Nissan GT-R SpecV First Independent Tsukuba Circuit Laptimes Reported

[G37RacerX]

The following news will either disappoint or delight some Nissan GT-R fans. The new GT-R SpecV is slower than the standard GT-R. In fact, it's slower than both the MY08 and MY09 cars. Good news for standard car owners, bad news for those who have or are planning to shell out the equivalent of ¥15,750,000 for a SpecV.
Japan's Best Motoring publication has gotten a hold of the mighty SpecV and they wasted no time in heading for the Tsukuba Circuit to test Nissan's claims for themselves. To make matters interesting they put legendary racer Keiichi "The Drift King" Tshuchiya behind the wheel. Even he could not beat the MY08 and MY09 times of 1:01.888 and 1:01.343 respectively. The car could only manage a best time of 1:02.4. Best Motoring says the conditions under which all three cars were tested were similar.
The SpecV weighs 60kg less than the factory car. It's powered by a 3.8-litre twin turbo V6 with 480hp (353kW) and 434 ft-lb of torque. No explanation is forthcoming on this pressing issue yet, suffice to say perhaps the upcoming issue of Best Motoring in which the car was tested will provide some answers.


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[Black Betty]

.5 seconds on a track like that isnt that big a deal except for people who will make it one. A different driver might have gotten a different result. Unless all 3 cars were tested at the same track, at the same time, with the same prep, same driver, under the exact same conditions, that's not enough to be significant IMO. The slightest mistake or variation could have produced that result. Le t him run 10 timed laps in each car and average them out to see which is faster.

I've had track runs in a car where I felt I drove each lap exactly the same and had much greater variation than that in the same car during the same session.

[gtracing]

where's Devil Z when u need him?

black betty: totally agreed, and unfortunately, that's reality, there's no way you can test all 3 cars at the same etc etc etc...we just gotta accept the results that we get....it's a hard hit for the GTR enthusiast...

[Ivoidwarranties]

Originally Posted by Black Betty

.5 seconds on a track like that isnt that big a deal except for people who will make it one.

0.4% percent. I know a lot of people that would like to have times that close. But, I think the more important thing is the fact it should have been a lot faster and wasn't.

[w0ady]

Originally Posted by Ivoidwarranties

0.4% percent. I know a lot of people that would like to have times that close. But, I think the more important thing is the fact it should have been a lot faster and wasn't.

agreed. just buy 2 gt-r's for that much $ - track and street.