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More details on Power Enterprise’s quad-charged Nissan GT-R

More details on Power Enterprise’s quad-charged Nissan GT-R

Kenneth Hall January 13th, 2009 Kenneth Hall By Kenneth Hall Author January 13th, 2009
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December 31st, 1969 The Nissan GT-R has been called a supercar-killer for its astonishing performance in spite of what have classically been seen as huge barriers: its heavy weight, low cost and non-exotic origins. However, regardless of how one comes out on the 'supercar/non supercar' debate, the sheer impressiveness of this four-way forced induction system from the aptly-named Power Enterprise can't be denied. Power Enterprise's approach to modifying the Nissan GT-R follows the tried and true approach of tuning the ECU, adding sticky tires and putting a little color under the hood, but then it goes into relatively uncharted territory. The idea of turbo-supercharging a car isn't itself new - even a few production cars feature the solution. Twin-turbo and twin-supercharging, however is several orders of magnitude less common. With a pair of Rotrex C30-94 superchargers bolted to the engine and new fuel injectors to flow the necessary fuel, Power Enterprise says the car will feature better low-end and mid-range response, plus more torque. Exactly how much more torque or horsepower is generated depends on the kit. One kit offers 560hp (418kW) as a bolt-on to a stock GT-R, another offers 700hp (552kW). The guys at GTRblog managed to talk to Power Enterprise representative Hideo-san at this past weekend’s Tokyo Auto Salon and managed to come away with a few more juicy details. Firstly, the kit will go sale in global markets with prices for the basic package starting around $10,000. The decision to go the four-charger route instead of simply adding bigger turbos, according to Hideo, was to generate an ideal useable power band. Peak power of 485hp (362kW) in the standard GT-R arrives at a reasonably high 6,000rpm, however in the quad-charged example peak power arrives at just 4,000rpm – and this peak could be as high as 700hp (552kW) if a customer desires. In addition to the new superchargers, Power Enterprise also installs new fuel-injectors, an uprated fuel-pump, an ECU overhaul, a cold-air-intake, high-flow exhaust, and a bigger intercooler. Hideo said the package is still in development and no release date has been set yet.Power Enterprise quad-charged Nissan GT-R
The goal of adding twin-superchargers was to lower RPM levels for peak output to just 4,000 revs

The goal of adding twin-superchargers was to lower RPM levels for peak output to just 4,000 revs

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The Nissan GT-R has been called a supercar-killer for its astonishing performance in spite of what have classically been seen as huge barriers: its heavy weight, low cost and non-exotic origins. However, regardless of how one comes out on the 'supercar/non supercar' debate, the sheer impressiveness of this four-way forced induction system from the aptly-named Power Enterprise can't be denied.

Power Enterprise's approach to modifying the Nissan GT-R follows the tried and true approach of tuning the ECU, adding sticky tires and putting a little color under the hood, but then it goes into relatively uncharted territory. The idea of turbo-supercharging a car isn't itself new - even a few production cars feature the solution. Twin-turbo and twin-supercharging, however is several orders of magnitude less common.

With a pair of Rotrex C30-94 superchargers bolted to the engine and new fuel injectors to flow the necessary fuel, Power Enterprise says the car will feature better low-end and mid-range response, plus more torque. Exactly how much more torque or horsepower is generated depends on the kit. One kit offers 560hp (418kW) as a bolt-on to a stock GT-R, another offers 700hp (552kW).

The guys at GTRblog managed to talk to Power Enterprise representative Hideo-san at this past weekend’s Tokyo Auto Salon and managed to come away with a few more juicy details. Firstly, the kit will go sale in global markets with prices for the basic package starting around $10,000.

The decision to go the four-charger route instead of simply adding bigger turbos, according to Hideo, was to generate an ideal useable power band. Peak power of 485hp (362kW) in the standard GT-R arrives at a reasonably high 6,000rpm, however in the quad-charged example peak power arrives at just 4,000rpm – and this peak could be as high as 700hp (552kW) if a customer desires.

In addition to the new superchargers, Power Enterprise also installs new fuel-injectors, an uprated fuel-pump, an ECU overhaul, a cold-air-intake, high-flow exhaust, and a bigger intercooler. Hideo said the package is still in development and no release date has been set yet.
Power Enterprise quad-charged Nissan GT-R
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Tags: turbocharged, Modified, Tuner, turbo, Supercharged

Posted in: 2009, Nissan, News, GT-R


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  1. ma_bigslim avatar by bigslim #1, Posted: 12/29/2008

    while technically a marvel, it seems like overkill. especially considering the extra weight and complexity. the GTR engine is not known to be laggy anyway. and 600 horses is available through an ecu, exhaust, intake and intercooler. pretty blue though.

  2. ma_Mike avatar by Mike #2, Posted: 12/29/2008

    Sounds like an incredible feat, but you'd expect more astonishing power levels from a car that has two each blowers and turbos.

  3. ma_goFASTERRR avatar by goFASTERRR #3, Posted: 12/29/2008

    Sounds like an incredible feat, but you'd expect more astonishing power levels from a car that has two each blowers and turbos.

    Yeah, like where is the power at? No one has complained of turbo lag on the GT-R yet, so why add two superchargers? Seems like more for looks than for performance to me

  4. ma_tyndago avatar by tyndago #4, Posted: 12/30/2008

    http://www.2009gtr.com/2008/12/quad-charged-r35-gt-r-option-article.html

    Option article - translated into English on the quad charged R35 GT-R. Also some information on their ECU upgrades that should be available soon.

  5. ma_Bob Loblaw avatar by Bob Loblaw #5, Posted: 12/30/2008

    http://www.2009gtr.com/2008/12/quad-charged-r35-gt-r-option-article.html

    Option article - translated into English on the quad charged R35 GT-R. Also some information on their ECU upgrades that should be available soon.

    is it just me or does the translated version make less sense than the Japanese version? (and I don't even read/speak Japanese....)

    :confused:

  6. ma_NaBUru38 avatar by NaBUru38 #6, Posted: 1/13/2009

    I guess that this engine kit was designed to last, unlike some car tuners who have as a motto "short term gain, long term pain".

    I believe that the GT-R is a (seriously) high.performance sports car. The article itself explains why it's not a supercar. If you can read Spanish, for more details see this: http://naburu38.blogspot.com/2009/01/insuperables.html

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