:06

The std VQ35DE will not take more than 350- 400BHP in std form, and that is at the "will it go pop any minute" stage,

Even with a Cosworth fully built and forged TT engine , i know someone on the 350GT forum who has suffered no end of problems running 600BHP, and resulted in several rebuilds, i suspect an R35 engine would be far cheaper in comparison, but i also know of several that have failed.

Saying the VQ35 is the same basic design as the VR38DETT R35 lump, thats about it!

The 2JZGTE is one of the few old school over engineered super strong engines in std form, mine was running 500-550BHP, and i know of plenty that run 5-600BHP on standard internals without complaint, not many that will put up with that, however i still have a soft spot for the LS engines, and IMO they make great drift engines, with bags of low down torque where its needed.

**Aj82** · 15-09-2010, 13:28

Glad to see you went this way polo, cant wait to see the progress.

Didnt Top Secret build one of these aswell a while back?

Cheers Aj

**Polo2** · 15-09-2010, 22:31

Ok, collected the car last night and headed to Garage-D to collect the front sump needed for the conversion and the prop.

While there we chucked it on the ramp to inspect the chassis, see what could be done etc.
We mesured the wheel base and its 12" longer than an s14!!! Thogh the car may not be longer the G35 has hardly any over hang. Its also 2" wider.
Other things i noticed wer its got a saloon type boo where the window stays down unlike a Z. Also on the way back i found its got DVD player and TV lol. And its got twin front lower arms like the modern BMW's, Jags Audi etc, i thoght they had one solid lower arm.

Back at HQ this morn, the last pics youl see of it looking like a normal car and the 1st!

This also arived, masive thanks to Christy (Carpo)

So i got the turbos off tonight, what a job that is, you think getting an sr turbo off is a job, think again lol

this little lot has got to weigh 30kg at least!!!

So, im using the car this week and think il strip it sat, so if any one knows any one wanting any parts, please put them this way.

**disco-tom** · 16-09-2010, 05:53

You reckon those G35 seats will fit an S14? They do look quite nice.

**Polo2** · 16-09-2010, 08:08

Originally Posted by disco-tom

You reckon those G35 seats will fit an S14? They do look quite nice.

Im sure you could make the front seats fit, thogh they are huge and fully electric, even the tilt forword bit to get im the back is electronic. The rears are laods bigger than s14.

**Dan@DB-Power** · 16-09-2010, 09:33

Saw the car yesterday at Polo's and the plan he has is just epic

Best of luck with it mate

Dan

Si · 16-09-2010, 09:40

That interior is horrific!

**channie** · 16-09-2010, 09:52

Originally Posted by Si

That interior is horrific!

From the cage design I don't think much of the interior will be left

This does look epic

How long do you reckon it will take to finish?

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