We might as well make it a GTR Thursday. This is Keith Cowie’s R32 GTR with which he hopes to capture the title of ‘World’s fastest Skyline on road tyres’. Currently, he’s believed to be the third quickest, which in itself sounds very quick indeed.
To help him on his quest he’s got one large turbo the size of a dustbin - otherwise known as a Garrett GT4247R hybrid - meaning the Nissan straight six lump produces 1,200bhp.
Keith tried for the record at the weekend near Oxford, but problems with the sequential flat-shift gearbox, a misfire and a split in the anti-lag exhaust meant he didn’t quite make it. Still, he managed a searing 8.86 seconds quarter mile at 161mph running 2.7 bar of turbo boost.
Best of luck next time Keith, from PH.