Inside the GTR..... teasers

[NISTECH]

Got a little bit on this car today and thought I would share.Source= NNA employee directly

The Turbo's on this thing are part of the exhuast manifold and not a seperate unit so not easily upgraded.

Much of the car is constructed to prevent aftermarket tuning and pushing up the numbers.

There are no servicable parts in the cyl head. If a part of it fails the entire head must be replaced. This includes cam shafts, rockers and variable valve control components.

The transfer case has a hellatious whine at idle. This is normal for the car as it is the hydrolic pump running inside of it.

The real number of US production vehicles for the first year has been down graded to 1500 units ,BUT the option is open to shift during production from RH drive to LH drive on the line should the demand in the US be high enough for more, so buy up guys

The guy I spoke with plays a very technical role with nissan, has for many years. He is not on the repair side of it either, his role is more on the design side.

He also played a big part in the design of the 240 convertible top working with ASC,so that should give some indication of his time with nissan.

We didnt just discuss this car so we didnt get much more indepth about just this upcoming model but i wont bore you with any of the upcomming maxima specs or what the nissan forum is really going to be.

[audtatious]

Very interesting information. I'm sure it being designed that way won't stop some companies/tuners from trying. Tho, 0-60 in 3.3 is pretty damn nice from a factory car under 80k.

Good seeing ya bro

[NISTECH]

Still browse and post usless disapointing info, ya know.

Oh he said they expect people to try but expect a higher rate of catostrophic failure in the efforts. Meaning easily voided warranty if you read between the lines. He himself seemed very takin back by the power the car is capable of. For him that is abnormal as I have talked with him in the past and didnt get that type of response on new model cars. I mentioned Doc Rex's car, he seemed impressed but that what brought on the conversation of modding this one.

[audtatious]

No information is useless

I'd love to test drive one of these for an article and may try contacting one of my "special projects" contacts with NNA to see if it's even possible when they get one in Smyrna. Edmonds drove it in Japan and were awe-struck with the factory performance. For the price they are asking it sure is a nice-priced rocket ship.

[NISTECH]

There are 2 in smyrna right now. He had driven one of them some time in the last 2 weeks.

[NISTECH]

Additionally the 2 that were seen in los angles most recently were the 2 edmonds was given in LA for photo shoots and over all testing.

[audtatious]

Well damn....Guess I need to get on the ball. It's a shame work has me absolutely swamped or I would have tried to contact them sooner