JUN, or JUN Auto, is a Japanese

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shop. JUN began as the research facility of Tanaka Industrial Co. Ltd. Originally focused on disassembling and improving

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s. It now manufactures high performance car parts.

Products

JUN manufactures aftermarket performance parts and engines for Japanese cars. They make parts such as piston kits, stroker kits,

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and Plenums.

World records

In 1991, JUN attended the Bonneville Speed trials at the

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) with a Z32 Nissan 300ZX they had extensively modified. JUN was able to record a speed of 422 km/h (262 mph). 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

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. In the E/BMS class, JUN set a record of 419.84 km/h (260.87 mp/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

this page was checked July 2009. JUN also competed in the

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(JGTC) series as well as in drifting in Japan and the USA.

International partnerships

While JUN does not advertise in the international market, they have partnered with automotive performance companies and race teams around the world, choosing to let their international partners push their products. Through these partnerships, they have provided special engines that have been made and in some cases entire Demo Cars made by JUN.

References

External links

JUN Auto Home Page
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