R35 Godzilla!

As some of you might not know yet..  but the Skyline has returned and is available for sale in the US! Now, I know that you are hearing this for the first time and the price might be a little out of our [your] price range. But if you dream it, it will come because I currently have 3 in my garage! Seriously, I can show you my garage on Gran Turismo 5.

Anyways, I wanted to introduce you to a few products that are available for the GTR. Unfortunately we do not currently stock any of the items here in the US due to low demand but can special order for you.

Super Racing Coilovers (Part Number: DSK00-81LS1) Springs are sold separately.

MSRP for these bad boys is $3650.00  (and I do mean bad.. think CyberEvo. Yep the famous record breaking CyberEvo is running our Super Racing Coilovers).

GTR on our coilovers in action around the track

Carbing Aluminium Radiator Reservoir Tank (Part Number: CA 220 148 0)

This is serious bling for the engine bay.  MSRP $540.00

Fujitsubo Super Ti Exhaust aka the Holy Grail of exhausts and titanium (Part Number: FJ 480-15311)

For a sound clip of this exhaust installed on a GTR, please visit the following link: Fujitsubo Website
MSRP $4560.00

Good Luck at the Global Tuner Grand Prix

TEIN Authorized Dealer Evasive Motorsports is headed up to Mazda Raceway aka Laguna Seca for the Global Tuner Grand Prix this weekend. We wish them luck against the plethora of Porsche race cars and other top tier time attack teams.

Evasive will be running Yokohama slicks for this event along with new 11″ wide TE37 SL, re-tuned SRC coilovers and a few aero enhancements. TEIN engineers have revalved front and rear dampers for the increased spring rates. Plus we have added a special reservoir tank to the rear shocks to give Evasive 3-way damping force adjustment.

Photos courtesy of Evasive Motorsports.

EDFC Motor Install Part 2

Here is part two of how to properly install EDFC motors (strut type, inverted shown). For this type of install is not as common as the last, but requires additional steps being that the motor is more exposed outside of the vehicle.

Additional tools you will need for this install is;

Small flat head screwdriver

1.5mm Allen wrench

Silicone sealant

For this install, it is recommended to do it with the damper off the vehicle and to remove the lower bracket for more clearance.

1st step: With a 1.5 mm Allen wrench, remove the click knob. Then you will need to use the 8mm click wrench to remove the click assembly. Once removed use the 3mm hex wrench to remove the original hex bolt from the damper.

Parts removed; original hex bolt, click assembly, click knob. Along with tools used in removal process.

2nd Step: Add a small amount of supplied grease (orange bag) to the EDFC hex bolt threads and install the EDFC hex bolt until flush with the top of the piston rod. Be sure not to add threadlocker (red tube) to this part!

EDFC hex bolt installed with grease and flush with top of piston rod.

3rd Step: Add the supplied threadlocker (red tube) to the outside threads of the top of the piston rod. Please note, not a lot of threadlocker is needed nor does it need to cover all the threads.

Area shown of where to apply the threadlocker to piston rod.

4th Step: Install the EDFC motor to the piston rod. This is the most important part and is sometimes easier with some help. What you need to do is place the EDFC motor shaft into the EDFC hex bolt. Now turn the EDFC motor 3 full rotations. At this point the EDFC motor should have started to thread onto the piston rod. Next, with your small flat head screwdriver, turn the top shaft of the EDFC motor 2 full turns clockwise (shown below). Continue to switch between turning the EDFC motor and top shaft in 3 or 2 specified full turn increments until the EDFC motor cannot turn anymore. The EDFC motor just needs to be hand tightened, not a lot of force is needed. Lastly turn the screw driver in both directions to ensure that the EDFC shaft can rotate freely.

NOTE: the EDFC motor or shaft does NOT need to be set to any particular position. Once the EDFC controller is turned on, it will self adjust.

With your small flat head screwdriver, this is the motor shaft of which you will be turning 2 full turns between 3 full turns of the EDFC motor.

Now go ahead and bring the EDFC rubber dust cap up and cover the EDFC motor. Be careful not to rip the rubber cap. A little lubricant can be used to help install the dust cap. Be sure to confirm that the rubber cover is attached correctly. Otherwise dust or moisture can enter into the cover may shorten the life of the motor or cause trouble.

The last and most important step for this install would be to weatherproof the motors with a type of silicone sealant to areas shown in the picture below.

Be sure to add a silicone sealant to the circled areas to help protect the motors from getting damage from water.

Lastly use zip ties and tape to secure the EDFC wire. You want to avoid driveshafts and make sure there is plenty of slack for suspension movement. If there is limited space and you feel that the wire may come into contact with something, try to add a section of rubber hosing as added protection and periodically inspect the wiring.

SportCar Motion ITR

TEIN Authorized dealer Sportcar Motion was just out testing their newest Time Attack machine, a US Integra Type R. Loi, Renzo, and the guys at SportCar Motion have been posting up pics of the build and TEIN is proud to be a vehicle sponsor. It has been modified to compete in the Redline Time Attack  and Super Lap Battle series. SportCar Motion went with the TEIN SRC dampers which have worked well for them in the past. They are the same model used on the competition EG6 which still holds the lap record in SLB Limited FF class competition.

Power comes from a built K24/K20 NA motor and puts out ~300WHP.

Large canards, front splitter and Voltex wing keep the car planted.

Like any good competition team the SportCar Motion crew have been putting in many hours of testing time to dial in the car. We are looking forward to the coming season as we hope to help setup the suspension so drivers Tim Kuo and Renzo Marsano can break records.

Both SportCar Motion FF cars use Super Racing Coilovers straight out of the box. As the vehicle evolves we can change internal components to alter any area of the damping force curve to improve the suspension’s performance. This is a service we offer to all our sponsored teams and anyone using TEIN coilovers but only the sponsored teams get to try our new “secret” parts. 😉