91 skyline gts-t reliability

[g-man]

I am wondering how reliable these vehicles are. Any major problems to watch out for and are parts for these cars expensive. Would you call these high or low maintenance cars? Also if you had a choice between a car with 50,000 kms or 80,000 kms which would you buy. The reason I ask this is I have been told that cars that sit too much can also have problems.

[themadscientist]

It's a car like any other, no real ideosycracies specific to the vehicle. Poorly maintained examples will be a nightmare, well-taken care of ones will not. The rust at predictable spots; the lower corners of the rear window, the area where the trunk floor meets the taillight bulkhead, the firewall seam that runs across the wall at about valvecover height and under the brake master cylinder where the lower frame rail meets the floorpan if it ever leaked and the paint came off. Keep a careful eye out for recent sealant on panel meeting points that would indicate a clip-job and if the doors don't line up be wary for a bent frame. I don't know about Tokyo but down here there are a lot of patched-together cars masquerading as solid.The brake master cylinder will almost without fail be leaking, the fluid in both that and the clutch master will be possibly so old it is black so be ready to ver haul them and the clutch slave, the calipers too while you are at it. The fuel filter will likely be the one Nissan stuck on it in 91' so expect to change that. Your valve covers will be leaking oil and all the hoses should be nice and crunchy with rust inside if the previous owner didn't stay on top of the cooling system, 70/30 chance he didn't. The water neck under the intake falls apart first so if your car has a mistreated cooling system don't even touch that unto you have a replacement ready. Be sure to bleed the system with the 10mm bolt up on the manifold if you flush it, it's the true highpoint of the system; 20s run hot spare no effort to keep them cool. The diff an transmission oil will be nasty, possibly OE and likely low so be prepared to flush and fill them, hopefully no shavings are on the drainplug magnet, good luck getting it out by the way. If yours comes with the passenger-side heater vent louvers intact call guiness, you have a record on your hands. The seats wear pretty tough, you should not see rips or deteriorated padding except in very abused examples in which case the ripped seat is the last of your worries. Check the last time the timing belt was done, more than 50000 kilos you might want to plan on a change, since you are in there do the water pump and cam front seals too.Not trying to scare you, just give it the same hard look you would any other 15-year-old sports car and don't buy sight unseen.

[xtremeautosports]

I have 93 gtst with 50K and i love it..

it's my everyday driver and no problem.

good luck

[kelaog]

Yeah mines in really good shape too. I drive a 90' GTS-T, basically the same thing.

It runs VERY VERY well aside from a rough start early in the morning when it's freezing out, but other than that it runs good .