KPGC10 von Protec

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In 1969 when the first GC10 Skyline GTR appeared with it's race-bred twin cam S20 engine, it was destined to become one of the most legendary cars in the Japanese automotive world. Due to their low production numbers, the cars quickly gained value, and now fully mint examples have been known to climb into the six figure price range. With their high value and rarity, the majority of the remaining GTR's kept in their original, stock form and are rarely driven. A company in Kanagawa prefecture by the name of Protec is dedicated to keeping the classic GTR's in their original habitat, Japan's racing circuits. Not content with having the C10 GTR's kept as museum pieces, Protec offers a variety of parts and services that that transform the original GTR's into modern, circuit-going machines without straying far from the original GTR formula. Protec offers full overhaul and service for the C10, as well as a number of performance parts. Among these parts are original exhaust manifolds, brake upgrade kits, and special full-coilover suspensions produced by Aragosta. Protec also has coilover kits for the S30Z and 110 Skyline. They are not cheap at around $3000 US, if you are going to modify these historic machines, only the best parts will do. On their site website you can find some photos showing the in-house overhaul of a '69 C10 Sedan pictured below. The prodigy of Protec's efforts is their KPGC10 Skyline GTR demo/race car. The car is powered by a fully built 2.2L S20 with the whole catalog of Protec parts thrown at it. The transmission is an original overhauled Protec unit, and as expected it features Protec suspension and brake work. With all the work done to the car, it has ran a 1:08 best lap time at Tsukuba Circuit. To put the time into prospective, a 1:08 at Tsukuba is in the 350Z/BMW M3 time range. You can see the car in action in the video on Protec's site . A normal S20 sounds amazing, but wait until you hear the sound Protec's "stage 5" version. While any C10 Skyline GTR is impressive, you have to admire Protec for continuing to push the hakosuka and the S20 to new levels, nearly 40 years after it's introduction.

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