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Old Jan 22, 2010, 08:56 AM
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The speedometer shows "180" as the max- is that km/h?
Old Jan 22, 2010, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by InitialE
The speedometer shows "180" as the max- is that km/h?
That's right km/h. In Japan all cars are limited from the factory at 180km/h; no exceptions. Therefore their gauge only show 180km/h
Old Jan 22, 2010, 12:05 PM
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More parts!!!

Today Mitch went to the machinist with parts today. Everything looks good. We decided to go with a Nismo Oil Pump instead of the N1 Oil Pump because of all the bad gossip going around about the N1 oil pump failures. Mitch also took the flywheel today to get surfaced, looks pretty nice, we took off about .015". Here's some photo's:

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Old Jan 22, 2010, 04:20 PM
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Then you can change the spring of the speedometer and the units can be ft/s

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That's right km/h. In Japan all cars are limited from the factory at 180km/h; no exceptions. Therefore their gauge only show 180km/h
Old Jan 25, 2010, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by InitialE
Then you can change the spring of the speedometer and the units can be ft/s
. Nismo actually makes a speedo that goes to 320km/h

I don't know if Mitch has plans to change that though...
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Originally Posted by TWM Performance
That's right km/h. In Japan all cars are limited from the factory at 180km/h; no exceptions. Therefore their gauge only show 180km/h
my jdm evo 8 goes upto 240 or 280 kms so its the earlier cars that have the 180km, nice build keep it up looking really good so far should be a monster
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Originally Posted by blackchiney-8
my jdm evo 8 goes upto 240 or 280 kms so its the earlier cars that have the 180km, nice build keep it up looking really good so far should be a monster
Very true. I did a bit of research and the law restricting all cars to 280hp and 180km/h was lifted in 2003-2004.
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No twin disc?
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Canada gets all the good nissans I miss my SR'd 240 coupe
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Quick picture of our Piston shift knob installed in Patrick's Turbo Civic:

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NEW UPDATE!


So the short block is done. The block was acid dipped, magnflux, honed, bored, and line honed. The pistons/rods/crank were balanced, then the machinist bolted on the flywheel and it was balanced also. I don't have a clutch yet so that wasn't balanced(can't decide on what to get, probably an OS Giken Twin Plate or ATS Carbonetics since a few people have ruined the Nismo Twin while racing, clutch is being ordered tomorrow!). The rods/pistons/crank are theoretically balanced for 11000rpm which this motor will never ever see EVER! The drain back at the back of the motor was ported hardcore, which is why I think the external drainback is useless (that is if you have another crankcase vent). The drain at the back is easily equal to 4 dash-10AN Lines in terms of cross-sectional area.

Anyways the block is looking nice and the head is going to be ported/flowbenched starting hopefully monday.

Here's some pictures of how everything looks as of now...Enjoy!









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UPDATE!!!

***February 24th 2010***

So last night we got some work done on the build. LOTS of parts came in, Mitch got the head back from the machinist and now it's all coming together. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!


This is what the valve covers, timing belt cover, and intake manifold are going to be painted with. Its a black wrinkle paint



Picture of the new/forged rotating assembly





Installing the ARP head studs



Head is on Here you also see the awesome Tomei cams





Nice porting job on the exhaust side which will allow for some great flow on the top end



Intake side

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So after a long long period with no updates, I figured I would inject some content into these threads In February, Patrick imported a very rare 2005 Volvo V70R from New York! He went to work on it quickly, with the following mods:

Staggered WORK VS-XX 18inch wheels
K&N intake
3 inch Downpipe
Full Sound system overhaul
Resonator delete
Elevate springs
Front mount intercooler
HDTCV
TWM Performance short shifter
TWM Performance M1 Abrams shift knob
51fifteen wheel adapters

This is what it looked like when he was finished with it!









After selling it in October, Patrick picked up this beauty; a 2002 Jet Black E46 M3. Mods to date are:

19 inch BBS LM-R reps
Hawk HP+ pads
Tein Luxury lowering springs
Straight headers
Magnaflow section 1 and 2 exhaust
K&N typhoon intake
Stainless steel brake lines
BMW short shifter
Alcantara shift boot
Cf front splitter
Hamman front sir ducts
Smoked side markers
Subframe reinforcement kit
TWM Performance Type R Black Pearl










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As for Frank, hes still got both of his 84 and 81 rabbit project cars, but he picked himself up a 2009 Cobalt SS/TC to have fun with everyday!

Current mods are:

TWM Performance short shifter
TWM Performance base bushings
TWM Performance White Pearl M1 Abrams
TWM Performance Cobalt Cable-Clamp

More mods to come!









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But but but...What about the skyline? You got my hopes up for more pics and then change the projects? NOOOOOOOOOOOO



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