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Tomei Powered Opens The Doors; The Technology Behind Legendary JDM Racing Constructor | JDM Masters

Feb 27, 2020
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of JD & Masters. Today we are behind me and the name told me. I just want to talk a little bit about the name. Tomake comes from the Tomei Expressway which is located just outside. This headquarters is the central highway that runs from Tokyo to Osaka, now taken from the name, it is called tomo a power. Let's go inside and see the history and interior of the workshop of one of the oldest workshops in Japan. and probably the best known JDM tuning company, come on, this modern Lukesh building was established in 1994, it is located in Machida, clean floors, very clean windows, everything is impeccable, as is the quality of the finish of their product, so let's go in, konnichiwa, hello, thank you. you for inviting me sakurai-san, no problem, yes, it's a pleasure to be here and you know that Tomi is very well known and respected by our JDM tuning fans around the world, so it's a real pleasure to be here to take a look look at your facilities.
tomei powered opens the doors the technology behind legendary jdm racing constructor jdm masters
Okay, yeah, I'll show you the inside of the factory later. Wonderful, wonderful, I can't wait, so there's a display of items here. Can we take a look at them or show them? Of course, we're here now in the little exhibit inside his office and I can see some of his pieces here. Tomi is well known recently for specializing in titanium intake and exhaust parts. Now the workmanship of these titanium parts is on a completely different level than many other smaller manufacturers, so we'll take a look at some of their technological processes in a moment. By looking here, you can see all the trophies they have used.
tomei powered opens the doors the technology behind legendary jdm racing constructor jdm masters

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We have different categories, from classic cars to the Time Attack circuit. He even calls himself "master" and these trophies really show off his powerful wrists. and high adjustability in the world of motorsports, so here we are dealing with a fully balanced crank from a Toyota 2jz inline 6 cylinder engine. I just want to bring your attention to this very, very beautiful, lightweight titanium intake, but this is for those who see it. a Lancer Evolution 10 and this is a new product that just came out and here we have something that is also often overlooked but is essentially important when tuning this is a large oil pan for the nissan sr20 four cylinder engine Now when it comes to turbo cars you can tune the engine a lot but still to get high and reliable power you need to change the turbocharger and there is a huge selection from many different manufacturers around the world.
tomei powered opens the doors the technology behind legendary jdm racing constructor jdm masters
Tony actually has a wide range of his Coffee Arms with self-spec and designed turbochargers, and we have many of these here and show everything from small, highly responsive turbos to larger turbos with logical ARS and suitable for many classic JVM engines ranging from from 4g63 4b 11 RB 26 to jay-z. - jay-z and also for the ej20 and the VR 38, many of them here are for RB 26 and I like this one for the 4g63 and this one that you will see on the

legendary

Genesis engines with blue valve cover, going to take a look more late in 26 from the pipe, you can see what the view looks like, it's super light.
tomei powered opens the doors the technology behind legendary jdm racing constructor jdm masters
I can hold it with one hand. Yeah, I don't think I can hold an original one with one end, so just a feature on this all titanium Tomei front end. Downhill foot for the RB 26, as you can see the profile is really low and its equal length exhaust pipe is intricately linked into the corners so it provides a long low weight but you can put it on a car that has been lowered without any problem and with full performance and just look at this part here, collectors and you know that soldering titanium is really very difficult because you have to be careful with the high heat and also with the joints, but somehow they have managed to make this just an auto art piece and we'll see how later, around 25 pounds, not many people, there is a small company that specializes in engine tuning and also engine overhaul as development art sales, for what Tony sells commercially available parts, but this Tony takes orders from Some of them I make myself, yes, special order, what is preserved or what Mr.
Smug you say well, right, the belly does not make cars complete, no, actually, this American race car arrived, race car, drift car, we'll see you later, right, so if a custom abroad wants a belly engine, how can they get one ? Generally what we do is done by our dealer who oversees the frosting, so if they want to check your engine at Tony in Japan, they can ship it to Japan through their dealers. Generally yes, what are the biggest markets now for Thome? We will say Australia. Australia really remains a restaurant especially for the GTO pocket. It's a Thai return six every 25 yes.
STI to STI correct 4g63 and for example 20 and now we are going to go check the engine building and the tuning facilities which are located on the first floor of the building. And maybe we'll get lucky and get to see some of his demo cars, so hidden right behind the building here, let's see what's in the store, there's a couple of Lancer Evolution tens. I see a red GTR, it looks very familiar. I wonder whose car this is. It has a Tomei exhaust look, but my goodness, just the color of this r35 gt-r, which is Tommay's show car, I think, and here, as you can see, a sticker that says 50th anniversary, now the company In fact.
It started in 1968 by a gentleman named Suzuki Seiji, he was a

