SKYLINE to make us debut in Speed World Challenge!!!

[Mikoriad]

Here's the link! I'm very curious on how it would it will perform.

[URL] http://www.automotivearticles....shtml [/URL]

[nismofly]

its not on the entry list for this season though and theres no word on when its going to start racing

[nismofly]

ok just read through the entire thread on their forum and its going to start running next year...so we wait until sebring next year to see it

im so going to the lime rock race next year...2006 is going to be good for me

[Checkered-Member]

I saw some spy photos (no masking) on the "skyline" running on nurburg(sp) it's a G35 with a lip kit and a wide body...kinda lame if you ask me....should be AWD and a 4.5 V8

EDIT:

found some

[nismofly]

that car was just to test the drivetrain

[JimmyMethod]

Mmm... Skyline...Yet another reason to keep the Speed channel this year...Good God, that is just the sexiest piece of J-muscle in the world.

incredible as the 350Z would have been as a race car, we do not believe that it could have ever matched the performance of this factory-built GT-R endurance race car. Of course anything is possible with money, but injecting that much capital into the 350Z would have been simply inappropriate and irresponsible, considering an opportunity of acquiring this GT-R arose.

Sure they SAY that to their financial backers, but I bet they could have made their Fairlady perform well enough for cheaper than buying that R34...

I think they just did it cause they wanted the Skyline...Granted, I would have done the same in their place...

[Mikoriad]

Good God the G35\skyline looks like crap... I sure hope it's just the engine test platform, and that the real deal has much better looks.

[1991S13]

In Super Street last month they interviewed Shiro Nakamura (Nissan's Senior Vice President of Design). He said the overall design is complete and will NOT resemble the G35 or R34, it's still up in the air whether or not it will be a v6, v8, turbo, or NA; and they still don't know if in 2007 it will be badged as a Nissan or Infiniti.

[nismofly]

i trust super street about as much as i trust pep boys to machine my block and head

[rico05]

How is a non homoligated, non US only car going to race in Speed WC?

[ForsakenTH]

man i hope it does good...i might have to go see a few of those races

[AJ1356]

Here is something the kills me. the Skyline is already here in the US it is sold under G35. what everyone is waiting for is the SKYLINE GTR. so for eveyone who says the skyline looks like a G35, well cuz they are the same car just rebadged for US market. the only thing nissan did was to hold off on the production of the skyline GTR for the V35 generation. but the are still making the basic not turbo skylines. and guess what they have the same HP or more than the GTR had (stock)

[QUOTE=Checkered-Member]I saw some spy photos (no masking) on the "skyline" running on nurburg(sp) it's a G35 with a lip kit and a wide body...kinda lame if you ask me....should be AWD and a 4.5 V8

i personally say bring back the twin turbo inline 6. or turbo the current v6.

conclution SKYLINE=G35skyline GTR --> making a reappearance in 2007.

[Onizuka]

How is a non homoligated, non US only car going to race in Speed WC?

R32-R34 skylines have been legalized for street use in america, Cars in the challenge dont have to currently be in production and world wide production numbers are very sufficient.

[nismofly]

actually theres no real specific guideline to what cars can race in swc, you just have to submit all your specs for scca approval

theres a guy that runs a jdm/european spec civic type r, which we dont get here

[JimmyMethod]

i personally say bring back the twin turbo inline 6. or turbo the current v6.

conclution SKYLINE=G35skyline GTR --> making a reappearance in 2007.

I'm all for an I6. V6s or V8s just don't say 'Sporty' to me. V8s are mean, but once you get past a certain point, you can sacrifice a little low end torque for a lot of high end HP.Examples of amazing cars with I6s:OLD(est) E-typesSupraR32-34M3IS300

It's late, and I can't think of any more at the moment, but inline 6's are just too well balanced to pass up. I'm really sad that there's been a push to get rid of them, V6s just aren't anywhere near as smooth.

[rico05]

actually theres no real specific guideline to what cars can race in swc, you just have to submit all your specs for scca approval

theres a guy that runs a jdm/european spec civic type r, which we dont get here

Cool. See, I don't really watch WC that much, so I am not familiar to the rules. And I was not aware that the GT-R was legalized for US roads. Man, we need to tell more people about that! MotoRex is making a KILLING on silly dopes forking out thousands over cost to legalize their GT-Rs!

OOPS...left my sarcasm hat on again...

[PalmerWMD]

I really do hope its an Infiniti.I remember my unbelivable service experiences at a major high volume nissan dealer with my 350Z.

and thats just the type of dealer if it goes Nissab, , that would be allowed to sell GTR..I can imagine someone who spent 60,000 on acar would have gone postal.

the GTR <needs> to be INfiniti ( tho I love my current Nissan dealer Rnissan of edgewood, md. sadly they are too small to be allowed to get GTR I suspect, if it goes Nissan.

Fred..

[HashiriyaS14]

I dunno, I really hope that it's NOT an Infiniti.....

