Nerd’s Eye View: SEMA 2014 Part I

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I really do not have much to say about this car other than BBI worked on it and it looks badass.
The Japanese equivalent of a Germanic car, though extensively modified, was this Nissan GT-R with a Greddy engine build and turbo setup utilizing Garrett turbos. Massive Advan wheels are wrapped in sticky Nitto NT01 tires the size of oil barrels. Check out the Giant bicycle sticker on the car; if you want to drive fast, it certainly helps to be fit. You don’t see any fat F1 drivers after all.
The rear wing is very sturdily mounted. It is partially mounted to the trunk and all you MotoIQ readers know just mounting to the trunk alone typically does not provide enough strength to support the downforce of a good wing. So these two massive brackets at the bottom of the car provide the strong support for the wing. Lastly, the MotoIQ license plate is guaranteed to take off at least one second per lap on a typical 90 second course.
The Always Evolving Nismo GT-R was in the Replay camera booth. It’s built to GT3 specifications by JRM Motorsports for Nismo which means some serious hardware and aero. Big openings in the front are required to provide all the cooling air necessary (brakes, radiators, intercoolers, oil coolers). Big front splitter and big front dive planes aid the front downforce. A couple NACA ducts in the front corners of the hood feed some cooling air to the engine bay.
The twin-turbo V6 generates a lot of power and therefore a lot of heat. Plus, being a turbocharged engine, air needs to be pumped through the intercoolers. Here you can see the extensive hood venting measures taken to maximize airflow through all the heat exchangers.
The wide body fenders feature these massive openings. The exhausts dump out in from these side sills; louvers and vents are placed along the exhaust pipe to keep the temperature levels in the neighboring areas in check.

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