Bardabe Performance Z33 Flyby

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Bardabe Performance 350Z Flyby

Flawless Rides S13.5 in Action

Bardabe — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:36:24 +0000

Some of you might not have seen this but this was the very first time this car smoked the set of 265′s

since then we have tweaked a few things and the car is finally dialed in and ready to shake what we gave her! this short clip of this beautiful S13 Lighting up a set of 265 series tires on the pump gas map. you can only imagine the carnage it would do on race gas.

S15 Clean up!

Bardabe — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:21:58 +0000

This is a short post, just to show the difference between good welds and bad welds. A few months ago I had Angel from Flawless Rides of Escondido California bring me one of their show pieces a beautiful 2002 Nissan Silvia S15, problem was their previous tech had installed and attempted to modify a Stainless Steel manifold to make a nice Garrett 60-1 turbo fit nice. unfortunately for them the manifold kept cracking time and time again. To patch things up and make the car run correctly for the time being i set on a mission to But a new manifold to make the proper modifications, have the valve cover polished, install a Greddy surge tank, and clean everything under the engine bay up. this is how the car looked when it rolled in.

Messy, yuck.

now time to show you the manifold, a big reason why you don’t MIG weld Stainless steel is because it crystallizes portions of the metal and contaminated particles on the inside of the manifold and around the weld. Another big reason is that with Mig Welding you have minimal temperature control, stainless steel does not like to get too hot it will go brittle if you do that. and to top things off, you don’t weld Mild Steel to Stainless Steel and expect it to hold a turbo under stress vibration and constant heating and cooling cycles. it just does not work. so here is a before and after.

Mig Welds yuck!

Tig Welds! Much Nicer yes?

Top Mig, Bottom Tig

This is what the car looked like after i put it all back together to it’s rightful glory and had it running properly, for the most part. Car will be back soon for some much needed supporting mods and a Dyno Tune!

KA24DE(T) the little truck engine that could.

Bardabe — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:11:39 +0000

Some people twitch and cover their ears when they hear about Nissan KA24 Engines and Turbo, to others its a symphony. I can imagine why most people who hear these terms run off to hide behind their SR20′s and RB’s most attempted to do it, failed hard and swapped for a new engine that came turbo from factory. Turbo KA’s are very fun when built correctly our main subject for today’s post will be Wes. A fellow military customer all the way from the Florida. After going through several “Shops” that could not get his KA setup right he was almost ready to throw in the towel fortunately for him and His S14.5 he found Me. This is what Wes’ car looked like when he towed it in.

We pulled the engine out of the car as every time we started it sounded like a set of decepticons where having sex inside poor Wes’ engine. unfortunately we found beat rod bearings scored crank and over bored cylinder walls, this was a big no no, after hunting down a good Block and crank we got to business. Manuel over at Wayne’s Engine Rebuilders of Riverside California hooked us up with all the proper tolerances for a good High HP KA that will be able to rev to the Moon. like a kid on Christmas Morning I opened the Engine up to go over everything.

After closely inspecting all the parts, measuring piston ring end gaps, bearing clearances making sure all oil galleries are clean and free from any contamination, I started the block assembly. Rule of thumb for engine assembly is “if you can’t eat off of it, don’t install it” that goes for everything going into your engine and is a big reason why you have to cover all ports when opening an engine for inspection or manifold removals. No Contamination! I went ahead and Installed a set of CP 9:1 Compression Pistons, Eagle I Beam Rods, Clevite 77 Race Bearings with Clevite Assembly Lube. this would keep this KA Happy and Spinning for Miles and Events to Come. (We where able to salvage Wes’ piston’s from the last attempt of a build)

With the new rotating assembly all done the only way to accompany it was with a Brand new OEM Nissan Oil Pump, front main seal and rear main seal. and with that all buttoned up I moved forward to installing a fresh cylinder head. Wes Provided me with a Fully Built Brian Crower Stage 2 Head for his KA, a Cometic MLS Head Gasket and a set of ARP Head Studs. this KA is going to rock , all you fellas in Palm Springs keep an Eye out for Wes in his Mighty Machine it’s not your typical 240sx under the skin!

