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The new Nissan GT-R is an engineering playground. We hope to get our chance to play with it soon, but until then, we get pictures. Luckily, Nissan has released detailed images of the GT-R drivetrain and suspension. These reveal some of the alterations made in the GT-R design from prior models. One of the more significant changes is the placement of the transmission. The dual-clutch transmission and combination transfer case sit at the back of the car, coupled to the rear differential (that makes it a transfermissiondiffcase). It makes for more balanced weight distribution with the transmission, rear differential and transfer case counterbalancing the weight of the engine and front differential.

The turbochargers have also changed from Garrett units used in past GT-R models to IHI, a Japanese-owned company. The turbine housings (aka hot side) of the turbochargers are a combined casting with the engine exhaust manifolds. Most likely this is done to save space and for emissions reasons to ensure the catalytic converters are as close to the turbocharger outlets as possible. Each turbocharger is followed by two catalytic converters, making for a total of four. Two intercoolers are also installed, as opposed to one with two inlets, keeping the charged air for each bank of cylinders constantly separated. This is most likely done to ensure precise metering of air.

[Source: Nissan]

Nissan is finally releasing the GT-R fun to the US market next summer, and the Franco-Japanese automaker has no intentions of sticking with only one model. We’ve heard rumors about a lightweight V-Spec GT-R for a while, and Nissan officials aren’t even denying it. Carbon fiber and light-weight aluminum will take a vehicle that has posted a 911 Turbo-beating 7:38 lap at the ‘Ring and kick it up a notch. Save 200 lbs. on a 480 HP ball of hell-fire, and an already explosive sports car can turn in some of the best clock times of its day.

While $68,000 will net you a super Nissan that challenges the likes of Porsche, a V-Spec edition will surely cost you quite a bit more. Something tells us there will be plenty of buyers waiting in line with their check books in hand, so Mr. Ghosn and company shouldn’t spend much time worrying if they’ll attracting enough customers.

f you have a 2007 Nissan Altima or a 2007 Infiniti G35 Sedan, you might want to keep your mobile phone in a different pocket than your car’s fancy I-Key fob. The fobs, as you’re probably well aware by now, enable and disable the cars’ keyless ignition systems. According to Nissan, the problem is that if the fob is touched by a cellphone while a call is in progress, the software that controls the I-Key’s automagic goodness can be altered or erased, rendering it useless. Furthermore, the damage is not reversible, and the I-Key simply becomes landfill fodder.

Nissan’s modifying the key to correct the issue, and will provide new ones to owners once it’s straightened it all out. According to the AP, this’ll happen sometime in the fall. In the meantime, some dealers are stocking up on spares just in case, and you’d be advised to follow Nissan’s advice and keep a little distance between the key and your phone. After all, you don’t want the simple act of pressing the Start button to turn into an exercise in futility — especially over something as mundane as checking your voice mail.

[Source: AP]

This is one of the cleanest Nissan Altimas I have seen.  Not a lot done to it, but just enough to make it different and stand out from the crowd.

  

  

1996 Nissan 240SX

S14 SR20det 265whp@ 12psi (dynojet)

Auto to manual swap
Sport Max 510 (Gold)17×8 and 17×9
Falken 512 Zeix 215/45/17 and 235/45/17
Tein SS Coilovers
Z32 30mm Calipers
Brembo Cross Drilled/ Slotted Rotors (F&R)
Project Silvia Braided Lines
Front and Rear Strut Bars (Ebay)
Lower Tie Bar
Megan Racing (MR) Downpipe
MR Manifold
MR Turbo Elbow
MR Test Pipe
Apex’i GT Spec Cat Back
Hybrid FMIC GT Spec and Pipping Kit
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
Z32 Fuel Filter
HKS SSQ BOV
Exedy Stage 2 Clutch
Apex’i Intake
Koyo Radiator
Custom 3inch intake
Z32 MAF
OBX HLSD
Sub Frame Collars
Apex’i SAFC II
Oil Catch Can
TAKA Braided Turbo Lines
McCulloch 6000K HID Kit
Greddy Turbo Timer
Greddy Profec B specII
Wiring by Yury @ Wiring Specialities
Auto Meter Boost Gauge (psi)
Nismo Oil Filler Cap
Nismo Shift Knob
Engine Dampner

Owner: Brandon Eads Hometown: Simpsonville KY Engine: QR25DE Transmission: 6 speed manual