One of the best tuners in Japan and almost unknown on the American land is Arios. The Japanese tunercreated a tuning kit for the so-called „Godzilla” which contains a carbon fiber front lip spoiler, a custom nose cover in order to give the car a new look, a carbon fiber engine cover and some NACA duct covers also made out of super light carbon fiber.
With all these components the Nissan GT-R received a dramatic new look which you can’t see on all the roads. Asked about future plans, the guys from Arios Tuning confirmed the coming of a stylish rear spoiler.
Just one month after the European order books were opened for its all-new supercar, Nissan has received over 1500 orders for the GT-R.
Selected dealers across Europe began taking orders on 2nd April, with on-line orders starting two days later. Since then the 56 nominated High Performance Dealers across Europe have already taken a year’s supply of orders in one month. Nine hundred and fifty orders for GT-R have been taken in the UK alone.
European deliveries of the GT-R are scheduled to start in March next year. For those passionate car enthusiasts who have put down a deposit for a GT-R in Europe, there will be a series of tailored customer events and experiences giving them the opportunity to see the car up-close, get to know it and, ultimately, experience its performance before they take delivery.
Furthermore, a network of specialist dealers - Nissan High Performance Centres - have been appointed across Europe to ensure that GT-R customers receive the level of specialist attention and aftersales care that this special car warrants. They will invest in the specialist sales and technical training for their staff that such a car demands, as well as the highly sophisticated equipment necessary to maintain and repair the GT-R.
“There is always space for better” seems to be the perfect phrase for the Nissan engineers who are thinking to improve on the GT-R even though the supercar posted a lap time of only 7m29 at the Nurburgring. They intend to add several tweaks to the car before they start delivering them in U.S. and Europe. The U.S. GT-R model is set to receive three harder engine mounts, firmer spring rates and a stiffer transaxle mount which will prevent drivetrain components from moving under extreme cornering. On the other hand, the European models will have even more tweaks and a recalibrated rear- differential.
“The new mounts make the car feel more together in extreme circumstances. We’ve also changed the spring rates front and rear – it’s a minute change, they’re just 0.1kg/sq mm stiffer. But it means the movement of the suspension and powertrain are more perfectly tuned, “ said Kazutoshi Mizuno, GT-R chief engineer.
This latest test drive was made by legendary game designer Kazunori Yamauchi, creator and producer of the Gran Turismo series. He took the 2009 Nissan GT-R to the Nurburgring in Germany in an attempt to push it to a speed of 193mph.
Amuse, the well-known Japanese tuning company claims that, with the help of ECU tweaking and a high flow exhaust system, their Nissan GT-R broke the 600 hp barrier. According to BestCar, a Japanese automotive magazine, Amuse obtained a power output of 602,73 hp and 578 Nm of torque.
However, the tuners are beginning to question themselves now how the gearbox of the GT-R will hold up that amount of power. It is known that the cars with dual-clutch gearboxes have a problem due to the additional torque because the friction surface is much a smaller comparing to a single clutch gearbox. According to some tuners the gearbox could hold up 12 months until the problems begin to appear.
Accident’s main causes are: aggressive driving and careless drivers, and the number of car crashed grow by the year not to talk about the victims. In Japan there was launched a new traffic safety campaign called "Tokyo smart driver" as an attempt to decrease the number of accidents by making the drivers more attentive behind the wheel.
And the car chosen for this campaign was the Nissan GT-R, maybe to let people know that you can drive a fast car, but also be careful with you and the ones next to you. The campaign will start on April 26.
Famous for the orange colour used on its cars, Zele, a well-known Japanese tuner unveiled its lates bodykit for the recently launched Nissan GT-R. Featuring a front aero bumper, front lip spoiler, side skirts, rear under spoiler, bonnet ducts, grille and front fender the bodykit is entirely made out of carbon fiber, a super light material used by the main important tuners. For aproximately $6600 you can transform your Nissan GT-R in the car you see in the photos. Check out the prices for the tuning parts after the jump!
Hennessey Performance, the well known American-based tuner, is thinking to enlarge its collection of custom cars in order to add some Japanese influences to its list. Hennessey’s offer includes some of the most famous brands like Bugatti, Bentley, BMW and Porsche. The new- comers in the list at the moment are the new Lexus IS-F and the
Nissan GT-R coupe.
The first one to be set to lauch by the end of this year is the Lexus. The mod list planned by the tunning company features exhaust, headers, intake upgrades and maybe also a supercharger kit. The standard base starts with 417hp, so given the fact that Hennessey bets always on insane power it is more likely to have the supercharger for certain
not only as a possibility.
The GT-R will follow Lexus but this will happen later as it isn’ t due to leave the shop until 2009. For the Nissan, Hennessey still didn’t reveal any mod list. But taking in consideration that the company plans a tweaked Corvette ZR1 and Camaro for the same year, we can guess that adding some zip to the seriously fast AWD Japanese budget supercar is a fact.
Hennessey is not happy with only creating on of the fastest car in the world (Venom 1000), they also want to start customizing models like Lexus IS-F and Nissan GT-R. Lets face it after all, they are a big challenge for any tuner.
The Lexus IS-F tuning kit will be unveiled next week. The kit will include Air Induction Kits, Stainless Headers & Exhaust Systems, Ported Cylinder Heads, Supercharger Systems & More.
Also high on his list of tuning prospects are such current and near-future performance vehicles as the Cadillac CTS-V, the Chevrolet Camaro, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the Nissan GT-R. The ZR1, with its supercharged LS9 6.2-liter V8, holds significant promise, Hennessey believes, with the potential to deliver 700-plus horsepower.
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