Finally Wes had one more request before taking her out to break her in before the Dyno Tune, he wanted proper fitting intercooler piping, and a properly mounted intercooler. His Intercooler of choice was a massive 4″ S-Max Core with 2.5″ Mandrel bent Aluminum Hot Side and a 2.75″ Cold Side. all with a 3″ Aluminum Intake with an HKS filter to suit the Greddy turbo

intercooler piping the car was towed in with and no air intake.

Bardabe Performance Intercooler Piping all done.

A Properly mounted S-Max FMIC

Word on the street says that Wes has decided to upgrade the Greddy Turbo and manifold to suit his engine better with something with a bigger punch, Dyno numbers coming soon!!!!

Bardabe Performance Intake Kit for the Evo X

Bardabe — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:26:19 +0000

As many of you know and had been very anxious to see what would the proper intake be like on an Evo X would be like? well it is finally here after 3 years of the car hitting the market and the masses not one company was able to produce an intake that kept the fuel trims in check and opened up the cars true potential. so after months of research and development we are now able to proudly say we make the most efficient Intake kit out in the market today! Coming with the Biggest Velocity Stack and Filter available in the market today, along with Precision bent T6-6061 Air Craft Aluminum Intake pipe and Upper Intercooler Pipe. Bead rolled, Silicone Couplers, and Stainless Steel T-bolt Clamps Boost leaks are a thing of the past, and that flat spot on the car at high RPM’s is now a thing of the past as well. we took a minute and did some base line pulls on 1 2010 100% Stock GSR. and 1 2010 GSR with a Drop in Filter and turbo inlet pipe. the results where an awesome achievement over the factory air box and intake pipe.

so here we start the day of the Evo X Dyno days. first to build up some anticipation we started off with a RG Red 2010 GSR mods where a K&N Drop in Filter freshly cleaned few weeks before the dyno event. we strapped the car down. Naji From Looney Tunning made his way over as he is a Tuning Junkie and just can’t get enough of making cars go fast, run safer, and smoother seeing that he has always wanted a consistent intake that keeps the Fuel trims in check to offer to his customers for better tunning results and power gains he wanted to see what the BP would do. so hr brought out all his gear and set all cars to Mode 23 so we could datalog them and see what it would be like. before and after the Intake Kit.

and so we moved on to do the baseline pulls, base lines where made and the car was too quiet for that so we moved on to the good stuff tearing it down! Chris couldn’t wait to have his Bright Yellow Intake installed so he decided to join the fun in installing the intake on a car that is at operating temperatures on 104* weather. inside the shop it was more like 112* or so lol.

So once the rollers stoped, we started working

Here is Juan taking off the Nose Pannel.

Boom! All taken apart, preparing the new parts to go in.

Everything getting adjusted and tightened down.

All Done and ready for the gains. we followed to start it up, get it back up to Operating temperature and have naji do some base logs of the LTFT’s once those checked out and everything was in check we followed to do the Dyno Pulls. to see the gains. now it was 104* outside temperatures inside the Dyno Room where even worse so it wasn’t exactly the Ideal Dyno Conditions. but hey I’m on for a challenge if my parts fall on their face in the heat then I don’t have a reason to be proud.

and just as expected, the lean spool on the Evo X SUCKS! the car hadn’t had time to learn it’s new modification so pre spool we had some knock in this 112* Dyno room Boost came on allot faster so the car pinged and near redline we encountered the same problem it was just too hot yet we still saw an amazing 35HP Gain in the power band!!! Chris was amazed and ecstatic. he could not wait to drive his car on normal driving conditions to feel the new parts working and the gains on the new power band.

so we pulled the first car off the Dyno and started loading up the second one, the real test a 100% Stock 2010 GSR. sadly it was now 107* Outside and inside the dyno room was hell. but being we had driven 100+ miles to access a 4WD Dyno Dynamics Dyno. (load test not free wheeling like a Dyno Jet) we proceeded to test it. strapped the car down and get to business.

Naji set up Mode 23 to log the car to keep track of knock AFR FT’s and so on. and we set off to doing the Base line Dyno Pulls. once we got all 3 In, we set off on the adventure of installing the intake kit. this time however Naji wanted to be part of the fun to see how easy this thing is to install. and well to his surprise very simple!

before we started the new intake kit on the 2nd car i decided to let my lunch cook off the wing on my personal car. just to give you guys an idea of how hot it is outside. the sandwich was cold from from a sub shop here in Chatsworth.

and then the tear down began! Naji Myself and Reggie installing this one.

sometimes the mitsubishi couplers can be stubborn.

