51) Floating calipers - brake calipers which have pistons only on one side and a sliding (hence "floating") outer body. Typically heavier than non-floating calipers.
52) Subaru - In Japanese, 'Subaru' means 'Pleiades', a collection of tiny stars. Subaru is owned by Fuji Heavy Industries, which is a conglomerate of five diverse companies combined in 1953. This is why the Subaru emblem has five stars, one for each leg of the parent company. Also known as the maker of the Brat.
53) 13B - Mazda's 2.6-liter (no letters, please) rotary engine in various incarnations, normally aspirated and turbocharged, from 1984 to today.
54) RB25DET - single-turbo 2.5-liter inline-six used in non-GT-R Skylines.
55) STi - Subaru Technica International; Subaru's in-house tuning arm.
56) DCCD - Driver Controlled Center Differential.
57) EJ25 - Subaru's 2.5-liter horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine found in the Impreza RS in normally aspirated form and in the WRX STi in turbocharged guise.
58) Spring rate - how many pounds of boing you get for a given amount of squish.
59) SR20DE - Nissan's 2.0-liter, all-aluminum four cylinder used in countless SE-Rs, G20s and NX2000s
60) V Spec - top-of-the-line Skyline GT-R; big power, small production numbers.
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