| With the 34 GTR no longer in production Nismo | | | | of the car including the front bumper, front blister |
| decided to attempt building what they believed to | | | | fenders, and hood were all made of highly ridged |
| be the ultimate Nissan Skyline GTR. Utilizing many | | | | carbon fiber. |
| years experience within different racing scenes it | | | | Aero parts were designed with cooling and down |
| could be argued that Nismo should have the ability | | | | force in mind. The front bumper has large air |
| to do exactly that. This vehicle was to benefit | | | | ducts so cool air is fed to the engine, brakes and |
| from the many years of success Nismo had | | | | oil coolers. Fenders were widened 15mm to fit |
| within motor racing. Successful race cars include | | | | wider tread and has ducts inside the engine bay |
| the Gr-A, N1, GT500, and the "Nrburgring | | | | to exhaust hot air from the engine bay. The |
| specification," This car had be comfortable for the | | | | bonnet also contains ducts to exhaust hot air and |
| street and comply with today's new and strict | | | | utilizes a duct to ram cool air into the intake at |
| emission laws, perhaps Nismo's biggest challenge | | | | high speeds. Front and rear under spoilers are |
| to date. | | | | used to improve down force. |
| The basic concept of the car was completed in | | | | Beating in the heart of the Nissan Skyline is a race |
| 2000 when Nismo competed in what was called | | | | edition RB26DETT which had proven itself lemans |
| the "tuners battle" power was restricted to 600ps | | | | 24 hour race and named the Z2. This engine |
| and Nismo came out on top. This concept was | | | | generates 368kw and 540Nm. NISMO utilized the |
| then taken to the next level were luxuries had to | | | | many parts which had been proven on race |
| be added to make the car comfortable for street | | | | engines and each engine was carefully hand built |
| use. Making a race car street friendly has many | | | | by Nismo mechanics and engineers to ensure the |
| challengers brake and clutch feel needs to be light | | | | finest quality. |
| and easy to use, suspension needs to softer, and | | | | Many would agree that the Nismo Nissan Skyline |
| luxuries like Leather seats and air-conditioning need | | | | GTR is the ultimate street performance car. It is |
| to be added. | | | | luxuries, tame enough to drive on the street |
| All these luxuries add weight so Nismo had to find | | | | comfortably and yet its race bread heritage |
| a way to shed it and carbon fiber was the | | | | means it still performs brilliantly on the race track. |
| answer. This killed two birds with one stone by | | | | In beast motoring #15 the Nismo Z-tune broke |
| using carbon fiber chassis rigidity was also | | | | the street car lap record previously held by the |
| improved. To improve chassis rigidity even further | | | | Ferrari F360R. |
| the, door frames, front strut upper hood | | | | Pictures, more specifications plus a time attack |
| reinforcement area, and center tunnel were all | | | | video between the Z- tune and the Ferrari can be |
| spot welded and CFRP adhered. The aero parts | | | | seen at this website nissanskyline.6te.net. |