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Im pretty sure AMS keeps the specs pretty close to their chest.

thats one hell of a delivery! Its like christmas all over again...until you look at the hole in the account!

I was only watching videos of the alpha 10 kit and black gtr in the US. very very impressive...and that was with the race 3.8 not 4L that you have!!

The turbos have billet front wheels, looks like the Garrett GTX versions, but that is all we know at this stage. With 40 odd cars here at the workshop for upgrades and tuning, plus trying to get Mark's R35 built/finished, we haven't had a chance to pull apart the AMS turbos and measure them up. On initial inspection though, the kit looks fantastic and I would have no trouble recommending it to any R35 GTR owner. Quality is exceptional.

Blocks are cheap. Time isn't.

It's a bored and darton sleeved block from AMS with forged gear.

Yeah that's fair enough, makes sense to buy a prebuilt bottom end rather that strip clean prep etc etc your current long engine.

nice. :) it should turn out very nice. going all 1 piece for the dash or does it need to be sectioned?

likely sectioned centre console Baron

a few things to change on it yet should be ready next week.

Awesome read. Looking forward to seeing the end result. Your really taking the weight reduction seriously. Just waiting for you to say that the roll cage is going to filled with helium or hydrogen haha.

Nice looking build Mark.

Just on the tyre front - I'd be at least trialling the new Hankook Z221 in a 295 - at least until the 295 A050 is available (which I think may possibly struggle on an R35 but would be worth a try given the weight this car should finish up at).

The RE55 is a great tyre and used to be my main choice for heavier powerful cars - but the new tyre technology is definitely a step forwards so would at least be worth a look IMO.

you can never have too many cage pics...

Luke welding up the cage

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the entire arse has been cut out of the car and chassis tidied up

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Luke will kill me as the rear fuel section cover is not welded in as he would like just yet,

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Awesome.

The GTX Garretts have 9 blades not 7 (I think I counted 7), so I wonder what they are.

One question though, how come the plug isnt the inverse of the dash? As in female version? Are they going to make the female from what you posted above?

Or is there some other way of doing it if theyre doing 'dry' carbon? Im only familiar with 'wet' laying so its cool to see how they do yours.

Awesome.

One question though, how come the plug isnt the inverse of the dash? As in female version? Are they going to make the female from what you posted above?

Or is there some other way of doing it if theyre doing 'dry' carbon? Im only familiar with 'wet' laying so its cool to see how they do yours.

good question. no idea.

will get some updates soon

Awesome.

The GTX Garretts have 9 blades not 7 (I think I counted 7), so I wonder what they are.

One question though, how come the plug isnt the inverse of the dash? As in female version? Are they going to make the female from what you posted above?

Or is there some other way of doing it if theyre doing 'dry' carbon? Im only familiar with 'wet' laying so its cool to see how they do yours.

On NAGTROC somewhere it mentioned they use 3076 HTA Forced Performance turbochargers in there alpha 10 kits and the GT35R version in the alpha 12...

http://store.forcedperformance.net/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FP&Product_Code=NTGT3076HTA&Category_Code=Turbo-FP

Awesome.

The GTX Garretts have 9 blades not 7 (I think I counted 7), so I wonder what they are.

One question though, how come the plug isnt the inverse of the dash? As in female version? Are they going to make the female from what you posted above?

Or is there some other way of doing it if theyre doing 'dry' carbon? Im only familiar with 'wet' laying so its cool to see how they do yours.

a plug is the same as the part effectively. it's the mould that is used to produce the parts. you make plug, then mould, then part. :)

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