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    Track day

    Well spent the day at castle combe with a few mates today, Anika (the rally car) did really well, no issues at all for the day, was doing good lap times considering the car only does 111mph bouncing of the rev limiter half way down the straight! Mark turbo was there as well and may have some...
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    Castle combe again.

    Well took the car out today for a trackday and have finally managed to break it, managed to shear the Mainshaft off at the clutch hub splines! Anyone heard of this before? i am in contact with par about it and have a spare Mainshaft ready to fit but tbh it's the last thing I would have thought...
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    New build.

    Well at the end of this year and after completing robs car I will be stripping my car...only to be rebuilding it into its new spec which will be a reliable in excess of 600 hp 2.45 litre and all the other stuff needed to go with it, ther will be subtle body mods needed to accommodate the large...
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    Nismo group n rally car with fisa passport,

    Comes with genuine nismo group a engine, Becker brand new dog gearbox short and close ratio. very good pedigree with history from build, comes with numerous spares, inc wheels,turbo ,nismo ecu etc, light pods ,panels,bushes,clutch etc etc, proflex and nismo suspension. £8,000
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    White 540hp gtir

    Full spec will be given on request and comes with spares, magazine featured 5 times, and probley the most complete gtir with all the best rare and useful parts fitted, built four years ago from a bare shell, runs on normal road fuel to produce 540bhp at 1.9 bar , makes the car a very easy to...
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    Torque plates why use them?

    Right after someone asked I will explain why they are used on race engines. A torque plates discription is basically a big lump of metal normally aluminium that has four centred bore holes the same as your engine block and bolt holes in the correct place ,it is used to replicate the forces put...
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    Castle Combe.

    Well went to a private trackday today with friends, it was an open pit lane day so we had as many laps as we wanted and was populated with a various set of cars from Radicals and subarus running slicks that were proper carbon built track cars and Ariel atoms to trick mk1 escorts with hpe engines...
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    What would people like written.

    As above, what topic shall I write today for people, cylinder head work? Gearbox upgrades? Ideas people please.
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    Compression testing, it's not that good or honest.

    Compression testing, where to start, well the first thing to realise is that it is only really part of a process for diagnosing a problem, things listed below will change compression readings:- 1. Carbon in the combustion chamber will give you a high reading, 2. Too much oil on the bores will...
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    Rocker arms jumping off,

    Rocker arm failure is down to the reasons below, valve springs becoming soft with age, un even shimming between the two valves it operates, un even cam wear creating side thrust. these engines will also break the rocker arms if they are over reved and the valves contact the pistons, this...
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    Standard conrods,

    The standard gtir conrod is extremely strong, if used with arp rod bolts is perfectly suitable for up to 520bhp and 465lbft torque at the flywheel. conrods only really need changing if they have a defect I.e oval big end or stress cracks, or if you wish to rev the engine higher than 8000rpm...
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    Crankshaft - Re Grinds

    After many wrong information for people regarding cranks and re grinds the facts listed below are exactly that...facts. cranks as standard are gas nitrided . no cranks have ever snapped in the gtir engine, cranks can be reground down to .75mm undersized journals, nissan spec for standard...
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    Anika nme car for sale.

    Well I will post pictures later on but basically I am selling the nme car, I have paperwork to prove provenance and the rally FFA passport..the car is a left hand drive and is currently on French reg plates with the deregistration certificate. the spec is as follows, seam welded and turret to...
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    concept or real?

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    Uk gtir no.5

    Well after a little whisper from northern branch, I went and picked up sunny gtir no 5 today I will post a few pics later but here is a discription, Registered on the 11/11/92 2 owners from new full service history garaged no rust 55800 miles from new red aj4 and pretty much mint condition...
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    May be selling or breaking my car.

    Right due to getting fed up with being messed around with pushing this car any further i may be selling or breaking my car here is the spec list and prices of the parts as new:- a seperate thred wil be done with parts prices wanted, the car will not be stripped till it is all sold. syvecs s6gp...
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    Everyone meet "Anika"

    Thought a few of you might be interested in mine and vss irvine's joint car, yes it is a real NME car with all documentation for group A, but it is actually Group N, it has all the nismo parts fitted and we have all the spare's.
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    Black gtir

    As above 12months MOT , 6 months tax. 123000 km's on the clock, bilstein supension and springs Has a low milage engine fitted 16" alloys mesh side windows (rare option) cat back exhaust wind diflectors sunroof (genuine electric ) braided brake lines new rear calipers nismo rear diff gaurd few...
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    10.1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHVrw2a-sRQ&feature=related
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    custom crank pulley

    These will not be cheap, and they can be made in differant sizes to standard. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n169/vssirvine/crank_pulley_004.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n169/vssirvine/crank_pulley_003.jpg...
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