Filed under: Sports/GTs, Japan, Supercars, Nissan
You knew this was coming: R35 GT-R with MASSIVE WING
Click image to see a front view, too (also blurry!)
The new Nissan GT-R isn't short on power -- this much is known. Whether its sizable punch calls for the addition of an adjustable race-style rear wing is debatable. After all, the stock machine conquered the 'Ring in 7:38 without raiding the Boeing 757 parts bin for stuff to bolt to the rear deck. Engineers... they're generally a thorough bunch, after all. Now, perhaps this Japanese car owner is race-prepping his personal Godzilla, and if that's the case, then it's all understandable. We're probably just jaded from seeing wings like this on stuff like first-gen Altimas. With GT-R badges on them.
[Source: NAGTROC]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Rene Curry 7:10PM (2/01/2008)
Now it's a proper weapon :
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Rene Curry 7:14PM (2/01/2008)
I am waiting for the old Chapparel style spoiler that would rotate down to assist during braking. That was really kool to watch on TV when I was a kid! I think I would still enjoy watching it, I even like watching the pop-up spoilers today!
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broosewee 7:42PM (2/01/2008)
It's not that bad...
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naggs 12:02AM (2/02/2008)
i actually like it
it looks functional
Andrew Tanasescu 7:45PM (2/01/2008)
The Bugatti's wing turns to assist with its braking.
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why not the LS2LS7? 7:47PM (2/01/2008)
Mercedes Vision SLR does also.
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Andrew Tanasescu 7:48PM (2/01/2008)
I was replying to Rene Curry, but it didnt reply...
Is the reply function not working
(this comment was made to reply to my comment)
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DKB_SATX 7:57PM (2/01/2008)
Now you have to click the timestamp of the post to which you want to reply.
Alex Nunez 12:42AM (2/02/2008)
This time stamp thing is a bug. I'll let Neff and the devs know. Reply link was working yesterday.
fbxcore 7:50PM (2/01/2008)
You'd expect a GT-R owner to have a better camera...
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marc 7:55PM (2/01/2008)
Wings... BIG THUMBS DOWN
That R35 GT-R looks even better without the Nissan badge. Just as how beautiful the Corvette is without the Chevrolet badge.
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porschedevotee 11:51PM (2/01/2008)
DKB, I'm just trying to confirm how you said to reply to comments.
Autoblog, why have you been messing with the comments section recently? Bring back the regular Reply button :( Also, is there any particular reason why I was temporarily able to vote people down but not up? Fear not, gentle readers, I didn't use it! Besides, normally I can't use either one. Is there any particular reason for this, do I need to use another browser or something bizarre? (Firefox, in case you're curious.)
marc 7:58PM (2/01/2008)
Besides, that car already generates very good downforce while the coefficient drag is only 0.27cd.
In short, this is just downright ricing...
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why not the LS2LS7? 8:57PM (2/01/2008)
Downforce IS drag. Just like on a plane lift is drag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_drag
If you make a lot of downforce with a low cD, it's because cD is drag over frontal area. Give your car a big frontal area and the cD from the downforce becomes numerically smaller even though the drag from downforce doesn't.
naggs 11:56PM (2/01/2008)
the gtr is a large car, it has more drag than cars with a higher cD, the wing will only add to that frontal area
its not really fair to say that lift/downforce is drag, some cars make their downforce more efficiently than others. its usually measured in pound of down force/pounds of drag. a very efficient car can make 10/1 something more typical for a ricer wing would be 4/1
the gtr does seem to be a very nicely shaped car partially offsetting its size but nothing can undo the weight. 3800 lbs is piggish. the car is nowhere near as fast as people think it is.
to those of you who actually think the car did 7:38 in the wet, did you actually watch the video that nissan put out? they clearly show the NOT STOCK TIRES being put on the car. you know how I know they were not stock? because the stock rubber WAS STACKED UP NEXT TO THE CAR. you can clearly see THEY ARE DIFFERENT, RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND ON THE SCREEN AT THE SAME TIME!!!
and someone please explain to me how stock tire gets mistranslated to "cut slick"???
I stand by my prediction that the GTR is not as fast as an '08 z51 vette
NT 8:06PM (2/01/2008)
the 7:38 is bunk anyways, but we all knew someone would do this to a skyline asap.
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Sean Morris 10:20PM (2/01/2008)
You are right - it actually did a 7:37.5
http://2009gtr.blogspot.com/2007/12/blog-post.html
Faster soon.
SilverAero 8:21PM (2/01/2008)
My Tool-o-meter just went into the red
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marc 8:30PM (2/01/2008)
don't be an idiot.
GT-R really did 7:38.
The whole "nissan used cut slick tires" speculation is nothing but false information in an attempt to discredit Nissan. There are sources that already debunked the "cut slick tire" speculation.
Now Look at the GT-R Nurburgring run in HIGHER QUALITY. Most of us saw it low quality in youtube. Now tell us if the tires they prepared are cut slicks...
http://www.stage6.com/NISSAN-GT-R/video/2108365/NISSAN-GT-R-15
The Nissan GT-R should be a real wake-up call to other high performance car manufacturers and it will redefine what a real SUPER CAR is, not just some over-glorified trophy that even requires maintenance while sitting in garage!
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010111 11:29AM (2/02/2008)
you already have long-term reliability data on the R35 GTR? impressive! care to share any more facts with us futureman?