JUN
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JUN, or JUN Auto, is a Japan
ese tuning
shop. JUN began as the research facility of Tanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. and originally focused on disassembling and improving engine
s. It now manufactures cars with a high level of engine performance and also manufactures car parts. JUN is regarded as one of the leading Japanese tuners and its products are exported all over the world.
parts.
) with a Z32 Nissan 300ZX
they had extensively modified. JUN was able to record a speed of 373 km/h.
This was a world-record for a “road”-going car.
JUN returned a year later with the intent of improving on their world record. This time they used a JUN-Blitz Nissan 300ZX
. In the E/BMS class, JUN set a record 419.84 km/h, becoming world champions for that particular class, later reclassified as E/BGMS. This record remains unbroken. This is verified by the SCTA (Southern California Timing Association) website, Bonneville records page, under Blown Gas Modified Sports, http://www.scta-bni.org/SCTA-NewWeb/Bonneville/BNIrecs_cat_d.htm; this page was checked July 2009.
JUN has also competed in the JGTC series as well as in drifting
in Japan and the USA.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese tuning
Engine tuning
Engine tuning is the adjustment, modification or design of internal combustion engines to yield optimal performance, to increase an engine's power output, economy, or durability....
shop. JUN began as the research facility of Tanaka Industrial Co., Ltd. and originally focused on disassembling and improving engine
Engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines burn a fuel to create heat which is then used to create motion...
s. It now manufactures cars with a high level of engine performance and also manufactures car parts. JUN is regarded as one of the leading Japanese tuners and its products are exported all over the world.
Products
JUN manufactures aftermarket performance parts and engines for Japanese cars. They make parts such as piston kits, stroker kits, valves and Plenums. The parts they make are designed to upgrade the performance over standard OEMOEM
OEM means the original manufacturer of a component for a product, which may be resold by another company.OEM may also refer to:-Computing:* OEM font, or OEM-US, the original character set of the IBM PC, circa 1981...
parts.
World records
In 1990 JUN attended the Bonneville Speed trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats (see also Bonneville SpeedwayBonneville Speedway
Bonneville Speedway is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah, that is marked out for motor sports. It is particularly noted as the venue for numerous land speed records....
) with a Z32 Nissan 300ZX
Nissan 300ZX
The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Nissan/Datsun 300ZX in the US only. The 300ZX, as its predecessors, was known as a Nissan in other parts of the world. This continued in the US until 1985 model year when Nissan standardized their brand name worldwide and dropped...
they had extensively modified. JUN was able to record a speed of 373 km/h.
This was a world-record for a “road”-going car.
JUN returned a year later with the intent of improving on their world record. This time they used a JUN-Blitz Nissan 300ZX
Nissan 300ZX
The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Nissan/Datsun 300ZX in the US only. The 300ZX, as its predecessors, was known as a Nissan in other parts of the world. This continued in the US until 1985 model year when Nissan standardized their brand name worldwide and dropped...
. In the E/BMS class, JUN set a record 419.84 km/h, becoming world champions for that particular class, later reclassified as E/BGMS. This record remains unbroken. This is verified by the SCTA (Southern California Timing Association) website, Bonneville records page, under Blown Gas Modified Sports, http://www.scta-bni.org/SCTA-NewWeb/Bonneville/BNIrecs_cat_d.htm; this page was checked July 2009.
JUN has also competed in the JGTC series as well as in drifting
Drifting (motorsport)
Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed...
in Japan and the USA.