For Sale: Trust - Greddy Adjustable Cam Pulley

Pic 1: Trust-Greddy Adjustable Cam Pulley

I have for sale the Trust-Greddy Adjustable Cam Pulley aka GReddy Cam Sprocket. I am selling it as a set with an inlet and exhaust cam pulley. The pulleys are used to adjust the inlet and exhaust cam timing and are especially useful if you are running an aftermarket camshaft.

Changing the cam timing can shift the power band up or down the rev range, to suit your driving needs. Adjustments can be done on a very fine and accurate scale via the adjustable cam pulleys.

The Trust-Greddy pulleys are made entirely from aluminum thus saving weight and reducing rotational inertia as opposed to the standard pulleys. This allows your car to rev up slightly quicker – in the same principle as a lightweight flywheel does. The pulley is anodised to prevent wear in an attractive blue colour. Of course, these will look great in your engine bay! :P

Unlike other designs, these cam pulleys uses five bolts to secure them. This minimises the chance of the cam wheel slipping fractionally, putting your car out of tune.

The pulley fits RB26DETT, RB25DET and RB20DET engines. Let me know if you are interested.

Pic 2: Inlet cam pulley


Pic 3: Exhaust cam pulley

Trust MX Front Pipe

Pic 1: Trust MX front pipe arrived in this packaging

Recently got hold of the Trust MX front pipe (Part No. 302-NS005). The front pipe has an internal diameter of 80mm and is mandrel bent which greatly reduces exhaust resistance after the turbocharger.

Pic 2: Trust MX front pipe


Pic 3: Trust MX front pipe

Pic 4: Part No. 302-NS005. I think the Jap words means for competition use only. :P

This front pipe only weights 3.5 kilogrammes! The factory pipe weighed just a kilogramme more as measured on my electronic scale. Anyway, I've just got this installed. I think there would be some differences in power output after this, never bothered to get any official figures tho. :P

The ER34 somehow sounds a tad bit different after the front pipe install. Heck, even the blow off valve sounded a bit different from what it used to sound like.

Flames are still there but think it's less pronounced now. :)

Pic 5: The stock factory front pipe


Pic 6: Custom making the metal gaskets


Pic 7: The Trust MX front pipe installed - side angle


Pic 8: The Trust MX front pipe installed - front angle

Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Kit INSTALLED !!!

Pic 1: Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Installed!!!

Ok. I know I have delayed the installation of the Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Kit quite bit. Well after dragging my feet around, I finally got it installed.

As mentioned in my previous post, the kit comes with everything you'll need to mount the oil cooler onto the ER34. I sent it to the local speedshop to fix it in for me. What surprises me is the amount of time to actually get the whole kit fitted as per the instruction manual. In total, it took a staggering 3.5 hours just to get it right.

Pic 2: Royal Purple SAE30

Well since the oils will be leaking out, I took the opportunity to change my engine oil as well. This time round I poured in Royal Purple SAE30 and also changed the engine oil filter (Nissan - Part No. 15208-53J00). By the way, the Royal Purple engine oil comes in 1 quart per bottle (0.946 litres), thus the need for the 6 bottles.

I have not taken the car max-ed out since the install but it is running a whole lot cooler as compared to without the oil cooler. After the installation, I took it up to 165km/h for a short stretch and am surprised that the oil temperature did not even surpass the 90 Degrees Celsius mark.

It would be interesting to see how it fares on one of our DILYSI trips with constant revs on the higher range of the rev meter.

Can't wait for that........

Pic 3: GREX sandwich plate on the engine

Pic 4: Trust Oil Cooler mounted in front of the radiator

Pic 5: Sandwich plate with the Earl's hoses fitted in.

Pic 6: Earl's hoses into sandwich plate with oil filter

Pic 7: Earl's braided hoses running from the drivers side to the front mounted oil cooler

Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Kit arrived from Japan !!!

