Thursday, May 26, 2011

Dacia Duster: the Pikes Peak with the engine of the Nissan GT-R!

A Dacia Duster so you've never seen: the Romanian manufacturer controlled by Renault today announced its participation in the next edition of Pikes Peak, the most famous, fast and exhausting uphill races throughout the world scene. The car that will be created for the American race has been named Duster No Limit and was developed with the help of Renault Sport Technologies.

The model will compete in the Unlimited category, one in which there is no such restriction in terms of power, capacity, weight, tires, aerodynamics or transmission. So, being able to go at full speed, Renault's engineers have been able to put in the boot of the Duster a real monster, the VR 38 said of the Nissan GT-R.

The 3.8 twin-turbo V6 produces 530 hp on Japan's supercar, but this elaboration exasperated was brought to touch the 850 hp of maximum power at 7000 rpm and delivering over 900 Nm of torque at 5000 rpm. The change will be a six-speed sequential made by the specialist Sadev. And if you put in mind that, thanks to glass-fiber body weight of the Duster No Limit will be only 950 kg ...

Dacia Duster No Limit

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