South Side Performance GT-R Turbo Kit gives 820hp

GTR820RR Turbo Upgrade Kit / South Side Performance

By Zack Newmark
January 19, 2009 5:28 PM
Filed Under: American, Japanese, Nissan, Tuners

American tuner South Side Performance has created a turbo kit capable of boosting the Nissan GT-R up to 820 horsepower. The upgrade is made to fit on Nissan's stock parts facilitating quality of installation.

If true, this could bring the 0-60mph time down from 3.2 seconds to somewhere between the Bugatti Veyron and the Hennessey Venom 800TT (2.9 s and 2.4 s).

South Side Performance uses Garrett ball bearing water cooled turbo chargers, an upgraded actuator, high pressure aluminum compressor wheel, and new turbine wheel. The company claims their choice in turbo is because of the large amount of power Garrett turbos produce, even at low RPMs. Thus, these new turbos deliver a healthy amount of additional horsepower from the moment you hit the accelerator, on up to the red line.

Anybody looking to race for pink slips and evade police chases would want to get the South Side Performance GTR820RR Turbo Upgrade Kit. Anybody else might find that kind of power to be unnecessary. When exchanging the GT-R stock turbo, the price of this kit comes to $6,499. Installation takes about a week.

Source: South Side Performance

Press Release (Click to expand)

SOUTH SIDE PERFORMANCE INTRODUCES GTR820RR TURBO UPGRADE FOR NISSAN’S R35 GTR - CAPABLE OF MAKING 820* CRANK HP!

Sioux Falls, South Dakota (January 16, 2009) – South Side Performance is offering, for the first time in the U.S., a turbo upgrade capable of 820 HP* for Nissan’s newest supercar.

After months of R and D, South Side Performance have found a turbo combination with greater efficiency, faster spooling, and a stock style fitment for ease of installation. The result is a kit capable of making 820 HP* (when combined with other modifications). Due to the high efficiency of these turbos, GTR owners can run lower boost and make more power. The result is one of the first true big power upgrades available for the R35 GTR.

Specifications:
These Garrett ball bearing turbos are a direct bolt-on that utilize CHRA oil lube and are water cooled. They require only one line to be changed and can be properly installed with basic tools and equipment. The price of the kit includes the machining each of the stock turbos and installation of an upgraded actuator, 53.8 mm turbine wheel, and 68 mm high pressure billet aluminum compressor wheel which is efficient up to 32 PSI.

The turbos were specifically designed to bring bigger power at lower boost and to utilize the fastest spooling turbos available for the size and application. The result is a turbo that makes more power at stock boost levels and starts making boost lower RPM’s than stock. This combination allows your GTR to enjoy the benefits of power lower in the power band that continues all the way to redline.

Price and Availability:
This upgrade is available exclusively from our distributor www.GT-RR.com and will be available with exchange of the stock turbos for $6,499.00 or without exchange for an additional core charge. Turnaround time will be minimal, usually about one working week.

For a complete listing of South Side Performance products currently available please visit: http://gt-rr.com/r35/manufacturer/south_side_performance

For additional product information directly from South Side Performance, please contact us at: sspwholesale@rocketmail.com

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Nissan GT-R by Shadow Sports Design (9 comments

Comments

lucifa

January 19, 2009 5:46 PM

that's a good way to kill yourself... putting more power in a heavy car which has the suspension/chassis electronic control systems set up EXACTLY for the stock amount of power. double the power without touching the suspension/chassis backup in a car which is so specifically set is really NOT a good idea.

jagonzalez

January 19, 2009 6:10 PM

yeah lucifa you are right but if you have $ to do this and buy the GTR alone most likely you will have $ to upgrade the suspension as well.

Joe_Limon

January 19, 2009 7:29 PM

I like how you think a awd 820hp car is dangerous, especially compared to the numbers some modified benzes out down, and they are rwd...

mradem

January 19, 2009 9:05 PM

what a wonderful world

tiguy2000

January 19, 2009 9:36 PM

F*ck that, I'd try it on a track!

ShinyG

January 19, 2009 10:23 PM

Cool, this might take the "fastest lead brick in the world award!" On a more serious note, the price tag for the modification seems reasonable!

mortz

January 19, 2009 10:59 PM

I thought southside would have a GT-R to show just like the other GT-R tuners? will be very interesting to see if the transmission will agree on that amount of horsepower?

Lamborghini

January 19, 2009 11:13 PM

In you face AMG, horsepower war is not over :D But to be a bit serious here, I also don´t think that its such a great idea to put this amount of power into this car, and it probably kills the transmission after a week..

NISMO

January 19, 2009 11:17 PM

I'm so angry that is less expensive than a TT kit for my Z...that's just wrong!

Shark

January 20, 2009 12:06 AM

Along with suspension upgrades, better get some carbon ceramic binders to stop the damn thing! LOL!

norther

January 20, 2009 2:03 AM

no problem with the power. but does the tranny supports all that power, and the suspension? any modifications on these? if i owned a gtr, i woudlnt be so sure about this upgrade. and another thing, isnt it too much for the exhaust too? like always, americans think of everything when they put 1milion HP into a machine.

GRAVE

January 20, 2009 2:14 AM

an 820 hp GTR! this will be the most dangerous car in the world!

radmeister

January 20, 2009 2:28 AM

Massive fail, no way this kit is going to last, even if lets say the transmission can take this power, those turbos look ghetto grade. HKS has compressors at 3200$ each, nevermind a kit. If i had a 95,000$ car i would look somewhere else other than some yok'l that put a CAT turbo on a GT-R and called it a kit, all this proves is that it can do a few dino runs with it, no long term proof.

NISMO

January 20, 2009 3:54 AM

Don't ya hate new products with no long term proof!??! I kid, I kid...Seriously though, my only issue with this is that the VQ motors have been notoriously difficult to tune since their release. I admittedly don't really know all the details as to why, but I'm sure there's reasons and it does make me wonder what all was over looked. The tranny is an obvious concern, and others have mentioned exhaust system and suspension upgrades. I would add to that along the lines of what you're saying in regards to this appearing to be simply new turbos and nothing else, that there's no mention of intake modification, stronger injectors, or anything done to the internals. It just all sounds like a great recipe for a grenade.

cmcgagnon

February 2, 2009 8:11 PM

The owner of southside actually does have a GTR of his own and a car that he done for a customer in California,as jagonzales said if you have the money to throw down on a GTR you have the money to do the car right. All of you must be thinkin... how does this guy know all of this? I know cause I am related to the owner and founder Kris Gagnon. They have some of the best machanics and machinests.

mortz

February 7, 2009 9:29 PM

cmcgagnon, do you know any of the performance spec like top speed and 0-100kmh etc??

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