enzoferrari
12-23-2008, 02:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y27VMeSrJas&eurl=http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/23/video-tuned-nissan-gt-r-grenades-tranny-at-the-drag-strip/&feature=player_embedded
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The Samurai Speed (http://samuraispeed.com/) Nissan GT-R you see above (the one on the right) is a total bad ass. With over 600 horsepower and several other performance-enhancing tweaks, it can do a 10.5-second quarter mile run at a ridiculous 128.42 mph. Samurai Speed has obviously tested Nissan's notoriously finicky Launch Control over 100 times without a single hiccup... until now. The $20,000 tranny (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/carsumer-advocacy-nissan-refuses-to-replace-gt-r-owners-busted/) recently took a dirt nap on the drag strip with the cameras rolling, and we have video of the carnage after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/23/video-tuned-nissan-gt-r-grenades-tranny-at-the-drag-strip/).
You can't hear the tranny fail on account of the other GT-R at the line, but onlookers said the nuclear transmission sounded like a "bunch of metal dominoes in a line and Tiger Woods came by and hit them with his driver." Ouch. It's pretty obvious that Nissan won't be picking up the warranty tab for this GT-R, so Samurai Speed plans to beef up the transmission on its own dime in an effort to continue cranking out incredible times.
[Source: Drag Times (http://www.dragtimes.com/blog/record-setting-nissan-gt-r-destroys-transmission-on-video)]
:thumbdown:
The Samurai Speed (http://samuraispeed.com/) Nissan GT-R you see above (the one on the right) is a total bad ass. With over 600 horsepower and several other performance-enhancing tweaks, it can do a 10.5-second quarter mile run at a ridiculous 128.42 mph. Samurai Speed has obviously tested Nissan's notoriously finicky Launch Control over 100 times without a single hiccup... until now. The $20,000 tranny (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/carsumer-advocacy-nissan-refuses-to-replace-gt-r-owners-busted/) recently took a dirt nap on the drag strip with the cameras rolling, and we have video of the carnage after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/23/video-tuned-nissan-gt-r-grenades-tranny-at-the-drag-strip/).
You can't hear the tranny fail on account of the other GT-R at the line, but onlookers said the nuclear transmission sounded like a "bunch of metal dominoes in a line and Tiger Woods came by and hit them with his driver." Ouch. It's pretty obvious that Nissan won't be picking up the warranty tab for this GT-R, so Samurai Speed plans to beef up the transmission on its own dime in an effort to continue cranking out incredible times.
[Source: Drag Times (http://www.dragtimes.com/blog/record-setting-nissan-gt-r-destroys-transmission-on-video)]