It's back at Phoenix's Power once again for a look at the most extremely tuned R35 I have come across in Japan. It's funny how Nissan tries its hardest to stop people from modifying their GT-Rs unless it's from official channels only like Nismo, Nordring or Nova Engineering. But seriously, how many owners are going to keep these beasts stock, especially when a simple re-map can unleash an instant 80-100 HP!
I spotted this car tucked away in the car park at the Kyoto branch of Phoenix's Power, wearing the trademark BBS LMs most of their cars are fitted with.
Initially it was the carbon fiber exterior parts that attracted me to it, fitted with a very eye-catching protruding Top Secret front lip spoiler and side skirts. But it wasn't until Nakatsuji-san, the shop manager, lifted the Mine's dry carbon-hood that I realized just how special this car was.
This was actually one of the first cars in Japan fitted with the GReddy full turbine kit, which replaces the stock IHI units with a pair of externally gated TD06SH-20G. The exhaust side of the factory turbos are cast in one piece with the exhaust manifold, something that Nissan though would stop tuners bolting on bigger turbos to achieve higher levels of power. For a while it worked but as they say, where there is a will there is a way, and we are beginning to see more and more parts makers coming out with their own exhaust manifolds ready to accept bigger turbochargers.
I spotted this car tucked away in the car park at the Kyoto branch of Phoenix's Power, wearing the trademark BBS LMs most of their cars are fitted with.
Initially it was the carbon fiber exterior parts that attracted me to it, fitted with a very eye-catching protruding Top Secret front lip spoiler and side skirts. But it wasn't until Nakatsuji-san, the shop manager, lifted the Mine's dry carbon-hood that I realized just how special this car was.
This was actually one of the first cars in Japan fitted with the GReddy full turbine kit, which replaces the stock IHI units with a pair of externally gated TD06SH-20G. The exhaust side of the factory turbos are cast in one piece with the exhaust manifold, something that Nissan though would stop tuners bolting on bigger turbos to achieve higher levels of power. For a while it worked but as they say, where there is a will there is a way, and we are beginning to see more and more parts makers coming out with their own exhaust manifolds ready to accept bigger turbochargers.
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