Why is the GT-R called the "Godzilla"?
01-03-09, 03:51 AM
#17
My next door neighbour has just got his Skyline R34 GT-R back from New Zealand where he shipped it for tuning last year. It now makes 560bhp at the wheels and does 0-130mph in 10 seconds. Unfortunatley with the bad weather he's not had it out on the road much but while it was Down Under it featured in a couple of magazines and TV programmes:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1GcMA4Hcw5g
(He's now replaced the "St3lth" plates with his UK road legal plates.)
More of the story here:
http://jdmwave.wordpress.com/2008/07...lt-by-rips-nz/
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1GcMA4Hcw5g
(He's now replaced the "St3lth" plates with his UK road legal plates.)
More of the story here:
http://jdmwave.wordpress.com/2008/07...lt-by-rips-nz/
01-06-09, 05:11 PM
#18
Lexus Test Driver
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The Skyline GT-R soon earned the name Godzilla, for its track performance. The R32 GT-R dominated JTCC, winning 29 races from 29 starts, taking the series title every year from 1989-1993. It took 50 races from 50 starts from 1991-1997 (latterly R33) in the N1 Super Taikyu. The GT-R's success sounded the death knell of Group A Touring Car racing; with the formula being scrapped soon after. JTCC was similarly blighted by the R32 GT-R, and splintered soon after, leading to the switch to the Supertouring category and also indirectly to the GT500 category of today.
The GT-R's success in motor racing was formidable, particularly in the annual 1,000 km race at the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, Australia, where the winner in 1991 and 1992 was a GT-R (despite receiving additional 100 kg (220 lb) in weight penalties and a turbo pop off valve in 1992), and in the Japanese GT series where it has remained dominant for many years. The Skyline GT-R line were retired from the JGTC series (later changed Super GT Series) in 2004. It's successor, the Nissan GT-R, competed in the 2008 Super GT season, winning the GT500.
The GT-R's success in motor racing was formidable, particularly in the annual 1,000 km race at the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, Australia, where the winner in 1991 and 1992 was a GT-R (despite receiving additional 100 kg (220 lb) in weight penalties and a turbo pop off valve in 1992), and in the Japanese GT series where it has remained dominant for many years. The Skyline GT-R line were retired from the JGTC series (later changed Super GT Series) in 2004. It's successor, the Nissan GT-R, competed in the 2008 Super GT season, winning the GT500.
01-06-09, 07:52 PM
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wikipedia knows jack ****. The Lexus SC430 too the 2008 GT500 constructors title.
Nismo team drivers won the drivers cup
s for it being dominant, it was very formidable in JGTC/Super GT, but it swapped winning years many times with the supra and the NSX.
thnkxbye.
Nismo team drivers won the drivers cup
s for it being dominant, it was very formidable in JGTC/Super GT, but it swapped winning years many times with the supra and the NSX.
thnkxbye.
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