



More photos coming tomorrow of the car :)





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This is old photo showing Trust old twin drag manifold setup.
今では見られないツインターボのレイアウトですねー
Endless second tuning shop, Opened in 1993, and to celebrate we had one of HKS Original Zero-R cars in the shop, and Trust drag R32. (HKS and Trust....great competitors.....if one does something for us, the other demands we have their goods/demo car too...haha)
Our prototype design manifold, this was compleated back in 1992, Turbo is an IHI but back then tuning was still in its infancy, we didnt have the hugh choice of giant turbos / wastegates we have now, this kit was for around 700hp and only need 2 tiny wastegates!


Twin turbo pipe is modified, to help with turbo shuffle and responce. Too slow responce on the car and the hoosier tires will provide too much grip for the horse power....so we also put adjustable cam pullies on the normal cams, to allow us to adjust the normal cam timing :)
ツインターボパイプにもちょこっとお仕事♪hoosierの強大なグリップによるロスを少しでも減らすために?(ちょっとだけ、気持だけ・・・)

午後四時、ピットは戦場だ!社長を先頭にHKSハイデッキエンジンからノーマルRB26エンジンに乗せ換えです。
それというのも、どんだけRB26が持ってるポテンシャルを、ブーストアップのみで引き出すことができるか。に重点を置いたセッティングにするからなのです!!
スペックは以下参照。


This is space plate and cylinder liners, water jackets are filled with cement, for block strength.
Huge 19" Nismo GT LM alloys, with +12 offset.
Engine badge, "we obtain mach" food for thought I though
Their engine was normal, apart from turbo, cam upgrade, twinturbo pipe was modified for airflow (same thing we do here) but I have to say, the gold plating on the Sard FPR looked very good. Main thing that cought my eye!
Closed and for some reason shaky view??? Bad camera man!
Nice view showing the different MNP III paint.
The belt failed on the car as you may have previously read, so we changed the belt for the uprated ones, and went out again! パワステベルトが切れるという惨事に泣きつつも、
This is from the cars fitst ever outing, many people racing, some good rubber was layed down, and on a non prepped track, we got a 60ft of 1.471...then the belt broke..
This, our first run of the day.....no other cars were racing, just 2 drag GTRs. So we have no rubber layed down and on a cold day, with track temp under 10degrees. With 1.7bar on the T88-38gk turbo, we could only manage a 1.743 60ft.....Sugino san said the Buddy club suspension we were using should not be used anymore, as just too dangerous at top speed, he then commented as he got into 3rd, and bogged down, the car tried to steer into the timing equipment which is located in the centre of the track!!! So a slight let off on the throttle, then straighten up, then back on still gave us a 9.719sec run @ 245kmh
Then when back in the pits, we made some adjustments to 4wd controller, and upped the boost to 2.0kgm. 4wd controller allowed us to post a 1.501 60ft time, which is respectable considering the conditions on the day, then buddy club suspension also caused us issues in this run, almost sending Sugino san into barrier. He said he slightly let off straightened her up, and powered through with a 9.437 @ 243kmh.....which he was happy with considering the run.
The we tried 2.3bar boost, it was around 1 hour between the last run, we just couldnt keep traction, and Sugino san let off and rolled through the line with a 9.9sec time....

And then a nice sunset, and roll on 2009.....where we have some new parts, and new equipment to test :)
飛行機雲と一緒のいい写真が撮れましたので♪来年も試したいパーツや装備が盛りだくさんです!!