Lining everything up before the final tightening of the clamps

All Done!

Looney Tunes Aproved! TADA!!!!

and with the intake installed and ready to roll, I decided to go check up on my lunch, hmm

To give you guys how hot it was, this thing went from cold, to Evo X Wing Top Toasted. cheese melted, bred crispy and everything.

while I ate my Sammich, Naji proceeded to Logging while i ate and find some results.

Wow would you look at that! on a bone stock Evo X we see 40WHP and 25ft/lb torque gain! in 105*+ Weather!!!! you guys can only imagine what this thing can do on a Tunned car in proper road situation. so now the BP Intake it is proven even on the Dyno, we have real world HP Gains, nothing fake or “About” the Bardabe Performance Intake kit is good for 40WHP and 30ft/lbs of torque at the wheels by red line no more flat lining, no more Fuel Trims that go off the charts, no more SES Lights for Fuel trims.

now for random shots of the dyno day,

I Swear im not shrot, Naji is just really tall.

everyone swarming in on the Dyno Chart after the first pull lol

world domination is our secret plan

Well you see, this kit works, your car was falling in it’s face before now it’s not. even heat soaked the kit performs better!

the face of a man who just found out his car knocks so bad he will need a tune very soon.

We’re good!!!

and with this i will conclude this article. I would like to thank everyone who came out and showed your support for not only for Me and my Company but for the Import and Car Community. days and times like this remind me time and time again why i chose to do what i do, and why Bardabe Performance is what it is today! without Enthusiast, friends, and Customers like i have today i have no idea where my company would be today. look forward to many years of celebration, quality parts and service, and memories like this.

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Specialty Z Z34… Twin Turbo

Bardabe — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:56:08 +0000

Back in June Seb from Specialty Z picked up a Z34, and he would have to have it twin turbo’d shortly after the purchase. Building and driving high powered Z’s will spoil you and this is the sole reason why he would have to just have it Turbo’d shortly after the purchase.

it sucks that the front bumper has to hide such a nice intercooler and turbo kit on such a beautiful car. The kit of choice for Seb’s Z was a GTM Stage 2 Twin Turbo Kit. Using twin garrett GT2860R turbo’s (.86ar housing) and GTM Competition Oil cooler it is no doubt this Z would pack a strong punch, the Twin Tial Wastegates keep the boost levels in check at whatever the Blitz SBC-id tell them to hold it at.

Being that this car was going to make mass amounts of power, there was only 1 clutch in mind for it. The Specialty Z High 5

Now for the fun part Specialty Z is not only known for working on some of the best Z cars around SoCal and delivering very clean and reliable results to customers every time. They are also known for their very knowledgeable and respectable tunning abilities. always managing to bring the best out of a car’s performance at safe reliable levels, with that said the car was strapped down on the Dyno for a proper tune, we often cry and look down on off the shelve tunes they never perform at a car’s true potential.

at only 6psi the car is good for over 400rwhp very impresive!

with 3 more pounds of boost, on 91 octane the car sits at 488RWHP!

it's hard to say no, we had to put some 100 octane in the tank lol. @ 12 psi Seb's car made 557RWHP!

Now that is what we call efficiency, a VG30DETT or RB26DETT Engine equiped with these turbos at similar boost levels can’t make the given power at these boost levels. not to mention the VQ30′s ability to match HP and TQ levels. if you have a 370Z making it Twin Turbo is the best thing you can do. these are some of the exact words from Seb @ Specialty Z “Power comes on very smoothly unlike a Z32 which can be violent. Due to in part by the flat torque output. It feels like the car could have come equipped force fed from the factory, its that good. The VQ37VHR engine acts as if nothing were different with this amount of power running through its veins. Something the old VQ35DE could not accomplish on a factory engine. The bone stock VQ35DE could really only safely muster under 400whp. Anymore and you risk certain catastrophe on the VQDE engine.” and with that said the only other thing that is worth while is actually seeing the car in person, owning one, or settle for this dyno video.

Bobby Reim’s S13

Bardabe — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:10:25 +0000

So we have been extremely busy here at Bardabe Performance in the past few months, so busy that there was no time to update the blog but you can rest asured we have some exiting news, and plenty of new products for the import market today. with that said our apologies and we bring you a small update.

