Red 2009 Nissan GT-R video

2009 GT-R on Myspace

Myspace 2009 GT-R

Magnesium oil pan – VR38 DETT

Doing everything they can to get weight out of the car, without costs getting too high.

Other technical innovations include a thermostatically controlled air-cooled type oil cooler system, for greater cooling efficiency. The engine oil is cooled by oil cooler system and in extreme cornering – of which the Nissan GT-R is easily capable – a scavenger pump maintains turbocharger oil flow. A collector tank inside the fuel tank always stores enough fuel to maintain fuel flow even under strong g forces. The oil collecting structure inside the engine is optimized by a lateral wet and dry sump system, which helps secure stable oil collecting and oil pressure in various driving scenes.The engines, like the transmissions, are all hand made. One craftsman hand-assembles the entire engine. The dedicated engine builders work in a special Nissan GT-R ‘clean room’ area of Nissan’s Yokohama plant.

It is also a very efficient engine, reducing emissions and fuel consumption. The Nissan GT-R is the world’s most efficient supercar in balancing speed, acceleration and fuel consumption. Environmental performance is further reinforced by its satisfying Japan’s U-LEV (ultra low emission vehicle) standards.

2009 Nissan GT-R Line drawing

New GT-R fluids

Engine oil Mobil 1 0W-40 (100% chemical synthetic oil)
Transmission oil R35 special (100% chemical synthetic oil)
Differential oil (front and rear) R35 special (100% chemical synthetic oil)

Something the US car will have some changes to…

Navigation
The advanced navigation system on the new NISSAN GT-R – which uses the same screen as the innovative multi-function meter – is easy to operate and uses a powerful 30 GB hard disk drive speeding route searches and enhancing driving directions. In addition to its navigation function, it also includes an enriched entertainment system capable of recording up to 3000 songs (from music imported from CDs) as well as playing DVDs.

The high resolution screen with newly developed WVGA (wide video graphics array) high resolution display is a liquid crystal monitor that has four times the number of pixels of a conventional satellite navigation screen. Innovative 3D graphics can depict streetscapes and junctions with far more accuracy than conventional displays. The system is also easy to use thanks to both a navigation switch and a touchpad. There is also voice command and a steering wheel switch.

The powerful 30GB system also allows for a superb entertainment system. It can record up to 3000 songs from music CDs and provides various music selection functions including the selection of songs by mood including ‘bright’ and ’soothing’. It can play DVD audio and video and can play music from memory CF cards, WMA (Windows Media Audio) and MP3 format. By using a Bluetooth® transmitter, you can wirelessly connect and listen to music on an iPod® . Wireless connection also allows hands-free cellular phone calls.

A digital TV tuner allows drivers and passengers to watch TV on the high definition screen.

ATTESA ETS

Four-wheel drive
The new Nissan GT-R uses probably the most advanced four-wheel drive system on a road car ever used. The all-wheel drive (ATTESA E-TS) optimally distributes power to the front wheels when and if necessary. Though naturally rear-drive biased, up to 50 percent of torque can be fed forwards improving traction in difficult conditions – such as rain, frost, ice or snow. Front drive is also utilized to improve cornering performance on tarmac, improving traction and stability.
Special computerized control automatically alters the front/rear torque split from zero torque at the front wheels, to 50 percent of total torque. The control is varied continuously, as various sensors on the car measure speed, lateral and transverse acceleration, steering angles, tire slip and other road surface and yaw rate.
On the new Nissan GT-R an additional sensor is the yaw-rate feedback control, which measures the difference between the target yaw rate calculated from the steering angle, the actual yaw rate detected by the yaw-rate sensor and G sensor. Front and rear torque is automatically corrected accordingly.
The four-wheel drive system includes a Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC-R), the Nissan GT-R’s electronic stability control system. This continually monitors the vehicle’s behavior. If off balance behavior is detected – such as sliding or skidding – torque to the wheels will be altered to help stabilize the car. Electronic traction control is also fitted to rear mechanical limited slip differentials, preventing wheelspin and improving grip.

Transmissionferdiffcase

The twin clutches make a significant contribution to shift speed. There are separate clutches for the odd (1,3,5) and even (2,4,6) gears. When the car is running in an odd number gear, the adjacent even numbered gears are pre-selected and are ready to make the shift immediately in the sequential-shifting gearbox. When downshifting, a synchronized rev control ‘blips’ the throttle precisely to synchronize engine speed for extra-fast downshifts. Borg-Warner triple cone synchronizers are used.

Fun to drive

As load distribution is evenly balanced on all four wheels with the optimized load distribution and dimension, vehicle behavior is easy to grasp, allowing the driver to start accelerating earlier. In addition, powerful traction of the front wheels helps the vehicle to accurately accelerate in the steered direction. With this newly created ” traction steering” driving concept, the fun-to-drive range is widely expanded.

Lower Center of Gravity

Discussion on load distribution of conventional vehicles has been focused on the static load distribution during stopping. However, to ultimately heighten the fundamental performances of “driving, cornering, braking” , inertia load shift has been fully separated and independent between the front and rear wheels; the engine load on the front tires and transaxle load on the rear. In addition to this, the transaxle placed below the rear wheel center lowers the center of gravity of the vehicle. The Nissan GT-R, capable of utilizing inertia load, realizes ultimate flat riding comfort with minimal load shift during braking, cornering and any driving situation.