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Mar 25, 2018

Diagnosing R32 GT-R ATTESA common faults




This is a run down of how the ATTESA 4wd system works and what problems can occur with the pump and how to confirm/diagnose the issue when there's no codes from the computer. if this doesn't help you try the workshop manual. there are flow charts for diagnosis in there for specific codes but this is how i diagnosed mine when i wasn;t getting any codes.

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1990 Nissan Skyline GT-R For Sale in California



1990 NISSAN SKYLINE GTR R32 FOR SALE IN CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA


1990 NISSAN SKYLINE GTR R32 FOR SALE IN CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA

1990 NISSAN SKYLINE GTR R32 FOR SALE IN CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA

1990 Nissan Skyline GTR R32

Gunmetal (KH2)

BNR32-013041

53,440km/33,400miles (Original)

Mar 22, 2018

2842 Wheel Horsepower R35 GT-R from OB Prestige Auto and AMS Performance





***World’s Most Powerful R35 GTR!*** OB Prestige Auto and AMS Performance are excited to announce that we have set the world record for the R35 GTR at 2842 AWHP and 2075 ft lbs of TQ! Syvecs ShepTrans King Racing Manley Performance


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Mighty Car Mods Builds a RB26 Powered 240Z



Our Nissan FairladyZ S30 (240Z) has arrived from Japan but not everything is as it seems with our classic JDM coupe.... Shop: http://www.mightycarmods.com/collecti... Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mightycarmods Forum: http://forums.mightycarmods.com Also something to note around Mighty Car Mods: we are normal guys and are not trained mechanics. We like to make interesting car mods and show you how we've gone about it, but we can't promise that anything we show you will work for your particular car, or that you won't harm yourself, someone else, your car or your warranty doing it. Please be safe, be responsible and unless you know what you're doing, do not fool around with very serious machinery just because you've seen us make it look so easy. Talk to a qualified mechanic if you are in any doubt.


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Mar 21, 2018

Turbolag : RB26DETT

This is some old information. Will clean it up later. Just moving it from an even older site. 

The perception of turbo lag as it relates to RB26 powered vehicles. The dyno charts shown below are in no means scientific. They are done on different days, different cars, different setups. What we are looking at is overall ideas.


On this setup lets look at some horsepower levels and corresponding rpms. I want to start most at around 3000 rpms as thats where we start most of our Dynapack runs.
Looking at the blue stock line on these runs 8 psi on stock turbos, stock engine
3000 rpms 80 whp
3500 rpms 110 whp
4000 rpms 150 whp
4500 rpms 180 whp
5000 rpms 200 whp
5500 rpms 220 whp
6000 rpms 225 whp
6500 rpms 230 whp
7000 rpms 230 whp
7500 rpms 225 whp


This chart is a stock turbo car, with the boost cranked way up... 25 psi. Big dip is a boost cut.
3000 rpms 125 whp
3500 rpms 175 whp
4000 rpms 250 whp
4500 rpms 300 whp
5000 rpms 340 whp
5500 rpms 360 whp
6000 rpms 400 whp
6500 rpms 410 whp
7000 rpms 400 whp
7500 rpms 390 whp

Next is a N1 - AA403 car. On good fuel, otherwise fairly stock. Boost max of 23 psi. Tapering off in the upper rev range down to about 20 psi.
3000 rpms 155 whp
3500 rpms 200 whp
4000 rpms 260 whp
4500 rpms 320 whp
5000 rpms 390 whp
5500 rpms 420 whp
6000 rpms 430 whp
6500 rpms 450 whp
7000 rpms 420 whp
7500 rpms 405 whp

Same engine as above, but a swap over to "special Nismo turbos". Best I can tell by looking at charts and measuring them, is a HKS 2510 turbo equivalent.
3000 rpms 150 whp
3500 rpms 175 whp
4000 rpms 220 whp
4500 rpms 300 whp
5000 rpms 410 whp
5500 rpms 480 whp
6000 rpms 515 whp
6500 rpms 530 whp
7000 rpms 530 whp
7500 rpms 525 whp
Now the comparisons
2540 turbos at 8-9 psi and 14 psi. 2.6 liter. Tomei camshafts. E85



