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RX8 & RX7 owner
Joined: Mar 2008
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I met Paul Walker twice. The first time was in 11th grade when I was/still am a big F&F fan and had "turbo kid" embroidered into my backpack and everyone knew me as the F&F guy. So one day a girl walks up and says "Hey did you know Paul Walker is my uncle?" I was like WTF- So she showed me pics and it was true! Paul walker has a brother that looks exactly like him too (all their family looks alike). N e ways. I asked to meet him and yeah she set it up and that was the first....
The second time is when I went to H.I.N. (hot import daze) and I saw a badass Skyline (pic above) and then I talked to the dude who was standing at his cars booth and he said yeah' this is Paul Walkers Skyline. I was like WTF, I met him before, he's chill and says he' runs track, the guy goes, he's over there and Paul Walker Nods at me (remembered me somewhat),
From Sport Compact Car....
Actually, this 2001 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II is a member of a fleet of vehicles Paul Walker has accumulated that also includes a '67 Nova powered by a late-model Corvette LS-1 5.7-liter V8, a Porsche 911 GT3, an Audi RS6, some exotics, some trucks and some plain old expensive cars.
But as good as the GT-R is to start with, virtually everything on the car has been reinvented. Working with Enrico Del Mar of Modern Image Signworks (www.modernimage.net), whom Walker met on the set of "The Fast and the Furious," for which Modern Image did the vehicle graphics, the Skyline was shipped down to Advanced Engine Breathing Systems (AEBS, www.aebsracing.com) in San Diego with the intent of optimizing the car for track sessions on such road courses as California's Willow Springs Raceway....... (Willows is 25 min from my house, and explains why his car was at SD when i seen it, :duh
First thing AEBS did was yank out the standard RB26DETT and replace it with a new engine built around Tomei's Genesis Phase 3 long block, which is basically a re-imagination of the RB26DETT with the intent of surviving much greater boost levels. Toward that end it uses Tomei's own forged pistons, H-beam rods and counterbalanced crankshaft to withstand the onslaught. Sitting on top of it all are a set of Tomei camshafts and it's all battened down with Tomei reinforced steel fasteners. Compression was set at 9.2:1.
Nismo anti-roll bars are used front and rear as well as a Nismo front strut tower bar.
the Brembo brakes on Walker's car take exotic to a whole other level. Measuring 15 inches in diameter up front, each rotor is made from titanium and squeezed by eight-piston calipers operating on Brembo's monoblock pads. The rear brakes are also Brembo titanium rotors, but they're 14 inches in diameter clamped by four-piston calipers and monoblock pads. With brakes this spectacular, you expect the car to accordion into a 6-inch thick disc when you hit the binders. Just outboard of the brakes are 265/35ZR-18 93W Dunlop SP Sport FM901 tires on Prodrive Racing wheels.
ASC fabricated an eight-point roll cage for the Skyline that could be in the Guggenheim. The interior also carries Nismo seats with four-point harnesses, a Nismo steering wheel, gauge cluster and shift **** and a brace of HKS Chrono Meter gauges monitoring boost, engine temperature, oil pressure and exhaust gas temperature.
We had a full day planned with Walker's Skyline and started with a trip to the all-wheel-drive Dynojet at K&N in Riverside, Calif. There it spun the rollers to the tune of a peak 414 hp at 7050 rpm and a chunky 323 lb-ft of torque at 5550 rpm. The most impressive element of the test wasn't peak, but the enormously friendly size and shape of the power curve. From 5000 to 9000 rpm
The kid could drive, and the car was fast. He made seven passes down the track, recording a best e.t. of 12.5 seconds at a very impressive 117 mph. Considering the car isn't set up for drag racing and the day's oppressive heat, that performance isn't just not bad, it's damn fine.
MOD LIST_____________________________________________
2001 Nissan Skyline GT-REngineEngine Code: RB26DETTType: 2568cc, turbocharged, inline six, four valves per cylinder, DOHCInternal Modifications: Tomei Genesis Stage 3 short block (forged pistons and conecting rods, Tomei cams, Nismo cam bearings) External Modifications: HKS GT-RS twin-turbo system, HKS R-Type front-mount intercooler, HKS intercooler piping, HKSdownpipe, HKS Racing Suction intake, HKS SSQV blow-off valve, Nismo cat-back exhaustEngine Management Modifications: Tomei Reytek programmable ECU, HKS EVC Boost controller, Measured Wheel Hp: 414 hp at 7050 rpmMeasured Wheel Torque: 323 lb-ft at 5550 rpm
DrivetrainLayout: Longitudinal front-engine, four-wheel drive, all-wheel driveDrivetrain Modifications: Stock Getrag six-speed transmission, Nismo clutch
SuspensionFront: Aragosta Racing coil-overs with remote reservoirs, Nismo anti-roll bar, Nismo front strut tower barRear: Aragosta Racing coil-overs with remote reservoirs, Nismo anti-roll bar
BrakesFront: Brembo 15-in. titanium rotors, eight-piston monoblock race padsRear: Brembo 14-in. titanium rotors, four-piston monoblock race pads
ExteriorWheels: 18x9.5-in. ProdriveTires: 265/35R-18 Dunlop SP Sport FM901Body: Nismo front bumper, Nismo side skirts, Modern Image graphics
InteriorASC custom eight-point roll cage, ASC custom rear panels, Nismo steering wheel, Nismo gauge cluster, Nismo shift ****, Nismo four-point harnesses, HKS Chrono Meter gauges (boost, exhast gas temperature, temperature, oil pressure)
PerformanceAcceleration0-30 mph: 2.1 sec.0-60 mph: 4.9 sec.0-100 mph: 9.6 sec.Quarter-Mile Time: 12.5 sec.Quarter-Mile Speed: 117 mphBraking60-0 stopping distance: 119 ft.
we got a free s13 hatch rolling chassis we are building for drifting :] so far we stripped the interrior and replaced the dash
and we fitted the pignose bumper i got for free
basically we are building this car on free parts
so for my friend carl is donating us his single cam ka24e
and we might have a tranny
suspension it already has kyb shocks and struts and its on nismo springs :]
and we fitted the pignose bumper i got for free
basically we are building this car on free parts
so for my friend carl is donating us his single cam ka24e
and we might have a tranny
suspension it already has kyb shocks and struts and its on nismo springs :]
RX8 & RX7 owner
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: So. California
most defintely. well its a car built for track, and the dude got lots of help from shops, so i guess thats why there's some many decals.
i do like the look of the r34 better than the r35 though.
i do like the look of the r34 better than the r35 though.
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RX8 & RX7 owner
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paint scheme flat green like mikeys beer color, black roof headlights and hood and were getting a vynil for the window that will say project free bee with a lil flying mickeys bee