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Nissan GT-R GT1: Godzilla Ready To Smash GT1

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EDT

What's a weekday without more Nissan GT-R news? In addition to details about an even more restrictive warranty in 2010, we also get complete info on the FIA Nissan GT-R GT1, a 600 HP racer.

Nissan will be entering their GT-R in the FIA GT Championship for 2010. Based heavily on the GT-R chassis, virtually everything else about the car is upgraded or replaced. There's a VK56DE 5.5 liter V8 good for 600 HP and 480 lb-ft of torque, a Ricardo sequential transmission, carbon carbon brakes and 18" forged racing wheels. Looks pretty slow, don't you think?

R35 NISSAN GT-R to the 2010 FIA GT1 Regulation

* Type of engine: VK56DE
* Displacement: 5552 cc
* Max. horsepower: 600hp according to the 2010 regulation
* Max. torque: > 650Nm
* Clutch: 5.5″carbon triple plate
* Type of gearbox: Ricardo 6 speed transaxle Overall length: 4730 mm
* Overall width: 2040 mm
* Wheelbase: 2780 mm
* Track (front): 1670 mm
* Track (Rear): 1710 mm
* Weight: 1250kg according to the 2010 regulation
* Brake (front): 6 piston caliper
with carbon disc and pad
* Brake (rear): 6 piston caliper with carbon disc and pad
* Type of suspension (front): Double wishbone suspension
* Type of suspension (rear): Multi-link suspension
* Drive system: RWD
* Wheel (front): 13.0J×18
* Wheel (rear): 13.0J×18
* Tire (front): 31/71-18
* Tire (rear): 31/71-18

[ZerotoHundred via GTR Blog]

R35 + M35 = First Nissan GT-R Wagon!

Ray Wert — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:30:00 EDT

What you're looking at is an 'R35' Nissan GT-R front end welded to the back two-thirds of an M35 Nissan Stagea. It's called the ‘StaGT-R' and it's on show at the Nagoya Auto Trend show.

Now, this isn't not the first time the head of a GT-R has been frank-chopped onto a Stagea -– it's a popular swap in Japan -– but it's the first we've seen for the all-new GT-R. This GT-R wagon's been put together by the Japanese tuning house Kids Heart.

Obviously no one over there's been reading the GT-R manual. [Northwest Nissans via The Motor Report]

HKS GT570 Nissan GT-R Makes 559 HP... At The Wheels

Mark Arnold — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:20:00 EDT

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.

[via GT-R Blog]