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Anyone heading to the big 24 hour race at Belgium's Spa circuit this weekend?
If so, keep an eye out for this, the awesome Nissan GT-R GT1 racer. Yes, the track-spec Godzilla is competing in the endurance race ahead of an all-out assault on the FIA GT championship next year.
Having dominated the Japanese Super GT championship last year, we'd expect the GT-R to be right at the front of the pack in Spa. Unlike the road car's V6, the racer is powered by 5.6-litre V8 putting out 600bhp and 480lb ft of torque. To conform with GT1 regulations, it's rear-wheel drive. Sounds like a handful, eh?
But how will it fare against its tried-and-tested competitors - including Maserati MC12s, Corvette C6Rs, Saleen S7Rs and Ford GTs - at Spa? We'll let you know next week...
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nissangtrmania commented on this article
at 02:33 pm on 24 July 2009
First !!!.... anyway... i really like the gtr... it's gonna win
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quattro commented on this article
at 02:40 pm on 24 July 2009
The Maserati and Saleen GT1's are the cars to beat in this class, hope Nissan can pull it off.
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Barracuda989 commented on this article
at 03:30 pm on 24 July 2009
I'll be there... I'll miss the screaming sounds of Aston's and Lambo V12's but I hope that this thing can liven things up a bit... otherwise it's gonna be a fairly dull race with Maserati on top without a doubt... :s
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JoeyV8 commented on this article
at 06:21 pm on 24 July 2009
Hopefully it will kick the crap out of anyone who underestimated it. I also find it annoying that the TG presenters are calling it "A Datsun, not cool" Hell that's the coolest car ever! Proves that you don't have to have a Ferrari, Aston Or a Jaaaagggh to be quick as heck! And it's a Nissan, so it won't fall into a pile of rubble after 3 miles. And you can also be quite non-showoffish about it, imagine sitting at a dinner party or whatever, someone comes up to you and goes "What kind of car have you got?" All you can reply with is "A nissan". Which is great. And if the person who asks is one of the "audi cocks" and goes "I've got an Rs6, *smug smile*" You simply reply with, "Mines a GT-R" And they'll shut up after that. :) No idea why i'm going on about this though...
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Barracuda989 commented on this article
at 08:23 pm on 24 July 2009
@Joey: "so it won't fall into a pile of rubble after 3 miles." yeah that's why you loose the warranty on the gearbox if you dare to use the launch control... using the launch control simply destroys the gearbox on that car... I don't think that a Porsche, Ferrari suffer similar disadvantages with their LC's... Also you have no idea how much bhp you're getting in the roadcar, some have been tested on a dyno and showed that they had 50-75bhp LESS then it should have...
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