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Today at AIR I beat my 9.50 record with a 9.49 then a 9.45.

But then Keir came back with an awesome run - 9.38 @ 153mph.

Have to hand it to him - his car is amazing.I saw one of his runs from the far end of the track, & the sight of a 9 second GTR coming towards me at full song was just brilliant. The fact that we can both get out there & race so close makes it so much fun.

These cars are great fun to drive - it's a shame that I didn't get any video 'cause I did some huge burnouts today.

the biggest problem we are both having is trying to hook up over 900hp through street tyres - they are definately a handicap.The sort of mph we are running (consistently over 150) should be good for high 8s in a conventional race car, so if we can work out how to get our 60' times down into the 1.3s we will be flying.

My best 60' so far is 1.46 - so there is plenty of development still to do. The fantastic thing about high powered GTRs is their ability to make up for slow 60's with massive top end grunt.To get into the top ten on street tyres in Japan takes a 9.1 & the fastest is 8.6!!!Man that's flying on radial tyres! The top ten on slicks starts at 8.6 & goes down to 7.6 (HKS R33 GTR - fastest 4WD car in world) Long way to go for woundeye wacing - but we are getting

there slowly but surely -( 9.1 that is.)

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Great to hear, Congrats!!!

Im not that well informed on the Jap drag scene, only what i pick up here and there, but would i be right in that there wouldnt be too many Jap cars running your times with 2835s, but more like 3037s or 3240s etc.

Any trips to Eastern Creek planned in the near future or is everyone waiting for the new strip to be complete? Quick, no, violent GTRs are thin on the ground up here. (read ive seen one, on one occassion)

Nice work! Very impressed with your efforts...

I aspire to do what both you and Keir do, albiet on a much lesser budget, HOWEVER we all have the same passion, racing and Skylines.

You are an inspiration to all us on Skylines Australia.

Good luck with your ever dominating efforts on Street Rubber!

Are you using Nitto 555's (I am guessing so)

Yep.Nitto 555Rs.

There is a 2835R car in the top ten, but most use 3240s.

Keir is upgrading to T67s & I am looking at a few different

options at the moment.I am sure I will race the car interstate

at some stage(I took it to Drag Combat last may)but want to

wait till the car is fully sorted first.

1.24!!! I wish.(BTW-what sort of bike/altered did you dothatwith?)

Pete, I think that slicks will be inevitable in the long run, but Keir & I both want to push the envelope as far as we can with our current setups.We are both hanging on to the idea that they are both sort of "street cars" still(even though their not really anymore) & taking off the big brakes,running 15" rims with slicks,& fitting our parachutes to them will be the final nail in the coffin. From then on we are running against the big boys like Mario,Reece & all the Japanese workshops.Would like to wear out at least 1 set of nittos before then & judging from the size of the smoke clouds the R33 was generating yesterday I'd say I'm well on my way!

Cheers.

awesome work! man i cant beleive u guys didnt take vids!!

pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease for the love of the children get vids next time... WILL SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHIL'REN!!!

Congrats John!! How was it that you raced on the 26th???

Did you guys hire out the track?? Would've loved to check it out - maybe next time. Are you still coming out May 31st?

BTW I've got access to a small broadcast camera (SONY PD-150P) I'd love to strap in your car somehow for some awesome footage!

It was a private test & tune day for about 20 cars.Was very relaxed & gave everyone involved plenty of time to experiment with setups etc.No lining up - just go when you are ready.

Will skip the next street drags as there are too many people, but will be at the 31st T&T day. the safety guys dont like cameras in the cars for safety reasons, but I'd be more than happy to see some video of the car taken as we are usually too busy to do it.

The R33 will be off the road for a while after the 31st meeting for some maintenence so if you are not racing, come with someone who is & checkout some good burnouts.

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