Speaking of the Nissan GT-R - insight?

Having driven them they are actually quite boring at street speeds. Track speeds are different but looking at the consumable costs of a few friends who have them puts out of what even I would call affordable. 4500-7000$ brake job's, 27K transmission repairs, service costs for the little stuff is way way up there as well.

One of the local guys did a DE open track event, not all out by any means and maybe 1.5 hours on the track and he had a bill for tires/rotors/pads/service at the end that would make you cry. First year car but I don;t think they have gotten much better.

In reply to wearymicrobe:

The trans did, but that still doesn't stop your warranty from voiding if you use launch control.....

As far as the R32/33/34 chassis, next year the first year R32 will be legal under the 25yo clause. And last I knew, the feds were on a witch hunt for EVERY R34 in the states.

wearymicrobe wrote: One of the local guys did a DE open track event, not all out by any means and maybe 1.5 hours on the track and he had a bill for tires/rotors/pads/service at the end that would make you cry. First year car but I don;t think they have gotten much better.

I guess I don't understand that. As mentioned previously, my friends ran the One Lap on one set of pads and tires, and they weren't shot at the end. In fact, the pads were the same ones used during a test day a few weeks earlier. The commented that the car was easy on consumables. It was a 2013 model, so not sure if that makes a difference.

By comparison, the first few years they ran a mega hp WRX STI. Not only wouldn't it last the entire even before it melted itself, it was going through tires and pads like crazy. The GTR has a been a gas and go car with no issues at all.

There's a surprising number of these tooling around East Lansing, MI as DD's. Year round, out in the snow. They're a popular choice of the international students at MSU. There's 3 or 4 of them in the higher end apartment complex by my office.

Parked next to one at lunch today actually.

Perhaps you could buy one at a good rate off one of them when school's up and they move home.

wearymicrobe wrote: ...but looking at the consumable costs of a few friends who have them puts out of what even I would call affordable. 4500-7000$ brake job's, 27K transmission repairs, service costs for the little stuff is way way up there as well.

I have to wonder how long we have before someone brings out a kit to put a T56, or possibly even a 4L80E, transmission swap into one of these.

Thanks for all the thoughts. Sounds like a pretty expensive proposition. And something that would be complete overkill to DD, even for a brief period.

MadScientistMatt wrote:

wearymicrobe wrote: ...but looking at the consumable costs of a few friends who have them puts out of what even I would call affordable. 4500-7000$ brake job's, 27K transmission repairs, service costs for the little stuff is way way up there as well.

I have to wonder how long we have before someone brings out a kit to put a T56, or possibly even a 4L80E, transmission swap into one of these.

Never. Why would you and how you would you adapt the AWD?

People figuring out to make junkyard parts fit with duct tape and bailing wire aren't exactly the demographic for this car.

z31maniac wrote: Never. Why would you and how you would you adapt the AWD? People figuring out to make junkyard parts fit with duct tape and bailing wire aren't exactly the demographic for this car.

Why? It's likely to be cheaper than anything that makes the factory transmission able to survive using the launch control, especially if you turn up the boost.

How would you adapt the AWD? Pretty sure there's a GM transfer case out there that would work.

And I was thinking more along the lines of making junkyard parts fit with billet aluminum.

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