At first I thought hey, a shot of Abunai Deka with the SA60 wagon! and immediately followed by the drifting Carina. No wait! Two drifting Carinas!
The white Carina AA63 has a set of SSR Mk I rims on the rear and Mk II rims at the front. I also spotted some flashes of Ebisu North there! Looks like 298local surely had some fun there!
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Two weeks ago I posted up a relatively cheap Carina AA63 drift missile only to discover another on Auctions Yahoo two weeks later!
Another Carina AA63 drift missile
Its current price is 50000 yen (615 US dollars) but reserve hasn’t been met yet. At least this Carina is still in one piece so it could get a little bit more pricier than this.
The engine is quite impressive: a 4AGE 16 valve with independent throttle bodies!
Another Carina AA63 drift missile
To make it all work smooth a set of Toda cams, aftermarket piggyback ECU and a lightened flywheel have been installed.
Other modifications are a set of SSR Longchamp XR4s, camber plates and front tower bar and on the inside a set of Recaros to make you feel a bit more comfortable in those loooong corners:
Another Carina AA63 drift missile
This missile seems to be in a bit better shape than the other one, but this one has had less extensive modifications.
In case you want to bid on it, you still have five days left and can find the action here: Carina AA63 at Auctions Yahoo.
If you like something different: the seller also has a few shakotan and bosozoku style rides for sale!
This is exactly what I would like my Carina to look like: a lowered AA63 with deep dish SSR Formula Mesh rims and a big front air dam!
Carina AA63 GT-R on SSR Formula Mesh
The rims alone would set me back another 1500 euros, so I think it will be dreaming/drooling on this picture for the upcoming years… ;)
On the rear the kouki tail lights and a double exhaust tip:
Carina AA63 GT-R on SSR Formula Mesh
And most interesting is this GT-R badge:
Carina AA63 GT-R on SSR Formula Mesh
A red R, just as it is done on the Nissan GT-R logos. Might be an option to paint my own GT-TR badge as well. But what color should I choose for the T then?
Found at [Godsigma_2050]
Even though this Carina GT-R has the biggest spoiler I’ve seen so far (apart from the GT spoilers) and a ridiculous scoop on its bonnet it is still looking great. Must be the periodically correct wheels that match up with the spoiler and scoop.
Carina AA63 with big spoiler and hood scoop
Unfortunately the picture is too blurry to make out what these rims actually are. They look a bit like SSR Mk III rims but at the same time they could very well be SSR Star Formula or Work Excel rims…
Found at [masa_GT-B]
This Carina GT-R AA63 Cluster has already been lying in my shed for two years now.
Carina GT-R AA63 cluster cleanup: opened up
Why? Well, there are three modifications I need to make:
1. Speedo cable on the wrong side, so I need to modify the cable-bracket to be mounted on the other side
2. An additional hole for the odometer reset button on the dash
3. Rewire the connector to match the AA63 pin layout
1 and 2 are not really problematic, but can only be solved when I’m mounting the new cluster. 3 is a bit more difficult since these clusters are not documented outside Japan. So I started following all wiring paths and documented where they went and what their use should be.
This is the table of changes (I found so far) to make:
AA63 Cluster pin layout
As you can see it is far from complete: there are still seven questionmarks. So, next time I’ll try to figure these out as well.
In case you are wondering where the numbers are located on the clusters:
AA63 Cluster layout
I did find a CD with all Japanese workshop manuals for the A40 and A60 series at Auctions Yahoo, but a steep buy-me-now price of 48 euro (68 US dollar) refrained me from buying it. I’ve trieed to contact the seller by email and asked if they can sell it directly to me, but no answer so far… So if anyone has the AA63 cluster pin layout, please contact me! :)
I wanted to post these two pictures of Rob GTZ’s old beautiful red Carina GT-R for a while now:
Rob GTZs red Carina GT-R AA63
He put his GT-R for sale two years ago and back then I already found it a beauty! He sold the car and the new owner freshened up the car and shared the pictures with him! Marvelous job done!
Even though I love Work Equipe wheels I do think these new rims look much better on the Carina:
Rob GTZs red Carina GT-R AA63
Makes me jealous I’m not living in New Zealand where all the great Japanese cars end up when they reach the Japanese retirement age…