Anyone know much about them. Any good? How do they handle high mileage etc, what to look out for when buying one.

just any info really...

thanks

Tim

 

Wicked cars, SR20 engines are dead strong.

Mild stg1 type mods will get you well into the 12s over the 1/4.

Transmission isnt weak like people think, but 4wd puts more strain on the clutch etc than a 2wd car, but its same with all 4wds.

Handle brilliant, feel nice n small too which gives you the confidence to cane them round bends, tend to understeer rather than oversteer, but not until speeds that most people are too scared to reach anyhow, lol.

Look out for rusty rear arches. Apart from that its the usual wear youd find on any other 4wd turbo motor really.

 

Steve. Are you sure the gearboxes are not that week. been trying to persuade one of my mates to get one for aaaaaaages and he reckons when he asked current owners they had all been through like 4 gearboxes in a year


deffo awesome little cars though

 

gearboxes are ok until you start going for stage 2 power...awesome cars off the line...mate got a 12.8 at pod on standard one with dv and filter and exhaust...standard boost. if you were to get one and wanted major power the tuning is a bit more expensive than a cossy...

 

Just considering my options really. Had the turbs for a while now and have always loved the gtir's.

 

People i know have never had the problems people claim, and i know i think 5 people with pulsars.

Even running 100s of times at Santapod and getting mid 12s with 1.6 60fts (so mega hard launches) they seem to do fine.

Granted, they not huge power, but even 300bhp in one of them is quite a weapon

Maybe theres a knack to driving them fast without fucking the box

 

my mates one was norris designs stage 1 i think.

2 gearboxes in 4 months.

 

Had the car 3 years, and never EVER had a problem..........

Might be up for sale too...........

 

What sort of spec is it Richard?

 

gearboxes are fine never had a problem with my car in 4 years and that was runing 300 BHP.

I dont launch everywhere and the car gets regular change of fluids. basically if you drive like a tit everywhere then they will give probs like any car but if you let the car warm up/cool down and service it regularly then it will be problem free

 

What sort of money should i expect to pay for one. I have seen the from 3k to anything up to 8k. I dont want to spend loads, but i also dont want a dog.

 

depends on mods best best is pay a bit more for one thats been in the Uk for a while i.e someone else has taken the risk of importing it. The think with being the 1st uk owner is you dont know what it will be like and what problems you will have (if any) compared to one thats been in the UK a while and had any wrinkles ironed out.

I would say 4.5k at least for a fairly normal one and 5+ for usual mods.

Although some of the current owners are having to compete with 3k imports that have flooded the market so are their cars are being priced to try and compete and you may get a good bargain

 

i have one for sale if your intrested new brakes all round coil overs allround roll cage cut out front bumper full stain less exshust turbo timer strate brace it dark grey and has no tax other wise 1 mot Ł3.000 ono

 

Might be. Just get the next few months dealt with and then maybe look for one, slightly nearer the summer.

 

my mates just bought one, he says its a nice car

still just jap crap tho

 

ugly as fook and i heard they aint that reliable but who knows untill ya try every car is different!!

 

true they are jap crap but i like them lol

each to their own on the looks

 

Absolutely spot on mate. Do this and you should have no worries

 

The GTiR boxes are marginally stronger than Mazda 323GTR boxes which are crap... Back when I had a 330bhp 323GTR, the guys from Pulsar/Sunny GTiR forums kept asking how the hell my box lasts so long while theirs blow @ 280hp-ish?

Well, I had 4 boxes and a quick mechanic to swap 'em... no one really noticed...

 

good cars had 2 of them a 280 brake 1 and nd 400 both great cars i found clutches were the weak point 4 me oh and ripping off upper engine mounts off the inner wing and parts can be very expensive in the end a brought a smacked 1 and broke there worth lots in pieces.

 

I love pulsars!

I have two mates who have them. I think they are excellent cars.

Heres a vid (poor quality though) of us out in it last weekend!

www.newtechpirates.com/stuff/stoned_run.mpg

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I don't know anyone on the Gtiroc forum that has gone through 4 in a year. One guy on potentially big power has just gone through 2 quaiffes in a month. (but has now stripped the car and sold up )
I think there is one person that has gone through about 4 gearboxes while he's had the car. I've had mine for 3 years now and not had a problem. I don't have big power but can get 1.8 60fts easily, with 5000rpm (ish) launches and letting the clutch up fast but not dumped or side stepped.

I won't deny they can be weak, but they're not as weak as everyone who hasn't owned one claims.

What will kill them quickly is paddle clutches (ceramics?) and dumping the clutch at high revs.

 

Used to launch mine EVERYWHERE - including handbrake to powerslide 180s in the rain never broke the box but the rear diff was about to fall off the back of it!

managed 12.2 1/4 with just a bleed valve and rear seats out! amazing off the line and do powerslide proper if you are really rough with it, otherwise it understeers.

Did the standard clutch and that was about it - v reliable

 

High mileage isnt a problem as long as they've been looked after, i've got one of the uk spec cars with Nissan service history and its done 124,000 miles now and the only major engine work its ever had done was a headgasket at 110,000

I wish the box was as good as the engine though I'm on my 3rd gearbox in the last 2 1/2 years and thats running standard boost Just about to go to about 300 bhp Sods law says the box wont break now

 

Mines at 82,000 miles and still on the original gearbox. I dont often launch it though, prefer a slight rolling start

Great cars for the money & very underated imo, mostly by people who really have never been in one

Nice vid btw Si
Although it's very hard to tell from the vid, I was doing just over 110mph when I let off

 

Im quite intrested in these cars aswell , are some or most limited ? (what ones) and why ? and are there fwd and 4x4 ? pulsar / sunny whats that about , excuse my stupidness been ford for to long are they as bad for rust as fords oh and canu get good chatter out of them :

 

Pulsar jap import
sunny uk

 

just keep them filled with proper fuel and octane booster.
under half a tank can cos bad misfires due to fuel surges...almost kille my one that way!
went like shit off a shovel with only 1.1 bar and a goose!