Launch Control - R35

[handbrake]

Wont get 2.9 0-100 kph with this lot onboard, but how many supercars could squeeze these guys and a boot-full of gear in for the weekend?

[Gibbo_R35]

Mark, I know my kids already complain about having to cross their legs when in the back seats and that the low position makes them feel sick.

[09GTR]

Good stuff. Was that with the new tyres? Also, was the 2.9s run with VDC on?

New tyres, bugger-all fuel, VDC-off, and wait for it......the baby seat was onboard!!!!I'll have to get pictures to compete with Handbrake!!

[LSX-438]

New tyres, bugger-all fuel, VDC-off, and wait for it......the baby seat was onboard!!!!I'll have to get pictures to compete with Handbrake!!

Nice, congats on that sub 3 second time. That is just insane for a street car, and on the street no less. A lot of quick cars at the strip would have a hard time getting that 0-100 on a prepared surface let alone the street.

[Marlin]

Truthfully, my experience is with a fast street car on street tyres your times are actually quicker on the street than a prepped track.

My previous GTR never turned all four tyres in THIRD gear on the street but consistently did on Willowbank's prepped surface.

My theory is that on a smooth prepped trach a street tyre cannot "key" into the texture like it can on the street. Hence, a slick tyre is what you really want for a prepped track.

Regardless, 2.9 to 100,..... man, wow, that's fast!

[Max_ST-R]

Lovely shot of the kids 'handbrake' , they're beautiful mate!

..and yes this very point is lost amongst many people out there talking up other performance/supercars Corvette Zr-1, 911 Gt2, Lambo Gallardo LP560 etc and appreciated by family men (like us) with young kids

09GT-R, what an insane time, well done! (2.9sec 0-100 km/h) what an interesting youtube vid that would make!, that's just not hypercar fast...that is superbike quick! What sort of 1/4 mile time does that translate to?

Also does the car look stock from the outside?, for me that would be the ultimate, a stock standard looking car that accelerates like a superbike, with all the mod cons and even a baby seat!

[LSX-438]

Truthfully, my experience is with a fast street car on street tyres your times are actually quicker on the street than a prepped track.

My previous GTR never turned all four tyres in THIRD gear on the street but consistently did on Willowbank's prepped surface.

My theory is that on a smooth prepped trach a street tyre cannot "key" into the texture like it can on the street. Hence, a slick tyre is what you really want for a prepped track.

Regardless, 2.9 to 100,..... man, wow, that's fast!

This is exactly what i found. The 0~100km/hr was slower on the WSID prepped surface, which sort of had me stumped. What you say makes sense.

[09GTR]

Lovely shot of the kids 'handbrake' , they're beautiful mate!

..and yes this very point is lost amongst many people out there talking up other performance/supercars Corvette Zr-1, 911 Gt2, Lambo Gallardo LP560 etc and appreciated by family men (like us) with young kids

09GT-R, what an insane time, well done! (2.9sec 0-100 km/h) what an interesting youtube vid that would make!, that's just not hypercar fast...that is superbike quick! What sort of 1/4 mile time does that translate to?

Also does the car look stock from the outside?, for me that would be the ultimate, a stock standard looking car that accelerates like a superbike, with all the mod cons and even a baby seat!

When I recorded this time I didn't do a quarter mile as I was in a 110 kph zone. The car has run a 10.8 at wsid with 370kw at the wheels, but now has 401 kw at the wheels, so theoretically I should be able to manage a time less than 10.8 given similar conditions. Of course thats with pump gas. I might put some decent high octane juice in it next time I go to the drags, ditch the baby seat and have a crack at a mid 10. I have some 800cc injectors on the way. CRD will install these and design a new map. CRD reckon this combo would be good for 420ish at the wheels. Who knows what time is achievable then. I will definitely video my next drag run - I'm going to wait for the injectors, and a cool wednesday evening...then its game on.

Yes the car looks completely stock from the outside (currently covered in orange dust from broken hill).

I'll keep you posted, and you are right, this one fast people mover.