well im not too informed about all the legality for that, i know u can g oto motoRex.com to look for the legals and such, and as far as the handling aspect of it, all of the skylines (GT-Rs) have close to the same speed and handling, and ofcourse the r-34 is a lil faster than all of them, but for a price as well, if money is going to b tight, yet u still want to mod your skyline, then it would probably b best to go with an r-33, tons of mods available, cheaper than the 34, looks and handles a lil better than the 32 as well as being a lil bit faster, the 34 would b the ultimate, but i understand just as much as anything esle, not everyone is rich, however if ur willing to sit with a stock skyline and wait on financial pickup, then get the 34, hope this helps atleast a lil bit man, good luck, keep 'us', (well me anyway) posted