VIDEO>>THE WORLD'S FASTEST NISSAN GTR

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me — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:05:36 GMT

favorite skyline kick every car

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seetho2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:34:23 GMT

hello ... is this R35?

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NITROSCOPE — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:07:09 GMT

Awesome GTR, not a hybrid in sight, it just gets better.

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14YRoLDfUTURErACER — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:44:34 GMT

this is a great ride.....i can only imagine how fast it is...

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RDV — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:55:50 GMT

That thins the field of competition, reduces the overall number of people employed in the field at all levels, and all but eliminates the possibility of undiscovered talent coming out of nowhere to surprise everyone.-Komeko

Lets be quite clear about this=Motor racing as an amateur sport has its own championships and classes.The Japanese GT championship is run as a manufacturers showcase, just as F1 is, for better or for worse.The involvement of manufacturers gives the finance and the promotion that makes it exciting and produces above average cars.All GT500 are factory run or supported cars.

The downside is that as the financial crisis bites there will be less available, cutting back of budgets and a possible collapse of the series.The same goes for F1.

The professionalism and resources required to produce a competitive car tends to make it expensive, but this seems to apply to all racing forms.I can't think of a championship apart from beginners single-make ones that is a reasonable cost, can you?In the lower GT300 class there are some privateers that run bespoke cars and even there the competitive ones like the Shiden and the Garaya have a high level engineering approach.

And finally the myth of undiscovered talent surprising the establishment hasn't happened since the 50's...road racing car technology has advanced into a very complex business, which demands a lot of research and use of expensive tools, like CFD, FEA, wind-tunnels, shaker rigs, K&C rigs, extensive damper technology and engine development, apart from the running of the cars.

For the privateer the exciting area of racing in engineering is in the rallye-raids and the DARPA Challenge where ingenuity and application can provide interesting projects.

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mindlessoath — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:55:19 GMT

this was awesome vid and pics! love everything about it and its great to get up close and personal especially with information that isnt available to americans and others who dont speak japanese. btw check out www.gtrcenter.net and www.gtrblog.com for more gt-r goodness. thanks Rod for this!

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pablo180 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:58:57 GMT

Racing composite moncoque cars IS expensive, but it is not completely out of range for privateer teams. Thats how companies like Lola, Dome, Swift, and Dallara are able to stay in business. Privateer teams along with factory backed teams purchase the majority of their cars.

I'm not sure how much it would cost to make a unibody car perform as well as a composite car, but speaking from experience, its not completely out of reach for the privateer teams.

The GTR shown isnt the only one in JGTC that is radically different in race configuration in comparison to whats sold in showrooms. But in the racing world does that really matter?

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Komeko — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:33:48 GMT

Less expensive for a multi national automobile manufacturer who already has a carbon fiber manufacturing unit in house, or less expensive for a privateer who does not? There are better ways to control costs than to eliminate any possibility of independent participation for the benefit of the corporate teams. Preparing a unibody involved equal parts of expensive parts and labor hours. Racing carbon skin cars drastically reduces the labor costs at the expense of making the parts cost unreasonable for anyone but an automobile manufacturing company. That thins the field of competition, reduces the overall number of people employed in the field at all levels, and all but eliminates the possibility of undiscovered talent coming out of nowhere to surprise everyone.

JGTC _was_ the highest level of racing of _real_ cars. But that GTR has all the similarities to a road going car as any of the NASCAR race cars has to the cars sitting in the show room of your local domestic car dealership. NONE.

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SiZZLe — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:07:20 GMT

Bravo RDV & of course Rod Chong :)

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Rod Chong — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:57:27 GMT

Ricardo said to me that it is almost as fast as an LMP1.... that is a pretty crazy thought!

He also mentioned this is the first SuperGT car that has been built like a pure prototype car... full monocoque... the 350Z was the last car that used a unibody....

Currently the car is penalized in order for the Lexus and the Honda to be able to complete.... will be interesting to see what happens when the speeds pick up.

Ricardo also mentioned that it's a LOT cheaper to build these full race cars rather than convert over an existing unibody to full Super GT spec... so in the face of the current economic climate the change to full silhouette race cars is a good one.

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Easy E — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:08:02 GMT

Such an Awesome and informative video... Superb

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RDV — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:13:44 GMT

" But these people have put together a carbon fiber skin over a tube frame body"

Car is actually a carbon monocoque with a stressed engine, which carries the front suspension.Gearbox at rear, a transaxle, also carrying the rear suspension, hence the "just like an F1 car"

The reason car is like that, is that regulations allow an engine that is from the manufacturers line-up, hence all three manufacturers run the bigger engine as allowed.Also the regulations penalize the turbos, so all also use normally aspirated.

Nascar cars are relatively crude, these are finely polished racing cars, just look at the laptimes=Suzuka F1 (2005) 1:31.540 Ferrari Kimi Raikonnen, GT-R= 1:49.22....not bad with restricted power cars weighing twice as much and with a much bigger frontal area.

Really the ultimate GT...

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Saloma — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:25:06 GMT

Fantastic ... very pleasant review is a genius of motoring in total activity. Congratulations to Ricardo Divilla.

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Muzaffar — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:04:09 GMT

That was just jaw dropping awesome. I really liked how he said "its just like an F1 car, except the engine is at the front" I just lol'ed at that part. But wow, 500HP with restrictors and 700-800HP unrestricted. No wonder these cars are just as fast as the LMP2 cars.....

Wonder if they ever run the car unrestricted though, would be really awesome to see the GT-R running at full power.

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Komeko — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:16:44 GMT

So, 40 years ago, Datsun was tired of their SOHC six cylinder car being beaten by all the SOHC four cylinder cars, and they introduced a DOHC six cylinder car so they could win. Now, they have introduced a super-duper six cylinder car with turbochargers and gameboy electronics so they can beat Porsche. But the man in the video said their race car is a V8. Gut the interior, radically modify the suspension, disable all the electronics, but as long as the engine and transmission are the same as the production car, it is still true to the name on the fender. But these people have put together a carbon fiber skin over a tube frame body, with an engine that doesn't even have the same number of cylinders as the road going super car. What is this, NASCAR Japan? Where's the carburetor? Does Lemans still use real cars? Because I just lost all respect for Super GT.

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Anthony Le — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:55:33 GMT

Absolutely stunning.

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Banzai-Banzai — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:33:38 GMT

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Pat — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:20:26 GMT

What an amazing vehicle. The video itself is great but that car is truly a phenominal piece

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SiZZLe — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:18:29 GMT

I am so happy to finally see some footage of these beautiful Nissans, i wish i could see them race! someone take me =,( !!! lol

the diffusers on it were amazing though, great video good job guys! and thanks for the sweet photos!

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B2K — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:34:17 GMT

HOLY MOLY! What a beautiful piece of engineering! Great work guys and great work Nissan!