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11-20-2008, 11:31 AM
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I, Vettezuki
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2010 GT-R to Drop Launch Control
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11-20-2008, 12:07 PM
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Here's an idea, put a proper manual transmission in with a beefy clutch instead of the glass dual-clutch transmission - Problem Solved  |
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11-20-2008, 12:36 PM
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Here's an idea, put a proper manual transmission in with a beefy clutch instead of the glass dual-clutch transmission - Problem Solved |
Nope. A lot of its handling characteristics come by way of that very sophisticated AWD trans. They need to find a way to make that basic design much stronger.
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11-22-2008, 10:06 AM
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Just for informations sake, the GTR launch by Edmound's sans launch control went 0-60 in 4.1 secs  . This is inline with several other automitive magazines. That's about as quick as a stock LS2 powered vette. I would also offer that the vettes LS2/3/  7 pull much harder top end wise.
My predictions:
GT-R 0-60 4.1 sec 1/4 mile12.8@115 magazine testing. 
Real life i.e. California speedway:
13.2@110mph 
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02-01-2009, 08:15 PM
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Nissan Reprograms the GT-R
Tripped over this today-
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=140966
"In our view," says Scott Vazin, Nissan North America's chief of product public relations, during a conference call with Inside Line, "this has been blown way out of proportion."
According to Nissan, "less than 1 percent" of the transaxles in the GT-Rs delivered to customers in the United States have failed in some way. With somewhere between 1,750 and 1,800 GT-Rs in the garages of American enthusiasts, this puts the number of transaxle failures experienced in this country at somewhere between 16 and 19 cars. This is not an insignificant number of GT-Rs, but it's short of an epidemic of transaxle failures. 
I especially enjoyed the pic's of transaxle replacements. 
A question for the pro's on the board-How many hours of labor SHOULD you be able to buy for $1380 and could this job possibly take that long??
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02-01-2009, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by gsteichen
Tripped over this today-
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=140966
"In our view," says Scott Vazin, Nissan North America's chief of product public relations, during a conference call with Inside Line, "this has been blown way out of proportion."
According to Nissan, "less than 1 percent" of the transaxles in the GT-Rs delivered to customers in the United States have failed in some way. With somewhere between 1,750 and 1,800 GT-Rs in the garages of American enthusiasts, this puts the number of transaxle failures experienced in this country at somewhere between 16 and 19 cars. This is not an insignificant number of GT-Rs, but it's short of an epidemic of transaxle failures.
I especially enjoyed the pic's of transaxle replacements.
A question for the pro's on the board-How many hours of labor SHOULD you be able to buy for $1380 and could this job possibly take that long?? |
I don't think it's the actual failure rate so much as it is how Nissan has handled it. I mean, why have a launch feature on the car that if used voids the warranty? That seems insane. I guess they're removing it completely on all GTR's which solves the problem, but it's still fairly silly how it all went down. |
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02-01-2009, 10:00 PM
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I don't think it's the actual failure rate so much as it is how Nissan has handled it. I mean, why have a launch feature on the car that if used voids the warranty? That seems insane. I guess they're removing it completely on all GTR's which solves the problem, but it's still fairly silly how it all went down.
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I think Hitler covered it very succinctly.
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02-01-2009, 10:07 PM
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I think Hitler covered it very succinctly.
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LOL, true story. It's all because that damn R8 deep staged him  |
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02-02-2009, 11:12 AM
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Congratulations Nissan you built the worlds heaviest and most expensive Mitsubishi Evolution. |
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02-02-2009, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by SeanPlunk
I don't think it's the actual failure rate so much as it is how Nissan has handled it. I mean, why have a launch feature on the car that if used voids the warranty? That seems insane. I guess they're removing it completely on all GTR's which solves the problem, but it's still fairly silly how it all went down.
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American car companies should start inventing reasons to void warranties, it'll save them some money during these tough economic times. 
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