Getting the piping in!

Sugino san cleaning his freshly made intake manifold flange, the size difference is because we are still using the same 4 layer intercooler.....so sizes are alightly different when fitting to the normal intake manifold.
先日お話した、ノーマルRB26にもどしたエンドレスR32ですが、インタークーラーはいまだ４層のままなのでインテイクのパイプを太くしました。
このちょっとの差を埋める子仕事がこれです。

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・・・）

Houdatchi is lining up the pipes, for the fitting of the AFM`s, back turbo pipe was also modified,

エアフロのためにちょこっとお仕事。

Nismo R35 GTR race car

NISMO R35 GTR, 500ps/1100kg! equals 0.45ps/kg weight is down to full carbon chassi, almost nothing is original road car on these GT cars.
ニスモの誇るGT-R35です。１１００kgで５００馬力・・・・？１１００ｋｇ？！
無理もない、御覧の通り元の面影なく、フルカーボン！！でごわす。

R32 DRAG CAR engine update!

At 4pm today, the "pit" was alive with activity, Sugino san had the guys refit a normal RB26 GTR engine to the drag car, for some datalogging on chassi.
Question which has never really been answered, is how fast can a normal RB26 go over the 0-400m in a well prepped chassi. Well were going to find out....time now is 6:30pm, and in 2hr 30min the new engine is in!
Spec of the new engine for data logging is,

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。

• Normal RB26 engine from R34 GTR
• HKS Hideck crank damper pully kit
• Endless Steering belt
• 1.1bar boost
• Endless ROM tune
• Holinger sequential transmission
• HKS drag suspension
• Hoosier tire

Time we are aiming for is 10sec! we will test on the 23rd of December! so keep your eyes pealed
And dont for a second think this is the final engine for the R32, we have something bigger and better which will be revealed to all next year...:) now I have already said too much....so here are a few photos!

これにて１０秒台を狙います！きたる１２月２３日、シェイクダウンをやってまいりますのでこれで１０秒出ちゃったら・・・いいのか悪いのか？？

End of HKS Hideck Engine...on with something new:)

We opened the engine to inspect possible failure of the R32 GTR,
HKS oil pump has failed.....this is the end of the R32 GTR engine, HKS nolonger make parts, so crank is finished, as is conrod.....but have spares if anyone wants :)
This is the main bearing......
This is space plate and cylinder liners, water jackets are filled with cement, for block strength.

Due to the conrod length, the piston pin is moved up, as you can see, however this creates a slight inbalance in the piston, and can cause piston wobble.

Liners and plate, interfitting.

Crankshaft and oil jet, full counter crank is a work of art.

Bottom photo.

Cylinder 1, you can see on the left, the heat caused by oil pump failure.

Heat on the conrod....bearing also failed

Heat on the conrods, only this conrod was damaged.

Bottom left you can see the crankshaft damage

Better photo showing the liners

Vortex R34 GTR

I heard krazy Kenta san running, he was tired and very much out of breath....."RICK san" he SHOUTED softly in another persons voice...lol ...go have a look in the pit, see the R34 , and take the camera.

This is what I found

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.

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Last race of the year!

Last race of the year, 今年最後のレースで・・・

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..
男前な走りをしたのはいいのですが。。。。これは引きちぎれて交換したベルトです。

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
この日は練習日だったので、エンドレスのR32をふくめ2台しか来ていませんでした！路面温度も低かったため、最初は様子見の1,7barで。
動画をupする予定ですので見ていただけるかと思うのですが、2速でかなり振られ壁に吸い込まれていきます！３速、4速・・とシフトアップしていってもハンドルが定まらない！あぶないですねー・・・・
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.
ちょっとセッティングをちょめちょめして、暴れるr３２をなだめてなんとか９，４３７までもっていきました。
さぁ次は！といういいところで・・・

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！！

pika pika bolt set

I know a few of you guys have been asking for these, and if there is enough demand, next year we can make them in purple too :)
エンジンボルトがちょこっとアルマイト化されます♪

GOOD NEWS

Today we had a delivery......Sugino san gave me the box to unrap, inside I saw the new incar camera holder :) this for you guys is not special.....but it means were taking the white R32 out this thursday for a private session at central circuit! I hope the rain holds off, so we can see what the car can do, Sugino san said, although the steering belt snapped in second gear, he said the way the car hooked up was faster then the 8sec R33 GTR we made. So the potential is there....
社長が「開けてみい」とくれた箱には、新しい車載カメラをロールバーに取り付けることのできる、アイツが入っていました。
3点可動式なのでどこにつけても、前方をしっかりとらえることができる優れものです♪
これで雨さえ降らなければ、木曜は全開走行できそうです。。。
And this photo, got a chance to talk with Kawakami san, and he showed me his new demo car, carbon interior for D1 street class....flip up system was what caught my eye!
ご近所のNKカンパニーさんのデモカー、カーボンダッシュボードとworksbelの跳ね上げ式ラフィックス、きれいですねー！

Racing Today...

We were up at 5am!!!!!!! yes 5am arrived at the circuit at 7am....off loaded car, I took around 100 photos, but its 7am and we finished work now (back at endless) so its hometime but here is a few and an update on what happened, more will follow tomorrow :)

五時起床にて七時セントラルサーキット到着！100枚を超す写真を撮りましたが、一日サーキットにおり、帰宅は19時になったので、このブログのアップは家でやっております。それでもちょっとだけでも皆様に写真をアップしたいので・・・

Sugino sans uniform and tools

社長のヘルメットとレーシングスーツと一緒に。

Some things you just cant plan for, and on the first run in second gear, Sugino san snapped the steering belt.......couldnt believe my luck......I didnt even see his run as I was too busy taking a piss and not doing my job!!.....sorry all....but there is another chance we will be out last week :)
最高の発進を決めたものの、２速でパワステベルトが切れ、それでもなお、大暴れをしながらコースを一直線に突っ切って行ったそうです！！・・・・というのも、、、寒くてトイレに行っていて見ていないのでした。
これが本日最後の社長の走りになるなど露も思わずに・・・・
決して予選だからいいか！なんて思ったわけではないのです。


Gotou san and Saeki san, get ready to do battle 　
G藤さんとS木さん臨戦態勢です。

Drift S13, Driver was very talented.....tellting this as he was one of the few who still had the paint left on!

Hardcore lancer was complete private tuned, with his own carbon parts and induction system

個人でのチューニングでしょうか♪　硬派なカーボン使い・・・・

Carshop F1 R34s ready for time attack 　

カーショップF1様のR34サーキットカーです

CE28N on R34 GTR from car shop F1 　

Active R33 which won on the day, using endless surge tank an 2 x TD06

本日の覇者アクティブ様のR33です！エンドレスオリジナルサージタンクとTD06のツインターボです。

Rear of the Hakosuka GT-R

なんとハコスカ！！

This R34 was a 600ps Circuit machine, with chrome TE37s, they were the best looking TE37s I have seen.

きれいなサーキットR34です！クロームのTE３７もばっちり決まっています。

R34 GTR taken from above, very aggressive body kit...

この攻撃的なR34のボディキット・・・カコイイ・・・

Active came first, with a 9.580, Endless second with 9.670 and Feast 3rd with 9.740..only one other car ran a 9sec pass on the day...very very cold circuit.

アクティブ様、優勝おめでとうございます☆エンドレスからはM田さんが)9,670でおしくも2位。

いつも元気なよしろうRさんは、元気すぎて時速230kmからスピンをさせる離れ技を見せつけながらも3位でした！