Phoenix Power updates there ECU

STAGE1:
Speed limiter cancellation
Full speed 309Km/h
on sale for ¥105.000
Results:


STAGE2:
Includes STAGE1 + Fuel map and ignition map, IN EX valve timing, throttle map, optimizations.
Guarantee above full speed 309km/h
on sale for ¥134.400
Results:



STAGE3:
STAGE1 + Aftermarket muffler, Tune ECU for boost controller installation
Fuel map and ignition map, IN EX valve timing, throttle map, optimization
Currently in development with ECUTEK Approx value of ¥155.400
Results:

[Source: Phoenix Power]

GT-R oil concerns.

Hirano tire have been running the GT-R hard on the circuit, having to change the oil alot. Such hard racing is going to raise the temps alot and they have a concern with the Stock required Oil not being enough for the GT-R when doing circuit racing. They are now using "Omega Expert VR" engine oil due to it being able to handle higher temps.

Nissan Race Camp 2k8 - 24h Nürburgring

JimmyNeutron over at gtr.co.uk posted some cool info from the nissan race camp @ the 24h Nürburgring race.

As promised I have attached some photos from this weekend's Nissan event at the 24 hours of Nürburgring.

Nissan organised a 2 day "Race Camp" (with personal tents for guests, wonderful catering services at other activities throughout the race) directly next to the GP Circuit (the circuit used for the 24h race is composed of both the GP and Nordschleife tracks). Guests were invited to take part in all types of activities ranging from Racing "Scalextric" type cars to enjoying a great band into the late hours of the night.

They should be commended for putting together such a fantastic and well organised event. Everything from reserved parking no more than 2 minutes away from the camp to 12 shuttle buses transporting guests to the pits (a pit pass was included) and to other interesting viewing venues on the Nordschleife were running round the clock. Absolutely top notch.

At noon on Saturday, after a closed press event in one of the catering tents, guests were invited to view a black US spec GT-R. During the presentation speech made by a Nissan UK exec (I think his name was Cox?) a few interesting points came up. 300 cars have been sold in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland without any marketing at all (please note that the European press has not yet given the car the same attention that the UK press has.) It was also confirmed that a GT-R will run in next year's 24h of Nürburgring.

The GT-R was being presented in a closed "cube" to which guests were being granted access two at a time. As you can imagine, there was a very long queue and, therefore, we spent most of our time viewing and touching the car instead of taking pictures.....

Being my first in the flesh GT-R experience, there were several surprises:

Firstly, the car is large and the cockpit is surprisingly (for me at least) snug. I'm 5'11 and average build and felt that there is a slightly less airy feel than in my current 997 - there is also significantly less headroom. The drivers seat is also much higher than the 997, however, it didn't bother me which the seat in my E46 M3 did. I can also sit in the back seat if the driver seat is positioned about 2 inches forward of my normal position, however my head did touch the roof. A child would be much more comfortable in the GT-R than a 911, but there's not too much in it for an adult. The driver's seat fits me like a glove.

Most surprising was the interior quality. As I am sure you have, I've read a lot of magazine articles which more or less state that the interior quality is good for a Nissan, however, but one shouldn't expect Porsche quality. I beg to differ. My feeling was that both the visual "luxury" and tactile impression is AT LEAST on par with my 997. I was so surprised that I came to the conclusion that the testers either, 1) have been blinded by the Porsche badge, 2) have never really spent any time in one, or 3) haven't noticed that the level of Porsche interior quality fell off a cliff with the introduction of the 996.

You do, however, notice where corners were cut. For example the levers for the steering wheel adjustment feel more Nissan Micra than Audi R8. While these details do make a difference, the general fit and finish is much more important to me. The fact that my girlfriend, a major GT-R sceptic until now, said that the car looks great from the outside and feels better than the porker on the inside is very significant praise.

All in all I loved the car and can't wait until April!

There was a second Gun Metal JDM spec car "GT Academy" car parked in the pits. The car seemed to have a non-standard exhaust system (see close up pic)?

Many thanks again to Nissan for the invitation and for the wonderful event!!!

Nurburgring pathless "7 minutes 29 seconds 03" full-length debut!

Best Motoring brings us Nurburgring pathless "7 minutes 29 seconds 03" full-length debut! in the next episode. 07/2008

[Source: Best Motoring]

Also note that there are others that are going to release this video too!

Note: The BestMotoring DVD will showcase the Nissan Nuringburgring video... It was not taped by BM, it is only just going to showcase it. Other Sources are going to release this video, its not a BM exclusive.

Cobb at Firebird (FIR) Night Races - May 24th, 2008

The car has high-flow cats, the speed limiter removed, aftermarket wheels, seats. It made 508whp the other day at a local shop. Everything else is top secret for now. You can find more photos at my350z.com.

