Nissan North America and Real Time Racing are going to be running a 2004 Sentra SE-R Spec V in the Speed Channel World Challenge series. The car is a re-styled 2004 SE-R and it's going to be driven by Peter Cunningham:

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/03press62.html

It's about damn time Nissan shows some support!

Some pics:












Once again that is the new 2004 front end that I'm not too crazy about, but it still means more part's for the Spec!

Here's a quik list of "some" of the mods:

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250+hp/ 200+ lb-ft
6 speed tranny with Nismo LSD
EFI engine management system
Dry sump oiling system
RTR/Gemini exhaust header
RTR exhaust system
RTR Airbox and Filter assembly
Tilton flywheel and clutch
C&R Racing Radiator with Integral Oil Cooler
Fuel Safe Fuel Cell
Nismo Oil Filler cap
Nismo forged aluminum wheels
Eibach springs
RTR Real anti sway bar, rear axle, and spherical bearing suspension joints
Brembo 4 piston caliper fronts and 2 piston rear calipers and rotors
Hawk Performance brake pads
EFI Technology dash display and data system
RTR/Gemini Technologies Carbon fiber dash and center console
Sparco seat, harness, steering wheel and quick release hub
Sparco fire suppression system
Optima battery
Nismo shift knob
RTR/Gemini cf front splitter, undertray, rear wing, hood, and deck lid
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Too bad I'll be working too damn much to watch the races but, hopefully it will be at the Hyper Fest event/races this summer.

 

one of these days, i'll be sitting next to one of those cars...

brett, i'm trying to get all the SWC's on tape. i have the first round. i gotta find out when the second round is if it hasn't already happened.

 

wow. very cool news

 

Pete is fast

 

that is awesome. another team was going to run an '02(or '03, im not sure) Spec V in the Speed World Challenge. They ditched the car before the season so that they could prepare a 350Z for the same series. The Spec V race car was for sale, but noone bought it so they are parting it out. it is somewhere in the northwestern US. here is the link:

http://northwestnissans.com/board/sh...=&postid=89129

enjoy.

 

Yeah that car was sort of slapped together and didn't even complete a race. The team was poorly run and they dropped the project quikly.

This one however is a done deal and is fully supported by Nissan which includes fully built crate engine's supplied from Ed Pink, paid for by Nissan! Not to mention RTR behind the wheel, should see good things from this car.

I believe it's supposed to debut May 16-17.

Also, here's some shot's of mostly under car suspension stuff and a few interior pics that were taken at IAS:

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ssc/consult/dpio/teamrtr

 

They're off to a good start.

 

yeah, the other team wasnt backed by nissan. they dropped that Spec V project real quick. i had seen those undercar pics before, but I didnt make the connection and realize that it was the team RTR sentra. i cant wait to see the car in action! hopefully, this will spark some more aftermarket support for our cars too, especially from nismo.

 

not that i dont already, but i suppose i better start liking nissan a bit more now, since it doesnt appear as if petey will be running the ac no more

 

pd is driving the sentra for a new team called team-rtr. Realtime Racing will continue to campange the 2 DC5s (Pierre Kleinubing
and Zac Mazzotta) and another DC2 driven by Kevin McKee with factory acura support for the forseeable future. For the amount of time and money they have invested in getting the DC5 to where it is today, it's crazy to conside that they would abandon that program at this point.
And let us not forget about Bob Endicott in the King Motorsports DC5. With a big Mugen sponsorship, they should be competitive before too long. I saw that car at beaver, and it's nasty. The level of prepiration in SWCT is getting crazy.
As for the sentra. PD has only had the engines since december, so I would venture to guess that they have a long ways to go before that car will be competitive. The truth is that they are starting from scratch with a platform that is, unfortinately, inferior to the DC5. The do, however appear to have a very attractive rule package.