New engine almost ready!

Well after many months my new engine is being assembled. There was a bit of a hold up as just as were going to start we disovered that we needed to fit a crankshaft collar as I am installing an N1 oil pump. The N1 pump creates more oil pressure than the standard one and as the factory crank has very little contact with the oil pump drive it is a must to fit a collar to extend contact with the drive. We have also fitted a oil restrictor in the block to stop too much oil getting to the head and possibly running the sump dry which can happen even though I am installing a larger capacity sump.

Some of the other goodies include....

JE forged pistons

N1 oil pump

N1 water pump

Eagle H Beam rods

steel head gasket

Tomei Poncams

adjustable cam gears

heavy duty timing belt

head has been CC'd and ported & polished

740cc injectors

HiEnergy sump

fully balanced

Garrett low mount turbo (don't ask what model as I took it off another car I imported)

other goodies include....

Z32 airflow meter

larger alloy radiator

300 x 600 x 100 front mount intercooler

oil cooler

Nismo engine and gearbox mounts

Nismo clutch pedal bracket that increases the bracket ridigidty by 1.75 times for improved clutch action

Apexi Power FC

1.5 way diff

To get the power to the ground I have bought some Bridgestone "R Comps"

HKS Super Sequential blow off valve

Stainless steel mesh pod filter

3" mandrel bent exhaust

Coil over suspension

17" TE37 Volk racing forged alloys

Front & rear strut tower braces

Recaro seats

Short shifter

Walbro hi flow fuel pump

Half roll cage

Full body kit

Brake booster support

Braided brake lines

Front & rear sway bars

GT-R Brembo brake calipers and rotors front & rear

And one of my favourite mods, a NISMO digital dash with LCD monitor display including:
240kmh speedo
9000rpm tacho
the LCD display screen has a scroll through function with information screens including peak speed, rpm, power, torque, G forces, economy, maintenance, trip, travel and graphs.

will post an update on progress when installed and run in.... hoping for 400 - 450 rwhp.. fingers crossed!

Bought myself a seaplane!

I thought it was time I got back into flying so have gone a bit overboard and have bought a seaplane kit. Its called a Searey and is made in the US by Progressive Aerodyne Inc in Orlando Florida.

Its a really nifty little machine where you can land, water taxi up to the beach, extend the landing gear and run over pesky sunbathers! They reckon it takes approx 500 hours to build depending how handy you are and there are no special equipment neeed, just normal hand tools.

The kit is arriving in August so I'll keep updating my progress.