Nissan Gt-R 2011 7:24:22 Nurburgring Lap

[Dagabond]

Jump to the 3.10 sec mark if you dont understand Japanese...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK62yyQ33_U

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

cheers for sharing, awesome vid.

[Benny]

Simply amazing piece of engineering at one of the best circuits in the world. Great watch.

Where is Brian? He'll like this.

Benny

[bcl]

Great vid.

I'm going to a Nissan organised GTR drive day at Phillip Island this Friday to drive the new model, so this raises the anticipation level somewhat.

My new GTR should arrive in a few weeks ... just left Japan a few days before the Tsunami hit.

0-100 3.0secs; quarter mile 11.0 @124mph stock standard.

Brian

[ebxmple]

Not bad..... I can do it in 7.07 mins on GT5 in my R34 lol.

[Benny]

Brian please take some photos and give us a full briefing on your experience.

Benny

[Process West]

  On 28/03/2011 at 7:59 PM, bcl said:

Great vid.

I'm going to a Nissan organised GTR drive day at Phillip Island this Friday to drive the new model, so this raises the anticipation level somewhat.

My new GTR should arrive in a few weeks ... just left Japan a few days before the Tsunami hit.

0-100 3.0secs; quarter mile 11.0 @124mph stock standard.

Brian

Brian

I have the Willall titanium Exhaust and tune in my GTR now....gunna give it a squirt at WSID tomorrow night (Wed 6th April)

I clicked off a wheel spinning 3.1 sec 0-100 with my performance box yesterday..the thing is a jet

What colour is your GTR

Kev

[Buf-Phoon]

Brian, not bad for another work car

I expect a full report when you can get yourself out of the drivers seat.......bastard.

Seriously though , well deserved after all your hard work

[Turbo6FG]

Willall do some awesome stuff for the GTR. Should get a 10 second quarter if all goes well. I think they had a video of one doing it easy with their basic tune package.

This new lap time is incredible though. According to this list it's in 9th place http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap_times but some of the cars (like the 7.18 by the GT2 RS) were set on the shorter track. Also the GTR has stuff like sat nav, leather seats & airconditioning, which most of those cars don't. It also looks like a true street car (albeit quite a sporty one) rather than a glorified go kart. You could almost say it's the fastest 'true' road car. Quite impressive too when you compare the price.

[bcl]

I picked up the new GTR on Friday afternoon, and have done 1500kms driving through the alpine area of N.E Victoria over the last 3 days.

This car is so much better than my F6’s and STi’s for performance driving there is no comparison. And there shouldn’t be, given the price difference.

The GTR is basically a race car pretending to be a street car.

The F6 is ‘soft’ by comparison, and is more like a taxi trying to be a performance car.

The GTR runs very low gearing, is fast spooling and extremely flexible in every gear, even 6th hits 1 bar boost by 3000rpm.

My wife’s biggest complaint was that there was no grab handle for her to hang on to, as she said she was scared at the speed through the mountains. And that was driving within my limits.

The GTR is just so well balanced and stable, gear changes super quick using the a paddle shifts, the 390mm front rotors with 6-pot brakes pull it up very quickly. It has a very slippery shape ( .26 drag co-efficient) and just feels like it is slicing through the air.

The front end on my F6 feels very heavy by comparison, and turn-in nowhere near as sharp as it could be.

Having big power and traction makes a huge difference to the driving experience, and I found I could apply a lot more power out of corners.

Whilst both my F6s would pull away from a GTR from say 100kph, it is really irrelevant, as the GTR is about the overall driving experience.

GTR seats are basically Recaros, compared to the big leather lounge chairs in the F6.

GTR boot was surprisingly big (deep rather) not as big as the Ford, but more than enough for 2 peoples gear. Then again it really is a 2-seater sports car (although it is a 4-seater), whereas the Ford is a genuine 4-5 seater.

The GTR uses a lot more fuel than my ZF auto, as 120kph 6th in the GTR is around 2500rpm, and more like 2000rpm in the F6. The GTR needs a 7th gear, but it is obviously that it has not been built with the intention to be a highway cruiser.

GTR suspension is extremely firm, even in “comfort mode”, and very hard around town.

GTR instrumentation is amazing for a standard car. As well as sat nav and dvd, you have a 7’’ display where you can configure your own instrumentation, and store the settings. You can set up custom views for water temp, oil temp, trans oil temp, engine oil pressure, trans oil pressure, boost speed, front /rear torque split, cornering g-force, accel pedal %, accel/braking g force, and plenty of others.

Overall, an incredible car.

After my first service in a few weeks I’ll run it on the dyno and take it down wsid.

Oh, and test out the launch mode (4000 rpm automatic clutch dump) for the 3.0 sec 0-100kph

Brian