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SEMA 2008: Top 10 Nissan GT-Rs
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With the exception of the Dodge Challenger, the Nissan GT-R seems to be the vehicle of choice for SEMA. In addition to the numerous Nissan tuners, it seemed that nearly every wheel and tire manufacturer had Godzilla manning its booth. We were determined to see all the different variations, and did our best to photograph everyone we came across. We've assembled our ten favorite GT-Rs, and put together a huge gallery of all the GT-Rs at this year's SEMA show.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
JDMlover 8:06PM (11/06/2008)
The New GTR is good looking...but at the same time ugly
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Russell 11:07PM (11/06/2008)
Top 10 pigs?
s13hybrid 1:48PM (11/07/2008)
It is almost a guilty pleasure looking car. I have always thought the uglyness of all Skylines/GT-Rs (R31-R35) gave it a very beastly straight to business/agressive look. That is why I like them.
KeatMP 8:06PM (11/06/2008)
Man... All those warranties voided. You can't even put new wheels on it without it voiding the warranty.
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JDMlover 8:08PM (11/06/2008)
u serious....
I would not buy that car cause of that....
IK 1:58AM (11/07/2008)
who needs a warranty when you can rape a 997GT2 on the tsukuba?!
dknight211 8:15PM (11/06/2008)
Aahh!!!!!! DON'T RICE UP THE GT-R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mobius_1 8:36PM (11/06/2008)
IMHO it looks rice enough in stock form.
hydrogenvodka 11:43PM (11/06/2008)
i really, really, always think of this!
http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/r35manual.JPG
DO N O T RICE THE GT-R (just leave this one alone, please)
Chevy Nick 8:29PM (11/06/2008)
why no aftermarket turbo's?
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KeatMP 8:35PM (11/06/2008)
The turbos are actually the same piece of the intake manifold, so it would be extremely difficult and costly to replace them. Nissan basically doesn't want you to mod this car.
Mobius_1 8:38PM (11/06/2008)
I wonder if these cars actually end up being faster or slower than a stock GT-R say around the Nordschleiffe, I mean, wouldn't those mods actually disturb some of that balance that Nissan perfected for so long?
Maybe someone should try beefing up the suspension though, that would be very useful.
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akboss 9:55PM (11/06/2008)
I can't help but wonder the same thing. I mean, these people employed the best of the best to work for years on this car. The only way I can see to improve would be to sacrifice driveability - sure you theoretically COULD make it go faster, but you're going to have to deal with it off the track too, and that's what most people don't want to put up with. Besides, as if the stock GT-R isn't fast enough!!! Most people don't flat-out their Hyundai's on a regular basis...
John R 8:06AM (11/07/2008)
The Mine's GT-R was tested by R/T and it proved to be faster around a circuit (Streets of Willowsprings I think) than a stock GT-R AND a TechART Turbo.
The Mine's (and Amuse's Phantom GT-R) is the best outside of a stock GT-R...because the modifications actually helped the car PERFORM better. But that's just my opinion.
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2008-top-ten-nissan-gtrs/1143930/
Patrick 8:42PM (11/06/2008)
Who in their right mind would put Toyo T1R tires on a GT-R? That is a huuuuuuge step down from the stock tires. T1R's are towards the bottom end of max performance tires, but people like them because they are cheap.
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fmwso 8:58PM (11/06/2008)
i like the one by bulletproof, it seems like most of the parts were pretty much the same, axis yellow GT-R was good too...
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Kitko 9:06PM (11/06/2008)
Seibon seemed to have much more sense than others. Dry carbon looks great.
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JohnnyRico 9:34PM (11/06/2008)
Got enough stickers on that thing, or what? Yeah I understand official sponcers, and you gotta honour them. But so many stickers really takes the feel and vibe away from such a hot car as the GTR.
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BigTeebo 9:57PM (11/06/2008)
You know what I would do if I was an exhibitor there? Just put a stock GT-R on display. It's great as-is without over-customizing it.
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Hot_Carl 10:06PM (11/06/2008)
Aaaaaaand the winner is... STOCK. By default, though, because the rest were abhorrent like a botched abortion of a clone-experiment-gone-wrong.
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