Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Wald International destroy 'tune' the GTR

Wald International, the Japanese tuning company famous for creating absurd modifications had turned their heads on the GTR, deciding that the Nissan GTR might be too fast for it's own good, had created this special set of fins and spoilers to slow down the GTR. Including fins that were mounted in the front intake grill, supposedly to reduce air intake and mess with the combustion ratio, rear carbon fiber wheel arch to give it a more 'aggressive' (read: heavier) body, 22" wheels that's perfect for increasing the unsprung weight for the wheels, and of course front bumpers, side skirts and a rear diffuser meant to balance the weight penalties imposed on all sides of the 1740kg GTR. Well perhaps the wheels were rather good looking, we preffered the original 20" that's cleverly made to have rim lining 'catch pins' where it prevents the tyres from coming off when the GTR was doing some mighty 1.5G lateral steers.