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ZilviaBot
11-10-2008, 01:20 PM
11-10-2008 01:29 PM

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/japan/" rel="tag">Japan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/supercars/" rel="tag">Supercars</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/" rel="tag">Nissan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/" rel="tag">Rumormill</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/special-limited-editions/" rel="tag">Special/Limited Editions</a></p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/11/nissan-gt-r-le-mans-edition-limited.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/nissan-gt-r-lm-edition-1_450op.jpg" alt=""></a><br><br>Rumors have been circulating for almost a year that Nissan plans to campaign the GT-R in several different series outside of SuperGT, including the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/01/enter-the-rumormill-nissan-gt-r-may-compete-in-grand-am-series/">Grand Am championship</a> and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/07/nissan-may-take-gt-r-to-go-racing-in-australia/">24 Hours of LeMans</a>. Japan's<em> Best Car</em> magazine supposedly has it on good authority that Nissan is developing a road-going model of the LeMans competition car that will carry an "LM Edition" badge and be sold in limited numbers.<br><br><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/nissan-gt-r-lm-edition-2_250op.jpg" alt="">According to the Japanese pub, the twin-turbo, 3.8-liter V6 will be putting out approximately 600 hp and will be equipped with upgraded brakes, lightweight wheels, a beefed up transmission and reworked suspension components, in addition to a new aero kit to increase downforce.<br><br>Nissan has produced several limited edition models of each generation of the Skyline GT-R before, including an LM Edition of the R33 that campaigned in LeMans in the late 90s. One good turn deserves another, and with 600 hp under the hood, things are bound to get interesting both on the track and on the street.<br><br>[Source: BestCar via <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/11/nissan-gt-r-le-mans-edition-limited.html">Carscoop</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/10/rumormill-nissan-working-on-600-hp-gt-r-lm/">Rumormill: Nissan working on 600 hp GT-R LM</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></h6><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/11/nissan-gt-r-le-mans-edition-limited.html">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/10/rumormill-nissan-working-on-600-hp-gt-r-lm/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1367593/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/10/rumormill-nissan-working-on-600-hp-gt-r-lm/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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SleepR 240sx
11-10-2008, 02:49 PM
dang....that thing would be sick

ryceboy_124
11-10-2008, 07:43 PM
Looks awesome...I wonder if the tranny will last.

kouness
11-10-2008, 08:40 PM
if the GTR LM car is going to be 600 hp. i wonder what the specs are going to be on the v-spec? probably very similar, awesome if more..

BOROSUN
11-10-2008, 11:03 PM
yay......




LM is rwd only.