FS: 1983 DR30 Skyline RS-X Turbo

[Ben]

Model: 1983 DR30 Skyline RS-X Turbo

Location: Adelaide

Asking Price: $15,000, no swaps please.

Item Condition: Excellent

Body: minor chips & scratches - hey it was a daily driver for a few years...

Mechanical: Lots of Nissan & aftermarket goodness

Registration: Not at present, but will probably register for AJD (as usual!)

Engineers Certificate: N/A (has SA Compliance Plate)

Extra Info: As per the ad on the Datsuns Downunder FB page...

 

1983 DR30 Skyline RS-X Turbo 'Iron-Mask' (Red over metallic midnight-blue, black with red-stripe interior)

Imported in 2002, one of the last non-intercooled DR30's (built September 1983)

Fitted with cruise control, power windows, power mirrors, headlight washers, rear wiper, parking lights front/rear, split-fold rear seat and other features, the RS-X Turbo was the flagship of the R30 Skyline range.

Since buying this car in February 2002, the following major work has been performed;

Resprayed body

Rebuilt engine (all genuine parts)

R32 GT-R engine mounts

Rebuilt gearbox

New RB30 clutch

Re-trimmed rear seat, SAAS drivers' seat

New genuine door & window seals

Fitted 4.375:1 R200 LSD, rebuilt with higher breakaway torque (Originally 3.90:1 R200 LSD)

RB30ET TO3 compressor cover

3” exhaust

Haltech E6A ECU

PWR water-to-air intercooler, with 9L tank and Bosch 'Cobra' pump (ECU controlled)

16” F8S RS Watanabe wheels, with locking nuts

KYB shocks (adjustable rear)

Lowered King springs

K-mac bars

EBC pads

New clutch master/slave & braided line

Reconditioned brake master (just fitted)

Reconditioned steering box (late 2013)

140+ rwkW (last dyno run was early 2013)

 

This car is great fun to drive, and has a healthy dose of reliable power. It's a classic Nissan, and a car I'd prefer to be able to keep. But circumstances have changed, and I don't get the time to maintain or drive her like I used to - a daily driver for the first few years, then after having a family, usually registered during spring and autumn each year. I've done about 35000km in the car over the last 12 years. This car has been a regular at All-Japan-Day in Adelaide - and the odd Z-car cruise!

 

There are a few stone chips/scratches in the paint (mainly the front spoiler/grille), and some fractured paint on the rear bumper – where I reversed into a carport... The factory cruise doesn't work, as it relies on the original ECU (it didn't engage at anything over 100km/h anyway). There is a missing power-window switch in the rear – a part that was unfortunately NLA from Nissan even back in 2002.

 

It's worth more that it will sell for (aren't they all?), but the asking price is $15000. I want her to go to someone who will appreciate the marque - and not decide to turn it into a drift car, and wrap it around a pole the first time they get the back end loose...

 

Contact Details: PM for starters...

[Gibson]

Hey Sweet car is it still for sale?

[Ben]

Hey Sweet car is it still for sale?

 

No, sorry. She was sold just last week. Lives in Melbourne now - expect to see her at NDSOC events.