Turbolag Excel document

Stock turbos at different boost levels.
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Barely Legal R32 GT-R and Pao on Hoonigan Daily Transmission : #Bluecar




https://www.hoonigan.com/ On today's episode of Daily Transmission, Nads brings in Sean Morris who shows us how to legally import unique JDM cars into the states the right way.
Made a little bit of a mess
Our old friend, wait. He isn't that old. Or maybe he is. Anyway, John Naderi invited us out to a Hoonigan Daily Transmission.  Since we needed to bring something that we could "scumbag" in, we decided to bring the #bluecar.  Not driven much since R's Day, it got moved from Cypress, to the Hanger, to my house. Still had more than 1/2 a tank of race gas, and good tires.

The one thing I wanted to try was a center spin. Not much space at Hoonigan, with the car on 1 bar of boost, 275 RE71R all around, plus the grip there, I had them put some water down to try and help me out a bit.

The first time, I got it center spinning fairly decently, but ran out of room. The 2nd time was a bit more like a donut than a center spin, but during it, I managed to tap the dock with the exhaust. Results of that below.


May have tapped the ramp

Wore a little bit of RE71R off the #bluecar

The RE71R picked up a bit of rubber from Hoonigan



How to Legally Import a Skyline //DT245
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Mar 14, 2018

Team America Nissan Skyline GT-R : Back from the Dead


Team America R32 GT-R
We thought it was dead. We were wrong. Mike Kojima just posted an update picture of the Team America R32 GT-R.  The car is pretty radical these days. Sporting all kinds on non- R32 GT-R things. Like a VQ35 engine, crazy suspension, and huge aero. 

Australia, they coming for you!

Team America World Time Attack ARK Design BNR32 - Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Shit Happens - no WTAC 2012
Part 9
Update Teaser
Update
Update



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Mar 12, 2018

R32, R33, R34 Brembo Brakes : Brake Upgrades : Brake Downgrades




Brakes:  Overlooked by most.  Sort of important if you want your car to stop.  Also important, tires, but this post is about brakes. We have an entire post on the Sumitomo brakes that came standard on the R32 GT-R.  I realized that I have not put much specific brake information about the Brembo brakes that come on the R32 Vspec and Vspec II , R33, and R34 GT-R.  There are also upgrade brake kits such as the F40 (332 or 343 mm), F50(355 mm), and R35(380mm 09-11, 390mm 12 up) calipers and rotors, which are popular swaps for these cars. 

How to Identify Your Brakes: 

This is important. With cars that are over 25 years old, there is no telling what brakes are actually on the car. Even though it "should" be something, or seems like something, it might not be. 

1. Remove brake pad and trace the outline from one pad.  This will give you a shape that almost any decent race brake shop can identify.  Friction Material Standards Institute number. FMSI number

2. Measure rotor diameter and thickness- front and rear

Without doing this, you really are just guessing. 

R34 Brembo Brakes (Gold) 4 pot/piston. 
The R32 Vspec and Vspec II got a brake upgrade in the form of Brembo calipers, and larger rotors front and rear.  324mm x 30 mm Brembo front vs a 296 mm x 32 mm Sumitomo/Nissan front. 


From the now defunct Webbers RB Guide page. 