Look at it in all its glory! this is one monster car, and you will see alot more from COBB really soon!

Here is a short vid of the event too.


Here it ran an 11.39


EDIT: ADDING MORE IMAGES!!!!

Recaro seats based on the R35 GT-R frame

What we have here is the R35 with Recaro child seats :D

R35 GT-R with Mine's ECU, CAT and Exhaust

Someone emailed this to me this morning.

Just got the Mine's Super Catalyzer fitted to go with my Mine's ECU and Exhaust. Passed the video camera over to a mate in his GT-R and we got for a little blast from Mine's. My car is the Red GT-R that goes past at the end to see what the sound and acceleration difference is vs the stock car. Safe to say it pulls away from the stock car after a few seconds. Both cars did the test in full auto mode with transmission in R mode to make it a fair test.

EDIT: after checking my email the source of this vid is from gtr.co.uk forums from tokyogtr member. also gtrblog posted this too.

LF-A engine at Nurburgring 24

This is not the production LF-A, but the one racing Nurburgring 24. The engine is probably close to identical, and many of the features are the same as the Production LF-A, so its not far off. Lexus is using this data from the Nurburgring 24 race to put into the production LF-A for better reliability, better racing out of the box. This is the real threat to the GT-R... not to mention its doing a good job in the race based on the factors its up against. $225k is a bit to much for me seeing that the GT-R can be alot of performance for way less than that. Lexus is going for the whole package plus true supercar, like Ferrari.

Option mag interview with phenix power

Nissan R35 GT-R from Phenix power had an interview with OPTION magazine. They used a Prototype Muffler and ECU at 1.0 K boost, 551.4 PS to 78.2 kgm torque output. correction factor of 1.013.








Here are some other images since then...






The first tune of the Phonix Power ECU is 510.3ps and 67.8kgm torque.


The secound tune with stock parts, and same boost level came out to be 510.8ps and 69.9kgm torque by just changing the map data.


[Source: Phonix Power]

White GT-R with BBS rims

2009 Nissan GT-R Sets Nürburgring Record; U.S. Supply Confirmed - Car News

Americans will have 2400 first-year GT-Rs to fight over.

You Heard that right. 900 more cars than originaly expected. Also Nissan cannot stop the Price gouging :(

[Source: Car & Driver]

Bad moon racing brake pads

[2] Tuning division
Thank you for inquiring. Thank you for inquiring.

R35GT-R/The brake pad for R treats custom-designed and the production of the carbon pad is R35GT-R/The brake pad for R treats custom-designed and the production of the carbon pad is
possible. possible.

It doesn't basically send it out to hanging of the delivery date for the custom- It doesn't basically send it out to hanging of the delivery date for the custom -
designed brake pad, and foreign countries. designed brake pad, and foreign countries.

My best regards. My best regards.

From this information it looks like they will custom make R35 Pads if someone in Japan Brings the car in.

[Source: BadMoon]

Evo mag

Revised Bedford Autodrome Circuit - GTR vs 997 GT2 vs Carrera GT vs Gumpert Apollo in EVO magazine. R33_GTS-t over at gtr.co.uk brings us a sneak peak over here.

This months Evo.
Times:
Gumpert Apollo - 1:19.4
Caterham R500 - 1:20.2
Ariel Atom 3 - 1:21.5
Brooke Double R - 1:22.5
Carrera GT - 1:23.3
Porsche 997 GT2 - 1:23.5
Nissan GTR - 1:23.6
Mitsubishi Evo X SST - 1:29.3
Nissan 350Z - 1:30.0
Impreza WRX STi - 1:30.2


Quote:
.....the Nissan GT-R just lacks a bit of power to match their pace....

The car is from ECUTEK. So it looks like an import.

Garage defend update.

Was on the Garage Defend blog last night and they are offering a service to lower the R35 GT-R using the C-rings first noted by Hirano Tire. Here is an example of the work.

The other Garage Defend Blog has some other images of there colection, but you can view those images over at GTRBlog :D since he posted them already.

●(4) C ring decomposition process 126000 yen (tax included)
● 4-wheel alignment adjustment measure 31500 yen (tax included)

Mines canards

Last night i didnt find any pictures of this on any of the Mines blogs (there are like 6 of them)... but GTRBlog found some nice images! checkem out. I found this image of perticular intrest tho!

Its the Front canards. The R35 is really picky about what is done to the aero, so this may hurt or help it. We know that the Amuse front canards didnt help it out, it actually posted a lower time with them on. These canards do look differnt than the Amuse ones. I dont know yet, how well these work. I want to know if they tested them yet to see.

The stock dimples help airflow and this new design may help it out because of the way its implimented. Hopefully Mines have done there research and this is not for just looks.

[Source: GTRBlog]