racing

driver and he started with motorcycles and then he started developing parts with his brother and they were one of the first Japanese engine builders for the

racing

industry and then they got into tuning . In the 70s, early and early 80s, it was the birth of the Japanese tuning industry, which is closely related to racing, and Tomic started under the name Toby Motors and, because its racing power was very appreciated, they were invited to Ser as a semi-official Nissan team and one of the first cars they raced was a Nissan Sunny v110 which had a four cylinder, 1.4 and 1.5 liter turbo fr, but that was their first key car and more late throughout the day.
In the 80's many cars came out like the Supra and the RV series, it started to be a big deal in the 19's which expanded engine manufacturing and still supplies the racing industry but also the tuning industry with many cars. different ones that are very loved today. There are 35 demo cars that are equipped with their Ti Racing titanium muffler, which is a catback system with a diameter of 100 millimeters and fits into the original bore and has four tailpipes. I'm not going to stop the car and check the sound now. Obviously this is a race spec exhaust and is not actually street legal, but it is designed for track use and can handle up to a thousand horsepower.
The point of this exhaust is that it is a straight bolt-on system and supports a wide range of a variety of tunings, but Tony also says that it is a little smoother than typical titanium pipes and I think just listening to them really accentuates the natural sound of the exhaust. vr38dett engine. It seems that this livery is yellow. is paying homage to the original Nissan Sunny race car, the b1 111 that Sakurai sarna is kindly showing us right now. Oh my God, this is the

