R32 GTR gone. Stagea arrived
Discussion
As title. The GTR has moved on. It had been up for sale for a while with no serious cash buyers.
I had had it nearly 7 years and had some fun and some bad times with it too so time to move on.
I wanted a quick practical 4WD car that i can get the family in and also load up with gear to do some trade stands at a few events so i was lookin at fast estates like Volvo T5, Audi S4, Mitsubishi Legnum, Subaru Legacy, Nissan Stagea etc with a budget of £3/4K.
With me being a Nissan man, the Stagea was favourite with its 2.5 single turbo unit as the GTS-T, but nearly all have an auto box and the manuals being very rare and expensive for what they are.
Then this came up.
A very special Autech built 260RS Stagea. All R33 GTR engine/running gear from new and only one of 5/6 in this country.
They had specially strengthened chassis to cope with the extra stress.
I did a deal with the importer and picked it up last Thursday. More pics.
It drives great. Lovely and smooth. Quick for a car that weighs 1720kg.
It need very little doing. Cat 1 alarm going on tomorrow and i may change the wheels.
I am just going to do mild tuning on this one and keep the engine internals standard. Going for 400hp which should give it 0-60 in under 5 secs. That will do me lol.
Eddy
I had had it nearly 7 years and had some fun and some bad times with it too so time to move on.
I wanted a quick practical 4WD car that i can get the family in and also load up with gear to do some trade stands at a few events so i was lookin at fast estates like Volvo T5, Audi S4, Mitsubishi Legnum, Subaru Legacy, Nissan Stagea etc with a budget of £3/4K.
With me being a Nissan man, the Stagea was favourite with its 2.5 single turbo unit as the GTS-T, but nearly all have an auto box and the manuals being very rare and expensive for what they are.
Then this came up.
A very special Autech built 260RS Stagea. All R33 GTR engine/running gear from new and only one of 5/6 in this country.
They had specially strengthened chassis to cope with the extra stress.
I did a deal with the importer and picked it up last Thursday. More pics.
It drives great. Lovely and smooth. Quick for a car that weighs 1720kg.
It need very little doing. Cat 1 alarm going on tomorrow and i may change the wheels.
I am just going to do mild tuning on this one and keep the engine internals standard. Going for 400hp which should give it 0-60 in under 5 secs. That will do me lol.
Eddy
ScoobieWRX said:
Eddy you skanky bugger!!
What are you doing over here....get back to the darkside!!
Lovely Stagea by the way, hope it'll be as quick as your metro
Well hi Francis.What are you doing over here....get back to the darkside!!
Lovely Stagea by the way, hope it'll be as quick as your metro
How did they let you on here!!!
The Stagea actually has about the same power/weight as the Metro. The Metro is more fun though lol.
Hope you are ok mate.
Eddy
fast eddys said:
Yes, it drives nicely and is super comfortable.
We got close to 30mpg on the way back from picking it up as we were taking it easy, so not that bad if you don't use the power.
Eddy
30mpg from that monster....you must have been driving it like my granny We got close to 30mpg on the way back from picking it up as we were taking it easy, so not that bad if you don't use the power.
Eddy
I had no idea you were even a member although there's a good reason why
Nice to see you drop in here mate. If i get a customer in your direction i'll find an excuse to pop to your shop and say hi.
"FAST EDDY'S AUTO SHOP FOR ALL YOUR GO FASTER BITS IN NAAAAARITCH!!" 
but don't know much about them. It looks great, what age is it? Looks nearly new but then the price would be a bit higher haha.
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