Nismo Festival 2010 - Image Intense

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Another great weekend has just passed. This one being rather special for Nissan Motor Sports fans, the Nismo Festival up at Fuji Speedway.

Like Japan in general, the fast paced lifestyle doesn’t wear off even on such an event. All done in a single day. I suppose it really could be stretched out over a whole weekend. Highly unlikely but you never know what the future may hold.

Nismo has done an awful lot being the factory backed Works tuning partner of Nissan. From creating aero styling for passenger vehicles to offering hardcore racing parts of the highest quality.

The RB28 crate motor for instance. Has been in there line up for a long time now. A safe alternative to a complete engine package.



And then we have the ultra high dollar Titanium tower bar. I thought this was out of production. Something tells me its about to come back.



More on Nismo later…

In true fashion, the tuning shops carry a special edge on this show. They are after all more or less the main access point for Nismo specialty parts.

One shop in particular has really drummed up interest in the well neglected R31 Skyline area has to be R31 House. They had a solid booth set up last year and yet again went one step larger this year with more feature vehicles on hand.

This bright orange R31 caught a lot of attention. Its what G-Works magazine call "new old style". It plays that part rather perfectly.





Attention to detail is what R31 House all about. Close one here showing the GTS-R engine bay. These motors came fitted with a T04E turbo and were easily turned up to 350PS. And those bottom mount manifold are pure works of art, even with the heat shield all warn in.





Following the “new old style’ theme, have a look at this creation. An ER34 from Strange Drive. They went quite hard into this one fitting classis Watanabe wheels, fitting the interior with Hakosuka styled bucket racing seats. And topped off the motor with a clean NA look featuring 6 throttle & a stainless manifold. Pure work of art.









Into 32’s we have this Reverse Garage GT-R. It originally made its public debut one year ago at the Tokyo Auto Salon. At that time Reverse was showcasing some new aero parts for the BNR32 models. Also made its name well at Tsukuba circuit taking part in the annual Rev Speed Hyper Meeting along with other events in the calendar year.





Not only did they have the 32, but also this late S14 with a similar color scheme.



Cockpit Tatebashi showing this R33 GT-R in there booth, just next to Reverse. I would say it looks great with the Racing Hart Wheels. But please, do leave the rear vinyls for F&F.



From Rire Racing we have there championship S15 endurance race car. Believe it was prepared by Yashio factory originally.



And it’s matching partner.








More to follow...

[TrevoR32]

cooool

[GTR-guy]

Nice pictures Adam. How was it compare to last year? Wasn't all that special last year so I didn't feel the need to go to this one!

[support@feastauto]

Nice pictures Adam. How was it compare to last year? Wasn't all that special last year so I didn't feel the need to go to this one!

Thanks Jocelyn!

I found there was more exhibition runs on the track compared to years in the past. Crowds definitely enjoyed this. Aside from this, about the same amount of cars on either side. One thing is for sure, the weather was fantastic. Warm enough for a spring jacket.

Ill sort more shots today. Takes forever.

[GTR-Dad]

Ill sort more shots today. Takes forever.

Adam,
The descriptions and selection of high quality shots are much appreciated! Great story!!
Dan

[SkyLizzle]

um adam how much for thata nismo engine to L6H 2L5 all in?

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Classic sports car racing in Japan has held up rather well after all these years. JCCA for instance have several races through out the year, not to mention the annual jamboree which draws a lot of these old timers out.

This Rubber-Soul supported Hakosuka has made numerous appearances at the Nismo festivals. Here it is just before being pulled out for an exhibition run.





The Tomei-Hirota Sunny is another iconic classic race car.







Im sure in its heyday it never looked this clean under the hood. And note that the machined rocker cover worked double duty as a strengthening device for the top end of that little 1300+ CC motor.



Fitted with just enough drivers aid.











Being such old motors, one would think there are no updates available for these classic power plants. Sadly mistaken im afraid. OS Giken have a whole array of refresh kits on the market to this day. From simple bore up kits to fully counter balanced forged rotating assemblies. And even electronics like this one below. Seen here fitted with a custom coil on plug set up. And what looks to be a work in progress fuel injection set up. Days of weak ignition systems and irregular fueling are over.



And one more detailed shot of an S20 motor in all its livery.

[support@feastauto]

um adam how much for thata nismo engine to L6H 2L5 all in?

That is a tuff request with the system Nismo use. They normally accept a used engine as a core basis for rebuild and then put it through their process. Being said, I would have to contact directly with the Omori Factory to see if there are any exceptions to export orders.

R1 E/G as imaged below

[Oakville]

The RB28 crate motor for instance. Has been in there line up for a long time now. A safe alternative to a complete engine package.

...im in awe. care to elaborate?

[NerdJuice]

That is a tuff request with the system Nismo use. They normally accept a used engine as a core basis for rebuild and then put it through their process. Being said, I would have to contact directly with the Omori Factory to see if there are any exceptions to export orders.

R1 E/G as imaged below

If you could, I may also be interested in a 2.8 short block.