Are These Rumours True...

[Marko R1]

hi guys,

there are rumours going around the trap that the r35gtr requires a full rebuild @ 100,000km & apparently this is a 15k major service - could this be true?

i have also heard from a workshop here in sydney that they are having a lot of gearbox issues with striping gears (1 particular in the US has changed his gearbox 5 times) - & apparently considering a recall but this would run nissan into the ground

here is a clip of a 10.5 pass where this black gtr strips 1st gear OUCH (refer to 2nd clip):

http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php/2009/01/0...f-the--1?blog=4

regards,

[JAS-25T]

By all accounts it seems the gearbox issues are due to miss-treatment.

any gearbox will break with continuous abuse like that.

[Marko R1]

yes this is what i thought - just like the earlier model gtr's

how about the engine rebuild? sounds like a tall story to me (i hope)

[bnr#@]

I imagine it makes no difference to nissan if people are braking gearboxes after getting a chunk more power out of it then drag racing them. If you up the power things will break, thats a given and should be accepted. That GTR that ran a 10.6 is making worlds more power then stock so a gear box breakage was expected.

[mitchy_]

Over 100 launches using the Nissan GT-R's now infamous launch control, with approximately 30 of those resulting in a sub-10 second ET, took it's toll.

somehow i dont think thats what nissan allowed for when designing the box...

[Snowman]

As for the engine thing - the answer is no body knows. It has something to do with the plamsa bores but I can't remember exactly what.

But then it's 100,000km's. I wish my R34 GTR engine would last that long before it needs a +$15K re-build!

[madbung]

15k that'd be around the same as a major service on a gt3 and less than most supercars annual service costs.

So a rebuild for that price sounds almost good.

[Gav]

But then it's 100,000km's. I wish my R34 GTR engine would last that long before it needs a +$15K re-build!

You and me both Snowy!!

[iplen]

Pretty sure if you read through this forum there will plenty of information regarding the gearbox issues, the car that strips 1st in the video has been widely publicised as having in excess of 600hp, 700nm and running consistent 10 sec 1/4s. It may be worth your time to have a read through some topics with things in the title like "R35 gearbox" to get some info in this.

[Marko R1]

As for the engine thing - the answer is no body knows. It has something to do with the plamsa bores but I can't remember exactly what.

But then it's 100,000km's. I wish my R34 GTR engine would last that long before it needs a +$15K re-build!

yes it was the plasma bores that i also heard

i agree with ur comment about the 15k rebuild...i guess its like an rb26 running 295awkw and hoping to get 100000km

(this is what the r35 achieved on crd's dyno)