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About Nizpro
Nizpro, as the name suggests, was established to
service the performance requirements of the Nissan
car owner, with a specific orientation towards
turbocharging.
From humble beginnings whereby all work was
performed in a large home garage, the company
quickly grew necessitating a move to a sizeable
factory situated in the outer eastern Melbourne
suburb of Bayswater.
Prior to the move, company principle Simon Gishus
embarked on a lengthy planning exercise while
adopting the policy that he would only invest in the
highest quality equipment.
To this end, major renovations took place including
the design and development of the companies own
in-house engine dynamometer system. This incredibly
sophisticated dynamometer incorporates a soundproof
control room, soundproof engine room, and a massive
75,000-litre water supply system.
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A chassis dynamometer was also installed along with
an engine 'clean' room, large mezzanine storage
facility, and two-story office complex.
Whereas the most significant emphasis has revolved
around the Nissan product, with regularly changing
trends the decision was made to expand and diversify
the business to meet these needs.
Racecar preparation, although a component from day
one, was broadened to include the ground-up building
of various race vehicles, along with engine
development for AUSCAR, V8Supercar, Nations Cup, GT
Performance, Ski Boat and various other categories.
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Moving Forward
In recent years, Nizpro has pooled almost all of its
many recourses into developing a range of
extensively road tested, dyno proven COBRA
power-upgrade packages specifically for the awesome
BA/BF XR6 Falcon Turbo and F6 range with no less
than six incredibly comprehensive kits ranging in
power outputs.
Succinctly, COBRA delivers with a range of XR6 Turbo
Power Upgrade Packages to suit every need from plain
fast to jaw dropping. Every COBRA kit from the base
model on is supplied with every component required
to ensure optimum performance, unsurpassed
drivability (factory like smoothness), and optimised
fuel consumption.
COBRA systems are by far the most stylish on the
market, delivering an awesome visual 'kick' that
will ensure crowds gather whenever the bonnet is
opened. The next step is of course to impress
onlookers or passengers with awe-inspiring
performance.
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COBRA delivers unsurpassed performance with
incredibly flat high powered torque curves, while an
incredibly efficient front-mount intake manifold
almost completely eliminates inherent turbo lag, and
in doing so provides throttle accuracy and response
never before felt in an Australian produced vehicle.
By drawing on years of experience designing and
developing specialised induction systems for various
forced induction applications, when embarking on an
all-encompassing XR6 Turbo development program, we
purchased two 'mules' (sedan and utility) along with
a pair of brand new 4.0-litre turbo engines. Having
this amount of equipment provided us with the
ability to run two separate programs at the one
time; template design – kit construction, and
perhaps more significantly, internal engine
development.
The significance of the engine program is that the
results allow us to establish effective parameters
for all of our power upgrade packages. It's all good
and well bolting a range of parts on an engine,
hence increasing power, however if an inherent
engine design is not capable of sustaining these
power levels with reliability, then the customer is
ultimately going to run into trouble.
For example, whereas we have been able to run
internally standard combos with flywheel power
outputs of up to 400kW, having dissected a number of
XR6 Turbo engines, we believe that for longevity
sake (as opposed to throwing a rod through the side
of the block thanks to inherently small connecting
rods), once power outputs exceed approximately 360
kilowatts, we recommend fitment of our high strength
H-beam rods.
Some may see this as overkill, however if we look
back in history to the first 11 second VL Turbo,
once Nizpro started to up the ante with power
figures in excess of 300 or so kilowatts, we always
fitted our engines with custom connecting rods. At
that point in time many in the aftermarket suggested
this to be over the top, yet history has proven that
Nissan RB30 rods break under duress. So the question
remains, will those who don't equip their
high-powered BA Turbo engines with quality
connecting rods ultimately pay the price?
Ultimate Goal
In every area of expansion, the company achieved its
ultimate goal; that of providing its customers with
race winning service and products, and quality back
up service.
We are proud of what the company has achieved over
the past 12 years and look forward to future
challenges.
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