Skyline GT-R V-Spec at track day

Level 8 User Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 278

Went for a spin in this thing last weekend, after two sessions I had a sore neck due to the braking/acceleration/corning ability of this machine. Nice one.

However nothing could distract from just how awesome these cars really are - after two sessions on a 1 1/2 mile circut we used half a tank of fuel which is about 30 litres!

Really it just slams the passengers aound in the seat, I did my best to hold the camera still (and myself too) but it is impossible in that car.

Going up the road for petrol it was totally drivable, plently of torque etc. despite being boosted to 475 bhp.

When (If) Tiscali sorts out my webspace I will post more photos and videos, including one of the dash. Until then here are a few photos and an in car video.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cancel/Track.html 3MB

This car is RWD all the time and only puts the power to the front wheels when it senses that the back end has broken away. You can hear the revs go up comming out of the hairpin as the car is sliding, but this system never really allows the car to get way out of shape.

Read more about this at http://www.jbskyline.net/R32/GTR/index2.php

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

thats the wrong page, the one you have pics of is an r33, not a 32.

Level 8 User Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 278

I can't remember if is it a R33 or R34, certianly the page I posted wasn't for that spec. It was to just to outline some of the systems that they use such as HICAS and ATTESA.
Feel free to post a good page for whichever model it is.

Level 8 User Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 278

After 8 emails and 3 phone calls Tiscali sorted out my webspace. Bunch of wasters.

Dan - I asked the owner and yes indeed, it is an R33.

I have updated that little site with some more pictures and videos, worth a look me thinks.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cancel/Track.html 6 MB

There are two pictures comparing the Skyline's brakes with a 2003 Sti Subaru's, quite a difference.
You can also see a faint white line on the inside of the Skyline's rim at the bottom right. This is where the caliper rubs against the rim...

The gauges in the centre console are as follows: (L-R)

Drive to the front wheels - You can see it flick up briefly at around eight seconds in, but believe me it went way further than that for longer at times.

Oil temperature - It did go past the safe bit at one point.

Boost - Quite a healthy reading - off the scale!