R35 Gt-R Project Car (Perth) + Pics + Videos!

[Brockas]

As of last weekend, this is my new 'daily'. I previously owned a ~620rwhp R33 GT-R with a T04Z, built motor etc etc. That was a great car, but by the time I worked out how much I had spent on it, and what I still wanted to do with it, it was actually cheaper to just bite the bullet and by the R35.

Specs are:

2009 Nissan R35 GT-R

Dark Metal Grey

32,000kms

There are quite a few mods in the pipeline, and I have already fitted a full exhaust system (Midpipe and Catback) and 15mm spacers on the front, with 20mm spacers on the rear.

I have a few goals for the car:

Goals: (will tick them off as they get completed)

- 10.5* or less 1/4 mile pass

- 54.* or less Wanneroo Short-track time

- 550hp at the wheels

The idea behind this car is to be able to achieve my goals for under $10,000. As such, the planned upgrades are as follows:

Empire Performance Midpipe ( http://myworld.ebay....ire_performance )

Empire Performance Catback ( http://myworld.ebay....ire_performance )

COBB Accessport NIS-006 with TCM control ( http://justjap.com/s...ufacturerid=101 )

Empire Performance Intake + Intercooler kit

Bosch EV14 1100cc injectors (http://www.gtrlife.c...-in-fuel-pumps/)

SiR in-tank fuel pumps (http://www.gtrlife.c...-in-fuel-pumps/)

SiR Stage 1 turbo upgrade (http://www.gtrlife.c...rbos-2500-core/)

I'm hoping with these mods it'll do about 550rwhp on 16-18psi (may not actually need the turbos to do this, but we'll play it by ear).

Some pics

I've owned the car for almost 2 weeks now, so it's definitely time for mods. Here's the latest:

Dyno'd it completely 100% stock to get a good baseline figure. It made 415awhp at only 11psi.... not a bad base to work with!!

Right after that, we fit the new Empire Performance exhaust and mid-pipe. The weight saving in this is HUGE. I'm guessing the new midpipe is about 15kg's lighter, but I'll weigh the old one shortly.

Old Midpipe:

Old vs New:

New midpipe and catback:

Now it sounds like this:

[Hank Scorpio]

Very nice! Can't wait to see this after the first round of mods attacking a thousand metres

[domino_z]

welcome, mod list looks great

you won't need aftermarket turbos to crack 550awhp, you can achieve that quite easily on stock turbos with e85

but you would need them to comfortably crack a mid 10 1/4 on r compound/stock tyres

id be very cautious about buying american mod'd stock frame turbos, despite the allure of great pricing. willall racing in SA offer a similar high flow oem turbo with added benefit of local support and proven reliability

[Brockas]

I'll look into the turbo's in a lot more detail as the time comes. I won't be going to that stage for probably a year or so anyway, so it gives me plenty of time to research.

I forgot to add, I'll need dump-pipes as well, which are already bought.

Not sure why the videos didn't work! Can't seem to ember HTML code here...

Free-rev:

Fly-bye / downshift:

Edited December 27, 2012 by Brockas

[R31Nismoid]

Not sure why the videos didn't work! Can't seem to ember HTML code here...

No need to use the embed, just paste the direct link, works fine - we've setup to recognise straight links (saves time)

[Brockas]

Worked it out, cheers Ash I'm so used to having to use HTML on forums!

[UKGTR]

Very nice and always liked the gun metal colour.

Keep us updated how the other mods go

[GT-R OZ]

How much did you pay for the car?

[Jonny_r35]

Good luck with the car and your planned mods. It looks pretty straight and clean from the photos.

Best color too imo.

[Seano350GT]

Beautiful car, impressive stock power too!

And yes please tell us how much you paid!

[wagtr]

Looks very nice,that colour was my first choice but ended up with black,i bought mine 9 months ago with 8000ks,it was in good cond so i did not wait for a grey one.

I got a midpipe a few months ago which is great,and just instaled a cobb 006,you will like this for power but most of all the tcm transforms the 09 tranny!

Anyway enjoy your car,its nice to see another perth boy with a r35.

[Brockas]

How much did you pay for the car?

Beautiful car, impressive stock power too!

And yes please tell us how much you paid!

$105k + on roads.

I got a midpipe a few months ago which is great,and just instaled a cobb 006,you will like this for power but most of all the tcm transforms the 09 tranny!

Anyway enjoy your car,its nice to see another perth boy with a r35.

Yup, am looking forward to the COBB installation. The transmission had it's software 'updated' by Magic Nissan here in Perth, and they apparently put all the 2012 settings into it (without LC5).

I still think there are improvements to be had though.

Cheers

[Wardski]

Yup, am looking forward to the COBB installation. The transmission had it's software 'updated' by Magic Nissan here in Perth, and they apparently put all the 2012 settings into it (without LC5).

Interesting, I was under the impression this cannot be done without a Cobb???? They probably just updated the touch points and done

Edited December 28, 2012 by Wardski

[wagtr]

Something i have noticed with the TCM which i have not seen mentioned anywhere as far as i know is that on the standard software,if you have it in R for gearshifts,when you go from auto to manual and vice versa you have to put it back to R each time.

With the cobb software it stays in R when you switch from auto to manual and back again,nifty feature as this would always annoy me.

[Brockas]

Interesting, I was under the impression this cannot be done without a Cobb???? They probably just updated the touch points and done

They took about 4 hours to do it (and didn't charge me) so I'm not entirely sure what they did. All I know is it made a very noticeable difference to the way the car drives. It's substantially better now.

Something i have noticed with the TCM which i have not seen mentioned anywhere as far as i know is that on the standard software,if you have it in R for gearshifts,when you go from auto to manual and vice versa you have to put it back to R each time.

With the cobb software it stays in R when you switch from auto to manual and back again,nifty feature as this would always annoy me.

That is a handy feature. I have no idea why they set it to kick out of R mode from the factory, very annoying!

[g35me]

Something i have noticed with the TCM which i have not seen mentioned anywhere as far as i know is that on the standard software,if you have it in R for gearshifts,when you go from auto to manual and vice versa you have to put it back to R each time.

With the cobb software it stays in R when you switch from auto to manual and back again,nifty feature as this would always annoy me.

Only with the NIS-006

[bcl]

Congrats on your purchase.

The older model does run relatively low boost compared to more recent models.

My MY11 runs between 13.5 & 14psi between 3200 & 6600 rpm, peaking at 4500 rpm, so there’s some very easy power to be had with an increase in boost.

Fyi, get your tuner to display DIN rather than the old USA standard SAE J1349, so use KW & NM with DIN.

That dynapack torque graph is accurate, because it shows the twin torque peaks that occur at around 4000 & 5000rpm in the R35.

If you can, do a dyno run straight after the exhaust, to measure the difference, then again after the tune (which is what I did).

Good luck.

Brian

[Brockas]

Yup, I'll endeavour to get that done. Did you notice any HP increase from just the exhaust?

I just picked up the following:

COBB Accessport NIS-006

SiR 1150cc injectors

SiR 290lph fuel pumps

SPD 65mm turbo inlets

Empire 76mm Intake kit

Empire FMIC hard pipe kit

Empire Downpipes

Looking forward to seeing what it makes with these mods on 15-18psi

[34GeeTeeTee]

Mmmmmm tasty car!!!

[domino_z]

never heard of empire parts for the r35

do you have any pics of your intercooler hard pipe kit? is this fab'd in aus?