Bobby Reim, very good guy a very honest and honorable Marine brought me his car for some love. Bobby had been bringing his car in for quite some time to do simple gauge installs, boost controllers, intercooler LSD and so on. (if i updated the blog with every little part install i do we would be over flowing with content haha) so a few months ago Bobby brought me his car over for a turbo upgrade. He brought me his car and a whole lot of goodies, Bobby brought over a very good typical SR20 Cocktail that works great and it is extremely fun on the street and packs enough of a punch to do some track work. He brought over an S15 Dual Ball Bearing GT28 Turbo, Deatschwerks 750cc Injectors, a 300ZX (Z32) MAF, Cosworth Head Gasket, ARP Head Studs, and a CX Racing O2 Housing to install.

So we did, we separated the head from the block, inspected the pistons and cylinder walls for any pits or damage. when that checked out clear we inspected the head for any damage and carried on with the build, we installed the Head Gasket and ARP Head studs. Bolted on the OEM Exhaust manifold (now ported) to the S15 Turbo and CX Racing O2 Housing. and put the head back on the block. after that was all said and done we rechecked the valve shims for proper clearances to make sure we wouldn’t have any issues with the raised redline. We then took the 300ZX MAF wired in the new plug to the engine harness and made him a Custom Aluminum Turbo inlet pipe (less restriction over that nasty rubber piece) and attached the Apexi double Cone filter and moved on to the next side.

after making proper modifications we installed the new Intercooler piping followed by the Deatschwerks injectors. we installed new Exhaust gaskets for the ISIS Downpipe, Testpipe, and Blast Pipe exhaust. double checked all torque settings primed the oil system for the new turbo setup and Head gasket checked for leaks and got down for the fun part. Finally plugged in the new Nistune ECU with a base map courtesy of Specialty Z, she fired right up and idled like a kitten very smooth and mellow definitely loved the map. so after we checked everything we babied the car over to Specialty Z for DYNO TUNNIG!!!

After we arrived at Specialty Z, Seb greeted us we went over the car again just to check nothing changed and got to tunning. We ran into a couple issues at the dyno but we where able to fix them on the spot. the car laid down a healthy 291whp on 91octane and 14.7 psi (1Bar) the wastegate was not opening at a safe level so we had to modify it and make it work. unfortunately that made the turbo a bit laggy. with a better W/G Actuator and higher quality EBC this car can definetly see boost 1K Rpm’s sooner.

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Bobby Reim's S13 Standard Block, standard Head, only mods are Cosworth 1.5mm HG, ARP Head Studs, GT2871R, 3" Turbo Back Exhaust, FMIC, Bardabe Performance Suction Kit, Z32 MAF, and a Nistune ECU Tuned By Seb at Specialty Z. car made 291whp and 267wtq at 15psi on 91 Octane

Performance Motorsports East Coast Flavor.

Bardabe — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:03:22 +0000

With the SEMA madness coming to a screeching halt there was a lot of catching up to do. With Las Vegas at hand, many new friends flourished from this trip and we would like to extend a big warm welcome to our new good friends in St James, NY. Perfomrance Motorsports Gary and Alex couldn’t have been more of a welcoming bunch of fellas. Having long discussions with them about cars and the technology they proved to be a leading asset in the tuning community for the east coast performance market. We thank these guys for the good times that lie ahead, with another source open, we are looking to help Alex & Gary keep building some of the fastest Z’s around in the east coast, with some West coast Flavor. we will keep updating our blog with their projects as well as ours.

Update: Flawless Rides S13 Tuning Session is Over

Bardabe — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:59:23 +0000

if you all remember Nick & Angel from Flawless Rides in Escondido California brought us their S13 240sx for a check up, that ended up turning into a full build if you want to know the details you can Check back to Part 1 & part 2 of the build.

Having the car all buttoned up we just needed the right engine management for the car. our Engine management of choice for a build like this is non other than Nistune Realtime Engine management. so we took one of their Type 3 Boards into an OEM Nissan SR20DE(T) ECU and went ahead and did a supper clean install. Thanks to Shaggy @ Bardabe Performance . buttoned the ECU all up Loaded a start up map to get her on the trailer and set sail for Specialty Z in Chatsworth California.

