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May 04

Ca18det gets exhaust…

This was all 1 piece I had to cut from another car. I wanted this to be as module as possible.

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Feb 25

It starts! a new begining.

Nothing like hearing the motor starting up after sleeping for so many years. But, transmission I have selected the wrong one as the shaft is sieged and is unable to turn and stops the motor when I let good of the clutch, but she is now becoming to what she was once before and in …

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Nov 23

Project: Fairlady Silvia – is now gone full CA18DET

The project vg30de conversion was a bust, as I grown tired of hacking the ignition just to get it to work with Megasquirt 3.0.  Seems that finding related parts and harnesses is alot harder than it used to be.  j30 is not wired the same way as the z32 is there for I couldn’t use …

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Feb 15

200sx SEv6 – Heart Transplant update

Welcome, I am going to try to add more to this entry. Megasquirt 3 / 3x installed and tested so far. Now I finally went megasquirt to eliminate any future problems with this car and it’s wiring. Troubleshooting other various problems internally including the tail lights stuck on potentially a broken headlight switch. (known problem …

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Sep 13

Down but not out…

One dream is to get good enough to rock the top 16 of the pro-am series with that will be a ton of breaking and stumbling along the way. This is engine #2 as I broke the cam shaft + bent all the valves. I also thrown a rod. I don’t have a spare engine …

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Jul 09

Vegas Drift – 07 / 12

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May 17

S12’s on the no carb diet…

A while back I did the full VG30  efi to carb conversion. The project was fun, it was unique and the first s12 with the carb treatment. But fun part was over, I played with it, nuked a motor with it. toured the las vegas strip with it. Issues I’ve had with it, is always …

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Apr 17

DPAN GT – Notice me Senpai!

I feel like the last Nissan S12 (200sx) that still exists and drivable in Las Vegas, so i said I will take my car to DPAN GT and I did so with no issues at all.  I have tested and verified my car is running in tip top shape still and have been driving it …

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Mar 28

Vegas Drift – Spirit of the Streets – Vegas S12 Invasion

03/24/2018 was the beginning for the The Vegas S12 Invasion, powered by Club-s12, TougeSW, and VegasDrift.  It started at Speedvegas at around 7am a few people showed up, we rolled out around 10:15am and started the drive down the Las Vegas Strip (Speed Vegas is located just south of the M resort on Las Vegas …

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Jan 22

VegasDrift 2018 Opener – 01-21 – My Redemption

Today I was gearing up to the start off of a great year, at first I was going with all out at the main track but I decided not to this first run because I don’t want to end up breaking the motor again and thought I should relearn my car again. So I ventured …

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