2012 Nissan GTR [0-60: under 3 seconds]

Oh, AMS found a cure to the cracking blocks..

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As many of you know we have been working the VR38 motor program with the recent issues of the Nissan block cracking under extreme HP / Cylinder pressures . Our engineers and technicians have been hard at work and developed a new way to reinforce the block. We wanted to test this new theory and really put the car through its paces. The only way we know how to do that is to abuse it on the dyno and the track!

Last night we strapped the revised ALPHA 12 package to the dyno. The test vehicle was our own 2009 Nissan GT-R. Chris began tuning and the numbers just kept getting higher and higher. The final result was a Whopping 1318WHP at only 35 psi of boost in VERY hot Dyno room!

The dyno only tells so much though. We wanted to really put the package to the test so we loaded her up in the trailer and took her to the track where Ivan was instructed to put the HP to the test. Over the next 4 hours Ivan put down no less than 10 LOW 9 second passes all above the 160 mph mark. On every pass he reported traction was horrible. Still Ivan hot lapped her one pass after the other... over and over... 9.0, 9.0,9.1,9.0.. You get the idea

The ALPHA 12 was making so much power it would not get 100% traction until 5th gear!!! To make matters worse the weather was horrible... High humidity and a heat index north of 90 degrees created a hot and greasy track. Even with these condition the ALPHA 12 was able to reset the worlds fastest and quickest GT-R with a best time of 9.05@166.66MPH!

If that wasn't enough we checked the V-box time on that record pass and we improved our 60-130 time to 3.46 Seconds!!!!!!

All in all it was a great day. The ALPHA 12 was put through a 12 round prize fight and came out still swinging!

Below is the dyno chart from last nights session. Peak boost was 35 psi as it was run today. The car can run more boost but with traction being an issue we never had a chance to raise it.

I have also attached the time slip from the best pass at the track.

We are hoping to get her back to the track very soon once we can get some more favorable weather conditions. I will keep everyone posted!
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niky
(again, does this have the upgraded gearbox package?)
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Most GM guys upgrade their T56 trannies to Viper internals because they can handle big power and hard launches. I have no idea what Vipers upgrade to...
 
Seen this beauty on Top Gear last night, I have never seen anything launch like that in all my life! Really stunned me seeing how quickly she was barreling for the first turn!
 
1300 hp getting 9.0 in the 1/4?
Am I reading that right? If so Im not really impressed, Id think 1300 hp would get faster times than the 9 second range.
Frankly, Id rather keep it stock than do everything needed for 1300 hp only to get a 9 second car.
 
Looks to me like it's still full interior, therefor probably stock weight. Added to the fact that they said it spun the tires through 5th gear all the way down the track, I'd say the car is most definitely faster if they can get it to hook up.
 
Yeah , spinning to 5th is bad. Maybe they will work it out but Id be content with factory spec.
 
The Top Gear lap was incredible. The GTR really does a great job of demonstrating the advantages of 4WD.
 
The 2009 ones in my opinion are much more personalized the engines in those are built by hand in a hyperbaric chamber so they get varying hp's ranging from the high 400s to the low 500s
 
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I really like the latest version of the GT-R, its certainly a car that has grown on me, particularly in the looks department. It's incredible how much mechanical grip the car appears to have.

I know cars like the GT-R and the MP4-12C get a lot of flack for being a big 'boring' a bit to sophisticated and lacking passion, but these sort of cars show passion in engineering, and ultimately their performance is a testament to that.
 
AudiPro
The 2011 ones are cooler the engines in those are built by hand in a hyperbaric chamber so they get varying hp's ranging from the high 400s to the low 500s
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Er, no. They are built to such exacting tolerances that there are not wide variances in the horsepower.
 
Toronado
Er, no. They are built to such exacting tolerances that there are not wide variances in the horsepower.
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Er, If you had a clue about the GTR you would know the 2009 had a hand built engine assembled by one technician in the "clean room" of the yokohama plant and when engines arent built by a machine their horspowers are never the same
 
AudiPro
Er, If you had a clue about the GTR you would know the 2009 had a hand built engine assembled by one technician in the "clean room" of the yokohama plant and when engines arent built by a machine their horspowers are never the same
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Prove it.
 
He can't do it. :lol:

But I agree with Turbo, although the engines are hand-built, there are... you know... procedures to follow, and those procedures result in very similar outputs and I presume physically equal engines.

I believe the way the engines are run on their first two thousand miles determine the variances in power output, that's an adaption period and it really has some influence on the car performance.
 
AudiPro
Er, If you had a clue about the GTR you would know the 2009 had a hand built engine assembled by one technician in the "clean room" of the yokohama plant and when engines arent built by a machine their horspowers are never the same
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If you had a clue about the GTR your would know that this line of nonsense was already thoroughly debunked when people first started passing it around as unilateral truth. In 2008.



Think about how little sense that statement makes. The engines are handbuilt to some of the most exacting standards in the industry, in one of the most high-tech factories in the industry, with some of the most rigid procedures in the industry. So that somehow is going to cause more variances in horsepower than a normal engine?
 
AudiPro
Er, If you had a clue about the GTR you would know the 2009 had a hand built engine assembled by one technician in the "clean room" of the yokohama plant and when engines arent built by a machine their horspowers are never the same
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The building procedure has been the same from the very first r35 til the current ones, hasn't it?
Your claim of the engines varying by 100hp one from the other is bordering on just plain stupid.
 
First of all look it up the 2009s had handmade engines and when the engines are handmade they are NEVER the same so theyre hps vary from engine to engine.

Second I didnt say the horsepower ranges from 400-500, I said it ranges from the HIGH 400s to LOW 500s so that means 480-520 and so on.
 
Read the thread title and was like "holy 🤬!"
That's like half the time for half the price of a good number of cars...
 
AudiPro
First of all look it up the 2009s had handmade engines and when the engines are handmade they are NEVER the same so theyre hps vary from engine to engine.

Second I didnt say the horsepower ranges from 400-500, I said it ranges from the HIGH 400s to LOW 500s so that means 480-520 and so on.
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Yes, my bad.
Now, where did you read that engine/trans building procedures have changed from 2009 to 2010 and on?
 

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