legendary

car, it's the real racing car, it's a replica. Go everyone.
I'm going to turn out fine. So this Nissan Sunny KB 110 was introduced by Nissan in 1970, but this is a racing car version that I'm told was raced for the first time. Now the stock car was equipped with a 1.2 liter engine which in Rouen, the Nissan racing cars had around 145 horsepower, but I was told. by sakurai-san, this car was upgraded up to 1.3 and produced 170 horsepower at 10,000 rpm, it's just phenomenal, I mean some more modern cars can't have a hard time reaching that, so here we have a Formula demo car Drift brand 2. company owned and I like a lot of drift cars that use the jzx chassis.
It usually has a 1j set or a 2J set, but this is no ordinary 2jz motor. This is perhaps one of the largest racing tube J's, up to 3.6 liters. like what the number implies, developing 850 horsepower obviously thanks to this huge snail sized Garrett turbo it's a gt40 it's a replica oh I see I see the Aziz dynamo to measure horsepower , which is a very important part of determining and tuning cars for high horsepower applications and just looking at these Ford GT replicas, I mean it is a classic American v8 and Tommy also takes services to repair, maintain and overhaul the special racing car engines that have private owners so this gt40 replica is going through an overhaul right now and some of them were just forced to push this just for the proper setup there are no proper setups so which is obviously very difficult for a taxi evaluator, it's a small company, they are very, very, very, very, very, very, focused and dedicated to refining those little things and all of these.
There is soundproofing in the walls here, yes, yes, but maybe after nine because we worry about the neighbors, yes, inside this door is the secret passage to an area 51 like a good laboratory where they tune the engine. I'll take a look, I feel like I'm in some kind of secret research facility, but that's exactly what it feels like. Wow, if you are a real contrast and you love gasoline running through your veins and oil circulating through your brain. I mean, being here around these legendary JVM engines in their fully tuned form is a once in a lifetime thing and I feel absolutely honored and honestly amazed every time I come here.
I've seen them in tuning magazines a long time ago. In the 90s, the Genesis engine catalog for the 4g63 is here, so when Lancer Evolution for 2 9 4 cylinders and 2 liters they also have a racing kit up to 2.2 and 2.3 liters attached with these arms turbochargers, this can develop more than 500 to 600 horsepower. Here we have, I think, an EJ 20 EJ 25 stroke of up to two point six liters. It is really rare to find a reliable fitment for subaru ej engines and Tommy has done extensive research on various parts such as the crankshaft, pistons and polishing the turbocharger block to fit the flow, which they do in the test room. engines, it's a rare opportunity to get a close look at a Subaru boxer engine or any boxer engine you'll notice here and cut how the timing belt works.
It is like a snake, it is really very long and goes from one end to the other, the engine itself is flat but it also needs a lot of ground clearance for the exhaust manifolds that surround it and it is one of the most difficult parts to tune and make an exhaust for a boxer engine, these curves have to be of equal length, which is really very difficult compared to a vertical or v6 engine and the runners are very long so that the exhaust flow goes to the turbocharger, that is something that still That's how they like it a lot. a work of art and next to me is this, of course, what everyone knows very well: it is a RB 26 2.6 liter inline 6 engine that is on the horizon are 32 2 are 34 Wow, so the Jeep Angela He just explained to me that this is the latest development. of the RB 26 which has a newly designed manifold along with a modified Tommy turbine which interestingly uses the ball bearing internals of an IHI turbo for its high response and also better performance, so they have combined that, but interestingly this is The newest part developed, the downpipe, which previously had a couple of small notches here to fit the Skyline GTR Bay really type, but they reshaped it for better flow to support more power and response, and this was a new product which will launch very soon that meticulousness and small attention to detail with the development of each part in a way that is really like the way that car manufacturers go about developing angels, but hey, this is like a very small company and it is simply remarkable, such a caustic oil.
Twin turbo free, simpler you should take or equal to fro, but if you are low, another very important part and often overlooked by people who want to tune their engines is the engine oil pan. Now these are the three oil pans that I have in front of me. From me, this is from the 80's super 2jz that has the oil pan here in the center. This is from the jz8 of the 100 Chaser and Mark 2 and this is from the 161 Aristo. Now these three oil pans are already quite large, but. What I was told, and many other manufacturers have done as well, is that they create special baffle plates, but I was told one is a little more special, let's take a look now.
Factory oil pans do not have what are called baffle plates. and this is actually very important because as you can see here, there's the oil pan, so it's upside down, but the oil pan is on the lower sides of the engine and it has all the oil circulating over here in this little tub. . Can? Imagine if you're in a drift car and you're constantly going sideways around every corner and there's like a couple ofG doing all that. I'll stay on the side of this, what happens is you're oil hungry and oil hungry. It's really the last thing you want as the engine needs everything to keep the cooling circulating.
If you run out of oil, your engine just explodes, explodes, so all the baffle plates are designed and this is basically a box that keeps all the oil in the center and I told myself that they had even gone as far as to create these valves rubber to prevent all the oil from escaping. It is a one-way valve and prevents all the oil from leaking out of this little box. It is a bolt-on unit. which fits these three types of 2j series motors, so I have them here, they are the chief engineer of tom a motorized.
Pleased to meet you. Pleased to meet you. My name is Tomita. I know our son. It is a pleasure having you in here. I really liked all the details that are put into the Tommy engines hidden behind a nice lady we have oh my gosh so this is an engine bench test facility something you'll find at automakers where and when they develop engines, so a dyno is when you hook the engine up to a huge dyno and have the coolant running all over it to extract the horsepower and also do a bunch of small parts testing and a company as small as he told me to have this type of facility they have had for years, it just shows a dedication to developing the best tuning engines in the JDM world, now attached to the engine is also the transmission. with the propeller shaft and this provides a very, very realistic power flow like you would in a real car and then coupled with the real dynamometer that you see at the beginning of the wavy road, you can't get a power flow really realistic and check every part of that rev range in detail and fine-tuning was going to have an engine dyno demo, look to my left here's a fa20 engine from the gt86 and the BRZ as you can see it's quite different of the ej20 the cams and a lot of other things, but nothing like one of their classic SR twenty that I found hidden under the table, so why do you have an SR 20 hidden under the table?
Wow, a SR 20 ma engine with a single throttle body, so it was originally made by Tommy Wow and used in the 13s as 14 220 peak horsepower. Oh, this is a FD 2k 28 that already makes 220 horsepower, so let's see how much more power they can get out of this. There is another secret passage and this is where. The engines and their parts are washed and a very important part of the engine overhaul and build is actually the prepared preparation that goes into cleaning so you know how to use things like the brush and there is a spray to carefully clean each one because you wanted to be free of contaminated grease.
When you put all those little pieces into little things like this that make a big difference in smoothness, power and reliability, and the ej block goes through the polishing process, as we've seen, the technician here is simply carefully placing the engine block into The to tighten it, special equipment needs a new test surface, flatness, as you see them lighter than the meter, there would be a meter that runs across the surface of the engine block that you want to maintain, it has significant compression in the engine block. engine in the combustion chamber, so it measures the flatness. to make sure the block is usable and ready to adjust is renewables, the next most important process.
I just want to point out that a lot of this machinery here looks very, very old and has probably been used for as long as the company has been established. Go up a little bit, you know there are some things that never change the

