Q: Ive heard that the Nissan Skyline R34s are NOT street legal in the United States. Is there a way you CAN make them street legal? And by R34 i mean GT-R. I think there are some other models like the GT-T or something, GT-S etc.
A: The spec 2 R33 is allowed for import in the US due to crash data from Motorex which the US gov could not argue about,so any car pre deciding this is allowed in the US after the R33 spec 2 is allowed. Although there are loopholes,The main issue is getting the car to meet US specs which always seems to be the emission side,Stock Skylines do have a cat fitted but still mods have to be done fuel wise Skylines run around 100 octane myself i cannot get this high around where i live for my Skyline and have to do a 12 mile round trip for 97 octane.So this is something else which will need changing and again will effect the emissions and general running of the car when altered.Headlights need adjusting do to the beam being on the opposite side . Later Skylines do have abs and side impact bars as well as an airbag upto twin airbags,also the hicas/ATTESA E-TS systems.Which has saved my bacon a few times. Steering wheel wise we seem to keep going this route,RHD is fine and doesn't need moving to the opposite side. Bhp wise actual running figures of the GTR is around 330bhp so don't even look at the paperwork which was written to keep Japan regulators happy, running wise the GTR will do around 500bhp on its stock internals and more with mods.So really your getting around a 500bhp car. Other versions are the GT which is a non turbo and the GTT which is the single turbo version.Then there is the gt4 which is the AWD non turbo version against the others which are RWD apart from the GTR.The other versions should not be overlooked and can be modded well the single turbo version will see some great BHP figures. The R32 R33 versions are great versions of the Skyline also,with models like the GTS,GTS-T,GTS-4,GTR. None GTR versions are cheaper and as said take well to mods.Also the GTR is a 4 seater against the others which are a 5 seater.Also there is a 2 door and a 4 door version. Best bet is go to your local gov office,and see what mods are needed to make the car street legal in your state.then ask whom can do the work and there happy with that... US skylines http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=105699 http://www.fast4wheels.com/jdm.php http://www.focusautosales.com/ http://rbmotoring.com/gallery/album141 http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/0612turp_nissan_skyline_gtr_r33/index.html http://trialuk.com/ Site with one off Imports sold Worldwide.