Official Nissan GT-R Thread

Nothing against the DG's.....but I think Nissan/Infiniti killed it. Anyways the GTR is hotness!
 
brown_fv said:
Why does the CD player slot look crooked LOL
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Psiclne said:
hahaha its covered under warranty
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:laugh: Maybe that's how they do it in cool cars, you know, like this.

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Is Nissan lying about GT-R horsepower? Pretty much.

...so the GT-R may actually have more than 480hp!!!:err:

from New York Times Wheels blog

June 30, 2008, 2:28 pm How Much Power Does the Nissan GT-R Really Have?

By Ezra Dyer
Tags: gt r, horsepower, Nissan

It seems like the only time you hear about car companies fudging horsepower numbers, it’s when they’re busted advertising more beans than are actually present in the under-hood burrito. Mazda got in trouble for exaggerating the 2001 Miata’s power output. Ford had to recall the 1999 SVT Mustang Cobra when owners realized its motor fell about 20 horsepower short of its official numbers. In the early 2000’s, Hyundai offered its customers extended roadside assistance and warranties after several models suffered double-digit horsepower deficits.
I have a theory on where all those phantom ponies went: They’re under the hood of the new Nissan GT-R.
Like those other cars, the GT-R’s stated power — 480 horsepower — is a long way from reality. But in the case of the Nissan, the truth is that the car seems to have more power than they’re letting on. The question is, how much more?
Nissan knows, but the company is not saying. Peter Bedrosian, regional project manager for product planning, said that Nissan tests every GT-R production engine on a dynamometer, then records the horsepower and torque for that particular car.
“And can owners find out how much power their car’s motor puts out?” I asked.
That’s a no. I presume that the power printouts are sealed in a lead capsule and buried deep inside Mount Fuji under dead of night. So we’ll just have to make an educated guess.
Thanks to the principle of substitution, we can look at several aspects of the GT-R’s performance and deduce roughly what kind of firepower would be required to accomplish such feats.
For a corollary, the former N.B.A. point guard Spud Webb could dunk (and maybe, for all I know, still can). Spud Webb is 5-foot-7. If Webb told you his vertical leap was only 20 inches, you would conclude that Mr. Webb was understating his abilities and that someone of his height would need at least a 40-inch vertical to win the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, which he did.
Likewise, the Nissan GT-R laps Germany’s Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes 29 seconds, which is very nearly the fastest time ever recorded by a production car. For reference, the Corvette Z06, which has 505 horsepower and weighs a whopping 700 pounds less than the GT-R, is 13 seconds slower, with a time of 7 minutes 42 seconds. So, the car with 25 fewer horsepower and 700 more pounds of weight is much, much faster than its rival? Something is rotten in the state of the S.A.E. horsepower laboratories.
I’ll grant you that there are many variables involved in a lap of the Nordschleife, and Nissan will point out that the GT-R has a sophisticated all-wheel-drive system that allows it to power neatly out of corners, while the Z06 is rear-wheel drive. But still … 13 seconds? We could presume that, based on this statistic alone, the GT-R must have at least as much power as the Z06, about 500 horses. But that still wouldn’t be close.
A clearer picture emerges at the drag strip. Basically, your quarter-mile time is influenced by a host of factors, most importantly the success of your launch off the line. But trap speed — the speed at which you finish the quarter-mile — is closely tied to horsepower and a car’s power-to-weight ratio.
It’s algebra: If you know your car’s weight, and you know the speed it reached in a quarter-mile, you can pretty much predict the amount of power required to produce that trap speed. Trap speed doesn’t lie. And the GT-R’s trap speeds give lie to that 480-horsepower rating.
The GT-R can hit 122 or 123 miles per hour in the quarter-mile. It weighs about 4,000 pounds, with driver. There are many calculators and equations devoted to divining horsepower numbers, and given this weight and trap speed, most of them peg the GT-R’s output between 550 horsepower on the conservative end and 580 horsepower on the “maybe on a cool day with a tailwind” side. But I would eat my time slips if this car doesn’t have at least 550 horsepower.
So why won’t Nissan just fess up? Maybe it’s for insurance reasons. Maybe it’s to appease the Japanese government, which regards the GT-R as a pavement-eating menace to civilized mankind. Or maybe it’s because it’s just more fun not to know. It adds to the legend. Because when someone asks you how much power your car makes, hard stats are boring. It’s much more entertaining to say, “480 horsepower, officially,” then, in a conspiratorial tone, confide, “but everyone knows it’s got more.”
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Top Gear's fourth episode to pit Nissan GT-R against Japanese bullet train!!!

from Autoblog.com
We first got wind of another epic Top Gear race back in May when Jeremy Clarkson announced that this season would feature a race against a Japanese bullet train. At the time, it wasn't announced what vehicle would be in the race, but we were convinced it would be the Nissan GT-R. We guessed correctly. Today in Andy Wilman's blog, the TG producer gave a preview of the fourth episode and confirmed that the GT-R would be facing off against the bullet train this Sunday. Wilman also reveals that the races are shot in real time, and that the winner is not predetermined. The race will take up a full half hour of the show, though we wouldn't mind if it took up even more.
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check your local listings for Top Gear airing Sunday nights on BBC channel. If you miss it, wait a few hours maybe a day and catch it on Youtube. :wink: Can't wait!!!
 