technology

of an engine, the electronic

technology

of cars, new parts are developed, but the important process of engine preparation, parts preparation, measuring, this has always been the same for decades and decades and these machines have been here and doing the same job and you also know that the machines themselves must be kept in the best condition to ensure that the processes in the engine are always as precise as possible.
There are really no big secrets, just attention to detail now besides the engine. block itself, the next most important part in developing reliable horsepower for an engine is inside this cylinder head and one of the most important components is the camshafts. Camshafts can really change the way an engine feels and behaves, so here is a measure of the roundness of the cam. Upstairs, how are you doing? Where did you get a mother funnel company to take care of the money tonight? So what the technician is doing now is actually making sure to correct the straightness of the camshaft now after the camshaft has been cut into the shapes due to the manufacturing process, the camshaft he sells, in is actually slightly bent, then this process is actually to straighten it again, so you are using a micrometer to measure the roundness of the camshaft lobes on each part and press that it is made from a lemon which is softer than the steel camshaft and he just turns it little by little to make sure it gets back to a true straight shape, so he'll give a little demonstration of how camshafts are made, obviously for demonstration.
He's just going to basically show how it's done in actual manufacturing, whether the cover has to be closed or ground. In actual manufacturing, the grinder actually cuts off pieces of the camshaft. This is a new machine they just purchased, it looks much more modern. let that one on the color screen Allah, from there, go to fight, so the new machine has a much smaller damn, it's a grinder for greater precision, what the co says, cocoon or condenser, Dickie butt, I'm a law for some that was not quite right. true, then the explanation is that using a newer machine with a smaller 100 millimeter diameter grinder can polish the inside of modern rocker arms and engines, which is much more severe just at the angle compared to older ones . machine that has a huge diameter Hunt 350, so obviously one of the advantages of using newer production machinery is a Windows machine that can hold the information for all the different engines that Tomei makes, you can see for G for Ag SR and it's also not only because of the motor but also because of the actual model it's made on, you have a lot of EQ, so it saves a lot of time compared to the old machine where you have to install programs from an outside person. computer serial port all this just contains everything that is needed for manufacturing sighs this is something you will not be able to see anywhere on YouTube to manufacture camshafts for tuned engines we are not talking about tuned engines not a production factory in engine mass, this is the type of facility that generally only automakers have in the fall.
If any of you are purchasing one of these soulmate camshafts, he can be assured of the high build quality and precision being manufactured for this machine, so we have the finished product. I'm not sure if I can see it on camera, but the side profile of this camp is not really flat, it's a little bit indented, slightly indented. The 100 millimeter diameter grinder can really increase precision in this way. I should stop thanking any of them. You move on to the next department, we have the cylinder head construction room here and Sakurai-san is here with us again and we're sorry, I'm sorry to hear this, this is the engine assembly room, aluminum oil pan, large oil pan size for which is a 12. sunny starting next year these will be sold and this is also for restoration and tuning of classic cars.
I really love the workmanship and finish of these aluminum oil pans. It's quite a bit, it's very light but has a large capacity and this is the same baffle plate. with the one-way rubber valves that will be installed inside the intake and exhaust valves here we have crankshaft we have several cylinder heads this the X on the cylinder head of this inline 6 engine is very unique it has a very old design simply because it is there it is a car very special in the workshop

