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The car and the 33GT-R wheels look great. I can't remember if spacers were needed for these but the offset looks perfect for the GTS25t.

Some more info I found. These are the last entries Yoshikiyo Fujii made on his blog before he passed away in 2009: http://blog.livedoor.jp/fujii_dynamics/ And finally this is where the workshop was situated: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HhTPtHzt3WVcBTiEA

As Duncan mentioned it's likely a remapped ECU, like the the one listed in the link I post earlier: https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/444260/car/444612/2099320/parts.aspx He quoted 444PS with an unopened engine and twin GT2510s @ 1.1bar boost... sounds about right?

Not personally familiar with the shop but I've been in Japan since 2000 and heard about and seen Fuji Dynamics cars at some events back around that time. They were one of the GT-R tuners that go overshadowed by HKS, Mines, Autech Tsukada etc with not a lot of coverage in the media, so not surprising that info is hard to come by.

This is what I could find on Minkara which has at least something on pretty much anything to do with the Japanese car industry. Yoshikiyo Fuji president of Fuji Dynamics memorial service review in August 2009 (at the time of his death): https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/380062/blog/14461568/ The Fuji Dynamics drag R33 GT-R was revived in April 2014: https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/781303/blog/32964763/ Fuji Dynamics drag JZZ30 Soarer: https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/380062/car/287607/1548806/3/photo.aspx#title Fuji Dynamics BNR34 GT-R: https://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/300083/car/195676/609329/5/photo.aspx#title Plenty of Fuji Dynamics parts are still in use over the years on many cars, particularly the stainless steel exhausts, twin plate clutches and CPUs that can be seen in Minkara: https://minkara.carview.co.jp/search/?q=フジイダイナミクス&c=101&st=0 I also found a mention in Carboy magazine about the BNR33 GT-R drag car from 1999. It had all HVAC including A/C still fitted (A/C condenser and radiator were moved to the boot) and it ran a 9.7 sec quarter mile. Somewhat of a legend among GT-R and drag enthusiasts then and now. If you're wondering if it was a reputable shop, then yes it was.

The detail level is about right for the money they charge for the full kit... AU$21.00 each issue, 110 issues for a total of $2,300 (I mentioned $2.2K in the first post when the exchange rate was better). $20/week is doable... 😐

Before: After:

Issues 11 - 21 Finally got around to building a growing pile of weekly issues/parts and taking some photos. I did a bit of detail painting focusing on the fuel rail and injectors... these were originally all black plastic and looked quite unrealistic compared to the other parts. Also used some Tamiya panel line accent colour to give the whole cylinder head and surrounding parts a slightly weathered 'just run in' look to it. I've been following another Japanese guy's build and he's done the same more or less. Also got a 1/8th scale number plate set to replace the GT-R Nismo plates that came with the kit, to go together with the 'just run in' theme.

Zoomed in they look like oil paintings

Went to a drift practice day at a local circuit (held on the reserve parking area behind the grandstand) for the first time in about 15 years. Some kei cars were drifting as well, a not so surprising Suzuki Carry truck, and two 1st gen Daihatsu Copens that were converted to rear wheel drive(!) using Daihatsu Boon X4 transfer case, prop shaft and rear diff, obviously omitting the front driveshafts. They looked really fun to slide. I heard that they cost "about half" as much as a Nissan Silvia etc to run. On the track 'Tech M' a local BMW tuning garage had a customer track day. Mainly recent models but there was one E36 which looked ancient among all the current models. It was cool watching the drifting and then turning around and seeing random people thrashing their M3/4s central-circuit-drift-practice-2025-05-18-long-yt.mp4

I prefer it with those wheels (sacrilege?) 😋 Here's a photo of a fully original one for reference. The price is $350K....

That M3 looks like it handles so well, initial slight understeer on turn in followed by oversteer which is cancelled out as steering returns to centre. Looks like such a fun car to drive. In comparison the Skyline and Sierra look like they understeer more and thus need more heavier steering inputs...?

Looks close enough to fool a few people into thinking it was a genuine 400R I'm sure. Well done 👍

Yes they're fairly common, especially where there's kids around like in an apartment complex. The kids will see the characters and then (hopefully) read the sign that says not to enter because it's dangerous. I've seen them on busy roads where kids wouldn't be hanging around as well, but not every time. It could be down to the city/town where it is and how cutesey (lol) they want to present their construction sites

Saw this abandoned Honda Fit in a carpark that was getting repaved... they just 'cut around it' and continued with the job! There's a number of reasons why the car could have been abandoned, but as for the construction company, legally they don't have permission to move the car from the owner (who has moved on and can't be contacted) so all they can do it just leave it there with enough space around it so it won't get damaged.