Yesterday, we brought you news about Boulder Nissan’s incredible, Switzer E1K-X GTR - an absolute beast of a 1300 AWHP track-day car built to take advantage of everything the R35 platform (and Switzer’s engine program) has to offer. There was something else, though, that we didn’t mention … because we didn’t notice it ourselves until …
For Switzer Performance, October’s move to the new building was all about more space, more room, and more resources to get things done. Since moving to the new facility in Oberlin, Ohio’s industrial park, Switzer’s productivity has been vastly improved - and they’re turning cars faster than ever … including this latest Ultimate Street Edition …
Yesterday’s press release about the availability of turn-key, “production” Ultimate Street Edition USE GTR Nissans from Switzer Performance featured one of the most recent USE GTRs to be completed - a car that is not only one of our favorites, but (judging from the number of responses and questions) is also one of your favorites! …
Earlier this year, Oberlin, Ohio-based tuning firm Switzer Performance moved from its 4500 sq. ft. garage to a sprawling, 105,000 sq. ft. complex. The move has allowed Switzer to expand its existing tuning operations - but a huge expansion like Switzer’s will always be about something more than simple expansion. “We took a small performance …
Over on the new GTR Life forums, “Murtaza” recently posted a number of images from this month’s Shift S3ctor “Airstrip Attack” runway event. I’m sure you’re familiar with the event (covered in these pages many times already), and are probably burned out on pictures, but trust me: you want to see these. It turns out …
Last weekend’s Shift S3ctor Airstrip Attack has already been covered on these pages a few times already (here and here), but that doesn’t make an afternoon of watching the world’s fastest cars blast down a runway at speeds of over 200 mph any less fun! With that in mind, I’ve decided to post Ryan Randels’ …
A few weeks ago, a Switzer Performance R1K-X set a new pump-gas quarter-mile record at Michigan’s Milan Dragway. It was a great afternoon for us and John Shepherd from Sheptrans, who drove the car on that run. This past weekend, we went back to Milan to develop some new traction and launch control strategies for …
The data-logs are being analyzed and the time-slips are being compared to what the rest of the best have already posted, but the short version is that this trio of Switzer-tuned R1K-X GTR road warriors did really, really well at Michigan’s Milan Dragway this past weekend. Once the crew settles down and everything’s out of …