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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports/GTs</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></p><a href="http://www.dragtimes.com/Nissan-GT-R-Timeslip-17635.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/gt-r_drag_580.jpg"></a><br><br>The internet has been abuzz with chatter ever since it was <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/29/nissan-instructs-dealers-to-reprogram-gt-r-launch-control/">revealed</a> that Nissan had updated the software that governs the GT-R's launch control and was instructing all of its dealers to reprogram every vehicle in dealer inventory that had yet to be sold with the new software in a bid to keep <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/carsumer-advocacy-nissan-refuses-to-replace-gt-r-owners-busted/">additional transmissions from grenading</a>. <br><br>The changes limit the maximum RPM that the car will sustain with the VDC switched off to around 3,500, a big reduction from the 4,500 limit of the old programming. Additionally, the software update adds a new, safer form of launch control that allows takeoffs at 3,000 RPM while the VDC remains active. Inquiring minds want to know: Would those alterations still allow the GT-R to hook up hard enough to reverse the earth's rotation at the drags?<br><br>We have some good news to share with Godzilla owners that are contemplating whether or not to have their cars updated with the new software. A bone-stock GT-R with the reprogramming has been timed at <a href="http://www.dragtimes.com/Nissan-GT-R-Timeslip-17635.html">11.34 @ 120.85 MPH</a> with an excellent 1.69-second 60′ time. That result compares rather favorably with quarter-mile runs recorded by cars with the initial launch control programming. <em>Thanks for the tip, ViperACR</em>!<br><br>[Source: <a href="http://www.dragtimes.com/Nissan-GT-R-Timeslip-17635.html">Drag Times</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/05/nissan-gt-r-still-quick-with-updated-launch-control/">Nissan GT-R still quick with updated launch control </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:59:00 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://www.dragtimes.com/blog/nissan-gt-r-still-quick-after-neutered-launch-control-update">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/05/nissan-gt-r-still-quick-with-updated-launch-control/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1451497/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/05/nissan-gt-r-still-quick-with-updated-launch-control/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports/GTs</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></p><a href="http://www.dragtimes.com/Nissan-GT-R-Timeslip-17635.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/gt-r_drag_580.jpg"></a><br><br>The internet has been abuzz with chatter ever since it was <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/29/nissan-instructs-dealers-to-reprogram-gt-r-launch-control/">revealed</a> that Nissan had updated the software that governs the GT-R's launch control and was instructing all of its dealers to reprogram every vehicle in dealer inventory that had yet to be sold with the new software in a bid to keep <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/carsumer-advocacy-nissan-refuses-to-replace-gt-r-owners-busted/">additional transmissions from grenading</a>. <br><br>The changes limit the maximum RPM that the car will sustain with the VDC switched off to around 3,500, a big reduction from the 4,500 limit of the old programming. Additionally, the software update adds a new, safer form of launch control that allows takeoffs at 3,000 RPM while the VDC remains active. Inquiring minds want to know: Would those alterations still allow the GT-R to hook up hard enough to reverse the earth's rotation at the drags?<br><br>We have some good news to share with Godzilla owners that are contemplating whether or not to have their cars updated with the new software. A bone-stock GT-R with the reprogramming has been timed at <a href="http://www.dragtimes.com/Nissan-GT-R-Timeslip-17635.html">11.34 @ 120.85 MPH</a> with an excellent 1.69-second 60′ time. That result compares rather favorably with quarter-mile runs recorded by cars with the initial launch control programming. <em>Thanks for the tip, ViperACR</em>!<br><br>[Source: <a href="http://www.dragtimes.com/Nissan-GT-R-Timeslip-17635.html">Drag Times</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/05/nissan-gt-r-still-quick-with-updated-launch-control/">Nissan GT-R still quick with updated launch control </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:59:00 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://www.dragtimes.com/blog/nissan-gt-r-still-quick-after-neutered-launch-control-update">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/05/nissan-gt-r-still-quick-with-updated-launch-control/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1451497/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/05/nissan-gt-r-still-quick-with-updated-launch-control/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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