paradime Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 9 hours ago, paradime said: All other cylinders looked perfect, no scoring whatsoever. In fact the #5 would have been fine had it not been for a small but deep ding near the top. Indeed it could have been far worse though. Quote Link to comment
nl320what Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Praying to the car gods! 1 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted August 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) A lot's happened over the last 5 months but I'll go sparingly on the gory soap opera details on how it went down and stick to the what went down instead. Ken was ready to walk away from the whole thing, but over time we pieced together a path forward that made sense and everything seemed to fall in place like it was meant to be. A warm hole opened in the fabric of time space continuum and out of thin air new OEM RB26 head casings showed up on eBay for $800, and then new blocks for $1,300... WTF right? Turns out, Nissan Performance Division is putting the RB26 back into production https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a26985019/nissan-syline-gt-r-rb26-engine-restarts-production/ and we got some of the first castings shipped to the states. Since then the price has nearly doubled and they're backlogged 6 months. Nice bit of good fortune, but then the builder and machine shop that build the RB that took a shit said they'd put a new engine together for the price of parts and no charge for labor. Ken's got a better engine for a fraction of the first one. Erring on the side of caution we replaced all the internals and resurfaced and balanced the crank. We also replaced all the valves with Supertech sodium filled exhaust valves made of Inconel/Nimonic alloy, and EV8 (21-4N) stainless steel intake valves. Remember this? Now On it's way back to Portland this weekend where the car is waiting. Edited August 14, 2019 by paradime 5 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted October 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2019 Hide the wife and kids, Godzilla's back and more pissed off than ever. It's been a long emotionally draining and obscenely expensive haul, so hopefully in some grand scheme of things, Ken's earned enough karmic credits to finally enjoy this Monster. I placed rice and lotus blossom offerings in the trunk to please the JDM Car Gods, and have my fingers crossed just for good measure. Judging how the valet took off while trying to park the car though, I think I'll double up on the rice. 3 3 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 12, 2019 Report Share Posted October 12, 2019 I can't let someone else drive my car, well not easily. I had a valet park my sedan once and was about to give him instructions on how to start it. It was like a boy coming over to take my daughter out. Sound about right? Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted October 12, 2019 Report Share Posted October 12, 2019 Wow man awesome build. What’s she putting down now. Mines is almost ready doe assembly. How ever now I’m finding out the valves I got suck. There from a company in Japan Dokuru. Only other set I know is Kameari. Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted October 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 15 hours ago, datzenmike said: I can't let someone else drive my car, well not easily. I had a valet park my sedan once and was about to give him instructions on how to start it. It was like a boy coming over to take my daughter out. Sound about right? True that Mike. Video surveilled the little bastard. Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted October 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) 23 hours ago, mrbigtanker said: Wow man awesome build. What’s she putting down now. Mines is almost ready doe assembly. How ever now I’m finding out the valves I got suck. There from a company in Japan Dokuru. Only other set I know is Kameari. It made 643hp on e85. Hopefully with some reliability this time. Yeah, isn't Dokuro valves just a good quality stock replacement, or do they also make high performance valves? If you're looking at Kameari, are you building an L series? if so talk to Dave Rebello. Dude, after what happened to us, I'd recommend getting the best valve train you can get your hands on.. Edited October 13, 2019 by paradime 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 13, 2019 Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 Would they be sodium filled or just stainless? Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted October 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 On the RB we used Supertech's sodium filled exhaust valves made of one piece Inconel/Nimonic alloy, and solid EV8 (21-4N) stainless steel intake valves with a hardened contact surface at the top. Interesting to note, the silver looking valves in the pict above are the exhaust & the darker is a coating on stainless steel. We learned the hard way that three piece exhaust valves, although great for mild turbo applications aren't as safe for higher boost performance. Titanium alloy valves are THE shit but get into the unobtanium range. Realistically though, you wouldn't need them unless you're getting into ridiculously high rpm 10K +. Inconel/Nimonic alloy might be heavier, but it's the same material they use for jet engine turbines, so it should handle all the heat and stress we can throw at it. 1 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted June 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 The GT-R has been in San Diego with my older brother Dan for a while. He's got friends in Temecula who build show cars and they just finished an insane paint job on Ken's R32 Skyline. the shop created a custom color they're calling Tiger Eye after the opalescent stone. Back in the 80s my Dad used to ware a gold ring with one of these stones in it so it's kind of a tribute to him in that era. pict below. 3 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted June 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 Not sure what happened with my phone's camera, but the actual color is 2 shades darker in person; going from deep dark chocolate to milk chocolate, to deep orange, then bright gold just like the stone. F'n unreal depth and mirror finish.That's my bad ass 83 year old Dad in the background. 2 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted June 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 The engine bay has a long way to go in terms of detail work. All the plastic covers reservoir jugs are new but need help, finish on the valve cover will be changed, and cold air/boost hoses need ideas. If you guys have any specific input it would be much appreciated. 2 Quote Link to comment
Z23T Posted June 10, 2022 Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 Cool color, I like that it's a tribute to your pops as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted June 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) Pict from the deck of the old man's girlfriend's house on Sunset Cliffs. Pop's live'n the good life. Dude's earned it 10 X over. Edited June 10, 2022 by paradime 2 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted June 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 6/9/2022 at 8:22 PM, paradime said: The engine bay has a long way to go in terms of detail work. All the plastic covers reservoir jugs are new but need help, finish on the valve cover will be changed, and cold air/boost hoses need ideas. If you guys have any specific input it would be much appreciated. Still looking for some feedback/ideas guys. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Well matching or eye popping tappet cover would be in order, as for hoses black, stay black, if you can change some if not most to -AN fittings even better. 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 That battery also throw that away, get a smaller ANTI GRAVITY. pricey but light weight and small, and not a green top. 1 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted June 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 13 minutes ago, mrbigtanker said: Well matching or eye popping tappet cover would be in order, as for hoses black, stay black, if you can change some if not most to -AN fittings even better. We were thinking about black powder coated mandril bend aluminum pipe for cold air in and boost out hoses. Definately AN on the smaller hoses. maybe Aeromotive fuel and vac lines like in my 510? 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Seems like a lot of the detraction is the AC & ABS lines...but not much you can do there if you want to keep those systems Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted June 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 16 hours ago, thisismatt said: Seems like a lot of the detraction is the AC & ABS lines...but not much you can do there if you want to keep those systems True that. Maybe some of the clutter could be rerouted or dressed up a bit. 1 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted June 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 The car is at a buddy's shop named Brody's getting the interior done. It's being done in black leather with bark brown stitching and detail, the headliner in black cloth but with the same brown leather detail. In about 10 days Brody's son will be getting back from South Carolina. He and my brothers will be reassembling the body and doing the engine bay. The beta version of the valve cover will be a nod to the Ichiban 1971 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R (KPGC-10) with separate rocker covers and all the timing and ignition totally open and exposed. They ordered individual billet aluminum rocker covers with raised NISSAN lettering and horizontal vanes, a conversion bracket for Nissan R35 coilpacks, visible aluminum cam gears (under black top cover). All these parts will be anodized deep gold with brushed bare aluminum detail. 2 Quote Link to comment
paradime Posted December 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 The bitch is back together and looks insane. Vids should follow soon. 3 Quote Link to comment
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