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Gran Turismo Photo Dump: GT4 1994 NISMO 240 R

Promoting Gran Turismo Photo Dump, my blog of Gran Turismo game series car pictures. 

The basic premise is to post pictures that I make or made as part to walking through GT4 (currently), GT5 and GT6 and later possibly future Gran Turismo installments (but who knows) and to write a few words about each car, not too much -- not to be too verbose; recently I have started to quote the in-game car description for each car posted.

Here is a recent post.
 

Gran Turismo Photo Dump: GT4 1994 NISMO 240 R: Today's car is the GT4 1994 NISMO 240 R. The car is painted something black - I forgot to look up the name of this particular colo... 

Today's car is the GT4 1994 NISMO 240 R.

The car is painted something black - I forgot to look up the name of this particular color option. EDIT: all NISMO 270Rs were painted black with a white stripe down the side of the body.

The photo travel location this time is Togakushi Kogen which is an icy winter road with a backdrop of beautiful snow-capped peaks somewhere in Japan.

The 1994 NISMO 270R is a tuned car based on the S14 Silvia K's produced by NISMO which is an abbreviation of Nissan Motorsports being a Nissan motorsport arm and factory tuner.

 

An excellent and most complete car hardly requiring anything else to win GT4 challenges and/or events. 

Even with my driving style it netted me some fairly easy but honest wins in the 150+ a-spec points bracket, though I usually win only at below 20 or 30.

The GT(5) file on the car says:

Nismo's special edition 270R went on sale in 1994, limited to just 30 units. Nismo, Nissan's motorsports arm and factory tuner, was among the first factory tuners in Japan, and the 270R represented one of its first complete-car projects.

Based on the S14 Silvia, the 270 in its name referred to the power output of its engine, rather than the displacement, as was the case with the 180SX. Nismo increased the power of the engine, not by installing larger turbos, but incorporating custom cams, an intercooler and a revised ECU (Electronic Control Unit aka "chip"). Low to mid-range torque was retained in order to not compromise its on-road civility. An upgraded clutch and driveshaft were incorporated to match the engine's extra output.

The suspension was set up for the street, but slight modifications to the chassis were made to sharpen the car's handling. Ride height was lowered 0.3 inches, and the shock and springs were firmer. Improved bushings were also added.

Those who liked being noticed had nothing to worry about when driving the 270R because Nismo's body kit certainly stood out. It featured a vented hood that allowed excess engine heat to escape, as well as a flashy rear wing. All 270Rs were painted black, with a white stripe down the side of the body.

I'll admit to touching up these pictures some but only to light them as GT4 pictures often appear too dark... well, on my computer screen anyway.

This kind of landscape looks familiar to me. This is what we get in Russia in winter. In terms of snow, Japan has nothing on us.

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