Tag Archives: SR20DET

In my latest pursuit for more power and response for my treasured Nissan S15, I recently embarked down the ECU tuning path by purchasing a Nistune Type 4 daughterboard and installed it into my stock ECU. The next logical step for most would have then involved paying someone a visit (usually a workshop) to “tune” my car – I went …

What a turn out, even though the weather wasn’t playing nice. Great evening of talking shop, cruising and snacking in West Gosford. Although the roads were wet and rain followed us everywhere, still made for a fantastic cruise nevertheless.

It occurred to me the other day while working on some niggly engine bits, that Pearl was still running the factory dump pipe – it was obvious by build up of rust around the heat shield. The damn thing was holding back some of my precious kW’s! So a few days and $109 later, I was holding a shiny 3” …

“PEARL” – 1999 JDM Silvia SPEC R S15 200SX Pearl has seen minimal modifications since my acquisition early 2012, many of the mods listed here fortunately came with the car. Goodbye to the subjective 3 spoke Stern wheels (each to their own) and Vertex eyelids… and hello to more power and style! There is plenty more to come, this is …