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Join us for a look back at an all-but-forgotten entry in the history of Nissan Motorsports... a time when Nissan actually built certain limited-production cars solely for the purpose of complying with racing series' rules, in order to field a competitive entry.

http://www.nicoclub.com/?p=10630

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Weird. S110 with a S12 front on it...
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Well how effing cool is that. I got through all five pages -- quite a story!
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That was awesome! i hope someone reputable ends up with it.
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did the original L powerplant use the OS Giken head as well?

white lightening as pictured by Dave used a twin cam OS Giken head to breathe easier
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Knocked it out of the park! Great article!
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Mr1der wrote:did the original L powerplant use the OS Giken head as well?
You mean for passenger cars / trucks? No.
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I was referring to the one they took out of car to make it a roller.

the original L head was based of a Mercedes design.

well, sorta...once upon a time it was
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