Nissan drops Launch Control from 2010 GT-R

[irax]

Originally Posted by rc1honda

What a crap out, so instead of just beefing up the tranny we just get rid if it altogether. Wow what a way to totally tune down a great car. Way to go Nissan, so now not only is the car speed limited unless on a track, it now will have no launch feature to go a long with it's don't touch anything or void your warranty B.S. It's always somethig with Nissan either they donlt ship thier best to the US i.e. skyline, s15. Or when they do they wrap in so much red tape you need a swiss army knife just to get in the driver seat.... RANT

actually if you kept up with the news, you would know that the '10 model not only comes with like... a 5% hp boost, but also a stronger transmission, and now without the whole launch control program as well the transmission should be a lot more reliable. I'm just waiting for some one to put an rb26 6speed and hook up the atessa and call it a day, or just make it a rwd car

[David Steele]

Originally Posted by jskateborders

They shoulda built the tranny to hold the power. It seems like evo's and suby's dont have issues this bad, granted they dont have nearly the power, but hell, their also like a third the price...

Incorrect massive grip will break things, driving your production car like a race car will break things.

Originally Posted by tacotacotaco

Like i stated before when the evo's and wrx first started getting popular youll be surprised how many tranny issues there were. Especially honda owners moving over to awd and still driving awd cars by dumping the clutch and slamming their shifts. Maybe no one followed the problems with those cars because it was back in the day. But imagine the strain launching an almost 4k lb car awd to those speeds. Id like to see the price for a gtr then. Buy an evo and constantly rev up and launch off the line and tell me how the tranny holds up.

Also im not sure but don't quote me. The launch control was something that people figured out the car could do by pressing certain buttons. It wasnt exactly put into the car as an exclusive feature. More of like up up down down left right left right select start. If someone can research that and put it out in the clear.

Incorrect it's not some sort of bypass it's software that was ment to come with the car (launch control) .

Originally Posted by irax

I'm just waiting for some one to put an rb26 6speed and hook up the atessa and call it a day, or just make it a rwd car

It isn't any stronger. It's has the same internals as a 300zx transmission, and the attessa isn't the same .

[spanishricer]

Originally Posted by irax

I'm just waiting for some one to put an rb26 6speed and hook up the atessa and call it a day, or just make it a rwd car

Originally Posted by David Steele

It isn't any stronger. It's has the same internals as a 300zx transmission, and the attessa isn't the same .

I thought the 6-speed in the R34 GTR was a Getrag unit?

[irax]

Originally Posted by spanishricer

I thought the 6-speed in the R34 GTR was a Getrag unit?

both are getrag and really strong i thought.