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Nissan Pulsar Article tag: Haltech
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Nissan Pulsar
QG18? What the heck is that! When we were given this Nissan Pulsar, slapping a turbo onto it was the first thing that came to mind. The first video of the series can be found here: We quickly found the limits of the stock engine and stock automatic gearbox, so instead of stopping there we decided to build them. The car is sporting a PSR G30 turbo, a set of forged rods, and some other junk parts we collected. We quickly found this car had genuine potential at roll racing, and started further modifying it. Every time something broke, we upgraded it and kept pushing the car. Then it was time to really push the car on the dyno and see how much power we can actually make. After only making 265HP, we found the factory camshafts were completely out of puff. We ended up replacing the camshafts, installing a brushless fuel pump and turning the car up to 30PSI to make a whopping 370HP!! It quickly lifted the cylinder head, causing serious engine issues. We fixed the engine, put it back onto the dyno and continued to turn the car up, cranking out over 400HP this time! The car was absolutely crazy to drive, and quickly damaged a rod bearing. Is this the end of the Pulsar saga?
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Nissan Xtrail Article tag: Haltech
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Nissan Xtrail
The Nissan Xtrail isn't exactly the first choice in cars when deciding to strap a turbo to something, but that's what makes it even better! We learned very quickly the short comings of the QR25, and how to mend them. After this the engine has really surprised us with its ability to make stupid horsepower. We pulled this car out of our backyard where it had been sitting for years. The car was a mess, the engine was trashed and it really had no hope at a second life. The video of this happening can be found here: We decided to rebuild the engine, using only a set of Forged Rods in the bottom end, and slap a G30-770 onto it. This quickly surprised us as the car was making way more power on the dyno than we thought it would,  This video can be found here: After this we took the car to the beach to race as a sand drag car, which was a lot of fun. Once it blew the rear diff, we decided to do a maximum Horsepower test with nitrous to see where the motor would finally let go. It ended up lifting the head at over 500hp! The video can be found here: We thought this would be the end of the car, however we decided to give it one last try at surprising us further. We replaced the diff, we rebuilt the engine, and fitted a G35-1050. To see how that pans out, check out the latest video!
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