Left hand drive conversion on a R32 GTS4?

[drift_077]

Hi, I wanted to know if this would be way to hard?

I love skylines, and I have a 89 gtr, but I dont drive it in the winter. I live in winterpeg manitoba and Im looking for another car that can be my daily driver and that is left hand drive. Something with 4 doors, awd and good on fuel that I can drive year round. The reasons why I want left hand drive is because it would be more comfortble drive on the highways (as I do for my job 4 times a week) and to keep the vehicle inspection off my ass. It would be really cool to have a skyline for my daily and a gtr for the weekend summer months.

I hear that it would be a hard process with a rb26dett because of the twin turbo, but it was done before with a R32, R33, and R34 gtr.
What I have in mind was to buy a shell and work on the conversion, then put in a more fuel efficent engine in. I was thinking the neo rb25det? or the rb20det? (or would there be a better fuel efficent engine?) and since they are single turbo (im not sure about the space though) i was thinking that it would be alot easier to do.

Would this be too hard to do and would I just be wasting my money?
I am not a mechanic but I know most of the basics.
Me and my friends would be doing most of the work. I have a single car garage and a decent amount of tools

Here is a link with some pictures of the conversion done,

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/573199/1998-nissan-skyline

[MKIV]

A better question to ask would be is the end result going to be worth the spendings, just to have a lhd converted Skyline DD...

My honest answer - no.

If you're looking for something practical, daily drivable, left hand drive and 4-wheel drive, get a Subaru.

[Bravo]

Get a Skyline G35x/G37x AWD ! That would be a all wheel drive Skyline that is made for North America!





Just to ask where do I post where I would protest crud like this? Sorry GTR-Dad but I can't take it anymore!

[S13Jordie]

its a daily and you will rely on it for work. so imo you wouldnt want a 1 off, 20yr old turbo car thats harder to get parts for and is going to be harder to maintain just for the sake of having a skyline.

im with MKIV get a subaru or evo. even better just get a civic to get you too a from work. thats what i did and it saved me tons of cash.

[drift_077]

great, thanks for the advice guys. i appreciate it. i would get a subaru, evo or a infinti, but i dont think i would be able to afford these cars. i am currently rebuilding a audi a4 1.8t b5. im halfway through. when im done i was going to sell it to a close relative for $5000 to help them out. with the cash im getting i was going to ether buy a golf tdi, 3rd gen prelude si or a jus get a R32 skyline gts-4. the left hand conversion was just an idea i had. thanks for your time.

[gtrjerry73]

Totally doable but not worth it in my opinion. Not for a daily. Just get a civic or a cavalier. just the money in gas will help big time. And for 5 grand you can get a reliable car plus a new set of winter tires

[RABBIT]

great, thanks for the advice guys. i appreciate it. i would get a subaru, evo or a infinti, but i dont think i would be able to afford these cars. i am currently rebuilding a audi a4 1.8t b5. im halfway through. when im done i was going to sell it to a close relative for $5000 to help them out. with the cash im getting i was going to ether buy a golf tdi, 3rd gen prelude si or a jus get a R32 skyline gts-4. the left hand conversion was just an idea i had. thanks for your time.

How can you afford a HNR32 and not a legacy or impreza?

Here it took me under 3 minutes to find a bunch in province under 6 grand.

http://manitoba.kijiji.ca/f-subaru-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-W0QQCatIdZ174QQKeywordZsubaruQQSortZ3

[quadracer111]

Subaru 2.5rs for $3g's.

Or just drive your skyline. If you have trouble with a rhd that you need to think about converting it to lhd you shouldn't be driving it.

[drift_077]

Get outta here!