1989 Nissan Skyline R31 Silhouette GTS2 (SVD)

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Vehicle details

Date of manufacture
Paint color code
Beacon Red (Code: CLR319)
Trim colour and material
Not Available
Mileage
230,000km at time of last sale
Transmission
Manual (floor shift)
Engine number
Unknown
Chassis number/VIN
Build Number 123
other id
Build Number 123 (of 200)

This is an original GTS2 Silhouette Skyline, build number 123 of limited edition of 200 units produced within Australia in 1989. This car has the rare manual transmission, which counted for less than half of the cars produced. Advertised on Carsales in June 2016, the seller described the car as in good shape for its age, but noted it would make a good restoration project - having hardly been driven for the last 5 years.

At the time the car was for sale, it was asking $10,000 AUD. The GTS2 was a follow up to the GTS1 of 1988, produced by Nissan's Special Vehicles Division, who built these cars at the same time that the Skyline was competing in the Australia Touring Car Championship. The GTS2 had the following features:

  • LSD,
  • 6 spoke 16" white powder coated mags.
  • rear spoiler with stop lamp.
  • sports interior.
  • 97 of these vehicles were blessed with a manual transmission, while the remaining 103 received an automatic transmission.
  • Stage 3 camshaft, original ECU piggy backed to run ignition timing for camshaft, ported exhaust ports, extractors, 2.5' exhaust, oil cooler and auxiliary auto transmission cooler. GTS2 camshaft is similar to AVO stage 3 camshaft. It has a piggyback to the ECU to modify injection pulse width/timing.
  • Porting - increase flow at low valve lift figures. In the GTS2 it is only really seen at about 6000 rpm (not achieved with regular driving). Must match valve cutting and flow to be effective. GTS2 apparently only has the exhaust ported.

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