Building An Eco-friendly Race Track Monster Out Of A Nissan Skyline

Once we opened the company doors, we knew we needed some demo cars to show off our skills. So we built a BMW M3 and an Acura Integra, but we really needed something that would set ourselves apart from everyone else. So we decided to build a fuel efficient, high horsepower monster. This was not going to be very difficult given our background with green
technologies. So after some careful thought of what car we would start with, we imported one of the greatest sports cars of all time, a 2000 Nissan Skyline R34. It was a low-mileage Silver R34 that had fallen off a roll back and sustained some damages.

After getting the body damage repaired, we also did a complete color change on the car. The silver car was now a blue and black two-tone. The car initially came with a RB25 turbo inline 6 but we decided to upgrade the stock turbo to a custom Peavy Racing, Garret TD-05 with custom built manifold, and all hard piping along with a huge Spearco front mount intercooler.

We have also installed a standalone engine management system as that allowed us to tune the car very precisely for maximum power and fuel efficiency. Moreover by installing this system, the On-Demand Hydrogen system would improve the fuel mileage and be able to be completely controlled by the engine management system.

The Skyline got a production model 1V8D On-demand Hydrogen System from HHO Tek. The hydrogen system and a couple 10 inch subwoofers, powered by an classis Lanzar Optidrive 50c, are all contained in a custom enclosure, built by Trevor Hunter, in the trunk of the car. We didn't spare one ounce of creativity spared with this project; the trunk is a showpiece with everything from solid copper tubes, used for subwoofer wires, to the phosphorescent liquid tubes placed throughout the trunk.

The interior of the car is quite basic, bride racing seats with 4 point harnesses and a roll cage for added safety while blasting around the corners. The Skyline is also getting treated to a set of HRE's wrapped in Nitto rubber. As far as suspension goes, we went for simplicity by using a set of TEIN coilovers. Now we just had to figure out how to stop this beast of a car. We thought a set Brembo 4 piston calipers up front and 2 piston for the rears would do the trick.

The Skyline is almost ready, except for the back window, which needs to be replaced. In spite of putting our best efforts forward in trying to find the part, we have not been successful due to the very rare nature of the car.

The entire goal of this project was to build a car that was fuel-efficient and still a hardcore contender on the track, and at 570 horsepower and over 30 miles per gallon, I think we accomplished our goal. We have a car that has the fuel efficiency of a Honda Civic and the performance stats of a Ferrari

The Skyline still awaits its official debut and is hiding out in the HHO Tek research and development center in Bostic NC awaiting its new rear window.