powered

by Tamiya and if you remember the Nissan Heritage Museum video, these are the impressions, they are the 380 race car itself, a very rare machine, the engine is being restored right here and you can see the cylinder here Prince. head written right here, oh my gosh, this is a rare opportunity and it's mind-blowing to see and under this plastic cover is a four-cylinder engine from the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution nine 4g63.
This is halfway through the transformation process into a 2.2 liter Genesis here and even on the engine block number it says we told me to sign up if they told me 4g63 just beautiful is there any secret in engine building? Our engineer always kept saying that there is no such special secret. Handle the appropriate manual. the construction didn't seem so special and that's very interesting because following the manual is actually very difficult, sometimes you see it, sometimes very difficult, that's a myth in an engine in general, if you have a tuned engine, it doesn't have a long life, but the engines are tomy. they are a little different if you have them, if you maintain them well they can still have a long engine life depending on the horsepower, I hope the customer does, sometimes the customer uses the product, a drag racing automatic , place our Genesis, then we need to get ready, recommend review maybe one day, please finish well, it's done, yes, it works like Ross just like your toka engines.
That is incredible. This is a Hollinger gearbox for all 32, 33 and 34 Skyline gt-r so you have the copper so Tommy is also the agent for Hollinger gearboxes. for Japan guys we're on the last section of our tour of the autonomy facilities and these tubes I'm holding in my hand are extremely light titanium and this workbench behind me is where they actually make all the titanium collector tubes exhaust, pipes, mufflers and everything, as you can see, just various lengths and pieces, you know, one of the most exotic materials used for the automotive industry and titanium is really difficult to understand, since the high temperatures necessary as a curved section together to form this curved tube which in mass production is crazy to maintain that absolutely fantastic consistency.
More machines here and here we have a complete and almost complete set for the silencers and more different parts. Now this is what the joints look like before it is like this. seal it somehow like this so you know that after it's manufactured and welded to shape it's cut and then the two parts are cut and then they're put back together to make something that looks like this so this is the curved number of cans that needs to be cut, okay and then we the car is here because we are Oh by your side d13 you hate me so he loves to use the Ford ER 34 okay, yes, but inside there is a I don't know, it depends sometimes people say that It's a sujay, it's a - J - your 3.26 tur engine - Oh my god, Toyota engine on a horizon because now what needs to be done is high potential and better transmissions anyway Thank you sakurai-san for inviting me Oh No, thank you very much - we hope that more than the viewer understands Tomei technology mm- hmm and then I hope you enjoy it you start yes, click here Tommy - 84 on Instagram all day device surprise you can also check out their website here review their products and We will be back here soon if your new products and they have been A really great sight, thank you all, peace.
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