The ER34 oil temperature was running kinda high on prolonged high speed runs and also on enthusiastic driving with constant high revs. An oil cooler kit was one of the top priorities on my to-do list when I got the ER34. I have been clocking about 115 degrees Celsius on my 180km/h runs along the highways (yea speed are still limited until I fix my brakes!) and also on 'enthusiastic' drives along the local hill roads.

Overheated engine oil (which lubricates and cools the engine) has adverse effects as the temperature rises. Its efficiency decreases and breaks down the engine internals. Unless the temperature is properly managed, not only the engine oil breaks down faster, it is also a contributing cause of engine failure/blows.

Pic 1: The package via EMS from Japan.

Pic 2: Inside the package has two more boxes. The left box houses the cooler and the right box has all the hoses and fittings inside.

Pic 3: Errr....ok. I will not use it on the street. :P

I ordered the Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Kit direct from Japan via air freight and it arrived last Friday. It got detained in Malaysian Customs and I only got to clear it out today. Why a week later? Well I was away from the country in Hatyai, Thailand for a couple of days; and it's the Chinese New Year week for God's Sake!!!

Speaking of Hatyai, boy did I had fun there. Chinese New Year celebration over there was splendid. They had dragon dance and lion dance along the main streets EVERY evening accompanied by deafening firecrackers. Later at night, fireworks lights up the sky. Can't say the same about our dear old Kuala Lumpur. Why is it that I'm beginning to like every other place I go to except where I am now? Sigh.......

Pic 4: Dragon dance along the streets of Hatyai

Pic 5: Chinese New Year night markets with lots of yummy food for sale. Heck they even sells fried insects. Nope, did not try 'em. :P

Pic 6: Hatyai City

Oh darn, SORRY strayed off topic a wee bit....

So ANYWAY, if you are wondering about taxes from Customs, well lets say I got that covered. Hehehehe :)

The Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler helps to maintain the engine oil temperature which is stabilized with high heat dissipation characteristics of the oil cooler design and lower pressure loss. The Kit comes with the below:-

Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Kit (NS1310G / Part No. 12024629)

1) 1 X 13 rows Trust oil cooler

2) 2 X EARL'S steel braided hoses with EARL'S fittings

3) 1 X Plastic heat shealth

4) 1 X GREX sandwich block

5) 3 X Mounting brackets

6) 5 X Nuts

7) 4 X Oil seals / o-rings

8) 4 X Zip ties

9) 9 X Bolt and nuts

10) 1 X Instruction manual

Pic 7: Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Kit

The best part is the steel braided hoses and its fittings. It's from EARL's, EARL'S is the supplier of high-quality military aircraft specification hoses and fittings that supplies to a spectrum of motorsport including F1, F3, A1GP, Indy, Touring Car, British Superbike, Sidecar and World Rally teams. In short, quality motorsports proven stuffs.

Pic 8: EARL'S hoses and fittings with a plastic heat shealth

Pic 9: EARL'S fittings

The sandwich block has a built in termostat to open/close the valve that leads to the oil cooler depending on temperature. If and when the engine oil is cold, the valve will close and engine oils will NOT flow to the oil cooler. It will re-open only when the temperature rises. Excellent! Wish I had one of those last time when I used to ran an ATF cooler on my previous ride, Project 8110.

Pic 10: GREX sandwich block

The Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Kit measures 299mm X 185.4mm X 50mm and are mounted right in front of the radiator behind the front bumper. It will sit flush near the drivers side headlights. It has 13 rows as opposed to the other alternative of a 10 rows version. Well I figure 3 more rows would be better isn’t it? Well no harm to be on the extra precaution side eh? :P

Pic 11: Trust 13 rows oil cooler

I'm expecting my oil temperature to hover around 90 degrees Celsius even on all out hard driving after the installation. Actually I have also considered other alternatives before deciding on this unit. Among them are the HKS Oil Cooler Kit (Part No. 15004-AN008) and ASR Inductive Ceramic Coated Oil Cooler.

But at the end, nothing compares to the Trust/GReddy Oil Cooler Kit. :P

Pic 12: Nuts and o-rings

Pic 13: Nuts and bolts & zip ties

Pic 14: Mounting brackets