New Dyno Confirms Nissan GT-R Power

Much have been said about the Nissan GT-R’s impressive acceleration prowness. With its weight of over 3,800 lbs, many pundits were saying instead of the circa 480 bhp that Nissan claims the twin-turbocharged V6 engine pushes out, that figure could be in the region of 530 bhp. After all, how else can such a hefty car get from 0 to 60 in under 4 sec depending on surface and use of launch control, this just seem impossible.

All the hoo hah about Nissan over boosting the turbo (something that’s quite easy to do) is now laid to rest. What causes all this uncertainty is there wasn’t an accurate way to measure driveline losses, until now. A new type of dyno is able to measure this loss and as a result a GT-R was strapped one more time and put through its paces.

The results are 3 runs? 485 bhp spot on. No more, no less. Except Nissan’s torque figures are conservative by around 40 lb-ft! So how did Nissan pull of the trick of making 3,800 lbs of metal go from 0 to 60 in under 4 sec? Less drivelines losses than expected. So the engineers at Nissan did manage to shave some friction loss from all the AWD drive train and clutches.

Via Motor Trend

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