I'm afraid that if they make it an Infiniti, they're going to lux it up too much. I don't want burlwood in my GT-R. They'll put a bunch of crap in it that'll make it too heavy and expensive, just like they did when the Altezza became the IS300.

This thing needs to be along PRECISELY the same vein of automobile as the last three GT-Rs, I want an evolution, not a revolution.

[nismofly]

And I was not aware that the GT-R was legalized for US roads. Man, we need to tell more people about that! MotoRex is making a KILLING on silly dopes forking out thousands over cost to legalize their GT-Rs!

OOPS...left my sarcasm hat on again...

ROFLCOPTER!!

[st33f]

the car running in speedworl challenge is Tarzan yamadas old skyline... its a gutted race built R34 GTR... nothin to do with the V35... or R35 - if they call it that. GTR. The car was at sema AC

[themadscientist]

Here is something the kills me. the Skyline is already here in the US it is sold under G35. what everyone is waiting for is the SKYLINE GTR. so for eveyone who says the skyline looks like a G35, well cuz they are the same car just rebadged for US market. the only thing nissan did was to hold off on the production of the skyline GTR for the V35 generation. but the are still making the basic not turbo skylines. and guess what they have the same HP or more than the GTR had (stock)

your math skills are wanting. The RB26 puts out more power than the VQ35 and the R will click off a faster quarter mile so I don't need to guess.As far as that whole V35 thine, the Skyline died for me after the R34. The V(G)35 is a nice car but it is not a Skyline to me.Like it or not, the frog has f-ed up the base Skyline and it will f-up the R. I should have just enough time to get a nice bullet in the T so I can lurk by the Nissan dealer and pounce on each new GT-R that rolls out with it's new owner. It will be nice to hand each guy a stunning defeat 10 minutes after they take ownership, to a "lowly" R32 GTS-T

[AJ1356]

correct me if i am wrong but i am under the impression that the GTR came with 288HP out of the box, and the new G35 come with 298HP out of the box, now i know my math is not all that great, but last i checked 98 beers were more that 88 beers. now ofcourse the RB26dett has more potential than the VQ35de, so i think that is what you meant, as far as my math wanting.the Skyline is dead to many ppl after the R34 generation, but that does not eleminate the fact that nissan still makes skyline, no matter how ugly, slow or non motorsport they are they still wear the badge. but one thing we should remember even the R34, R33, R32 models had the slow non motor sport models, with automatic transmission and v6.

[nismofly]

"factory rated" at 276

its closer to like 320 or 325

[AJ1356]

i've been talking about the factory rating i know that the GTR is faster than the new V35. i never argued thatmy whole arguement has been , nissan still make skyline and g35 is a skyline.

[84datsun300zxTurbo]

I saw some spy photos (no masking) on the "skyline" running on nurburg(sp) it's a G35 with a lip kit and a wide body...kinda lame if you ask me....should be AWD and a 4.5 V8

EDIT:

found some

Everyones always dissing the v-8's i seem to see a lot of camaros beating 240's so a v-8 engne IMO would be great, plus now all the dumb USDM guys can stop callin us ricers cuz we finally have a v-8 like their camaro or vette

[nismofly]

i've been talking about the factory rating

what i was saying was nissan was kicking out like 325hp cars and saying they had 276 because of an agreement with the other japanese car companies

[AJ1356]

that is true you are right,

why are we argueing ??lol ..

[nismofly]

correct me if i am wrong but i am under the impression that the GTR came with 288HP out of the box, and the new G35 come with 298HP out of the box

+1

[themadscientist]

The R off the showroom floor had more power in reality. Now let's propose a theory that the G35 may have been mis-marked as well? There is no hangup about claimed power figures in the states so Nissan would have no reason to fudge the numbers. Has anybody seen some bone-stock dyno numbers that disagree with the claimed power? It's all academic, the R32,33 and 34 GT-Rs would smoke a G35 at the light. No shame in it.

I have a sick feeling though that the new R will not make me happy no matter what they put under the hood I hope I am wrong though

I ain't no V8 hater, I can't wait to get back and check if the J-spec M45 has the 5.6 V8. I have sported wood for that engine since I first saw a Titan but I don't think we will get such a large truck in Japan so my dreams of big Nissan V8 between the strut towers of the R32 looked unattainable. I always wanted a musclecar but could never afford it, I love my Nissans too much to abandon them for one now so I thought just build the Nissan equivalent to a Chevelle!

[Onizuka]

Cool. See, I don't really watch WC that much, so I am not familiar to the rules. And I was not aware that the GT-R was legalized for US roads. Man, we need to tell more people about that! MotoRex is making a KILLING on silly dopes forking out thousands over cost to legalize their GT-Rs!

OOPS...left my sarcasm hat on again...

*sigh*

An EPA and DOT approved car is a EPA and DOT approved car. That has about zero to do with what companies convert forign non-complying vehicles for US road use. The fact that complying vehicles *exsist* and can be *street driven* in america is all that is needed to satisfy the world challenge rules, which are clearly posted on their website.