Aftermarket suppliers are quickly embracing Nissan’s new road rocket with a host of modifications now available, covering everything from visual and aerodynamic additions, to improvements in handling and performance. This time around, it is renowned tuner HKS that has released an upgrade package - the HKS GT570. As the name implies, you can expect around 570PS (approximately 420kWs) at the wheels from the fully installed kit.
The package is fairly mild in terms of actual modifications, however the replacement of only a handful of components and no-doubt some additional turbo-boost, has seen torque jump to a mind-bending 730+Nms. The GT570 kit includes the following parts;
- HKS aluminium hard pipe kit
- HKS silicon hose joiners
- HKS wastegate actuators for the standard R35 GT-R turbos
- HKS Electronic Valve Control (EVC) boost controller
- HKS dump and front pipes (removes catalytic converters)
Jump through to the image gallery and you will note that in typical HKS fashion, the installation is super clean.
In case the pics are not enough, we’ve also dug up the following video, where you can see a GT570 equipped GT-R being put through its paces on a dyno. It’s worth watching just for the noise.
In the fine tradition of previous Skyline based GT-R’s, the R35 is proving to be imminently tuneable, and the current darling of the big name tuners. With the products released over the last month or two, it would be possible to build a rather awe-inspiring GT-R based supercar - provided you have the cash.
Take one R35 GT-R, throw in a Cobb AccessPORT, bolt on some kit from WALD and go-faster gear from Nismo, and finish it all off with the GT570 package from HKS and the roads will be yours.
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Awesome to see how easily the new motor is liberated with even more power…
This is good news considering the doubts over the tuneability of the new VQ38 compared with the trusty old RB26.
I cannot believe Nissan has not given me one of these yet for evaluation.
I wouldn’t mind one for evaluation either Godspeed! It is refreshing that once again, the GT-R is so tuneable. There were concerns before its release that it wouldn’t be.
Did you guys honestly think Nissan would work on this for so long only to release something mediocre? It was always going to be something very special and, as all Nissan performance engines are, very tunable and durable in the process.
I can’t wait to see what happens when the big name tuners get a year or two of R&D into the car, and what times those cars pull at the track.
I’d love to see what HKS would do with a pair of R35 GT-Rs - a Tsukuba Time Attack car to replace their record-holding Evo, and a drag car to replace their retired “world’s fastest AWD” R33.
Fezzle, I own an R33 GT-R, so yes I did have some idea that the new R35 would be something special.
Do we need to explain that with great expectations come every possibility that they won’t be reached. There are countless examples in the past of a long-awaited successor that fails to live up to the hype.
When it comes to Nissan, and often Jap manufacturers in general, there’s far too much pride at stake to be unsure of the results before they put a vehicle like this to market, Maybe I just trust Nissan more.
Not saying Jap manufacturers haven’t bombed before, NS-X anyone? Just that I had complete faith Nissan would get it right.
Nice to see the VR38DETT taking up where the RB26DETT left off. Makes good power stock, but can easily liberate heaps more.
Except that there are market forces at play and Nissan doesn’t call the shots anymore, Renault does. It could have easily fallen off the rails. A bit like the Lexus LF-A has.
But it didn’t fall off the rails now did it so why bother talking about the “what if” scenarios, lets concern ourselves with the facts shall we.
I had complete faith that Nissan would deliver and they did.
The GT-R is awesome - case closed
The NSX was a great car. It punched well above its weight in terms of performance, and its main letdown was the 280ps “gentleman’s agreement” that stopped Honda from putting a big engine into it and making the power the Senna-tuned chassis always deserved. If Honda believed in forced induction or was able to slot a V8-V12 into it, the car would have been a weapon and a bargain at the same time.
The NSX tanked in the showrooms for the same reason the R32 GT-R did - no-one was going to pay that much for a Japanese car in that era. However, the GT-R was easier to go fast in with its AWD drivetrain and how easy it is to make more power on a turbo engine for less money so its gotten more popular as the prices have dropped.
The NSX was a great car… except for this… and that… and the fact that it tanked… But otherwise it was great?
I think the success of each model shows which was the superior package. I don’t need to defend the GT-R against the likes of the NSX, That’s not even a competition.
Now someone just has to run it round the ‘ring!
The NSX was just as successful in tuning circles. The NSX wasn’t eligible for grey import into Australia since Honda Australia brought it in officially, and so its resale didn’t suffer the way R32 GT-Rs have. The relative cost is what made the GT-R so much more popular, and the fact that anyone can rely on grip and grunt to go quick where it takes a driver to exploit handling and balance.
If I were building a race car where the rules permitted the GT-R to be modified with almost no restriction, I’d get one over a NSX any day. But the NSX was still an excellent car for what it was and, if I wanted to be challenged, I’d have more fun in a NSX.
i hate the new GTR it is fake and the engine is the same
look at pricing and why the took skyline emblem
we raced a gts with rb25 it had only greddy t78 turbo and it blowed the new fake gtr
even if i have the cash i would bu the real skyline gtr
RB26DETT for life
The style of writing is quite familiar . Have you written guest posts for other blogs?