Today we are putting the finishing touches on the 3.8L 350z with the GReddy twin turbo kit and I am getting very anxious to take that beast out on the road. All that is really left is some fine tuning on the Haltech EMS. On the initial rundown and test drive the fuel map turned out to be quite rich and needed a touch up in the mid-range. Even with the rich condition, the car is very powerful and has immense amounts of low-end torque. I don’t have any dyno figures yet because we are updating our Dynojet hardware to make sure that everything is as new as it can be to give our customers the best and most reliable results. We’ll have to settle for street tuning until the new dyno tower arrives.
Also on the war path for today is the red 280ZX restoration car. I’ll be picking up the newly dyed interior pieces a little later today and the car should really start flying together. This project has been with us for a very long time and it’s going to be a little strange once it all comes together. I washed it this morning and ended up standing there admiring all the work and time that we’ve put into it. It’s really a special car and we can’t wait to deliver it to the owners.
I have a few more things to fill you in on so check back a bit later in the day!
The 350z with the built 3.8L VQ, Cosworth cylinder heads, and GReddy twin turbos fired up on the very first try today. This combination has a super meaty exhaust note that leads me to believe that it will make killer power once we get in on the dyno. Next are going to modify the exhaust system before we do anything else to take full advantage of the quick spooling GReddy kit. Currently the car is only running a custom set of 3″ down pipes and 3″ catalytic converters out of a Dodge Viper. I should have more information on the exhaust sometime tomorrow.
The rest of the car was finished some time ago, so it is really nice for the power-plant portion to come to a close as well. As far as the interior, the car already boasts the latest in audio technology with an awesome double-din head unit form Alpine with a removable hand held GPS unit that is self contained in the head unit when not on foot. This 350Z also boasts a host of Defi gauges to keep tabs on the vital engine stats as well as a Tein EDFC unit to control the shock valving in the Type Flex coil-overs.
I will have more pictures and some dyno info in the next few days. I will also have my first drive in the car with the new twin setup in the next day or two so I will report back with my impressions then. Good talk.
Now that our GT-R is making almost 650 whp, with more coming everyday, the drivetrain parts are certainly being over-stressed in their stock form. SSP have decided to upgrade the axle shafts on the car in an effort to strengthen the system before any catastophic failures happen. This is only one of many parts that SSP plans on releasing for the R35 drivetrain. With this addition we are one step closer to having the world’s most powerful GT-R that won’t grenade it’s internals as soon as we put the power to the ground.
The new axles have an advanced design that increases the CV bearing cage strength and a couple other improvements. SSP have been building high power AWD cars for some time now and it is nice to see their experience prove useful in the modified GT-R world. The axles are made in house at SSP and they plan to keep them in stock and ready to ship at a moments notice. Although they aren’t cheap, $2,399.00 isn’t too bad if you are trying to find the limit of what your GT-R can take. Happy hunting.
The entire press release can be found after the “read more.”
I now have a video to go with the dyno results! The car is really starting to make crazy power so thank goodness for the transmissions modifications that SSP will be releasing shortly. The next round of mods are the new SSP intake, larger intercoolers, and some form of fuel system upgrade.
I just wanted to share with all of you that on one the first baseline runs with the new GTR820 turbo kit the car made almost 590whp. Those numbers are some of the highest in the country. The car is still running the stock injectors, stock intake, and stock intercoolers. The only modifications have been the upgraded turbos and the SSP 3″ downpipes. They will be on the dyno for some time to come and I will post up some more information and dyno numbers as soon as I get them.
The video below is just after the car was running after the turbo swap.
There is also a new press release out of SSP that relates to their upcoming transmission upgrades. They will be having some sort of online release on Monday the 26th at 5pm at sspperformance.com
Press release:
SOUTH SIDE PERFORMANCE WILL RELAEASE THE FIRST STAGES OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE TRANSMISSION AND DRIVETRAIN UPGRADES MONDAY, JANUARY 26 @ 5PM PST.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (January 22, 2009) – Over the last two weeks, the automotive community has watched South Side Performance emerge with some of the most cutting edge performance upgrades available for the Nissan R35 GTR. With these parts came questions of just what might be next, and just how SSP would deal with the fears of drivetrain related failures. On Monday, the public will see just how committed SSP is to providing our customers with a car that can withstand all the fire breathing power provided by our big power modifications like our GTR820RR Turbo Upgrade.
The first of a full line of transmission and drivetrain upgrade solutions will be revealed on the SSP website main page on January 26 at 5 PM PST. Following our first release, we will be releasing another component of our transmission and drivetrain solution packages every few days over the next few weeks. When all is released, there will be three complete stages of upgrades for these systems and all the strengthening necessary to hold the big power provided by our upcoming GTR820HP kit.
So join us at 5 PM at www.sspperformance.com to see what the future of the r35 GTR looks like.
