OK, now we’re cooking with gas. And massive turbo boost. You are feasting your eyes (and GT5 ambitions) on the known-about-forever but only now officially revealed Nissan GT-R SpecV. Feels good just thinking about it, no? Especially after so many months of only hearing about it. So, what makes a Godzilla into a SpecV Godzilla? Well let me [...]
Unlike today’s other Japanese market special, the Nissan Rasheen, this Nissan Skyline has been legally imported. Thanks to serious investments done in the past by die-hard importers, it’s possible (though a royal pain in the ass) to bring R33 Nissan Skylines into the U.S. And that’s what this person did. So, it’s the Skyline GT-R [...]
Ah yes, yet another tuner has taken a swing at an even more powerful GT-R. This time it’s German tuner Cobra N+. The guys and gals haven’t actually cranked out a real live version of the car just yet, but they say the company should be able to pull 550 horsepower and 501 lb-ft of [...]
Hennessey’s our kind of tuner. Those guys will wring every last bit of horsepower out of just about anything interesting, and that means the mighty Nissan GT-R has passed through its garage bays on more than one occasion. Hennessey started out by offering a Stage 1 performance upgrade for the car that bumped power up [...]
Looks like the Godzilla faithful over at GT-R Blog have gotten their grubby mitts on the GT-R Spec V’s, er, specs. Power gets a subtle nudge up to 485 horses (from 478), which is a hit below the belt for fans hoping for gusto numbers in the 520-plus range (though the hand builtiness of each [...]
We like this guy. Not only because he’s got a 950 horse inline six built by HKS under his hood, but also because he’s twisted enough to paint his quarter-mile killer pink. Is there anything more insulting than smoking the competition in car swaddled in Barbie vomit? We think not. The car’s owned by Andy [...]
I’m ass over tea kettle in love with these cars. There’s just something about that killer ‘70’s muscle style that’s got its hooks in me. Kev, a moderator over at JapaneseNostalgicCar.com, has been diligent enough to frequently post progress on his ’71 Datsun Hakosuka—that’s Skyline 2000GT to those of us on this side of the [...]
If you’re an old-school Nissan fan, welcome to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory. SpeedHunters took a trip out to East Car—a company that specializes in the restoration, sale and maintenance of classic JDM goodness. What kind of goodness, you ask? Bits like classic Skylines and Fairlady Z’s are common fare, making this shop more of a [...]
Vivid Racing is hitting SEMA full force, not only with their wicked EVO X, but they’re dragging a Japanese fighter plane-inspired GT-R along for the ride, too. Aside from the awesome exterior (seriously, nice), this GT-R sports Eibach springs, a Meisterschaft titanium exhaust, Capital forged wheels and Pirelli rubber. Like the Bulletproof ride we saw [...]
Looks like Mobil 1 will be rolling out a number of hot rides for SEMA this year, including this bad ass R35. Ben Schaffer built the rig with the specific purpose of being faster than whatever the boys at Nismo can crank out for the upcoming Spec V, including power, weight savings and braking performance. [...]
