RE: Nissan GT-R breaks drift record

RE: Nissan GT-R breaks drift record

Friday 8th April 2016

Nissan GT-R breaks drift record

Ever wondered what a GT-R looks like sideways at 190mph?



Nissan is a known name in the Guinness Book of World Records with a pair of 370Zs performing the longest twin-vehicle drift in Dubai back in 2014. Now, not long after the MY17 GT-R hit the scene at the New York Motor Show, the engineers at Nissan weren't resting on their laurels and sought after another record.

This time, the fastest drift record was in their sights. Picking a track suitable for this attempt fell to Dubai yet again. The Fujairah International Airport's 3km runway was picked in order to comfortably attack the drift. The 2016 GT-R was developed alongside Nismo specialists and prepared by GReddy, it wasn't going to hanging around for long with the engineers aiming for over 180mph. There are no specifics on what was done to the car bar that power was increased to 1380hp with all power being sent to the rear wheels.

Driven by Masato Kawabata, Japanese drift Champion, the GT-R managed a drift at 189.49mph holding a 30 degree angle easily removing Polish driver Jakub Przygonski's 135.44mph record from the top spot. Let's see if Nissan can go for the triple and get the longest drift.

Watch the video here.

 

 

 

 

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stephen300o

Original Poster:

15,464 posts

227 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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It looks a bit like a Nissan advertisement

Edited by stephen300o on Friday 8th April 13:25

Joeguard1990

1,181 posts

125 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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stephen300o said:
It looks a bit like a Nissan Adverisment.
Well to be fair they did provide a 1400BHP GTR..

r.g.

601 posts

211 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Sounds impressive, but the video doesn't do it justice. There's no sense of perspective, Needs a high level shot showing the whole thing.

If the whole point of the record is to set the FASTEST drift, why show it in slow motion?!. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/12.gif

Joeguard1990

1,181 posts

125 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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r.g. said:
Sounds impressive, but the video doesn't do it justice. There's no sense of perspective, Needs a high level shot showing the whole thing.

If the whole point of the record is to set the FASTEST drift, why show it in slow motion?!. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/12.gif
Agreed, wheres the in-car footage so we get a sense of the speed?!
Didn't look like 186mph at all in the video.

Maldini35

2,913 posts

187 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Nice idea - poor execution.

-Slow-mo hides the speed.

-Where's the in-car footage during the drift?

-Why did they insist on using 'the voice over guy' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvv8SMTyAgk

Shame, as the car looks and sounds awesome.

remkingston

472 posts

146 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Typo / autocorrect error maybe on the use of "hanging" or should be "to be hanging around":

The 2016 GT-R was developed alongside Nismo specialists and prepared by GReddy, it wasn't going to hanging around for long with the engineers aiming for over 180mph.

LukeDM

467 posts

122 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Fair play that's very impressive but what a bloody awful video!

LotusOmega375D

7,580 posts

152 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Never understood why people go to all the bother of converting a 4WD car to 2WD for drifting, drag racing etc. Why not just start with a RWD car in the first place, if 4WD is so cr@p at such disciplines?

gforceg

3,524 posts

178 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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I can't get excited about this sort of thing. Is it really that big a deal?

V8 FOU

2,970 posts

146 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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gforceg said:
I can't get excited about this sort of thing. Is it really that big a deal?
Agree.

What is the point?

Nissan willy-waving for all the fan boys..

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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The drift bois will be in a frenzy over this.

BlimeyCharlie

901 posts

141 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Didn't bother watching the video, but what is the point of having a RWD GTR when it is 4WD, and the whole 'point' of the 4WD car is how fast it can go in all conditions and so on.

Not a fan of these cars, big and ugly, and their image a bit too 'McDonalds' for me too.

I still class 'drifting' as a bit McDonalds/Halfords carpark too.

On a similar note, there is a guy who lives near me who owns a lime green Focus RS thingy, which is not very old, all spoilers and aero 'bits'. All well and good, but he makes it pop and bang driving it at 25mph while wearing shades, with loud music playing, and he's in his 50's. And bald. Just wrong.

GTR's are a kind of Tescos Finest version of that.






Evolved

3,553 posts

186 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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And the point is?

Evil.soup

3,595 posts

204 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Love the car but the video is a complete disappointment!

This is how you film a high speed drift:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GGbGP-p-JWU

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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BlimeyCharlie said:
Didn't bother watching the video, but what is the point of having a RWD GTR when it is 4WD, and the whole 'point' of the 4WD car is how fast it can go in all conditions and so on.

Not a fan of these cars, big and ugly, and their image a bit too 'McDonalds' for me too.

I still class 'drifting' as a bit McDonalds/Halfords carpark too.

On a similar note, there is a guy who lives near me who owns a lime green Focus RS thingy, which is not very old, all spoilers and aero 'bits'. All well and good, but he makes it pop and bang driving it at 25mph while wearing shades, with loud music playing, and he's in his 50's. And bald. Just wrong.

GTR's are a kind of Tescos Finest version of that.
I'm sorry, but seriously, get a life.

mwyatt82

87 posts

122 months

Friday 8th April 2016
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Hopefully that GTR comes with a 25 speed gearbox what like they do in F&F