Hotter Nissan GT-R to Slot Above SpecV is on the Way

Nissan GT-R specV

By Thami Masemola
March 31, 2009 4:23 am
Filed Under: Japanese, Nissan, Supercars

As hot as the Nissan GT-R SpecV is, it is not going to be the last word in the highly-engaging GT-R saga. After the InsideLine team spent some time driving the SpecV in Japan, their initial delight was turned into feverish excitement. This was caused by SpecV chief engineer Mr Kazutoshi Mizuno casually telling the team that "the SpecV, in contrast to what you might be thinking, is not the high-performance version of the GT-R."

The GT-R was launched in 2007 after a long period characterised by speculation and spy pictures. In its basic form it makes 353kW (480hp) and 588Nm of torque from its twin-turbo 3.8-litre V6 engine. The engine is mated to a six-speed dual clutch transmission and together they can hurl the AWD Nissan from 0 - 60mph in about 3.5 seconds. Top speed is estimated at around 309km/h.

In 2008 Nissan infamously claimed the production car lap record at the Nürburgring with a car that was said to be stock, bar one or two items. Additionally, it was reported that the SpecV was tested independently and, although inconclusive, found to be slower than the stock car around a famous Tsukuba race track.

Exactly what else can be done to extract more performance out of the GT-R is a mystery only Mizuno san and those close to him can solve for us.

 

Source: edmunds.com via autoblog.com

Comments (page 1 of 3)

sub39h
March 31, 2009 10:07 am
apparently a stock version of one of these will be able to lap the earth faster than a space shuttle... no, seriously.

Renegade
March 31, 2009 10:21 am
They already did but they don't want to tell kuz that would put NASA out of business.

Aesthetics
March 31, 2009 1:47 pm
you think porsche will believe that?

scratchy996
April 1, 2009 8:27 am
Renegade is right , they went around the Earth so fast , it turned back time.

kryst_PL
March 31, 2009 10:13 am
Famous Japanese racetrack? I thought Nurburgring was in Germany, but maybe thats only me :)

thamzn
March 31, 2009 10:17 am
It's probably just you. I think he means the Tsukuba track. See related stories.

Renegade
March 31, 2009 10:19 am
I think they talk about Fuji Speedway.

BrianWCF
March 31, 2009 10:50 am
Thanks everyone, the sentence has been edited to be more specific.


Edited by user on March 31, 2009 at 10:50 am
phobos
March 31, 2009 10:21 am
slower? it was tested by keichi tsuchiya - japanese drift king - ,the condition of the track was poor

Renegade
March 31, 2009 10:22 am
Maybe he was drifting it instead of driving fast...:P

phobos
March 31, 2009 10:24 am
tsukuba

phobos
March 31, 2009 10:25 am
..you can't really drift with a GT-R

350Zed
March 31, 2009 10:50 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLtgeBhUoow

radmeister
March 31, 2009 11:12 am
Sure you can, I've done it lotsa times in GT5 Prologue, TCS off, and set the Diffs to 90-10 rear bias, drifts pretty good, trickier than lets say a fully RWD car but far from impossible. The drift king got something like 1:01 on the track, best ive gotten in GT5 was 1:05 and that was after about 100 attempts.

lucifa
March 31, 2009 11:39 am
Funny as that might sound, from all accounts driving it isn't all that dissimilar from using it on the game...

radmeister
March 31, 2009 12:53 pm
To tell you the truth, with the Logitech G25 racing wheel and all the settings set to professional/realistic in the game and on the wheel it's pretty darn close. And i mean especially with the GT-R that was heavily tested and built with the makers of GT5, even their fancy simulator at nissan runs on the GT5 platform/engine. I think the main difference is road conditions, in the game the track surface is perfect, real life not so much.

phobos
March 31, 2009 10:28 am
in mid april they will try to beat the ZR1 record on the ring..

Prince_Ash
March 31, 2009 10:29 am
unless your "THE DRIFT KING" hahahah xD

Joe_Limon
March 31, 2009 11:20 am
This sounds like since the specV wasn't quite fast enough Nissan went back to the drawing board to create a car faster then the zr1.

radmeister
March 31, 2009 12:58 pm
I think they were always going to build something above the SpecV, they still have a decent price gap between the SpecV and the 911 Turbo, also where is Nismo. There will probably be a SpecV Nur like in the old days. With higher output, more carbon fibre, and a more aggressive body kit.

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