Nissan has released pictures of the race ready GT-R GT1 that will be for sale to teams competing in the FIA-GT1 race.
Sumo Power GT(UK) and Swiss Racing Team (CH) are two teams that have signed up to race Nissan’s GT-R GT1, both teams will have technical support from NISMO (Nissan Motorsport).
A unique VK56DE 5.6 litre V8 engine that produces 447kW and 650Nm of torque. The gearbox is a Ricardo six speed with a 5.5 inch carbon-fibre triple plate clutch which sends drive to the rear wheels. The brakes are made of carbon-ceramic discs with six piston callipers, Rays supply the 18-inch forged alloy wheels.
Externally there is a full carbon-fibre Nismo body kit, Gt styled wing, plastic windows and vented bonnet. A rumoured $720,000 asking price and a kerb weight of 1,350 kg ( the production model weighs 1,720 kg).
It’s sort of like what the V-Spec should have been…
Awesome beast.
Daaaayam forget the spec v, the z tune should be based on this
So 600BHP out of a 5.6ltr V8..
..V8 Supercars make 650+BHP from 0.6ltr less capacity and “dinosour” spec pushrods… maybe those Aussie engine builders aren’t actually that bad eh?
Reminds me of how Fred Gibson used to get 100BHP more out of his GTR’s in Australia then the Nismo engineers could get out of their Jap GTR’s
V8 Supercars could be capable of a lot more but are limited. They also must use 98 octaine ethanole blended fuel.
Imagine the howls of protest if this car won the 2010 Bathurst. Ford and Holden do themselves an injustice by not competiting against cars like this. I would actually watch car racing in this country if Ford and Holden had enough balls to take on other brands. Scrap the tired and boring Ford vs Holden racing and develop a new format.
Richo : Agreed that the aussie builders are up there with the best, but power figures on v8 supercars is rather locked down. They have certain control components that severely limit the power they can produce. From memory the amount of spark advance they can run is the main limiting factor. Give them free range and we’d be seeing close to 1000hp like that carby-fed Nascars.
Very very true. I spoke to Larry Perkins 3 or 4 years ago and he said that the HMS V8 used in the Commodores will safely rev to 8’000RPM (as run in NASCAR) and he thought that we would see 750BHP without too much risk of self destruction. However our rules in the V8 series tightly controls a lot of areas in the engines in the interest of cost. Larry also said that in the old Group A days, it was not uncommon to rev the old 4.9 litre V8 run in the Commodores to 9’000 rpm in qualifying. He showed me pictures of a block with the 2 rear cylinders split off from the block. He said that they were like hand-granades. The engines would just let go without any warning. It was partialy fixed with the VN Group A with the block having more strengthening ribs. Imagine a Holden V8 at 9’000 RPM…
looks pretty horn. But you got to ask, is really still a gtr… really