GTRBlog.com was in attendance at SuperLap 2008 today at Oran Park Raceway outside Sydney, Australia. Entered into the open class for the time attack was Russel Newman with his brand new Hi Octance Racing / CNJ Motorsport Nissan R35 GT-R. For the event he had fitted up a HKS VAC speed delimter but the car was mechanically standard and was wearing the standard JDM base model Dunlop summer tires.

Russel managed an awesome time of 1:17.1 in the GT-R and was looking consistent in the 1:17s on his hot laps. We will most likely have a complete rundown of the results by early next week. To put that in perspective the fastest cars on the day ran 1:12 - 1:13s and they were race prepped supercharged Lotus Elises weighing somewhere around half a GT-R.

Haltech was also in attendance with their Nissan R35 GT-R although they weren’t racing today it sounds like they might be gearing up to head back to the track shortly. More on that when it happens.

For now enjoy the photo gallery by clicking the page numbers below. I had to break the photos up into a few pages!

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The Power House Amuse Phantom R35 GT-R has been getting around for a while now and is widely recognised as being the most powerful example of a tuned R35 so far. Making around 611ps their GT-R has cracked into the 59’s around Tsukuba circuit and is in fact just a whisker away from the 58 second mark. Power House Amuse has now updated their website with details on many of the new products fitted to their Phantom GT-R including pricing and photos.

Hi Tech ROM

First up is the Amuse ECU reflash. Amuse have cracked the GT-Rs ECU and produced a selection of basic reflashes depending on your goal. The first of these is the Hi TECH-ROM BBL. With an RRP of 138,000 yen ($1,300 USD) this ECU features:

• Boost increased to 0.85 kg/cm² up from 0.75 kg/cm² in the mid range
• Boost at high RPM increased to 0.8 kg/cm² up from 0.60 kg/cm² standard
• Fuel and ignition maps tuned - May be tuned to take into account non-standard exhaust
• Electronic throttle modified to increase low end response
• CVTC tuned for more mid range torque
• RPM Limiter raised to 7200rpm
• Speed Limiter removed

Source: Power House Amuse via Chuck from NAGTROC

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Top Gear magazine have recently taken over the Isle of Man to shoot for an upcoming comparison between the established super car elite and the new Nissan R35 GT-R. Some great photos were taken by onlookers from SID.org.im of the cars on these beautiful but wet roads.

Check out the GT-R photos after the jump but head over to link below to see the rest.

Source: SID via GTR CO UK Forums and Manxforums.

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RC Developments R35 GT-R is entered into the Time Attack Club Challenge this weekend at Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire, England. The car is completely standard except for some Toyo T1R 20″ tires. Driving the GT-R will be Clive Seddon. Good luck against the rest of the field which will be made up of some quite modified cars guys!

Source: GTR Owners Club Forums UK

Top Gear will be airing the much anticipated episode, where Clarkson races the Nissan GT-R accross Japan versus May and Hammond on the bullet train, on Sunday the 13th of July.

Here’s the episode synopsis taken from Final Gear forums:

Top Gear undertakes one of its epic races as Jeremy Clarkson attempts to drive the remarkable new Nissan GT-R right across Japan faster than Richard Hammond and James May can make the same journey on the legendary Bullet Train. Plus, Richard tries Toyota’s idea of personal transport for the future, the sensational Alfa Romeo 8C brings some glamour to the Top Gear track and news readers Fiona Bruce and Kate Silverton are the Stars in The Reasonably Priced Car.

Can’t wait. We will try and have at least an excerpt online as soon as it airs.

Source: Final Gear forums via NAGTROC

Well one step closer to completing the whole set now. Right after our photo gallery the other day too. The Zele bodykit is proving very popular in Japan and overseas and we now have these photos (apologies for the quality) of it in white - well the front bar at least. What’s left now? Just Titanium and Ultimate Silver I believe.

GTR-World.net has published a lot more detailed photographs of the Nissan R35 GT-R build up taking place over at Nismo Omori Factory in Tokyo. Extremely interesting are the carbon parts everywhere and lightweight lexan glass replacements.

• Carbon fiber trunk lid
• Carbon fiber Hood (aluminium reinforced)
• Carbon fiber side mirrors
• Arcrylic Lightweight rear quarter windows
• Stripped interior
• Carbon fiber racing seat
• Racing harness
• Carbon fiber gauge surround (ala V-spec interior!)
• Racing steering wheel
• Bolt-in Roll Cage
• Fire Extinguisher on carbon fiber mounting
• On-board pneumatic air jacks

This is going to be one hot race car even if mechanically stock! Check out the rest of the photos after the jump.

Source/Link: GTR-World: Motul Nismo GTR-World Tokachi 24hr R35 GT-R Build Up: Part 2

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