i fancy one of these, anyone know what to look out for on them? anyone off here had one? what are the things to look out for on them and how easily are they tunable?

 

gear boxes are supposed to be prone to self distructing due to the power put on them

 

ive only ever been in one, it wasnt standard but wasnt that quick, and the engine went pop due to oil starvation.

the only person i know whose got one has just fooked the 2nd gearbox and is still having other problems....


....my sugestion is dont go near them! thats just my opinion/experience of them though!

 

fast as fook mate but ugly as fook as well
i was behind one abit back and when he put the hammer down it was awsome

andy

 

it depends on what your used to i guess but the one i went out in didnt feel as quick as a certain xr2 turbo i know of, infact id have put money down on the xr2.....

 

I had one, did the gear box, clutch etc loved it though quick little cars

 

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150677

 

12 second quarter is easy in a pulsar with only a few tweaks.

Sadly breaking the gearbox is even easier

 

Agree totally with chip very quick car, with very little tunning needed never under estimate one

 

i really wasnt impressed by the one i went it it must have been proper fucked because it had an FMIC, filter, zorst and the bloke claimed it was running a little bit more boost than std....

 

Ya sure it was the Turbo version

 

We've got one.

1 bar boost, and it's been reliable as anything. Easily as quick as a stage 3 cossie through the gears (I know cos I've had them side by side on more than 10 ocassions), quicker off the line, and handle quite nicely.

Don't launch em too hard, and they'll be fine. Nothing's gone wrong with ours in 4 years.

 

simple answer dont bother

 

same as pon except i sold mine last year....

Awesome car for the cash not a thing went wong with mine and its still going strong as my mate has it now

 

I have one her for sale need putting back to gather it was running 295 bhp lots of tuning mods exhaust hybrid turbo front mount intercooler uprated pump better breaks coil over strut brace new clutch big alarm runs 1.4 bar boost but head gasket blown so took engine apart comes with all parts to put back together body work is good but not mint head needs putting back on £1500 theirs lots more back cant be bothered with it

 

There weapons!!! cant get no better

 

Ive owned one, lovely for the first 3 months but then everything went wrong on it, cluch first, then gearbox and to top it off the engine blew up down santa pod, cost me bout £3500 to get that all done so beware m8..

 

i can agree with that

when marty had his we were on route to crail and have a couple of side by side "races" on film and its dead level. that was my old cossie with greens and standard ic and turbo.

it ran a 12sec 1/4 too

stick up pics of your dads. looks ace in red

 

had nowt but bother with mine and they def do not handle as good as people say for a 4 wheel drive

 

couple pics of mine engine was out again as bigends started knocking thats why the front is sitting high

 

Mine didn't develop any new problems during the year it was on the road

 

xr stu thay are very fast mate, you must have been in one with mabey a crap actuater? i run around 180/190 in my s2 and was behind one , we both had to slow right down for a car then we both booted it and fook me iv raced standard scoobs and beat them and lots of other stuff but it was very very quick iv got a stage 1 hybrid and a new -34 so when mine kicks the 17 psi it ant slow but the pulsar left me for dead mate
but as said i cudent own one cus ther ugly mate nearly as ugly as a scoob

andy

 

im tempted to get one

 

Yep i'd definitely say all the experience i've had of them is that they are very quick fun little cars. Ugly mind though. Gearbox does tend to be a weak link but no worse than a 4x4 cossie on IMO. Can be made very quick for not a lot of outlay! Handling can be a bit tricky on the linit though!!! Buy one.

 

never had any major issues with mine.now has quaife box,full engine rebuild respray etc..mot is booked for next friday.drive it for first time in 18 months after a full restoration.

 

minty

 

nice

 

Thats mint

please tell me your gonna move the rear fog to the standard location in the rear clusters and the bumper hasnt been cut to fit it there

 

NO ....already had that discussion with numerous people on our forum...it has always been there and will be staying there.

 

I want to do a proper restore with mine but I need a new shell and can't find a decent one

 

Must be something funny in the water on that forum for them all to say that................anyone would think i used to use it

Nice work on the car

 

i was the same at first but when stripped down there was no rust at all so stuck with it and fixed the small problems with it, ended up doing a full resto inside ,underneath etc dont want to get it dirty. really cant wait till friday now just hope it passes the mot.

 

thanks rs nissan i remember yours aswell.

ps 3 dr is lovely

 

Do you have any more pics of your restoration ? I'd love to see them if you do

 

 

Awsome

Hats off to you

 

thank you

 

best gtir ive ever seen stew...jamz my gtir has got no rust anywere on it just sold it on ebay for £1000 buy it now as the engine needs work again the lad is picking it up next week but i don't think he going to use the shell he just wants the rebuilt turbo, box,diff,transferbox you prob get it cheap it only done 67,000 miles

 

my m8 has one 380 bhp gt30 goes like fook very good cars for the price you can pick them up for

 

There is something about these little cars!

Don't get the ugly thing either, granted 90% look shite but they are normally either standard (up in the air on 14's) or wearing boy racer cheapo heavy wheels etc..

A decent one sitting just right on a decent set of Jap rims looks hard as IMO

I'm actually trying to buy another at the moment but it's getting hard to find a decent one really.