People do some weird swaps. I was never really a fan of cross manufacturer swaps, but a lot of it is actually the basis of “Hot Rodding”. DBM Engineering in Holland put together this interesting mix of German and Japanese.

The car looks pretty serious. Widebody, huge front splitter. Volk TE37 wheels.

The article says the car makes an estimated 600hp, which is pretty likely depending on which turbos they are using. Click though for some videos of the car.



BMW M3 & SKYLINE GTR Hybrid

Source : AutoCarbe

 
In conjunction with HKS Premium day at Fuji Speedway, HKS announced a new turbo series named the GT II turbine. The turbos feature ball bearing housing with an inline turbo oil filter to keep debris out of the center section.  The turbos are going to be specifically made for the right and left hand bank of a V series engine, separate housings for each side. They claim that this will help balance the turbos output for each bank of a V engine.


Large compressor wheel and inlet.

Fully divorced exhaust housing. This helps to separate the wastegate bypass and the exhaust gases.The problem with a fully divorced outlet is they sometimes crack due to the high heat. Normally a partially divorced outlet works out a little better for longevity. This is HKS, so they do know what they are doing.  The turbine wheel looks fairly small, just as it is in the stock turbo setup.
HKS tested the SpecV turbo chargers and did 730ps. You can see the comparison here:
Source GTR World via GTR Blog

Some good GT-R and RB26 pictures from Modern Performance. Head over to their blog for part 1 , 2 and the rest of 3 .

Nice fitment.

V Cam. RB20 valvecovers. T51 tubo. Nismo collector.

Rear mounted radiator

Twin big Greddy turbos on an RB26.

 

Formula DRIFT Tickets On-Sale for Round 1: Streets of Long Beach;
Seventh Championship Season Set to Begin
Long Beach, Calif. - February 9, 2010 - Formula DRIFT prepares to begin the seventh professional championship season. Tickets are now available for Round 1: Streets of Long Beach on April 9 and 10, including reserved seating, 2-day ticket packages, and VIP tickets.
"What has turned into one of the most anticipated events annually in Long Beach, Formula DRIFT, has put tickets online today for the first round of the seven stop national championship," said Ryan Sage, executive vice president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. "Now in our 4th year at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Street Course, over 50 of the world's top drifters will be in action at what has turned into a sell-out event year after year."
Round 1: Streets of Long Beach tickets are available via the Formula DRIFT website at www.formuladrift.com, Ticketmaster outlets, and the Long Beach Convention Center box office. Ticket prices start at $27 online with reserved tickets available for Saturday's competition day. 2-day packages are also available along with VIP ticket packages.
The action begins on April 9th in Long Beach, California and will be held on Turns 9, 10, and 11 of the famous Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach street course. New cars and drivers will be entering the Series and will make for another exciting season. Current champion Chris Forsberg looks to defend his title against returning past champions Tanner Foust, Rhys Millen, and Samuel Hubinette and top drivers Vaughn Gittin Jr., Ryan Tuerck, and the rest of the talented roster of drivers.

Source: Formula Drift

Motor Trend has a long term Nissan GT-R test car that Arthur St. Antoine recently posted an online blog .

What I noticed right away is how well our family Godzilla has held up. The odo is showing around 23,000 miles now, and -- rest assured -- all but maybe a couple hundred of those have been clocked with the twin turbos whirling in fury. The GT-R hasn’t complained. It starts easily, idles smoothly, doesn’t creak or groan or rattle.
Read more: http://blogs.motortrend.com/6637239/editorial/daily-godzilla-living-with-the-nissan-gt-r/index.html#ixzz0f4GHYX87

He does mention something about the transmission having a hiccup, but it might just be the transmission needing an adjustment. The clutch touch point, and capacity can be adjusted in 15 different steps by the dealership. This is part of the Performance Optimization Service.

A few premium rides might ultimately be faster, but in almost any impromptu stoplight or freeway acceleration-flexing the GT-R is going to triumph. It’s simply blinding out of the gate (aided, of course, by all-wheel drive), and the combo of its high-pressure six and rifle-shot dual-clutch shifter create withering, all but foolproof sprints. Most drivers already seem to know this. Such is the street cred of the GT-R: You’ll notice hot cars pulling up behind or alongside for an admiring look, but they tread lightly. No one wants to risk getting bitten by Godzilla.
Read more: http://blogs.motortrend.com/6637239/editorial/daily-godzilla-living-with-the-nissan-gt-r/index.html#ixzz0f4Grc8lr

The GT-R is fast. Lose your license fast if you aren’t careful. Just plodding along on the freeway, dip into the throttle to pass a slower car, and 90 mph comes up very quickly. Motor Trend named the Nissan GT-R their car of the year for 2009.

Souce: Motor Trend

When developing a true function-over-form product for the R35, sometimes the end-result happens to be extremely aesthetically pleasing as well! We had to put our thinking caps on when bringing a real “game changer” rear seat delete alternative to market… the premise for the design and build was to delete the rear seat and delete all the stuff required for the rear seats. this premise came about since we find the factory rear seats near useless by design. there was hardly any leg room, so why even bother. reducing as much weight as possible without making this car look bare and naked has been our agenda since day one. The PWJDM Rear Seat Delete project has followed this directive to a T.

Priced at $2899.99 the dry carbon seat deletes are not an inexpensive way to get rid of the rear seats. I did not see how much weight they save, but the stock rear seats are not very heavy. Although nicer than the SpecV cover for the rear seats, does the price make sense ? GT-R Tax.

Daryl from Tunerlab posted up a huge lot of pictures from the HKS Premium day at Fuji Speedway.

In my opinion, this event was far better than the Tokyo Auto Salon and Nismo Festival. HKS has really worked hard to make this a memorable event for the fans. Also, compared to the complete lack of R35 GT-Rs at the Nismo Festival, the HKS Premium Day features highly-tuned R35s from various shops.
This day consisted of 3 events, run one in the morning and once in the afternoon.
1) Hiper Challenge - HKS fans and customer racing
2) Option FSW Super Lap - racing between various tuning shops such as ATTKD, Pan Speed, Yashio Factory, Auto Select, HKS, HKS Kansai, Top Fuel, Esprit, etc.
3) R35 GT-R Battle - a battle of GT-Rs between Esprit, MCR, Garage Yawata, Garage Defend, Screen, Sunline Racing and HKS.

HKS Technical Factory R35 GT-R

Screen R35 GT-R

I like the wheels and stance on this car. Plus red is faster.

A Nissan GT-R SpecV.

Source : GTR.co.UK