Blown VVEL !!!

Originally Posted by DR_ Any idea why the oil pump failed or is this just another thing we need to worry about when we track this car?? NISMO.JP website talks

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Blown VVEL !!!

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09-23-2012, 05:06 PM

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Any idea why the oil pump failed or is this just another thing we need to worry about when we track this car??

NISMO.JP website talks about their uprated gears being safe to 8200rpm. This presupposes that the OEM gears will not tolerate this rev-limit. I can only suspect that 7500rpm limit from the factory has something to do with it.

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