lancerx

When the 193-MPH Nissan GT-R set a lap time of 7:38 last year at the 'Ring, besting cars like the Porsche GT3, Lamborghini Murcielago, and Mercedes SLR, the Nissan team was disappointed. There were two damp corners on the track, and everyone was quite sure that the car, piloted by official test driver Tochio Suzuki, could go faster.

Now it has. With a completely dry track, the base model Godzilla-san wearing stock Japanese-market tires shaved 9 seconds off its previous best time, posting a lap time of 7:29. On that same lap, it leapfrogged the Porsche GT2, Koenigsegg, and SLR 722 GT. Now it's flashing its headlights at the Carrera GT and Pagani Zonda F Clubsport, both about one second up the road. So if the standard model on stock tires does 7:29, and the more powerful, lighter GT-R V-Spec has already been casually clocked at 7:25 -- betting on what the GT-R's ultimate best lap time will be begins now... And did we say it can all be yours for $70,000? Damn.




w00t @ Godzilla


from:http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/g...-down-to-7-29/

lancerx

hopefully no one will bash on the time like the vette ppl wit their "not stock tires", "slicks", "slashed tires" and etc comments...


Godzilla FTW

usdm

I drive a 911 Turbo and Jesus!!! 7.29 on the "Nur" thats insane, the fastest time i ever got was 8.09 in a modded porsche that is.

This thing is a monster,and this is a stock GTR right?

holy, imagine a chipped GTR with full bolt-on ecu flash, and larger brothers under the hood.lol

I have to give Respect to the Japanese they are damm talented for sure.

lancerx

The Nissan GT-R's 7:29 lap record won't stand for long if Chevrolet has anything to say about it. Speaking with InsideLine, Corvette Chief Engineer, Tadge Jeuchter, says that the ZR1, "will be able to take the production-car track record at any racetrack," and that although Chevy doesn't have a production version of the uber-Vette at the Nurburgring yet, they're expecting a lap time of "seven minutes, twenty-something seconds." That sounds like smack-talk to us. But while the ZR1 might have the potential to best the GT-R's 'Ring time, the 550-600 hp elephant in the room is the forthcoming GT-R V-Spec, which is already putting down (roughly-timed) laps around the North Loop in the 7:25 realm. Let the battle begin. We're making popcorn now.


autoblog:http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/02/c...he-ring-for-l/