When we arrived at specialty Z, as always seb greeted us sat down and went over the entire car. we started by making a base map, cold start idle map to get the car to fire right up and idle on it’s own. once we got that ready we went over the engine made sure the base timing was set, that we had no boost leaks or vacuum leaks installed the wideband and so on. by the time we where done with all of that it was time for Seb to leave on personal business and so Greg took over the situation. When Greg arrived i went over the details of the car with him briefly and got her all set up on the Dyno. after a few hours of constant tunning holding different rpm’s and different load levels we got the basemap done. with only 9.5 pounds of boost to work with we began tunning the load maps and got a healthy 309whp out of it with the lowest boost setting this car will ever see. it was getting late so we decided to call it a day, we packed up I set sail back to HQ and the boys at SZ went home.

The Following Day Greg installed the boost controller of choice the Blitz SBC iD Spec R. got it dialed in and tunned away for 15 Pounds of boost for 91 Octane. the car had some very impressive results did an amazing 353WHP which is very impressive for the boost level and fuel we where using. about an Hour later after tunning the 91 Map was finally done. Nick & Angel had came in with a car that didn’t run, had bad compression, and a desperate need for a refreshment and proper install. Nick & Angel’s quest for power was not done, seeing that they had over passed their power goals with such ease knowing they can put 91 octane in the car and drive it balls to the wall without a problem. they where curious to see what the car would make with some real Fuel, and so we proceeded. Greg Went ahead and emptied out the gas tank out of all it’s 91 octane shame, and put a few gallons of VP Racing Q16 goodness. Knowing we had some real gas Greg programed the boost controller to let the GT28R Spool to 22 pounds before the waste gate cracked open and got back to tunning. after allot of tweaking to the Fuel and Ignition Tables, we made some passes and the car put down some respectful power, that is until the clutch decided it was not going to hold that kind of power and slipped at 444WHP!! the car still has room for growth and allot more power to be made on Q16, just got to fix that weak link. Here is a Video of the car on the Dyno baking that clutch as soon as boost hits.

Nick and Angel won’t have any problem ripping those tires loose and smoking them on the drift. car is going to be a blast to drive now Congratulations to Nick & Angel for the impressive results. once they get a new clutch and flywheel we can strap her back on the Dyno and finalize the Race tune and we can keep rocking on.

Q16 Tune on the Left 91 Tune on the Right.

Flawless Rides Nissan 240SX, Part 2

Bardabe — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:03:33 +0000

so it has been a couple of weeks since we put together the SR20 for this awesome car, and it has been a hectic work week. We got the Engine in the car in about 10 minutes… if that. The adventure was cleaning up everything else on the car to match an awesome engine. We started by getting the proper clamps for the car, replacing a couple couplers, and Fixing the Intercooler Cold pipe. after that was done we went ahead and made a custom 3″ intake for the Car. Knowing Nick and Angel where going to be Drifting this car, venting the blow off valve to atmosphere is a big No No, so we went ahead and added a recirculation fitting to our custom intake set up. Once that was all set up we started with the oil catch can. since the factory piece is no longer there we need something to catch all the oil from going into the intake system. What we did is take a Greddy catch can that Nick brought me (along with other goodies) fabricate some mounting tabs for it, and weld them on to the catch can. got that mounted up nicely and welded the fittings on it for a clean install and look. added another fitting to the intake system, hooked it all up properly and we where good to go on the intake and intercooler portion of the build.

Up next, we had the pressure side of the intake side we started with the hoses for the idle control, vacuum lines for the Fuel pressure regulator, Boost Gauge, and blowoff valve. once that was all set up i could not help but to remake a billet aluminum throttle bracket, something about the factory piece does not work very well with the Greddy manifold, and sheet metal just does not cut it. took care of that. and it was looking good. Followed by Installing the Radiator, Radiator Hoses, and the Electric fan on the car. the engine is in and ready to go. Mechanically, at least.

on Part 3 of the built, we will Install all the gauges, Engine Management. Put a base map on her and get her to the dyno, She will be broken in at the dyno Here at Bardabe Performance our motto is , “You live by the redline, You Die By the redline” so if would be wrong to fire her up and drive it like Grandma and Gramdpa out on a Sunday Drive. Look forward to some Videos of that on the next post.