Mark Jacobson In The 8's

[FineLine]

I love living 5 minutes from willowbank. ShaneF and i meandered out to the testntune night and were fortunate to watch Mark in the Godzilla 32 run a blistering 8.69 at 158 mph on mickey T street radials.

If i am not mistaken that makes it the quickest class run in the country. The car launched hard and stuck at every shift point.

Congrats to all involved. :sorcerer:

[DoughBoy]

Congratulations Mark, was this with the Liberty installed?

[FineLine]

Congratulations Mark, was this with the Liberty installed?

yeah, the new box is in.

[shanef]

damn awesome to watch indeed!

again, congrats to all involved

[markr34gtr]

thanks guys... first outing with the new liberty gearbox....

3rd run of the night 8.695 at 158.95mph with a 1.351 60ft on mt 255-16 radials.

makes it fastest gtr in aus on street tyres and 2nd fastest in the world behind the vielside r32 gtr

which ran 8.62 i think....

thanks to all the guys who helped with the build...

[FineLine]

Made an old grey haired man proud to be a canetoad mark, Now get back out there and smash that world mark!

[GTRgeoff]

Bugger, almost makes me wish I didn't take the boat out on the river for the fireworks.

Noel, keep me posted for the next outing mate.

[FineLine]

Bugger, almost makes me wish I didn't take the boat out on the river for the fireworks.

Noel, keep me posted for the next outing mate.

Next Sunday geoff, testntune for the nats. along with marks ride there should be a top quality field getting ready for the big go.

[2rismo]

Outstanding effort, Mark. Well deserved. Congrats on taking the record.

[blk180]

Very nice any vids. Fastest in OZ by a bit maybe that will make keiv get his back to the track. Didnt the NZs come over here and run 8.55 on MT streets.

[markr34gtr]

not sure what tyres the nz car ran 8.55 on... if they were et streets they are not a radail tyre. if they are radials we have a target for the australian nationals . 8.54 or better...ha ha

cheers, mark

[Lithium]

not sure what tyres the nz car ran 8.55 on... if they were et streets they are not a radail tyre. if they are radials we have a target for the australian nationals . 8.54 or better...ha ha

I can't remember what tires the Croydens R32 was running when it was there, but it was done using an H-pattern box too - and they were definitely some kind of DOT approved tyre. I have it in my head a UAE R32 GT-R built by Sub Zero did something like an 8.2 or 8.3 on DOT tires as well?

Either way, an 8s run in ANY form with a 4WD is absolutely nuts, well done - thats awesome news. The 8s GTR club is a very exclusive one

[DoughBoy]

I think both Croydon's and Reese (as well as Suckling's car) were all running Holiger sequentials. Only Reese updated to a true clutchless (and now mr Jacobson as well). Think they were on the ET bias-ply DOTs too.

[DoughBoy]

Oh and teh SubZero car is on the next page in the drag section : http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=173728 . The guy states the UAE car is on the bias ply ET's.

[Willo]

Can anyone confirm if these times are still current? Does the Croydon time still stand?

WD drag records (on street tyres):

Class Owner Country Vehicle Type ET Trap Speed Induction

1st Croydon Wholesalers NZ Nissan Skyline R32 GTR 8.555 165.99 mph GReddy T88-34D and NOS

2nd VeilSide Japan Nissan Skyline R32 GTR 8.612 172.50 mph VeilSide GT3540 (x2)

3rd Waste Sports Japan Nissan Skyline R33 GTR 8.916 162.32 mph HKS GT3240 (x2)

4th Garage Decide Japan Nissan Skyline R32 GTR 8.933 n/a HKS GT3240 (x2)

5th Signal Auto Japan Nissan Skyline R34 GTR 8.999 n/a HKS Gt3240 (x2)

6th Endless Japan Nissan Skyline R33 GTR 9.025 170.31 mph HKS GT3240 (x2)

7th Garage SPL Japan Nissan Skyline R33 GTR 9.104 n/a IHI RX6B-TCW77 (x2)

8th Endless Japan Nissan Skyline R32 GTR 9.114 n/a HKS GT3240 (x2)

9th Red Zone Japan Nissan Skyline R32 GTR 9.122 n/a HKS GT3240 (x2)

10th M's Factory Japan Nissan Skyline R32 GTR 9.140

[Lithium]

I think both Croydon's and Reese (as well as Suckling's car) were all running Holiger sequentials.

Actually I think you are sortof right, the Croyden's GTR WAS a Hollinger sequential - I got my wires crossed, Glenn Sucklings OWN R32 GTR was a manually shifted Hollinger box - running full drag slicks though. The fastest manually shifted GTR I believe, think thats how I got confused.

[T04GTR]

good stuff. well dne.

[DoughBoy]

Nah, nobody buys a H pattern Holiger.

"It also has a Holinger sequential 6 speed gearbox with custom GDS Motorsport ratios which is also modified in conjunction with Holinger. In it’s current guise it is 5 speed"

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nissan-Skyline-8sec...Z1QQcdZViewItem

[Beer Baron]

awesome time! 8s for a GTR is one hell of an achievement.

[NXTIME]

Congratulations Mark Awesome time and fantastic work. All the best for that world record breaking sub-8.555 ET .