nissannx
04-01-2011, 01:11 AM
It has been a while since I've posted anything. Not because I haven't had anything to say, but my work and hobbies have been keeping me pretty busy. After 19 years of running the GA16, chasing and sometimes catching Subaru's on the track, gathering the Touring 3 and Touring 2 division championships in 2010, I've pulled the engine and parked it in a corner of my garage. Here's why!
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I have owned my 92 NX1600 since December 1992. Since 2001 or 2 I've been thinking about a GTi-R swap. I've actually purchased two NX2000s and a 200sx SE-R with the thought of a swap but never followed through on it. A year ago I found out about a GTi-R clip that had been purchased a decade ago for a project that never occurred. It has been stored less than ten minutes drive from my house that entire time. Last fall I bought it. This engine looked pristine - each of the heat shield bolts came out perfectly (just an example of the great shape of this engine). Compression is 150, 150, 150 and 145. The engine and ECU are stock GTi-R and that's radical enough for the next year or two. Yesterday virtually everything was completed and now it is time to break the engine in. The SR and GTi-R community stepped up to ensure that I was able to complete this. Specifically nxpartsource, lynx, fastnx, and jkho. Greg at G Spec stepped up and helped me out by slashing what could have been a month long project delay to a few hours. Major props. Thanks to Mike, Jeff and Wes at MotoIQ for their inspiration and positive support. Thanks to the entire SPDA admin team for your support and pushing me on.
Thanks to Scott at Can-Alignment http://www.canalignment.com. I cannot say enough about his creativity, professionalism and ability to take a challenging project from start to finish. Scott has done my alignments for a few years now - this was obviously a much larger project. March 9 to 16 was 12 to 16 hour days - and a number of evenings and full weekends since then. What a great shop! What an outstanding individual!
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_jWp4ASZfJ5s/TZUy8QQFFgI/AAAAAAAABiQ/rM5k8ozL9mo/s640/IMG_8447.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_jWp4ASZfJ5s/TZU6bGtpkII/AAAAAAAABig/9UmmLWAS4H4/s640/IMG_8441.JPG
I have owned my 92 NX1600 since December 1992. Since 2001 or 2 I've been thinking about a GTi-R swap. I've actually purchased two NX2000s and a 200sx SE-R with the thought of a swap but never followed through on it. A year ago I found out about a GTi-R clip that had been purchased a decade ago for a project that never occurred. It has been stored less than ten minutes drive from my house that entire time. Last fall I bought it. This engine looked pristine - each of the heat shield bolts came out perfectly (just an example of the great shape of this engine). Compression is 150, 150, 150 and 145. The engine and ECU are stock GTi-R and that's radical enough for the next year or two. Yesterday virtually everything was completed and now it is time to break the engine in. The SR and GTi-R community stepped up to ensure that I was able to complete this. Specifically nxpartsource, lynx, fastnx, and jkho. Greg at G Spec stepped up and helped me out by slashing what could have been a month long project delay to a few hours. Major props. Thanks to Mike, Jeff and Wes at MotoIQ for their inspiration and positive support. Thanks to the entire SPDA admin team for your support and pushing me on.
Thanks to Scott at Can-Alignment http://www.canalignment.com. I cannot say enough about his creativity, professionalism and ability to take a challenging project from start to finish. Scott has done my alignments for a few years now - this was obviously a much larger project. March 9 to 16 was 12 to 16 hour days - and a number of evenings and full weekends since then. What a great shop! What an outstanding individual!