As promised–I uploaded two of the several videos that filled my otherwise empty little head full of this Skyline GT-R madness. To fully understand their impact, we must put them into context of time. I believe this GT-R R32 onboard video was from around 1998. Imagine this six-cylinder performance 23 years ago!
This second video is from the turn of the millennium. This was back when a 0-60 time in the mid-4 second range, with a high 12-second quarter, was considered awesome. This race between the R33 vs the R34 street race–ohhh, those sounds, and the speed from which he’s racing through the tranny gears. This was over 20 years ago (and yet they’re still impressive today). Oh man, it was over for me. Comment below if you remember these.
You can’t go wrong with TE37-s on a GT-R. Like BBS E88-s on an aircooled Porsche, or BBS RS-s on an E30. The brake ducts seem like a prime example of parts that need to be reverse engineered and remade from carbon fibre.
I saw some Rays wheels on a wrecked Nissan Z at the junkyard and the barrel was massively bent out of shape, but there were no cracks whatsoever. I am an engineer and I have never seen aluminum deform like that. It was seriously impressive. They must use some kind of proprietary alloy. I don’t know how you could do that with 6061.
New wheels/tires look awesome, and fit the car nicely!
Seems like it’s an easy opportunity to make reproductions of the brake ducts on a 3D printer a la Billy Johnson’s articles on Project NSX. Should cut down on the cost a fair bit, even if you have to get them 3D scanned to develop the initial model.
The last picture on page 1 made me chuckle pretty good.
Thanks for replies, guys. I agree, reverse engineering some of these parts would be awesome. Another impossible part is the most forward of the two under trays (that actually attaches to the lip). Of course someone could fab that out of some aluminum, too. I’m afraid I’ll find some other forbidden-fruit parts as the years go on. Andy ;-).
My UPS guy has a stash of treats for “overzealous” pets. Would have been hilarious if he threw you a Snickers or something to keep you “calm”. That pic made the article lol.
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You can’t go wrong with TE37-s on a GT-R. Like BBS E88-s on an aircooled Porsche, or BBS RS-s on an E30.
The brake ducts seem like a prime example of parts that need to be reverse engineered and remade from carbon fibre.
I saw some Rays wheels on a wrecked Nissan Z at the junkyard and the barrel was massively bent out of shape, but there were no cracks whatsoever. I am an engineer and I have never seen aluminum deform like that. It was seriously impressive. They must use some kind of proprietary alloy. I don’t know how you could do that with 6061.
New wheels/tires look awesome, and fit the car nicely!
Seems like it’s an easy opportunity to make reproductions of the brake ducts on a 3D printer a la Billy Johnson’s articles on Project NSX. Should cut down on the cost a fair bit, even if you have to get them 3D scanned to develop the initial model.
The last picture on page 1 made me chuckle pretty good.
Thanks for replies, guys. I agree, reverse engineering some of these parts would be awesome. Another impossible part is the most forward of the two under trays (that actually attaches to the lip). Of course someone could fab that out of some aluminum, too. I’m afraid I’ll find some other forbidden-fruit parts as the years go on.
Andy ;-).
Rear spats & hood lip would be even nicer😉
I DEFINETELY remember the 2nd video from back in the day, I remember just being like “HOLY SHEEYYT”
Isn’t it great? I was so happy to find them. I lived by those videos
My UPS guy has a stash of treats for “overzealous” pets. Would have been hilarious if he threw you a Snickers or something to keep you “calm”. That pic made the article lol.
lol that’s awesome. (I probably would have eaten it, too)