  • Std Brembo R32/R33/R34 rotors are 324 x 30 mm front
  • Std Brembo R32/R33/R34 rotors are 300 x 22 mm rear
  • Vspec N1 Brembo R34 rotors are 322 x 22 mm rear




OEM Brake Pad Part Numbers





R32 GTR V-Spec / R33 / 34 GTR with Brembos
Master Cylinder diam (mm)26.9 568.32mm²
Front Caliper Piston(diam x qty)(44+3Cool×2 ... leading pistons smaller then trailing 5309.29mm²
Front rotors (diam x thk)324×30
Rear Caliper Piston(diam x qty)40×2 2513.27mm² ratio FR = 2.1125
Rear Rotors (diam x thk)300×22
Brake to master ratio13.76

Brake Master Cylinder for Nissan Skyline

Top 20 Quickest North American R32, R33, R34 GT-R


According to this Facebook page, these are the 20 quickest R32, R33, R34 GT-R in North America.  We have cars at #12 and #18.  Who is going to bump us off? One 8 second car.  No 7 second cars yet, but they will be coming.  Australia and New Zealand has the lock down on 7 second R32 GT-R.

1. D'Sport 8.93@161 R33
2. Luc Essiambr 9.22@149 R32
3. Diemans 9.53@157 R33
4. Garage Bomber Aki 9.77@145 R32
5. Alex Ace 10.303@139 R32
6. SP Engineering 10.3@138 R33
7. Joule/Scott Pareso 10.36@135 R32
8. XS Engineering 10.42@137 R32
9. Tyler B 10.539@137 R32
10. Nick Madeiros 10.63@138 R32
11. Wen 10.63@131 R33
12. Big Bird 10.717@137 R33
13. Alex Nguyen 10.719@131 R32
14. Marco Desrochers 10.801@140 R32
15. Tom Bourque 10.82@132 R32
16. Rocky Pacifico 10.90@127 R32
17. Micah Doban 10.955@125 R32
18. Jeffs R32.4 11.07@131 R32
19. Patrick Harris 11.19@121 R32
20. Ed Mires 11.22@124



#18 on the list. 

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#12 on the list



Mar 11, 2018

Worlds Quickest Stock Bottom End RB-26 GTR?





Worlds Quickest Stock Bottom End RB-26 GTR? It would appear that is the case, and it’s about time! Battling the blues of basement 10’s, Andrew has been aiming to break the barrier into the stock bottom end RB-26 record! Seeking out the true potential of this RB platform, this engine has been gradually pushed harder and harder while Andrew has kept his fingers crossed! This progress of this Nissan GTR owned and piloted by Andrew Hawkins of Jet Multimedia, can be found on MotiveDVD’s Youtube channel where they dive into the build in greater detail! Now that the goal has been achieved, Andrew and the MotiveDVD team have much bigger plans for the car while still retaining the street and track performance this car was truly built for!


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Full Race ETS Pro Install and Testing



I just realized that I never posted pictures from my Full Race ETS-Pro install into my NISMO R32 GT-R. First off, the OEM ATTESA system is over 25 years old. Back in 1990 it worked pretty well, but since then computers and sensors have both improved.  The nice part about the Full Race ETS Pro, is that it is a complete replacement for the OEM ATTESA computer, and G-Sensor.  Its adjustable, allows you to run RWD only, and dial in the amount of torque split.

We ran it at Buttonwillow road racing, at at Auto Club Dragway. Both times were noticeable differences in how the torque was split in the car.

The ETS Pro box mounted behind the upper section of the rear seat
ETS-Pro is engineered specifically for use with the R32, R33 and R34 Skyline GT-R ATTESA system. Designed to give you complete control over Nissan’s multiplate transfer case, ETS-Pro easily adjusts active torque split percentages on the fly – allowing you to switch from 4WD to RWD and all points in between. It also allows proper control for using an AWD Skyline GT-R transmission in non-OEM race applications or swaps (such as Escort Cosworth)
ETS-Pro R32 GTR Installation Guide: Click Here!
ETS-Pro Universal Install Guide: Click Here!

Mar 10, 2018

Some Pictures from Open House 3-4-2018

R34 Super Taikyu race car, R34 Midnight Purple II, Show or Display car. R33 4 door drift car - Ernie Fixmer. Hakosuka

Thanks to everyone that attended our open house on March 4, 2018. Tons of cars and people came by to check out our shop and cars. 


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