By Marshall on 06/02/2008

R35 GT-R – Track testing

R35 GT-R – Track testing

Recently we were invited to bring our R35 GT-R out to Arizona for a Modified magazine tuner car shoot-out. In preparation, we took our GT-R out to Miller Motorsport Park for some testing. During the tests, along with several other items currently under wraps, we put our new Coil Over conversion kit through the paces and experimented with many different spring rates and ride heights. Some tire testing was performed...

By Marshall on 05/26/2008

Long Beach Grand Prix

Long Beach Grand Prix

Recently Toyo invited us out to the Long Beach Grand Prix to display a few of our cars in their booth. We brought out our 2008 STI and EVO X which are exclusively using Toyo Proxes R888 tires at Redline Time Attack events. Click here for the event write-up Justin posted on our forum along with more pictures of the events. Many thanks to Toyo for inviting us and all...

By Marshall on 04/08/2008

GT-R (R35) ECU Testing

GT-R (R35) ECU Testing

As we’ve been progressing with our R35 ECU development, Daryl @ JSpec Connect was kind enough to let us send an engineer out to do a few quick checks and read the data from his R35 ECU. Many, many thanks to Daryl for helping us out!! Please visit his website at www.jspecconnect.com.

By Marshall on 04/01/2008

The ‘uncrackable’ GT-R (R35) ECU

The ‘uncrackable’ GT-R (R35) ECU

Some claims had been made to suggest the new Nissan GT-R ECU was encrypted and ‘uncrackable’. Well folks, we’ve ‘cracked’ it. Our own GT-R is a JDM version with the fun-sapping 180 kph (112mph) speed limiter. Thankfully, it can now be removed. We’ll continue to do more in-house testing and hopefully get some beta AccessPORTs out to the other two JDM GT-Rs in the US inflicted with the same speed...

By Marshall on 03/17/2008

SF Intake Air Box Testing

SF Intake Air Box Testing

We’ve had a few requests for us to post data regarding some testing we’ve performed on our SF Intake Air Box for the Subaru WRX/STI. I think the results state pretty clearly how much an air box helps with keeping Intake Air Temps in check. Highway Driving: COBB SF Intake no box: Max 124 degrees F Avg. 91.6 degrees F COBB SF Intake w/ box: Max 108 degrees F Avg....

By Marshall on 03/03/2008

R35 Intake Prototyping

R35 Intake Prototyping

Our engineering staff has been quite busy developing product for the new R35 GT-R.  Josh and Eric have already started work on the exhaust system, and today Billy and Eric put some time in on our SF Intake for the GT-R.  Below are a few pictures of a mock up. Our R35 SF Intake will feature our composite MAF housings with integrated velocity stack and air flow straighteners.  Air is...

By Marshall on 02/28/2008

R35 Dyno Results

R35 Dyno Results

As you may know, we’re NOT a fan of running a car at full load on the dyno until we’ve properly broken in the engine. However, we were constantly asked today what it did on our dyno so we succumbed to the pressure and we went ahead and made a few WOT pulls with only a scant 100 km on the clock. <sigh> OK, here are the results. A few...

By Marshall on 02/15/2008

COBB’s GT-R (R35) – Ready for shipping

COBB’s GT-R (R35) – Ready for shipping

As you know with the previous post, we have a new GT-R (R35). Here are the pictures of it being loaded into the shipping container as it headed over here from Japan. Bye for now… we’ll post more pictures next week of our R35 here at our shop and the parts we’re prototyping for it….including of course the AccessPORT for the impossible to crack ECU!

By Marshall on 02/13/2008

’02-07 WRX/STi SF Intake Air Box

’02-07 WRX/STi SF Intake Air Box

Our much anticipated cool air box for our SF Intake is now available. It will be up on our website, and on their way to dealers, before the end of this week. Overall we went for a clean, if slightly understated, look with of course a high degree of function and a lot of ‘attention to detail’ features, . Even things like the original front air scoop is retained as...

By Marshall on 02/06/2008

AccessPORT Update v1.2.4.1 (US Subaru)

AccessPORT Update v1.2.4.1 (US Subaru)

We recently released a new firmware update for the North American model Subaru AccessPORT. A lot of good stuff is included, as we continue to improve the functionality and features of the AccessPORT. It’s hard to believe we only released it back in Dec. ’06, considering how far it’s already come and all the potential it still has. Maybe I’m biased, but I think it’s cool to see all the...

By Marshall on 01/29/2008

Random Pics of the day

Random Pics of the day

By Marshall on 01/27/2008

EVO X – Prototyping

EVO X – Prototyping

Work continues on our EVO X. While the software guys are busy hacking away at the ECU, our hardware engineers and fabricators have been busy designing some great new parts. First up is a rapid prototype of part of our SF Intake. As with our other intakes, it’ll incorporate a velocity stack and a lot of effort to promote a smooth, laminar air flow across the MAF sensor. The advantage...

By Marshall on 01/18/2008

Dave’s adventures @ Autosport International Show

Dave’s adventures @ Autosport International Show

One of our engineers, Dave Benson, recently attended the Autosport International Show in the UK. Our friends at MSD Ignition and Racepak had a booth at the show and invited us to come out and see what sort of interest might exist in Europe for our products. Overall the reception was VERY good and we came away with a lot of motivation to ramp up our efforts to enter the...

By Marshall on 11/14/2007

Japan Trip : Part One – Prova

Japan Trip : Part One – Prova

This week I’m in Japan to perform some AccessPORT R&D and testing in preparation for its release to the Japanese market. Having just finished up with SEMA, things have been busy to say the least. After 16+ hours of travel by plane and trains, I arrived in Yokohama on Monday night. For those that have not been to Japan before, the hotel rooms is a bit smaller than what you...

By Marshall on 11/05/2007

Warp Core Breach

Warp Core Breach

The crew enjoying a few adult beverages at Quark’s Bar in the Hilton.  These have become a bit of a tradition for us during SEMA.  A nice way to end a busy day.

By Marshall on 10/23/2007

Preparing for SEMA – 2008 G37

Preparing for SEMA – 2008 G37

For this year’s SEMA show, we plan on displaying a Infiniti (Nissan) vehicle along side our new Subaru vehicle. We started tinkering with the Nissan 350Z when they hit showroom floors back in 2003. We actually designed and tested several parts then, but lacked the ability to produce/support them due to lack of resources. The shop officially owned a 2006 350Z in order to begin daily real-world testing of product...