Nissans To Pummel Holdens And Fords In The Supercars From 2013

[Nightcrawler]

f**k yeah - VERY exciting news!!!!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor-racing/nissan-to-return-to-v8-supercars-competition-in-2013/story-e6frfgb6-1226266051719

[Madaz]

yeah not wrong Nissan's detuned V8 makes 500ps and its good for 790ps

[wytnte]

so anyone got any ideas what car/ chassis they will run??

[Madaz]

im guessing a chassis that has parity to the ford and holden ones

[Aberax]

Maybe similar to what they use in the lemans and GT1

[wytnte]

oh yeah i see,

so whats the deal with these cars of the future program?? how much is going to be controlled?

Nissan joining is good news for v8 supercars! i feel last few years has been a little boring. .

[scandyflick]

AFAIK, basic chassis ie; brakes, suspension and steering system, fuel system, trans, rear end, and obvious the frame itself is control. Engine is more or less up to the manufacturer, though there are obviously limitations.

Been a while since I bothered looking it up though.

[Rbware]

so anyone got any ideas what car/ chassis they will run??

Doesn't it have to be a 4 door as well ?

[Krishy]

This is awesome news. Will be interesting to see the car in action though

[MattR]

^^ yeah i think it has to be four door, so probably maxima body??

[pistol-pete]

Really this means nothing as far as the racing is concerned.. The cars are all the same underneath. Even the bodies, although they look different, have basically the same aero so even they make no difference. It's just somewhere to put the badge. Having said that this is a good thing if it means they keep changing the regs so that the dtm cars can race here.

And being able to cheer for a Nissan will be sweet

[HOSTILE]

Could this be the motor they use??

The VK50VE is a 5.0 L V8 engine with 390 hp @6500 rpm and 500 N·m (370 lb·ft) @4400 rpm and redline is at 6800 rpm. Bore x stroke (mm) are 95.5 x 87.7 and compression ratio is 10.9:1. It has Nissans VVEL technology.

[Madaz]

Why maxima they have 4 door skyline

If they made it 2 door all the bogans would complain its a gtr even if it wasn't

I hope they use the tactic what wins on Sunday sells on Monday and bring a rwd v8 into the country

[Race__24]

Isn't the "Car of the future" like NASCAR, in that they are all the same shape.

[Madaz]

Martin it would be a variant they actually have a 500hp one they use in their gt500 cup its detuned from about 790hp

[Krishy]

Damn 290 hp is a lot to detune lol

[Madaz]

[Madaz]

[HOSTILE]

Yep thats the idea steve...like GT500 in Japan but dont v8 supercars run a five litre?... hence using VK50Ve as a base.

VQ45DE is what was in the superGT car I think?...could possibly stroke that?

[Madaz]

my detuning comment came from this

Motorsport

A flat-plane crankshaft version of the VK45DE is used by Nismo for Super GT races with the Nissan GT-R instead of using the GT-R's VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 engine.[1] The VK45DE was previously used in Nissan's 350Z Super GT car, replacing the previous VQ30DETT used in that car in 2007. In race trim, the Super GT VK45DE produces 500 PS (490 hp) and 52 kg·m (380 ft·lbf) of torque.[2] The engine idles at around 3500 RPM and is restricted to the above specified power output. Without such restrictions, the engine is reputedly capable of producing nearly 800 PS (790 hp).[3] Nismo reasons that by using the engine, they eliminate turbo-lag, save weight and generally prefer the torque curve of the atmospheric V8.

Source

@Martin - they do have on their rules page a 5.0 V8 controlled by Motec i would of thought half a litre smaller would of been ok but i guess if they got beat by a smaller engine all the teams would complain

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/technical/vehicledetails/tabid/1392/default.aspx