I've sold the G8 a long time ago, to pay for the build of the R33 and for parts for the Supra. I'm pretty happy with the two cars I have now, although each is a little too extreme for a daily driver.
The two cars in my garage currently, that are "mine" (as opposed to being previously mine and then sold):
The Skyline is incredibly rough to daily drive, in addition to being inconvenient because it's RHD. It turns the most heads, obviously - which is a good thing and a bad thing, since I don't exactly want people thinking I want to race them all the time; and it's red, and a Skyline, so police pay more attention to it. Consequently, it doesn't get a lot of mileage except on track days. Ultimately, it's built to be a highway battle and one-mile top speed machine, but I don't want to actually use it that way out of fear of wrecking it.
Picking up and building the Supra was a wise idea. Rather than organizing a lot of the work myself, I had a shop handle a lot of it, and the result that came back is a much more usable street car that's just as much fun to drive as the R33, just less of a "prima donna".
Specs on each: Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BCNR33)
- 1996 / Series 2 car.
- One of the few Motorex imported cars - federally legal, and with as solid provenance as you can get with these kinds of things.
- Was originally Sonic Silver (KP4); has been repainted Nismo Red (AR1)
- Completely stripped down inside and rebuilt, to remove any rust spots or potential problem areas, and to add chassis bracing.
- Right hand drive. It's more authentic that way; and besides, I don't want to cheap out on a conversion with a Maxima dash or some crap like that.
- Front and rear bumpers are Nismo. Lip is a no-name brand; I'm going to replace it with a Nismo one eventually. Sideskirts are Top Secret; eventually these will be Nismo 400R items as well. Fender flares are by Abflug, with some modifications to make them go on cleaner.
- Tarzan G-Box to improve AWD response. I can also put the car in full RWD mode, but it becomes too much of a handful if I do, so I usually don't.
- Full R34 rear subframe, and lots of modernized suspension all around.
- Endless 6-piston brakes with vented rotors.
- Volk TE37s in 19" with Advan Neova tires.
- (Car should have a bolt-in 6-point cage with a removable rear cross bar, but I haven't modeled it yet. Pretend it's in there.) GT-R Engine
2817cc displacement. 11.4:1 compression.
10,000 RPM rev limiter. I regularly wind it up to 9000 or above when driving hard.
RB26 N1 block. I would like to have started with a Super GT "RRR" block, but I don't know how I could have gotten one.
Nismo 87.0 over-bore
Brian Crower "RB29" 79.0mm stroker crank and connecting rods
CP Pistons
JUN Auto full cylinder head
Unknown spec HKS camshafts, probably discontinued. I would have installed V-Cam, but it was too expensive when I built the engine and would have added a layer of complication I didn't need.
At 4.5bar boost setting and most aggressive tune: 1055BHP @ 5250RPM. (For reference, that's 900 all-wheel horsepower.)
832 ft-lbs of torque @ 5250RPM
At 1.5bar boost setting and a specifically restrictive tune: 581BHP @ 9000RPM. (I don't know why it takes it that long to make power under these conditions.)
322 ft-lbs of torque @ 5500RPM
R34 Getrag gearbox with reinforced gears. Super tall 2.7 final drive ratio, because again, Wangan car.
Theoretically, this car can reach 220MPH. I'll probably never know. All I know is that I've nearly gotten in trouble a few times because I couldn't convert from KM/H on the dashboard to MPH in my head quickly enough, and the car gets to really high speeds at an absolutely scary rate at full power.
Toyota Supra Turbo (JZA80)
- 1997 USDM car. Bought from a single owner.
- Was originally coated in a very faded coat of Alpine Silver Metallic. I had it repainted a shade of Lexus pearl white.
- Abflug front bumper / Bomex skirts / Blitz rear bumper / TRD rear spoiler.
- The Abflug front bumper is temporary while I get the kinks sorted out with a JUN replica bumper.
- Brembo 6-piston brakes with drilled rotors.
- BBS LM 18" wheels with Bridgestone Potenza tires. Supra Engine
3430cc displacement. 10.0:1 compression.
Apex'i 88mm over-bore kit
Brian Crower 94mm stroker crankshaft and connecting rods
JUN Auto / Cosworth high compression pistons
JUN Auto complete cylinder head
Brian Crower Race camshafts with GReddy cam gears
Twin Garrett GT45 turbos
At 5.0 bar boost and most aggressive map: 867BHP @ 4250RPM
914 ft-lbs torque @ 3750RPM
At 1.0 bar boost and "street" setup map for pump gas: 668BHP @ 5250RPM
547 ft-lbs torque @ 4500RPM
Stock V161 transmission and gears, 3.2 final drive rear end for higher top speed.
As I said, I sold the G8 to pay for the build and running costs of the R33, and to obtain the Supra. The owner happened to absolutely love everything that I had done with it, and didn't do much of anything to it except maintenance. He loaned it to me for the photo shoot. All I know is, I'll miss it. Pontiac G8 (VE)
- 2008 Pontiac G8 Sedan. Yes, the V6 version. I bought a G8 V6 because prices on GT's and GXP's were too high, and I was planning on swapping the motor and doing other body work anyway. It was originally Liquid Red, and stayed that color the whole time.
- GXP front bumper with faux carbon grille
- GXP rear diffuser
- JHP Senator style rear lip, with Commodore SS wing attached on top of it
- V6 / base model door handles. I didn't like the chrome handles on the G8 GT / GXP anyway.
- LS7 engine swap, mated to an Australian-imported Commodore SS manual transmission. I made sure everything was done as cleanly as possible.
- Borla exhaust.
- Never figured out exactly how much power it made, but it made about 500HP to the wheels. That was good enough for me.
- The guy borrowed the "HOT ROD" plate from one of his old cars, to put onto the G8.
Roleplay set roughly in a fictionalized version of Phoenix, Arizona. The time varies, with a lot of flashbacks / stories told through old photos as well as flash forwards to later times, but is intended to be one continuous story. My character is about 5 years older than myself, and considerably richer. lol. I have a couple of other made-up characters for the RP too.
Current cars:
- Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BCNR33 1996 S2)
- Toyota Supra (JZA80 1993) - auto N/A; work in progress
Will the R33 ever be released? When? : The R33 is a long running work in progress that will be released when it's done, and not a moment sooner. I'm definitely being a perfectionist about this, but I want this to be the mod the community deserves and expects, not merely the latest in a set of stop-gap mods.
Will you be making a Mustang 2015 / S550? : Not after the large bunch of other stuff I'm planning to make is all done.
Is that your mod in those screenshots? : Is it the Skyline R33, the Audi A5, the Crossfire, the Supra JZA80 (with Bigg Boss93) or one of the ones I've released (like the Mustangs)? If so, yes. If not, probably not; search the GOM and VStanced downloads sections for it.
Mustang mod updates? : A new SN95 1995 Mustang mod is planned (the original wasn't mine); a Foxbody remake with LOD0 meshes is in the works, and will include more parts than the original version; and I am preparing updates to the SN95 2000, many of which are finished but not there yet.
