High speed ride now getting dangerous

[KingAbarth]

Originally Posted by First

Very much noted on your points King. I am not at all that too concern of the harsh ride actually but I am rather concerned regarding the nervouness above 180km/h. I travel around 30km to work everyday and there is a stretch of perfect straight road with high speed bend that last around 10 km of length which my 65AMG always took it over 250km/h in many instances. With a GTR, I am sure i will be pushign around the same speed. Thats why i'm rather nervous. But true, I should just shutup and drive the car first and feel it. Hopefully my car doesn't show those kind of unwanted traits.

My car kept getting delayed (doesn't everybody?) Now I am surely to get it by late next week. We'll see then. I'm just doing some pre-emptive knowledge here

How i wish my drive to work allows me to do a 250kmh sprint...

I can only look forward to the drive up north to sepang...

[Paul_G]

Originally Posted by EvolutionVI

My first GTR drivingexperience:


The suspension is very stiff when going normal speeds,you can really feel every small bump in the road. It did feel very nervous on changing road conditions(b-roads with changing tarmac surfaces),but i think thats just till you get used to it,i mean i had just around 1 hour to drive it


Steering felt great,very good responce,brakes are great......awesome car,can´t wait to get mine next year

Thanks for the feedback. Out of interest, what suspension settings were you using? Did you have a chance to play about with them?

[EvolutionVI]

Originally Posted by Paul_G

Thanks for the feedback. Out of interest, what suspension settings were you using? Did you have a chance to play about with them?

About everything i could adjust.

I found no real noticable difference between the damper settings,comfortwise.

They are very harsh in every setting when youre going slow,but tbh,not knowing how it works and only having 1 hour to drive,i switched all switches to "racemode" and that was fine for me.

[Swiss Frank]

Originally Posted by Kanzen

Comfort and performance is always a trade off.

I disagree. I think comfort, performance, styling, money, and standing orders are always a tradeoff 8-)

-- light-weight wheels and brakes invariable better both comfort and performance. In this case, comfort and performance trade off for money. If the wheels are too big (thus too heavy) for styling purposes (I believe the case on GT-R) then we're trading comfort and performance for styling.

-- runflats are never cheaper or more comfortable than non-runflags. However standing orders at Nissan require engineers to spec either runflats or a spare.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by dec55

I wonder if the US version will have this problem, it's Speed limiter is going to be
set higher than the Japan version...so I imagine high speeds for the US version
will be more stable in this sense...

Congrats on you gorgeous GTR...hope you get the high speed performance
fixed....

There is no limiter on US spec (193 mph, if you can find a stretch of road and a good tail wind)

I don't believe this to be an issue between limiter and suspension, no relation; that was just a best guess. Maybe ECU, sensors, and suspension.

The US spec upgrade / recalibration is the engine mount bushings and transaxle bushing; probably just an upgrade from squishy rubber OEM to polyurethane. I believe it also has a slight modification to spring rate as well.

In My Opinion: the detachment of some of the road surfaces in and around Tokyo (as SwissFranc states to address earthquake regulations) causes the suspension to become unsettled. The 'electronic nannies' are probably not calibrated to this type of road surface. Unfortunately, Nissan is probably learning now that the fine tune of a circuit track (Ring) is not conducive to the loosely-fitted surface of an entrenched Tokyo road system.

As others have already stated, the 'common man' suspension will be addressed by the aftermarket tuners. It looks like there will be many options from British, Japanese, Australian, and US tuners to meet this need. Nissan has produced a 'purpose-built' vehicle that will not be satisfying to some road surfaces. Additionally, as the 1st year of a new model, we will be seeing many improvements going forward to 2nd and 3rd year....guaranteed.

[Phoenix]

Any follow-up on this...

How is it driving.

• Still a problem?
• Got used to it?
• Having tuner make adjustments / modify suspension?

thanks

[WickedOne513]

Originally Posted by dec55

I wonder if the US version will have this problem, it's Speed limiter is going to be
set higher than the Japan version...so I imagine high speeds for the US version
will be more stable in this sense...

Congrats on you gorgeous GTR...hope you get the high speed performance
fixed....

Whats the U.S. version limiter going to be set on and any ideas if the Mines ECU will have problems with the car.... Currently trying to decide weather to buy one when I am Japan and bring it over or try and fight for the wait of a U.S. version......... personally I am leaning towards the Japan version I like the idea of having a RHD version in the states to set it out a little, along with the smaller bucket seats

[First]

No limiter I suppose. Manufacturer claims 193mph.

[psd1]

Originally Posted by EvolutionVI

My first GTR drivingexperience:

Yesterday i could do a 1 hour testdrive in the new GTR

I dont need to write about the good things,just maybe the from my point of view "bad" things.

The suspension is very stiff when going normal speeds,you can really feel every small bump in the road. It did feel very nervous on changing road conditions(b-roads with changing tarmac surfaces),but i think thats just till you get used to it,i mean i had just around 1 hour to drive it

The car was still limited,but driving with 180km/h max didn´t make me feel im "unsafe" in it,it was more boring,as the car was very good balanced and you could easily do this with just one hand on the steeringwheel on a not super flat road. I was thinking,the faster you go,the better it works....

The car had the Bridgestones on,no mods made to it yet.

I would really like to take it to higher speeds,but thats at the moment not possible due to the speedlimiter.

Steering felt great,very good responce,brakes are great......awesome car,can´t wait to get mine next year

Hey Alex, did you take the R34 up there to drive it? any pics of the two together? Why havent Brommler removed the speed limiter yet?

SS

[EvolutionVI]

Originally Posted by psd1

Hey Alex, did you take the R34 up there to drive it? any pics of the two together? Why havent Brommler removed the speed limiter yet?

SS

Hi Shawn,no,i didn´t take my R34 there,but pics of both together will be available in some weeks

Limiter will be removed very soon

[wizard39]

Just got my ECU Mined recently and had a chance to drive it above 180km/h. I drove my car at about 150 -160 most of the time but when I find a nice stretch of empty road, I will pushed it up to 215km/h and keep it that way as long as I can see empty roads.

I am please to say that my car does not appear to have the same problem as Tokyogtr. My car is probably the first batch as well, serial number about 200+.

[Swiss Frank]

I'd say the ride is very sensitive to surface, so Wizard39, your car may be better adjusted but it might more likely be the road. where are you driving it?

[tokyogtr]

as frank says it's all about the surface. i drove my car on fuji speedway and did not have any problems at all. but on roads with joins and long sweeping bends then the car gets unsettled immediately.

[wizard39]

I drove my car in Malaysia highway. Decent road, smooth and not much bumps. If not smooth, I will probably not dare to drive so fast. I am quite a chicken.