Monday 1st September 2008

NISMO Club Sport Package For GT-R

NISMO pack improves handling and saves weight

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The NISMO Club Sport Package

Nissan’s official performance division, NISMO, has released a new range of official accessories for the GT-R under the name ‘Club Sport Package’. The in-house tuner is offering stiffer front (18.5kg/mm) and rear springs (9.6kg/mm) and a set of race-spec Bilstein Damptronic adjustable dampers.

You also get new 20-inch Rays forged aluminum wheels wrapped in Bridgestone RE070R run-flat tyres, sized 225/40 and 285/35, front and rear. To save off some weight NISMO has created a lightweight exhaust system that comes with a carbon fibre under-tray. Not only does it reduce drag but it will knock 5kg from the GT-R’s overall weight. Inside there are carbon fibre backed bucket seats, which shave off an extra 6kg

For the time being the mods are only available in Japan.

 

[CAD Monkey]

What no 'ring time reduction in this story?

[Mclovin]

Off topic slightly but is there any idea what the running costs are like yet from users in countries that already have them?

[Alex]

How about a mod to remove the speed limiter and GPS-based nanny?

[amare32]

Sorry those wheels look st. Makes it look tiny compared to the standard 20".

[Mr Whippy]

Stiffer springs. It seems most aftermarkets so far have been softer... I wonder what the logic is behind any change when the standard car is so good on track already, for a road car at least.

Sounds like alot of expense for no real benefit except a stter ride and harder seats

Dave

[White-Noise]

Wouldnt you need to alter the computer to take into account all this stuff? I would have thought its all finely balanced for the stock dampers etc...

[Beefmeister]

Poor effort.

This:


Looks awful compared to this:


The wheels look tiny, and the exhausts look rubbish.

I'll take the exhaust system and suspension mods (if they work), but not the other tat...

[Neil G60]

If the car can be 'improved' upon so soon after release what was Nissan doing for so many years refining and honing the original for? Did they forget about the suspension and wheels? They've gone to great lengths in making the car so complete with it's apparently uncrackable ecu to ward of aftermarket tuners and then they release a bolt-on tuner pack before the car even hits the UK?

[_daveR]

The key detail missing here is the price... For the whole package it's over £25,000!

That is not a typo either, I cannot recall the exact price but it is over 5mil Yen!

Edit: 5,465,000 Yen so that's £28k

Edited by _daveR on Monday 1st September 13:12

[Tahiti]

The original looks better.

[Neil G60]

Jesus wept. The price of a nice new 3 series for a set up which will ruin the ride and handling on 90% of UK roads. Aces.

[DeanoM12]

I wonder if Nismo will make a hardcore Z-Tune version of this car?? The R34 Z-Tune was nuts.

[Manchester_Daz]

Great Car!

but i think mines do all the mods you'd ever want even the speed limit...

check them out http://www.mines-wave.com/

and at a better price...

[Mr Whippy]

_daveR said:

The key detail missing here is the price... For the whole package it's over £25,000!

That is not a typo either, I cannot recall the exact price but it is over 5mil Yen!

Edit: 5,465,000 Yen so that's £28k

Edited by _daveR on Monday 1st September 13:12

Fashion victim levels!

No mention of tweaking anything for any other reason, than "the just have"

Tuners are so lame. Either explain why you changed it, properly, properly properly, or don't bloody bother!

Dave

[rhinochopig]

11kg in a 2 tonne car. Wonder if the rear seats fold down?

[skimmo]

Beefmeister said:

Poor effort.

This:


Looks awful compared to this:


The wheels look tiny, and the exhausts look rubbish.

I'll take the exhaust system and suspension mods (if they work), but not the other tat...

+1

[davidcharles]

the main reason people buy NISMO tuned cars is exclusivity.

there are better tuned cars from cheaper sources BUT people will pay the cash becuase its a NISMO tuned car.....

....each to their own i suppose

[Polarbert]

Beefmeister said:

Poor effort.

This:


Looks awful compared to this:


The wheels look tiny, and the exhausts look rubbish.

I'll take the exhaust system and suspension mods (if they work), but not the other tat...

But at the end of the day its the best of a bad bunch, as neither look especially good.


I'd get a BMW M3 if I had the dosh.

[dpbird90]

What we want, is 1000bhp & no speed limiter, there was perhaps no point in suspension tweaks as we already know it is pretty much one of the best handling cars of the last 30 years (behind a few Lotus' though, but it was developed by Lotus so it is goood!) so "if it ain't broke don't fix it!"

[Gatso Hater]

Polarbert said:

Beefmeister said:

Poor effort.

This:


Looks awful compared to this:


The wheels look tiny, and the exhausts look rubbish.

I'll take the exhaust system and suspension mods (if they work), but not the other tat...

But at the end of the day its the best of a bad bunch, as neither look especially good.


I'd get a BMW M3 if I had the dosh.

No thank would have GTR over M3
The lower pic is much better than the top one