# Buying a 1999 3000gt VR-4, changing tranny to automatic...

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [March 17, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-a-1999-3000gt-vr-4-changing-tranny-to-automatic/196166 "2008-03-17T07:49:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-a-1999-3000gt-vr-4-changing-tranny-to-automatic/196166/41 "2008-03-19T08:47:15Z")

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> [@What kind of car does your girlfriend drive](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-car-does-your-girlfriend-drive/35367/99):
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> also noah u little twit, go read a damn webpage hell better yet go read anything. A good driver can put them into 12’s stock. They do 13’s all day stock even with a shitty as hell driver who drives old ass junk domestics.

I simply want factual proof.

I’ll stick to my old-ass domestics than an Acura Legend.

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**Author:** ![fmfkid250](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fmfkid250/32/5973_2.png) [@fmfkid250](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fmfkid250)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-a-1999-3000gt-vr-4-changing-tranny-to-automatic/196166/42 "2008-03-19T09:30:30Z")

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> [@THE CHAMPAGNE RUN HAS MOVED TO ECCN!!!!!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-champagne-run-has-moved-to-eccn/35298/62):
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> you raced a SOHC v6 go you!
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> One reason you won’t see them in NDRA is because of safety. How many people want to put a cage and all the other bs rules on their daily driver? 80% of the fast cars are just daily drivers so a full cage and sometimes a shoot, no one wants that on their car.

I think cut off was 12.60 It was a turbo car. It blew something up on that pass. I was simply showing that they dont show up and when they do they dont do very well…

For each his own. i am not trying to bash any 3000gt. but its just to damn heavy. at least to be a “good” drag car

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**Author:** ![stinkbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@stinkbox](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stinkbox)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-a-1999-3000gt-vr-4-changing-tranny-to-automatic/196166/43 "2008-03-19T11:43:04Z")

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> [@Sorry K Cuv, but...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sorry-k-cuv-but/35527/29):
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> shitbox go learn to read on the web, firstly they are 3800lbs+ not 3600. Also if changing the rear plugs is so hard for you get a custom intake manifold. Oh better yet hard to work on? Try deleting all the crap like emissions and get rid of stock intercoolers and theres plenty of room. As for pricey? No they aren’t if they were how would so many freaking 16yr olds be building them up?

Hmm wasn’t this post started to help ssdragon deciede if he should get a vr4 for his girl? I doubt he would by a custom intake, delete emissions and swap out the side mount intercoolers since it wasn’t going to be a project/race car. Just a daily for his girl who could care less about all that crap. As for 16 yr olds owning these, They should thank there parents for showing them the ideals of working for what you want! Quick ebay look and there are 6 cars but only 2 of them have buy it knows and one is 10k and the other 14.5k! wow I wish i could’ve afforded that when I was 16 washing fucking dishes!

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**Author:** ![Nick2517](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@Nick2517](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nick2517)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-a-1999-3000gt-vr-4-changing-tranny-to-automatic/196166/44 "2008-03-19T20:39:44Z")

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Is this for real …My dad has a 99 Vr-4 …if u get a 99 I would suggest not making it an auto they were made in a limited amount somewhere in the ballpark of 260 total Vr4’s for 99 go with an earlier year and even a mid 90s stealth r/t

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**Author:** ![GreekPower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@GreekPower](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GreekPower)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-a-1999-3000gt-vr-4-changing-tranny-to-automatic/196166/45 "2008-03-20T00:23:49Z")

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> [@WTB: Muffler (any)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-muffler-any/35487/5):
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> I simply want factual proof.
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> I’ll stick to my old-ass domestics than an Acura Legend.

I was going to look for the proof but I don’t want to I know for one the fastest stock vr4 is a red 97 vr4 it ran 12.8 at 107mph(not 100% on the MPH) But the guy did this in denver. The second fastest at sea level would be was 13.2@ w/e MPH at 3600ft.

Oh yeah keep bringing my legend into this but for the fact I own 4 freaking cars you choose that one. Whatever

> [@9/23 F-body Meet/Cruise](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-23-f-body-meet-cruise/35518/21):
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> I think cut off was 12.60 It was a turbo car. It blew something up on that pass. I was simply showing that they dont show up and when they do they dont do very well…
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> For each his own. i am not trying to bash any 3000gt. but its just to damn heavy. at least to be a “good” drag car

LOL I’ll be the dumbass blew his ypipe off.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2te8XOYkTeM)

[http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELVXdfel3yA](http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELVXdfel3yA) \<fwd  
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=dTlGuEYjhFk](http://youtube.com/watch?v=dTlGuEYjhFk)  
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=q06YPN2Truo](http://youtube.com/watch?v=q06YPN2Truo)  
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=fOetWUV9Ow8](http://youtube.com/watch?v=fOetWUV9Ow8)  
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=MnCTb4C01JQ&feature=related](http://youtube.com/watch?v=MnCTb4C01JQ&feature=related) \< not a fast one but at 4500lbs he’s movin’. Also running the same single kit thats being built for me 🙂

Those are some nice ones at the strip but no chute = kicked off. Oh yeah these are strictly turbo no nitrous on any of those cars. Personally I like dynamic racings stealth

> [@Buffalo Bills 2007 Season Discussion](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-bills-2007-season-discussion/35063/61):
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> Hmm wasn’t this post started to help ssdragon deciede if he should get a vr4 for his girl? I doubt he would by a custom intake, delete emissions and swap out the side mount intercoolers since it wasn’t going to be a project/race car. Just a daily for his girl who could care less about all that crap. As for 16 yr olds owning these, They should thank there parents for showing them the ideals of working for what you want! Quick ebay look and there are 6 cars but only 2 of them have buy it knows and one is 10k and the other 14.5k! wow I wish i could’ve afforded that when I was 16 washing fucking dishes!

deleting emissions is 6 vaccum lines that are routed in a big ness above the throttle body. It can be shorted by alot and that is how emissions are deleted. Swapping out the intercoolers are both a performance and upgrade from stock ones because in stop and go traffic the stock ones become heat soaked and don’t allow proper boost. You can leave them in just shorten the one intake pipe and it opens up room. I said intake manifold mainly if its such a hassle that it takes 15 mins to do the rear plugs.

So when I was 16 and bought a 93 vr4 with 76k on it for 8k I paid for it myself. Are you trying to tell me my mommy/daddy bought it for me? Kids in HS are making 8 bucks a hour at the low end so it’s not as hard as you think, but insurance on the other hand is WAY high.

> [@WTBarrow: Spring compressor](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtbarrow-spring-compressor/35549/6):
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> Is this for real …My dad has a 99 Vr-4 …if u get a 99 I would suggest not making it an auto they were made in a limited amount somewhere in the ballpark of 260 total Vr4’s for 99 go with an earlier year and even a mid 90s stealth r/t

He has a 99vr4? Let me guess he’s selling it and its white? Just saying cause I know of a white 99vr4 for sale locally and if thats your dads, like I’ve told him many times before its a hot car 🙂

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**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-a-1999-3000gt-vr-4-changing-tranny-to-automatic/196166/46 "2008-03-20T00:31:47Z")

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> [@FF: 2 cats](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ff-2-cats/35061/22):
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> Seriously, we’re all so sorry that you’re all butt-hurt because someone attacked your precious 3000gt/stealth platform. Do you think its just happenstance that everyone here thinks those cars suck? Weak trannys, too heavy, a pain in the ass to work on, and a bitch to find parts for. Please go return to 3ksi or whatever the fuck it is, and circle jerk over the few fast 3000gt’s that actually exist in this world.

x343433434343 and har har har…

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