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spetz
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by spetz » Mon May 07, 2012 7:14 am
You are retired?
I assume it's some "special" which had something like a hood stripe... or some other lame stuff (Mitsubishi seemed to be king in this department)
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by Supplanter » Mon May 07, 2012 7:37 am
HKSFTO is a Nakaya Tune.
LED ALL the things.
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by dstocks » Mon May 07, 2012 8:06 am
Nup, Nakaya was a famous race driver over there. They got his race team to retune the ECU and engine. Car also comes with a special lip.
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by Nacho » Mon May 07, 2012 11:19 am
I wonder which one of these 36000 lucky ducks became the Taevion
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
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by dstocks » Mon May 07, 2012 2:23 pm
Heres a new table (transmission):
Code: Select all
Model 5 SP Manual 4 SP Tip 5 SP Tip
GS 1205 2996 0
GR 2306 10127 0
GR Limited 215 1387 0
GR Sport 567 1242 0
GX Sport 460 0 883
GX Aero 131 0 164
GPX 4329 8921 553
GPX Nakaya Tune 22 100 0
GPX Limited 20 187 0
GP 42 36 0
GPvR 322 0 220
GPvR Aero 240 0 130
Totals 9859 24996 1950
I learnt a couple of things here:
- difference between the GR and the GX is a 5 speed tip box
- I was led to believe that the COTY Yellow FTO's only came out in tip, but this isnt true. There are 20 manuals out there somewhere.
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by Astron_Boy » Mon May 07, 2012 2:34 pm
Great, so, I have only 1949 spare 5spd tip boxes, clusters and tcu's to choose from, pending all those are still around if ours fails.
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by Bennoz » Mon May 07, 2012 2:36 pm
dstocks wrote: difference between the GR and the GX is a 5 speed tip box
Also an enlarged throttle body & revised tune giving approx 10 more horses.
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by dstocks » Mon May 07, 2012 2:39 pm
Great, so, I have only 1949 spare 5spd tip boxes, clusters and tcu's to choose from, pending all those are still around if ours fails.
Nope, because I know of at least 2 others that have died
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by Astron_Boy » Mon May 07, 2012 2:45 pm
That's true now you mention it.
So slim pickings for us facelift auto owners.
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by Bennoz » Mon May 07, 2012 3:53 pm
Astron_Boy wrote: That's true now you mention it.
So slim pickings for us facelift auto owners.
Time for a big glass of concrete & a manual conversion
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by Astron_Boy » Mon May 07, 2012 4:03 pm
I'll let you teach the wife.
I tried, and like any good man realised 'stop now'.
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by PHIL069 » Mon May 07, 2012 10:30 pm
"GPX Nakaya Tune - 22 - Manual"
I WANT! Please FTO God
mikeey01nzl wrote: Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done!
Daniel2019 wrote: Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now...
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by bass_twitch » Tue May 08, 2012 10:38 am
PHIL069 wrote: "GPX Nakaya Tune - 22 - Manual"
I WANT! Please FTO God
Me too,
Why do these not pop up anywhere!
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by bjk » Tue May 08, 2012 3:53 pm
bass_twitch wrote: PHIL069 wrote: "GPX Nakaya Tune - 22 - Manual"
I WANT! Please FTO God
Me too,
Why do these not pop up anywhere!
They're the one's that are hiding in basement warehouses in Japan until they can sell them for squillions of Yen.
OR, they were just so awesome that all of the owners died while driving them and they're all wrecked.
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by Lawso » Tue May 08, 2012 8:51 pm
i find that interesting that there were no GX autos
EDIT: just
'd, read the 4 speed auto, not the 5 sp auto.
need a beer
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by Astron_Boy » Tue May 08, 2012 8:59 pm
lawso wrote: EDIT: just
'd,
need a beer
In a language you'll understand.
IKR, coz tat'll fix it!
Did Ralliart UK simply take hold of a couple of FTOs after production and mod them?
Like the TMR Magnas...?
As they're not in the list.
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by PHIL069 » Tue May 08, 2012 9:06 pm
bjk wrote: They're the one's that are hiding in basement warehouses in Japan until they can sell them for squillions of Yen.
Cool, I'm going to hunt one down when I'm a squillionaire.
mikeey01nzl wrote: Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done!
Daniel2019 wrote: Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now...
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by Sahin » Tue May 08, 2012 9:27 pm
Squilion yen = $45 aud or so I think
spetz
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by spetz » Wed May 09, 2012 1:50 am
How many hp was the Nakaya Tune FTO?
"The main differences are Nakaya-Tune Sports Muffler (Made by Prof), Nakaya-Tune Brake Pad (Made by AP), Nakaya-Tune Carbon Fibre Lip Spoiler, Nakaya-Tune Suspension, Nakaya-Tune Shock Absorber (Made by OHLINS)"
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by -Nighthawk- » Wed May 09, 2012 1:57 am
Interesting that those production figures say there were 122 Nakaya Tune FTO's yet sources on the Internet all claim there were 300 of them...