The New GT-R...!!!

[Nismodified]

a V8 wouldnt bad at all...high tech high revving engine, but id like it to stay a six. As long as the new GTR exceeds its predesors (spelling) then we all should be happy.

But if there was a V8 option, and it was sold here...wouldnt it be sweet to own bathurst again..?

From the specs, it looks like the engine is going to be gruntier in the mid section, and rev a bit less, but be totally barnstorming overall !!

think about this for a second, a Road version of a JGt car !!

those things are limited to about 500ps in the championship

[Rezz]

Th whole story behind the Direct Injection is that the VQ32DETT has to meet the Euro4/5 emissions laws in 2005. The absolute tech involved in this engine is unsurpassed by any other.

The motors connected to the turbo housings have a valve along side to regulate the exhaust gas coming out of the engine, so that the engine management can spool-up the turbo with only a fraction of the gas-flow that is required with traditional "passive" turbos!

So what we have is an "active" turbo!

Can you imagine... Nismo bringing out an extra "piggy-back" device to spool-up the turbos at idle?

Also,

The new Attessa 4WD system has a active diff that regulates the drive to front and rear wheels according to throttle position...

...and an new dry sump thats a virtual copy of the JGTC car...

[Parag0n]

Originally posted by Rezz

But some people think a ****ing ute is a sportscar... what with the low suspension and the "touring" wings and crap...go figure. But I am NEVER gonna accept that a ute is a sportscar.  

WHAT !

I've been waiting to show this little baby off

Download it (2.4meg)

Its a R32 GT-R Converted into a Ute and Drifting away on the track :]

Download Here: http://www.users.on.net/johnhill/R32GT-R_u...te_drifting.asx

Happy Viewing ;p

[Rezz]

It doesn't work Paragon...

[Parag0n]

Right Click on the link - Select "Save Target As" Download to your Hard Drive then play it.

[Rezz]

Done. Thanks

...

He's not very good is he...

[AkEaKe]

:burnout:

WHAT!!!!! 480 HP!!!!! if it's in the production, it can't be produced in Japan for sure because of gentlemen's agreement.

BTW.....waitin' for pix. Is it the same pix as I saw in a magazine?!?!?! it's a computer-generated pix that use V35 coupe as base...........

[ex_zero]

what would be the rev limiter? the peak power is at 7200rpm ,wouldn't this mean it could rev a lil more, say till 8500rpm, maybe even 9000rpm? cuz the GT-R's now have peak at 6800rpm(?) , and rev till 8500rpm(?) ..... figures just the top of my head btw, correct me if i'm wrong

[williamc]

hmmmmm from what Ive heard, the new GTR has lost our beloved tailights???? They ARE skyline!!

[summoner]

actually new GT-R last i heard wasnt being classed as a skyline but as just a GT-R on its own..

[williamc]

yeah, I remember hearing that too

[Rezz]

OK.

It's definately a Skyline. I don't know what a V35 is, here the 2-door Skyline is called the 350GT. And the GT-R is most definately using it's bodyshell (of course).

Don't worry, the 4 round tail lights are there! Do you really think after 30-odd years they're just gonna THROW AWAY the 'ol stove tops?

The famous Japanese 280ps limit? Well, for quite a few years now, the top-line sportscars from Japan have been sold "claiming to have" 280ps, but in reality, it's well over this (R34 GT-R for example). Remember, it's just an unwritten agreement, and manufacturers aswell as governing bodies etc are more than willing to turn a blind eye to the new GT-R's output, if it means it'll knock the Porsche 911 Turbo off it's pedestal...

...thats my interpretation. But when I asked my friend Kazuya (he works at Honda) about it, he said "Nobody cares about the 280ps"... so it's a gentlemans agreement, if you adhere to it, good on you, old boy.

But just watch all the new top-line sports cars from other makers come out with well over 300ps in '04 and '05.

[ausgtr]

Originally posted by Rezz

OK.