Just thought I'd share if some are up past 11pm tonight. I was watching todays news and saw a preview of tonights news on channel 7 KABC at 11pm......... Cars not selling but so many are waiting for the release of one car....the Nissan GT-R.

Might be on the web page after tonights broadcast http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/index
 
so how fast the GT-R really is? Last week's episode of Top Gear was kinda fun but silly with them racing the bullet train... but tonight's episode the Stig takes it for a spin around their usual track in the UK... you'll going to be in for a surprise where it places. I love this line "...They haven't built a car here, they have built a new yard stick..."

enjoy :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwitDL5Gs48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwitDL5Gs48
 
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Top Gear said:
1 Ascari A10
1.17.3

2 Koenigsegg CCX (with TG spoiler)
1.17.6

3 Pagani Zonda F
1.18.4

4 Maserati MC12
1.18.9

5 Ferrari Enzo
1.19.0

6 Ariel Atom
1.19.5

7 Lamborghini LP640
1.19.8

8 Porsche Carrera GT
1.19.8

9 Ascari KZ1
1.20.7

10 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
1.20.9

11 Ferrari 599 GTB
1.21.2

12 Ford GT
1.21.9

13 Porsche GT3 RS
1.22.3

14 Ferrari 360 CS
1.22.3

15 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
1.22.4

16 Noble M15
1.22.5

17 Ferrari F430
1.22.9

18 Lamborghini Murcielago
1.23.7

19 Pagani Zonda
1.23.8

20 Koenigsegg
1.23.9

21 Audi R8
1.24.4

22 TVR Sagaris
1.24.6

23 Mitsubishi Evo FQ 400
1.24.8

24 Noble M400
1.25.0

25 Lotus Exige S
1.25.1
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The GTR is now the new #7. I'm disappointed in the Atom for losing its #5 spot :4tongue: I really want one of those, but to know a full sized 2-door 4-seater is just a hair slower for only about $15,000 more is disturbing... :eek:

Btw, the #2 spot is the one on the list that's like a foot and a half wide it says something like...

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trainerKEN said:
so how fast the GT-R really is? Last week's episode of Top Gear was kinda fun but silly with them racing the bullet train... but tonight's episode the Stig takes it for a spin around their usual track in the UK... you'll going to be in for a surprise where it places. I love this line "...They haven't built a car here, they have built a new yard stick..."

enjoy :wink:

YouTube - Top Gear | Season 11 | Episode 5 | Part #1
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sucks that youtube has taken it off there site. was a great episode (especially when he got whiplash from driving the gtr.:bigsmile:

ok here it is again, same episode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOM2lzSXaY
 
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I watched the video last night before going to sleep. I had a dream last night that I was taking delivery of a GT-R. Woke up suddenly to find I pissed in the bed.....wet dream. :squigglemouth:
 
NISMO releases Club Sport package for R35 GT-R

NISMO has finally released all the details on its line of upgrades for the R35 Nissan GT-R, and per usual, there's good news and bad news.
On the positive side, the parts are the typical blend of OEM quality and fitment, with a focus on tighter handling and weight reduction. The Club Sport tuning package includes the Chassis pack made up of race-tuned Bilstein Damptronic adjustable dampers sheathed in 18.5kg/mm (front) and 9.6 kg/mm (rear) springs. The combination of rock-hard coils and adjustable damping at both low and high speeds should make the GT-R stickier in the corners and more stable while bombing through a fast sweeper. Rounding out the handling package is a set of Rays forged aluminum wheels, sized 20x9.5-inches in front (+45mm offset) and 20x10.5-inches (+25mm offset) in the rear, and wrapped in Bridgestone RE070R run-flats, sized 225/40 and 285/35, front and rear. These are rumored to be the same rollers we'll see on the Spec-V when it's unveiled in Paris this October.

The rest of the parts focus on weight reduction, beginning with a lightweight axle-back exhaust that drops 11 pounds from the GT-R's curb weight, along with a carbon fiber undertray that reduces air turbulence and parasitic drag. Upgraded carbon-fiber backed and leather-trimmed seats are also part of the package, which retains the side airbags but nixes the electronic controls, reducing weight by another 13 pounds total. Naturally, some NISMO badging rounds out the upgrades.

Now here's the bad news: the parts are only available in Japan as a package, can only be installed by 12 NISMO-authorized shops and come in at a whopping ¥5,460,000 (over $50,000). However, some U.S. importers have already worked out a distribution deal with NISMO, but for those of us in the States, we don't get the added benefit of the three-year/60,000 km warranty.
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http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/29/nismo-releases-club-sport-package-for-r35-gt-r/
 
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