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HKS GT570 Nissan GT-R Makes 559 HP... At The Wheels
Plenty of tuning options for the Nissan GT-R are popping up, but few are as appealing as this HKS GT570 power upgrade. The standard GT-R is rated at 480 HP, but this kit is supposed to up that to just over 570 HP at the flywheel by way of a new exhaust, intake pipe kit, boost controller and wastegate actuators. A shop in Hong Kong decided to find out for themselves, so they installed one of the HKS kits, strapped the car to a dyno, and ended up with a reading of about 559 HP at the wheels. Considering that you expect 10-15% of the power at the flywheel to be lost in the drivetrain on most cars, that's an astonishing result. Either the GT-R's drivetrain is stupidly efficient, the HKS kit is underrated, or perhaps a bit of both. Video of Godzilla on the treadmill after the jump. More » -
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Inside The Inside Line Ultimate GT-R Road Trip
There are two questions in life you always answer yes to. First, if someone asks if you are a God, say yes. Second, if the folks at Nissan offer you one of the seven U.S.-spec 2009 Nissan GT-R pre-production testers in the US and give you carte blanche to drive it wherever and however so long as you get it to Reno in one piece, give a similar response. That's just what Inside Line did, covering 2,000 miles of highways, byways, racetrack, dry lake beds and drag strips. Below we take you behind the scenes of this epic journey, with some photos and details too-hot-for-Edmunds from IL's Senior Editor Ed Hellwig — the co-driver of the tri-state adventure.
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12:00 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,688 views, 21 commentsLatest by NatefromOgden: @Bento- Ha! He's been beatin the crap out of that thing for 5 or 6 years now and as ugly more »
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Don't Mess With The Nissan GT-R
Just in case you've bought a new GT-R, but you lack any common sense when it comes to vehicular accessorization, Nissan has included these helpful illustrations in the owner's manual for the JDM version. We're guessing the big X means you're not supposed to put giant fender flares and oversized spoilers on the GT-R. Nissan apparently thinks they got it right on their own, thank you very much. Although someone better tell that to Mine's. The other illustrations have more helpful hints; like how to use a strategically placed cola can to sabotage someone's brakes, or how to push your unsuspecting buddy's GT-R onto a railway crossing. You know, the little things kids these days do for a laugh.
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Nissan GT-R In Hot Pink For Tasmanian Racing, Godzilla Goes Femme
Why would anyone take a brand new R35 Nissan GT-R and paint it hot pink? Racing, of course. The Targa Tasmania, the Australian version of the Mille Miglia, is coming up and the folks at Just Jap Imports have been tasked with painting it pink for Team Donut King (I hope some of those words make sense together). The team posted the photos at the Skyline Australia forums and we couldn't resist posting them here.
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