1989 Gts-t Sedan, Sideways With Class

[ChasDuran]

Hi, My name is Chas.. And I am addicted to Nissan..

I made my purchase two years ago, and I have had a steady flow of upgrades since.

My original purchase from "The Skyline Shop" occured shortly after I crashed my 1998 S14/240SX on Sumas Mountain.
I had been discusing an engine swap for my car before the accident, so I was already aware of Steve.
I had always wanted a Skyline, and perhaps it was self fullfilling prophecy that I crashed my 240..
Either way I got a nice car out of it. :-)
(...and $12,500 a year in insurance costs! :hit_head: )

Anyhow to continue..

My choice was a silver sedan, with:
KYB suspension
Aluminum bushings
Stainless Brake Lines
Impul strut brace (front)
Cusco brace (rear)
Stainless downpipe
Gt-R hood
Metal mesh generic air cleaner
Impul bodykit
Impul/Momo Steering Wheel
Pivot turbo timer
Custom oil catch tank
and an Apexi full exhaust.
... And of course, a pair of LOUD Klaxon Horns.

Only 114,000 km, new clutch, timing belt, and fluids, etc,..
All for $16,000 after tax, with a 6 month warranty. :-D

I settled on the sedan for rarity at the time, and accessibility. I was planing on starting a family in the next few years, so a family car was a must.

I cannot however leave a car stock, even if my life depends on it.

Over the course of the last two years I have had the shop install:

Arnage Hicas Lock-out Bar
Power Slot Front Rotors
Hawk Ferro-Carbon Brake Pads
Battery Relocation To Trunk
Blitz SUS Power Intake
Gt-R Front Mount Intercooler
HKS Oil Filter Relocator, and Side Mount Oil Cooler
TSS Custom Engine Grounds
Splitfire Ignition Coils
Splitfire Coil Grounds
Greddy Timing Belt
Greddy Type RS Blow Off Valve
Greddy Air Dam
Custom 20% Over Stock Alternator
N1 Water Pump
New Puleys
Bee-R Rev Limiter
Turbosmart E-Boost 2
Turbosmart Green Shift L.E.D. / Red Overboost L.E.D.
Blitz Turbo Timer
Flex-a-Lite Syclone Fan
Tru-Filter Oil Filter (Stainless Surgical Steel, and Aircraft Aluminum.)
Nismo Gauges (260 kph)
Ignited Engine Start Button
8000w HID

Apexi SAFC Neo.. (Unfortunatly a factory defect, )
^^ The Skyline Shop has already tried to get in touch with Apexi Japan. But since they have declared bankruptcy, my warrenty is useless. So out of the kindness of theirs hearts, I get to keep the Neo as a fancy Gauge Cluster, and they are reflashing/tuning my ecu once my major mods are done! :-D

Also, countless tires/oilchanges.. I have put over 100,000 km on the car thus far.

LGM (the paint outfit at the shop) has also painted my dash accents Graphite, and my valve/timing covers Anodized Blue. They also fixed my mangled front bumper after a rough winter stint (damages)

Purchased items waiting for install include:

Garret t3/t4 Turbocharger
Cometic Metal Headgasket
ARP Head Studs
Ams-Oil Pre-Luber
Gt-R Injectors
Gt-R Fuel Pump

Well.. That's enough for now I suppose. I was bored

I have several thousand invested in blinky lights, and audio too.. But I will add that info som other time if anyone wants to hear about it

(I will post pics when the forum lets me.. Something about not having any posts yet.)

[wehtam05]

haha..welcome to the forum chas lol...and im the first post..:-D

[canadianskyline]

This is not a "sideways" or "drift car" if you're rockin KYB suspension, lmao....

[SmegEad]

This is not a "sideways" or "drift car" if you're rockin KYB suspension, lmao....

Geeeez, take it easy on the poor guy! First post and all...

[Stevo_323]

LOL

cmon its gtrc, things wont be sugarcoated so that you feel better about what we say. learn to deal with some of the attitudes people have and the way like to say things or youll never fit in

[ChasDuran]

This is not a "sideways" or "drift car" if you're rockin KYB suspension, lmao....

Ha ha.. I can take it.

I bought it with the KYB already.. And it handles very well for now.
I have an upgrade upon failure mentality, and I will must likely go with a Tein setup when this suspension fails me.

On the other hand...

Even with the KYB, this sedan goes sideways steady with great angle.. So check yourself before you shoot off your mouth. :-P

[ChasDuran]

haha..welcome to the forum chas lol...and im the first post..:-D

"Chas" is an abreviation of "Charles"

[entelijint]

So check yourself before you shoot off your mouth. :-P

psst... canadianskyline might know a thing or two about getting sideways and suspension setups to do it properly with ease.

Nice little car you've got going though

[ChasDuran]

psst... canadianskyline might know a thing or two about getting sideways and suspension setups to do it properly with ease.

Nice little car you've got going though

Psst... I searched his posts, Phenominal car he has.
Seems to drive it too! :-D

He may know a thing or two, but constructive critisism is better than laughing ones a$$ off concerning another persons project.

I learned some time ago that anyone proclaiming to be a "god" in any sport/trade, etc,.. Must be taken with a grain (or two) of salt.
I'm not offended by his comment.. As much as it just came across poorly to me.

Thaks btw...

[janco]

hey chuck nice to see u on here its ryan with the grey 4 door....always lovin ur car man...saw u at spiderman on friday parked beside me...saw paul to but his car i couldnt find...guess he was to cool for us..