Photo: Angryman Playground
With the next Nissan GT-R widely expected to go hybrid, you could say that a new age of Japanese performance cars is upon us, one where electric motors play a huge role. But that doesn't mean we can ignore the glorious past of Japanese Grand Touring Championship that shaped motorsport in the 90s.
The event that we know today as Super GT gave us the R34, founded the Nismo division and sparked a rivalry between Nissan and Honda that survives to this day. No longer bound by the horsepower armistice, the two companies may once again lock horns using the GT-R and the NSX.
Today, we want to take a loot at the visual art of Angryman Playground, a Melbourne based car illustrator with a strong passion for extreme mods. He took the brand new Honda NSX supercar and went crazy with it. A wider body, race-style aero components and a gigantic roof scoop were all added.
We can't even begin to describe the changes that we see or pretend to understand how he made them happen using 3D mapping software. But the result is fit to race in any series, especially the JGTC.
You might think that because it doesn't have the electric motors, the GT-R is no match for Honda's speed machine. But the latest Nismo model pushes 600 horsepower, so that's not true. In any case, GT500 regulations would limit the output of both cars.
While we wait for Nissan to figure out what it wants to do with the GT-R, let's examine what goes into making the new NSX a supercar. Firstly, it has a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 engine in the middle. It's connected to an electric motor that also acts as a torque filler and a twin-clutch gearbox. There are two more motors at the front, one per wheel, which means they also provide dynamic torque vectoring.
No specific hp figures are available at the moment, though with a combined output somewhere around 550 to 600 hp, it should reach 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds.
Today, we want to take a loot at the visual art of Angryman Playground, a Melbourne based car illustrator with a strong passion for extreme mods. He took the brand new Honda NSX supercar and went crazy with it. A wider body, race-style aero components and a gigantic roof scoop were all added.
We can't even begin to describe the changes that we see or pretend to understand how he made them happen using 3D mapping software. But the result is fit to race in any series, especially the JGTC.
You might think that because it doesn't have the electric motors, the GT-R is no match for Honda's speed machine. But the latest Nismo model pushes 600 horsepower, so that's not true. In any case, GT500 regulations would limit the output of both cars.
While we wait for Nissan to figure out what it wants to do with the GT-R, let's examine what goes into making the new NSX a supercar. Firstly, it has a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 engine in the middle. It's connected to an electric motor that also acts as a torque filler and a twin-clutch gearbox. There are two more motors at the front, one per wheel, which means they also provide dynamic torque vectoring.
No specific hp figures are available at the moment, though with a combined output somewhere around 550 to 600 hp, it should reach 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds.
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