It's definately a Skyline. I don't know what a V35 is, here the 2-door Skyline is called the 350GT. And the GT-R is most definately using it's bodyshell (of course).

Don't worry, the 4 round tail lights are there! Do you really think after 30-odd years they're just gonna THROW AWAY the 'ol stove tops?

The famous Japanese 280ps limit? Well, for quite a few years now, the top-line sportscars from Japan have been sold "claiming to have" 280ps, but in reality, it's well over this (R34 GT-R for example). Remember, it's just an unwritten agreement, and manufacturers aswell as governing bodies etc are more than willing to turn a blind eye to the new GT-R's output, if it means it'll knock the Porsche 911 Turbo off it's pedestal...

...thats my interpretation. But when I asked my friend Kazuya (he works at Honda) about it, he said "Nobody cares about the 280ps"... so it's a gentlemans agreement, if you adhere to it, good on you, old boy.

But just watch all the new top-line sports cars from other makers come out with well over 300ps in '04 and '05.

Subaru and Mitsubishi have already broken this agreement, the wrx sti spec c is actually marketed as having 220+kw and the EVO likewise. The "gentlemens agreement" does not exist anymore.

[Sonic]

It's interesting to read this topic. Has anyone seen the wheels magazine with the red RX-8 Mazda on the front? New GT-R pic is in there. Except it's not from MagazineX like they claim. It's from Nissan Design. One of the guys there is a heavy-hitter in Jap auto industry.

Speed magazine has a big article on the R35 Nissan GT-R, and yes Australia IS getting the car, not sure whether it will be in American spec (5.4L 305kW 540Nm NA V8 with optional Auto) or Jap/Euro spec (VQ35DETT of claimed 206kW, more likely 220-260kW).

And Speed also has a scoop on the wildest & fastest production car to come out of Japan EVER. It's not a Nissan, Toyota or Suzuki. You'll have to buy issue 8 of Speed to find out...:uh-huh:

[Rezz]

Originally posted by Sonic

not sure whether it will be in American spec (5.4L 305kW 540Nm NA V8 with optional Auto) or Jap/Euro spec (VQ35DETT of claimed 206kW, more likely 220-260kW).

Why has there NEVER been a mention of a V8 in a Skyline of any sort, let alone the GT-R, in Japan, in the lead up to this Octobers Tokyo Motor Show, when they'll be releasing the final prototype of the GT-R?

Engineering a V6 chassis to accept a V8 solely for a niche sector of a single market? Re-engineering the suspension, body rigidity etc for a heavier V8 aswell as the V6? They'll have to call the V8 another name then, won't they? They'll behave like two different cars...

I'm not saying Nissan have never considered a V8 for use in a GT-R, I just know that that theory has been put to rest, and the new GT-R IS a VQ Thirty-Two DETT... based on the JGTC VQ30DETT, that meets Euro 4/5 emmisions laws.

[Sonic]

Whatever. Remember, America buys more cars than anyone else and it's the world's largest car-buying market. And Japan isn't getting the bent-eight or auto option. It's going to be a world car and Carlos Goshn has said it will be Nissan's "Halo vehicle".

Are you sure an NA V8 will weigh more than a TT V6? Turbos can weigh quite a bit. If you don't belive me, that's ok. We will see IF the car's released in October.

[Rezz]

Their releasing the final "prototype" at the show, it's not the official launch... as far as I know, they haven't decided that yet.

Oh, and I do believe you that the US is the largest market.

[Intensevil]

Anyone got any scans of the gtr in wheels from the rx8 front cover issue?

[Sonic]

Buy the magazine you cheap bastard! It's only $7! :bahaha:

Speed No.8 hits the stand on July 28-29

[Sonic]

The car will be displayed as the final, production-ready car. That was announced by Nissan International in May. Remember that this is Nissan's primo vehicle, to be sold in every western market there is. Goshn said it will be in every country Mitsu sells Evos and Subi sells STis. Out here, Leon Daphne wants the car bad, but it's unclear whether we will get the Yank V8 or Jap/Euro V6.