Nissan GT-R tuning packages from NISMO coming Aug. 20th

[ZilviaBot]

08-04-2008 03:02 AM

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/aftermarket/" rel="tag">Aftermarket</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tunertuesdays/" rel="tag">Tuners</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/" rel="tag">Nissan</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/www.gtrblog.com/index.php/2008/08/03/nismo-r35-gt-r-tuning-packages-to-debut-?blog=4"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/08/nismo_gtr_parts_250op.jpg"></a>Nissan's motorsports arm has been hard at work developing parts for the GT-R, and on August 20th, R35 owners in Japan will get their first taste of NISMO's efforts. Tuning packages - ranging from street to circuit kits - will be offered in either comprehensive combinations or ala carte, and will include wheels and tires, carbon fiber aero parts, exhaust systems, tweaked ECUs and upgraded cooling kits. All the parts have already undergone rigorous testing, primarily during NISMO/MOTUL's campaign of a race-prepped R35 GT-R in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/03/nismo-tokachi-24-hour-nissan-gt-r-gets-more-carbon-v-spec-mods/">Tokachi 24 hour</a> <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/01/tokachi-24-hour-nissan-gt-r-build-up-underway/">endurance race</a>.<br><br>More details are due out in a few weeks, although there's no word on if or when these parts will be available in the U.S.<br><br><div><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/nismo-tokachi-24-hour-nissan-gt-r/">NISMO Tokachi 24-hour Nissan GT-R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/nismo-tokachi-24-hour-nissan-gt-r/900527/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/01_gtr_toka_gtrworld_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/nismo-tokachi-24-hour-nissan-gt-r/900528/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/02_gtr_toka_gtrworld_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/nismo-tokachi-24-hour-nissan-gt-r/900537/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/03_gtr_toka_gtrworld_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/nismo-tokachi-24-hour-nissan-gt-r/900532/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/04_gtr_toka_gtrworld_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/nismo-tokachi-24-hour-nissan-gt-r/900534/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/05_gtr_toka_gtrworld_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a></div><br><div><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/">In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 Nissan GT-R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940153/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940154/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940155/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940156/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940157/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a></div><br>[Source: <a href="http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php/2008/08/03/nismo-r35-gt-r-tuning-packages-to-debut-?blog=4">GTRBlog</a>]<p style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0">Â*</p><p><a href="http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php/2008/08/03/nismo-r35-gt-r-tuning-packages-to-debut-?blog=4">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/04/nissan-gt-r-tuning-packages-from-nismo-coming-aug-20th/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1274332/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/04/nissan-gt-r-tuning-packages-from-nismo-coming-aug-20th/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr>
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[Spade]

well here's the 520BHP 130,000$ Spec V
RoadandTrack.com -- New Car Search - New & Future Cars: Nissan GT-R Spec V (9/2008) (http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=10&article_id=6948)

[lazysk8er2]

nissan is smart for not allowing people to tune the car yet because as a japanese supercar it will set the platform for the other companies to exceed and possibly beat.

"An NSX engineer I spoke to said: "'We know what lap time we have to beat. Now it's just a matter of making a car that will beat that time.'" The battle is on."


so nissan most likely built the gt-r like the other ones, kinda fast stock but open it up and the sky is the limit.

[thefro526]

I think Nissan's trying to keep control of the GT-R's competitors. Now that the GT-R is out and terrorizing the streets and tracks of the world it's the new standard for semi-affordable supercars which had placed a huge target on it's back. If Nissan is one of, if not, the only one who can do a full package upgrade to the GT-R (suspension, exhaust, turbo, ECU, aero, etc...) then it can package these parts as a production car (essentially what the V-Spec is). By packaging these parts as a production car Nissan has once again risen the bar and made it's monster harder to beat and can keep claim to manufacturing one of the greatest cars ever made, no modifications necessary.

[lazysk8er2]

i sat in one today it was red and was sooooo sick really comfy. didnt get to drive it tho. the guy works across the street from my friends work. he owns the shop i think. i dunno i begged him to just sit in it. pretty much left stains.

[Paul2x]

So far the Tranny is the weak point.

a few of the Jap tuners have already gone through a few.

I read a replacement unit will be in store in the line of new Nismo parts to come.

We'll see.

=)