Over-Boost

Edmunds recently felt the pain recently as they brought their GT-R in for scheduled maintenance, which involves:

• Transmission fluid flush
• Differential fluid change
• Engine oil change
• Engine oil filter
• Engine and cabin air filter

The transmission fluid comes in at a whopping $86.24 per quart, and the differential oil comes in at $62.02 per quart. Add that to $817.50′s worth of labor, put your car in the shop for 4 days, and you end up with a tab for a little over $2000. Ouch. Check out the article from Edmunds here.

Last week we took our Nissan GT-R to Nissan of Santa Monica for routine service. We knew going in that this was going to be an expensive one. We’d been warned ahead of time that this service was not only an oil change (already expensive on these cars), but also a routine change of the differential and transaxle fluids.

Update 20090402: Some smart people in NAGTROC are posting up their findings at chemically analyzing the GT-R’s gear oil…and their experiences with developing their own.

I don’t know where this build orginated from (Sources say Autz in Korea, but I can’t find anything about them) but I’m seeing threads for it made on a bunch of websites like GenCoupe and LowMotion - what we have here is another member with the V6 model with an aftermarket turbo bolted on. This particular one has a rebuilt engine with forged internals to be able to make a very healthy 504PS (496HP) to the wheels. We’ve mirrored the pictures here, but if you have any more news or information on this build please let us know! Click “Read more” to see all the details along with dyno chart and more pictures!

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Eric Hsu at Beyond The Dyno shares this Specialty-Z built 300ZX Twin Turbo build on his website with a few thoughts of his own. This 300ZX is a monster, with twin GT3071 turbochargers, a wealth of supporting parts, and a good tune. The results are well over 1000HP at the wheels, a true sleeper because from the outside, it looks almost stock. Click here for the full description!

I’d love to have a Z32 one of these days. I still have fond memories of the Z32 even though I haven’t driven one in a long while. Back in the day when I was 20 (circa 1993), Jeff the Tokyo Pimp and I did several Z32 NA and TTs with 150 shots of direct port nitrous. Those were my first experiences with involuntary lane changes and smoking tires at 80mph.

It seems in an attempt to get the Nissan GT-R to appeal to a wider audience, they will be developing and selling a “softer” version of the R35 GT-R. The linked article here, on PistonHeads mentions something called “Ripple control”, along with more choices in interior like wood grain in the proposed Spec-M model.

The GT-R Spec-V firm suspension will get replaced by a softer, more refined setup and will include ripple control shock absorbers to help iron out the bumps. There’ll also be a wider choice of interior trims to help entice a more upmarket clientele, with aluminium and wood grain finishes both options on the new Spec-M.

Great news for forced induction enthusiests – BMW has reveiled that turbocharged M lineups are likely in the (not so) far future. To comply with upcoming stricter emissions standards, big V8 and V10 engines aren’t going to cut it anymore so the shift is to go to smaller, turbocharged motors. More details here, at MotorTrend. Its about time, considering the success of the *35 twin turbo trim.

Along with everybody else, BMW faces strict, new U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy and European Union CO2 standards, and must power lighter cars with more fuel-efficient engines. A turbo-six will replace the M3′s 400-horsepower, 4.0L V-8 and a 300-plus-horsepower turbo four will rocket a 1 Series M (just don’t call it an M1).

Catch this video of an insane GT42 Toyota Supra that is pushing nearly 46PSI and 1300HP at the wheels romp around on the street, including highway tire spinning! Turn up your speakers and enjoy the ride.

Forced Air Technologies has a few pictures of their compound charged Subaru WRX STi and Subaru Baja XT. Compound charged, as in both turbocharged, and supercharged. It seems like a whole lot of work, and the engine bay gives you a headace from just looking at it. Click “Read more” to see all of the pictures or click here to see the thread on NASIOC.

got a supercharged/turbochmarged o6 sti under the knife . the original set up used a gt35 w a .86 ar the new setup will have a 4088 , not too sure of the exact trim and stuff . 
weisco pistons
eagle rods
k1 custom machined, knife edged , and coated crank 
custom bearings 
darton sleeving
o-ringed
cosworth 280′s
custom port&polish
twin-scroll 40r 
AMG c32 supercharger 
twin plate exedy 
aeromotive a1000
aeromotive rails
PE 850′s
custom lines 
aeromotive FPR, 10mic and 100mic filters
tial 44mm wastegate
thats it fer now . ill get some pics up tomorrow.

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Some amazing in car footage of Ken Block’s 2009 100 Acre Wood run with awesome telemetry. He hits nearly 100mph on some areas, enough to make me cringe in my chair. Wow!

Craigslist never ceases to amaze with exemplary examples of stupidity and fail. Seen in this example is a 240SX with a horrid body kit and the mash of non-working parts, complete with toasted JDM SR20DET motor. Click “Read more” to see the complete listing complete with all the photos.

i have a car a 1990 240sx salvaged title, got it in a trade, it has an sr20det motor, right hand drive with a 350z front end conversion and g35 rear. converted 5 lugs, it has an indash computer but needs a 1000watt amp to operate.

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AMS Performance, the makers of the hellishly record smashing 1130AWHP 8.42@168.8MPH Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and Ivan’s fire-breathing 850RWHP 240SX 9.0@162MPH have acquired their 2.0T Genesis Coupe and placed it in their monster garage. Click here to see the thread they posted at evolutionm along with their pictures, or see the pictures we have mirrored here by clicking “Read more”!

As of 3pm this afternoon we picked up our first Genesis 2.0T Track coupe. Our special projects technician Ivan Phipps just signed the paperwork. We drove it right to the shop and started our long but detailed analysis of what needs to be done.

1. The exhaust is pretty bottlenecked as we expected…big room for improvement there
2. There is CAVERNOUS room for an AMS Turbo kit so see that in the very near future
3. IC pipe and an intake should be able to be worked up very quickly
4. The tuners here are already on the case for re mapping the ECU
5. Looks to be a returnless fuel system so we will have to fix that.
6. Speed density for air metering so a vent to atmosphere BOV should work without a hitch on the car

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