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Nissan Chief Creative Officer, Shiro Nakamura, was determined to design a new GT-R that pushed the boundaries of technology and styling, while staying true to the GT-R Japanese heritage. According to Shiro Nakamura, the angular lines and high-tech vents of the GT-R were inspired by the Japanese anime series Gundam.

“The GT-R is unique because it is not simply a copy of a European designed supercar,” says Shiro Nakamura. “It had to really reflect [Japanese] culture.”

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Shift lock drifting is a drifting technique that works by downshifting without the use of heel-toe shifting for rev matching. Rev matching means the engine speed and drive train speed are similar, resulting in a smooth down shift.

Speeding into a corner and then downshifting from third to second without heel-toe shifting, or fourth to third gear for higher speed drifts, causes the drive train to lock, car to slow, and the engine rpm to peak. The quick shift without rev matching causes the drive wheels to momentarily lock initiating the drift and the high engine rpm gives you the horsepower and torque needed to smoke the tires.

Drift Sequence:

1. Gas all the way in third gear
2. Brake
3. Steer
4. Let clutch go without using heel-toe technique.
5. Rear wheels will suddenly lock
6. Then slide
7. Countersteer
8. After car is facing corner exit, gently give the car gas – how hard you step on the gas depends how much you are countersteering and sliding.

The shift lock drifting technique can be damaging to engine rods because the ECU is unable to rev limit when the rear wheels are spinning faster than the engine’s fly wheel. Drivers who downshift too early are sometimes called “Rod Stretchers.”

Since shift lock drifting can damage a drift car, it is recommended to practice on a wet surface or snow if possible when learning how to drift using this technique.

Limited Slip Differential, or LSD, is a type of axle gearing that allows both wheels sharing an axel to lock up and spin at the same time when one wheel starts to slip. For this reason, limited slip differentials allow power to be transferred to the wheel with the most traction. LSD maximizes traction and makes controlling oversteer easier like when drifting. LSD is essential to building a drift car.

Advantages of limited slip differential include less inside wheelspin when accelerating out of a tight corner and more horsepower to the ground. Suspension tuning is needed to gain all the benefits of a limited slip differential. In drift cars, coil over damper kits and pillow ball upper mounts for camber correction are typically the suspension choice.

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