| The Ultimate Nissan Skyline NISMO Z-TUNE
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| | front bumper, front blister fenders, and
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| 16th June 2006
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| | hood were all made of highly ridged
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| Author: Glenn Munn
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| | carbon fiber.
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| With the 34 GTR no longer in production
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| | Aero parts were designed with cooling and
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| Nismo decided to attempt building what
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| | down force in mind. The front bumper has
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| they believed to be the ultimate Nissan
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| | large air ducts so cool air is fed to the
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| Skyline GTR. Utilizing many years
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| | engine, brakes and oil coolers. Fenders
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| experience within different racing scenes
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| | were widened 15mm to fit wider tread and
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| it could be argued that Nismo should have
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| | has ducts inside the engine bay to
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| the ability to do exactly that. This
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| | exhaust hot air from the engine bay. The
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| vehicle was to benefit from the many
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| | bonnet also contains ducts to exhaust hot
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| years of success Nismo had within motor
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| | air and utilizes a duct to ram cool air
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| racing. Successful race cars include the
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| | into the intake at high speeds. Front and
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| Gr-A, N1, GT500, and the "Nürburgring
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| | rear under spoilers are used to improve
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| specification," This car had be
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| | down force.
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| comfortable for the street and comply
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| | Beating in the heart of the Nissan
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| with today's new and strict emission
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| | Skyline is a race edition RB26DETT which
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| laws, perhaps Nismo's biggest challenge
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| | had proven itself lemans 24 hour race and
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| to date.
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| | named the Z2. This engine generates 368kw
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| The basic concept of the car was
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| | and 540Nm. NISMO utilized the many parts
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| completed in 2000 when Nismo competed in
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| | which had been proven on race engines and
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| what was called the "tuners battle" power
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| | each engine was carefully hand built by
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| was restricted to 600ps and Nismo came
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| | Nismo mechanics and engineers to ensure
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| out on top. This concept was then taken
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| | the finest quality.
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| to the next level were luxuries had to be
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| | Many would agree that the Nismo Nissan
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| added to make the car comfortable for
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| | Skyline GTR is the ultimate street
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| street use. Making a race car street
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| | performance car. It is luxuries, tame
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| friendly has many challengers brake and
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| | enough to drive on the street comfortably
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| clutch feel needs to be light and easy to
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| | and yet its race bread heritage means it
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| use, suspension needs to softer, and
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| | still performs brilliantly on the race
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| luxuries like Leather seats and
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| | track. In beast motoring #15 the Nismo
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| air-conditioning need to be added.
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| | Z-tune broke the street car lap record
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| All these luxuries add weight so Nismo
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| | previously held by the Ferrari F360R.
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| had to find a way to shed it and carbon
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| | Pictures, more specifications plus a time
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| fiber was the answer. This killed two
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| | attack video between the Z- tune and the
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| birds with one stone by using carbon
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| | Ferrari can be seen at this website
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| fiber chassis rigidity was also improved.
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| | nissanskyline.6te.net.
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| To improve chassis rigidity even further
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| | Glenn Munn
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| the, door frames, front strut upper hood
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| | Skyline Enthusiast
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| reinforcement area, and center tunnel
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| | Glenn Munn has been a sports car
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| were all spot welded and CFRP adhered.
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| | Enthusiast for many years.
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| The aero parts of the car including the
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