Thursday, August 27, 2009

Lose your gasoline habit and look good at the same time!!

Nissan has taken the wraps off of the new all electric zero emissions Leaf.

 Big Nissan 1 Nissan leaf 2Nissan Leaf 3

Big interior

Go to http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/ for the full rundown on the technical details and any other questions you might have.

Nissan states that the car will handle  and accelerate like a V6 with a top speed of 90 mph.  Typical daily driving will get you 100 mile range.  Should be in some dealer showrooms by late 2010 and nationwide by 2012.

Interestingly, Red Line Time Attack has expressed interest in adding an alternative fuel class to the line up. Hmmmm.  I can see where this is going!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Getting Rid of Nissan GTR High Temps and Trans Failures

As many of you know, in addition to running the 350Z in the Unlimited Class in Red Line Time Attack we also have run a GTR in the Modified Class.  One of the reasons that we are running the GTR is to incrementally make improvements to the GTR that will make it a better track day car. 

We also have in the shop a GTR that has run several track days and has many performance modifications.  This car has a broken transmission that we are repairing using parts from other broken transmissions.

When we have run the GTR in RTA Mike has had to cut his sessions short because he is getting high temperature warnings.  We decided to be proactive and address these temperature issues before they become a bigger problem.  We are installing Willall Racing cooler kits on the transmission and both differentials.  We are also installing the Willall extended engine oil pan.

The following photos show all four kits as we received them from Willall.  The kits seem complete and well thought out.

We will discuss the installations when those jobs are complete and will track the improvements next time we test the car.  All of these kits are available from Fontana Nissan Performance Parts. Contact Scott at www.fontananissanparts.com or 800 989-6173.

GTR Transmission Cooler Front Mount sm    Willall GTR Transmission Cooler Front Mount

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Willall GTR Front Differential Cooler

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Willall GTR Rear Differential Cooler

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Willall GTR High Volume Oil Pan

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Dailey Engineering Oil Pump and Pan

Dailey Engineering Oil Pump

Check out the new post in the Technical Corner of the website at www.fontananissanracing.com. We have upgraded the VQ35 with a state of the art Dailey Engineering dry sump oil pump and pan.

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