Video: Haltech Nissan GT-R dragstrip
20 May, 2008
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The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX is well known as the fastest accelerating car in its price bracket – even more so with a few after market additions.
It is certainly interesting then to see how the new Nissan GT-R – sporting only an Australian-developed Haltech ECU – performs against a highly tuned version of its local rival.
Australian tuners Haltech managed a spectacular 11.1 second run from its lightly modified 2008 GT-R at Western Sydney International Dragway over the weekend.
Independent tests of the Nissan GT-R have managed a best time of 11.6 in completely standard form.
Apart from the ECU, the entire car is in showroom condition running full weight with a stock exhaust on regular 98 RON unleaded petrol.
Regulations outline cars which dip below the 10.99 second mark down the quarter mile require a roll-cage to compete again.
Usually this requires substantial modifications but in this case of the invincible GT-R a new ECU is all it took to tease the 10-second barrier – and by an Australian tuner no less.
Source: GTRBlog
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May 20th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
*****PRIMO!*****
How long before we can buy gray market imports?
Cheers
F-0
Like the GTR it rocks! :-)
Vote:May 20th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Woosh – watch it go
Vote:May 20th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Yes wait till blitz, hks etc get a full play of this car.
Love how it looks like the evo goes yeah i got a half car length at end of first gear and then…
anti spam word – Civic lol — “The civic can never lose”
Vote:May 20th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
its available for 102,000$ or so on certain import sites. J-Spec ..
not so much Primo after all eh?
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 7:05 am
$102K isn’t so bad when you think that the HR34 was about that price 7 or so years ago. Nothing really unusual there.
Love how it nailed the Evo. Though, I think they are two totally different classes. I’ve never put the Evo/WRX in the same class as the monster knows as the GTR.
SteveC
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 9:01 am
The Lancer in the video is a different car to the one in the video
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 9:21 am
track car vs rally car???? be interesting to see how the GTR goes against the evo once it gets into the twisty stuff or god forbid some gravel……
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 9:32 am
Awesome car the GTR,Toyota and Honda have alot of work to do playing catch up.Good stuff Nissin.
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 10:10 am
its interesting that the tunned GT-R does 11.6 , to put that into perspective there is a hefner twin turbo lambo gallardo that does 10.7.
when you compare the price you start to appreciate the GT-R so much more, this car will be the last great petrol powered car i dont see any one dethroning it apart from toyota building a crazy supra but i cant see it being as good allround.
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 11:12 am
Absolutely love the GTR. Smack on some lightweight aftermarket rims (in black of course) and a full titanium exhaust system….wicked.
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 12:26 pm
there is
“not” something missing
if you drive nissan
LOL
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Would have got a better time if he watched the lights….wonder how slow his reaction time was? Brilliant time still though.
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
B.M. – the reaction time doesn’t make any difference to the E.T. The clock only starts when you break the light beam. Its quite impressive to see the car go in the flesh, very surprising!
Vote:May 21st, 2008 at 11:02 pm
yes, grey imports already starts about 100K, but by later this year that should completely be abolished.
If you have the 100K, might as well.
BUT, you might be risking warranty or some services since its not an official Oz release, and will be treated like your usual import.
Considering it’ll be about 140K AUD, you save a bunch…. HUGE amounts actually… remember 100K is landed and shipped here.
And yes wait til HKS, Blitz etc tuners get their hands on it, should be super car eater….
Vote:May 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
spam word – Nissan! Yeah!
Jamieson – ‘And yes wait til HKS, Blitz etc tuners get their hands on it, should be super car eater…. ‘
lol Its already is :P
Vote:May 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
And HKS, Mines, Blitz, Top Secret, Jun and the like have had R35’s since at least January for the Tokyo Auto Salon. It won’t be long before these cars are destroying everything in their path, long live Godzilla!
Vote:May 22nd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Seems like Oz drag racing rules may need to be modified prety soon. 10.99, pwehh, easy for this beast.
Vote:Oh well, it won’t be long till they start doing 10’s, wonder where they’ll race them on Friday night drags. Can’t really see too many amateur racers with mild modded GT-R’s fitting their GT-R’s with roll-bars.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Fellas, you can get it in Oz for 85K, for racing purposes only.
Vote:The WA GT-R cost 80K to bring to Perth, race use only.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Haha… that R35 makes the EVO look like a regular Lancer.
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