RE: Meet the world's fastest R35 GT-R - from Telford

RE: Meet the world's fastest R35 GT-R - from Telford

Thursday 22nd March 2012

Video: the world's fastest R35 GT-R - from Telford

With 1,250hp this Shropshire lad's certainly no slouch



If somebody asked you where the world's fastest Nissan GT-R came from, you would probably suggest some deeply deranged tuning works in Japan, or possibly a Californian custom shop. You would not think that the Shropshire town of Telford would be in the running.

Yet this is where 'Hulk', the creation of Severn Valley Motorsport, hails from. And last weekend it topped 218mph at RAF Marham, with Racelogic Vbox data and this onboardvideo to prove it, making it the fastest GT-R in the world (in terms of top speed at least).


That's pretty impressive in itself, but when you consider that a) this was the car's first outing and b) the weather wasn't exactly dry, it's a serious achievement.

To manage this, 'Hulk' has been modified over the past year to the extent that it now produces in excess of 1,250hp. But it's still road legal, and still runs ordinary road tyres.

That conventional rubber and the wet weather might have had something to do with the fact that, as the Severn Valley chaps tell it, the wheels were spinning all the way up to fourth gear. Despite this, the GT-R recorded a 110-130mph time of 1.47 seconds, which beats the time set by a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport by almost half a second over the same increment.

The Severn Valley guys say they're now after another run, this time in the dry. Should be interesting.

Severn Valley Motorsport, we salute you. We even forgive that lairy paint scheme - it is a promotional tool, after all...

 

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Escorttom

Original Poster:

45 posts

175 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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just don't let Liam Doran near it.

Vantagefan

643 posts

169 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Wow, great work.

7 TVR

2,589 posts

167 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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I want One, just not in Green!

RemyMartin

6,759 posts

204 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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If Kawasaki made cars.....

Repent

358 posts

172 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Calling sw1000xg, thats calling sw1000xg over! shoot

AyBee

10,522 posts

201 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Impressive stuff. Why did Bugatti have so many issues with the Veyron and cooling when a tuner in Telford can get bigger bhp figures? confused

robinandcamera

265 posts

179 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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What a shame it looks like a maxpower car frown

MiseryStreak

2,929 posts

206 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Does it still have it's Nissan warranty?

AlanN

246 posts

255 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Escorttom said:
just don't let Liam Doran near it.
laugh

Also...how long between rebuilds/explosions?

Sorry but don't see the point of these "cars" at all rolleyes

I'm an R35 owner, by the way.

y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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RemyMartin said:
If Kawasaki made cars.....
biggrin

McSam

6,753 posts

174 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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So, that 1600bhp one we heard about a while back doesn't count any more? Or have they just not had time to get a top speed run out of it?

You could be quite confident this car would go considerably faster than 218mph too, mind.

Blown2CV

28,695 posts

202 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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eek still doing 120mph when navigating the gaps in the barriers at the end!!

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

197 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Wow that's very impressive to be the fastest GTR in the world with 250bhp less than this one biggrin

http://alphagtr.com/alpha/models/alpha-12-package/

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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AyBee said:
Impressive stuff. Why did Bugatti have so many issues with the Veyron and cooling when a tuner in Telford can get bigger bhp figures? confused
You could probably drive a Veyron all day every day! this you probably can't

UltimaCH

3,155 posts

188 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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I guess for such "special" machines a "special" paint can be admitted. Great work and the ease to reach those speeds is astonishing (in damp conditions too). Congratulations

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

182 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Well done to the guys at Seven Valley for making a fast car bloody fast. I'd still prefer their Cosworth KA though. Making a slow car bloody fast is a lot more of an achievement. driving

wackojacko

8,581 posts

189 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Worlds fastest GTR ?!

Try the AMS Alpha 12 first GTR into the 8's and they hit well over 230mph at the Texas mile.


They recently had 1601bhp out of it.

paulmon

2,127 posts

240 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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Its a shame anyone with photo sensitive epilepsy will never see the end of the film as they will be frothing at the mouth after the first 25 seconds.

RobCrezz

7,892 posts

207 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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AyBee said:
Impressive stuff. Why did Bugatti have so many issues with the Veyron and cooling when a tuner in Telford can get bigger bhp figures? confused
Bugatti has to last longer and be drivable by anyone with the money. Skylines and supras (and many other cars) have been producing 1000+bhp long before the Bugatti.

AlanN

246 posts

255 months

Thursday 22nd March 2012
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MonkeyMatt said:
You could probably drive a Veyron all day every day! this you probably can't
Ding ding and triple ding!