The R35 GT-R thread

[Godzilla]

Firstly, news has come in that Chuck Norris is the latest celebrity of good taste to buy one (following the footsteps of Jenson Button and, er, Kerry Katona's ex-husband):
http://www.autofiends.com/2010/03/nissan-gt-r-fact...

Secondly if you have a lot of time to kill, there is a rather excellent National Geographic documentary on Youtube in 5 parts, Part 1 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnmZ7La2vFw
Part 3 has a great shot of Carlos Ghosn almost being sick in a prototype beind driven by Toshio Suzuki! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1gFYVDuFrs&fea...

Thirdly, I have almost caught up with my Evo Fast Fleet articles on Auto-Journals: http://www.auto-journals.com/journals/Nissan?model...

[GTP rpm]

I'm not sure if you saw it in the other thread, David, but I asked if you have any footage of your tuned GTR (the R35) on anything but an afternoon canter on a wet airfield?

Your GTR is well talked about and reviewed, thus, would be insightful for me having driven a standard GTR flat out, to see a modified one being driven quickly.

Wrap looked good at PH show, albeit the obvious downside of the swirl marks 5 coats of paint will endure

P.s. Do you know Dan Trent ?

[FraserLFA]

I've been trying to find that Nat geo video for AGES!!! I watched it about a year ago and haven't been able to find it since. Thanks!

[crazyegg]

Hi great viewing Godzilla, have you heard any reports of the Piper Exhaust, they claim it can boost the bhp by 80 horses. Thinking about buying it and not sure if it will affect manufacturers warranty any opinions welcome.

[Godzilla]

GTP, no recent vids of dry track driving, hooning makes for more entertaining viewing!
I might upload some of my recent VMax outing where it hit 191mph though. Standard GT-Rs were only hitting 177/180mph at the same event so that's quite a big difference.

crazyegg, saw some crazy claims for that Piper exhaust but of course there is no way an exhaust by itself could make anywhere near that difference. Those figures, if remotely true, would be including an extensive remap to match.