Project Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 – Part 2: Volk wheels and Falken tires

Visually, the TE37/Falken combo just does it. Aesthetically, as well as with performance, this is now a whole different car. Also notice the difference in front lips. The Series 3 lip gives a nice, finishing touch.
Between the width of the tires (245mm all-seasons top vs 275mm Falkens bottom), the style of wheel, and the lip—it’s an amazing difference. When I sought out to get a Skyline GT-R, this was the exact look I was going for. For me, aesthetically there is nothing left to do. Also notice the difference in how the wheels and tires fill the wheel gaps, compared to before. This +22 offset fits perfectly with the 275/35-18 Fallen RT660 tires.
Here’s a view from behind, showing off that classic Skyline R33 taillights. I just love the tread pattern of the RT660 Falkens—they like they mean business. The only thing that will change back here is the appearance of the next custom exhaust setup. Stay tuned for that.
In Part 3 we’ll be discussing how to our newly acquired Borg Warner EFR turbo. Oh, the excitement is palpable!

Sources:
Borg Warner
Falken Tires
Mackin Industries (Volk Wheels)
Modified by KC
Zohr

As promised–I uploaded two of the several videos that filled my otherwise empty little head full of this Skyline GT-R madness. To fully understand their impact, we must put them into context of time. I believe this GT-R R32 onboard video was from around 1998. Imagine this six-cylinder performance 23 years ago!

This second video is from the turn of the millennium. This was back when a 0-60 time in the mid-4 second range, with a high 12-second quarter, was considered awesome. This race between the R33 vs the R34 street race–ohhh, those sounds, and the speed from which he’s racing through the tranny gears. This was over 20 years ago (and yet they’re still impressive today). Oh man, it was over for me. Comment below if you remember these.

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  1. You can’t go wrong with TE37-s on a GT-R. Like BBS E88-s on an aircooled Porsche, or BBS RS-s on an E30.
    The brake ducts seem like a prime example of parts that need to be reverse engineered and remade from carbon fibre.

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  2. I saw some Rays wheels on a wrecked Nissan Z at the junkyard and the barrel was massively bent out of shape, but there were no cracks whatsoever. I am an engineer and I have never seen aluminum deform like that. It was seriously impressive. They must use some kind of proprietary alloy. I don’t know how you could do that with 6061.

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  3. New wheels/tires look awesome, and fit the car nicely!

    Seems like it’s an easy opportunity to make reproductions of the brake ducts on a 3D printer a la Billy Johnson’s articles on Project NSX. Should cut down on the cost a fair bit, even if you have to get them 3D scanned to develop the initial model.

    The last picture on page 1 made me chuckle pretty good.

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  4. Thanks for replies, guys. I agree, reverse engineering some of these parts would be awesome. Another impossible part is the most forward of the two under trays (that actually attaches to the lip). Of course someone could fab that out of some aluminum, too. I’m afraid I’ll find some other forbidden-fruit parts as the years go on.
    Andy ;-).

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  6. I DEFINETELY remember the 2nd video from back in the day, I remember just being like “HOLY SHEEYYT”

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  7. My UPS guy has a stash of treats for “overzealous” pets. Would have been hilarious if he threw you a Snickers or something to keep you “calm”. That pic made the article lol.

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