Group A Thread

[31GUN]

Although it galls me to do this (R31's can beat anything....)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RA1wrroc34&rel=1

DR30 power!

Hooks

[TezGT-R]

I think the motto of the V8 supertaxis should be 'if you can't beat 'em, ban 'em!'

[N1GTR]

Always had a soft spot for these:

Some of them looked good in their paint schemes, shame most of them today are about 1" off the ground with 24"chromes and big doof doof stereos

[JAS-25T]

Always had a soft spot for these:

Some of them looked good in their paint schemes, shame most of them today are about 1" off the ground with 24"chromes and big doof doof stereos

They are usually the fake ones.

I know of an original that makes 600hp NA on avgas. with stock wheels!

[N1GTR]

Yeah, thats pretty good

[Beer Baron]

Although it galls me to do this (R31's can beat anything....)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RA1wrroc34&rel=1

DR30 power!

Hooks

cool vid. it's interesting that the old Grp A DR30 race car does Tsukuba in 1.03 on slicks and the current gen bog stock GTR on road tyres does 1 min flat! man times have changed.

[Stupid Toyota]

cool vid. it's interesting that the old Grp A DR30 race car does Tsukuba in 1.03 on slicks and the current gen bog stock GTR on road tyres does 1 min flat! man times have changed.

The current V35 does it in 60sec? Is that right? Mark and Russ were only scant seconds faster on semis and mega power with lightened car etc... Sounds too fast to me isnt it?

[Beer Baron]

yep, the R35 GTR road car does tsukuba in between 1.00 and 1.02 depending on who's driving. mines have now done a 59 using their own suspension and exhaust and lightly tuned ECU (but still on road tyres!).

now you know why Mark and Russ wanted one when they saw the R35 at Tsukuba back in december. from memory it was doing 1.01 or 1.02s on the day straight out of the box!

[Stupid Toyota]

yep, the R35 GTR road car does tsukuba in between 1.00 and 1.02 depending on who's driving. mines have now done a 59 using their own suspension and exhaust and lightly tuned ECU (but still on road tyres!).

So this year at Tsukuba the garages might as well show up with showroom stock V35s huh, kinda takes the joy out of it all really lol

[Beer Baron]

yeah it's crazy how fast they go with fancy computers and the like. will be even quicker once they get a hold of some good size semi slicks.

[hrd-hr30]

cool vid. it's interesting that the old Grp A DR30 race car does Tsukuba in 1.03 on slicks and the current gen bog stock GTR on road tyres does 1 min flat! man times have changed.

bah. that thing was just cruising around. lets see a std road tyred R35 beat this!

2:17.16

what were the race prepped (free engine management, exhausts, suspension, brake upgrades, semi slicks, cages etc) Evo's running at the 12hr in qualifying? 2:30? on a much smoother, wider and faster Bathurst track than the old DR30 ran on. I doubt a standard R35 on road tyres is going to be any match for those times, let alone the old DR on slicks!

Edited February 22, 2008 by hrd-hr30

[Stupid Toyota]

yeah it's crazy how fast they go with fancy computers and the like. will be even quicker once they get a hold of some good size semi slicks.

Yeah, its getting like F1 on the road. Except F1 are removing drivers aids now, as opposed to Nissan and Mitsubishi who give drivers aids... (pun intended)

See that Toyota might be bringing back the Supra? or some sort of Supra-style coupe with lots of pistons and typically, 2WD? Im constantly amazed that a company like Toyota with all their resources has never tried to actually compete with Nissan, Mitsubishi and to a lesser extent Honda when it came to the top-line sportscars (GTR, NSX) or 4WD high performance sedans (Evo).

The GTR has been around since Adam was a boy and they've never tried to counter it with their own version, and it's not like the GTR turned into a Mitsubishi 3000GT which sank like a stone. The GTR is world recognised and forever famous the world over. You can't buy that name-branding publicity yet Toyota's left those laurels on Nissans mantle-piece...

[31GUN]

Thats a great vid of Gary Scott doing Mt Panorama!

Hooks

[Stupid Toyota]

Always had a soft spot for these:

Some of them looked good in their paint schemes, shame most of them today are about 1" off the ground with 24"chromes and big doof doof stereos

Here ya go then, little bit of VL action

and an in-car of Grice too

Edited February 22, 2008 by Stupid Toyota

[N1GTR]

bah. that thing was just cruising around. lets see a std road tyred R35 beat this!

2:17.16

what were the race prepped (free engine management, exhausts, suspension, brake upgrades, semi slicks, cages etc) Evo's running at the 12hr in qualifying? 2:30? on a much smoother, wider and faster Bathurst track than the old DR30 ran on. I doubt a standard R35 on road tyres is going to be any match for those times, let alone the old DR on slicks!

Holy shit thats definatly 110%!

[N1GTR]

Here ya go then, little bit of VL action

and an in-car of Grice too

Cheers

They look like a real handful to drive

[Jetwreck]

Don't forget the old mans school yard cruizer...one lap with a sound from the god's....nothing quite like a v12 at peek rev's.

want a lolly little boy!!!...lol

[Stupid Toyota]

Don't forget the old mans school yard cruizer...one lap with a sound from the god's....nothing quite like a v12 at peek rev's.

want a lolly little boy!!!...lol

Sound from the God's belly rumbling cause he's hungry...

This will satisfy... and it isn't a Snickers though there are traces of nuts

[SKYPER]

I found these video's on Youtube of Alan Grice racing the

R31 GTS-R around 1988.

Part 1 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiOnKKJjaWE...feature=related

Part 2 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIyuo0wIUuY&feature=user

Part 3 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q9g3CTAZFw&feature=user

Part 4 where the R31 GTS-R breaks the lap record -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BylbtOgkw4Q...feature=related

Part 5 -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXKciAZ1ZIs&feature=user

Part 6 with Alan Grice passing the Cosworth in the R31 GTS-R -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ6jlHmySrI...feature=related

Edited February 22, 2008 by SKYPER

[ajrichar]

I finally got to a scanner. Here is the article of Paul Gover driving a Gibson Motorsport R31 Skyline from CAR Australia, August 1989 that I promised waaaaay back.