How many times do you hear an excuse for not going somewhere? ‘It’s too far’, ‘my car is too low’ or the classic ‘it might be bad weather’ all get trotted out far too often. What about ‘my R35 runs low 8s and the drag strip is a 2000 mile round trip away’?
I’ve never heard that last one either, because it doesn’t exist. Oh and by the way, the guys from Exelixis Motorsport in Romania just tore up your excuse book and threw the pieces at your trailer parked in the corner. Because they just drove their R35 south from Bucharest through Bulgaria, into Greece and down to Athens. Then they caught a ferry to Crete, ran an 8.3 second quarter mile and drive home. Roughly 2000miles or 3000kms in total.
Mine is not to question why, I just salute such behaviour and am glad that we can celebrate it here at Speedhunters. Arthur from Exelixis did send me some words though, just so you can get an idea of the mindset it takes to undertake what a lot of us would think is crazy.
“This is not our first adventure of this kind but for sure it was the longest and the most rewarding. Since the last event, the car showed a lot of potential and the year was coming to an end, so we decided to hunt one last race down and one last record, to end the year. So that’s how we decided to hit the road for this drag race event that took place on Timpaki airport in Crete. The 1300km trip there was a real pleasure, the car was eating mile after mile without any of the usual problems and hesitations of a dedicated drag car.”
“Once we reached the racing strip, everything was set for a great race: the weather was perfect, the strip was treated with glue and in pretty good condition. Our time got better with each run and finally, after a last minute tune, we hit the record-breaking run of 8.3 seconds with a 1.356 seconds 60ft and an exit speed of 281.69km/h (175.03mph).”
“That was the performance highlight of the trip and of this year but the adventure was not over because we then needed to drive 1300km home. We started from a warm (25 degrees Celsius) and sunny Crete and passed through rain and cloudy weather that climaxed with a lot of snow and icy conditions in Bulgaria.”
“Even under these harsh conditions the car worked brilliantly, proving to be 100% reliable and roadworthy, which can be a rare thing in the world of top performance R35s. In short, this is the story of the last adventure this year for Europe’s fastest GTR, who from now on will be known as SPARTACUS.”
Kind of makes me want to go out for a drive. How about you? I know we need to go to Romania, that’s for sure. No excuses now…
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Absolutely, Goddamn awesome.
that´s real passion
Doesn't need more epic...
running forge products ...nice work ...
Great article! I'm really proud that their GT-R is the fastest GT-R R35 in Europe. I'm a Romanian myself.
If you really decide to visit the country, do not hesitate to drive on the Transfagarasan road! The one that Top Gear drove on when they had an episode in Romania. Preferably in the summer!
Love how they still have the air freshner hanging from the rearview mirror on the drag runs!
Taking Long trips in highly tuned cars is for sure challenging, but worth every mile / km you do
Did it run on full power during the trip or only on the strip? Whatever the case, amazing work
That's cocky as hell, but obviously they have a reason to be that cocky. Good Job Exelixis Motorsport!!!
Awesome stuff. The GTR is such a beast and they sound so good when they have been tinkered with.
I believe there are a couple of maps, as they reference playing with the tune. I do know that it's putting out around 1500bhp and is driven like that on the street too. They wanted to show it's a tractable, practical car!
I'll give them credit, but an undertaking like that is easier when you have a support vehicle with you.
The excuse you listed up front are from guys who don't have that luxary.
It's damn sure a romantic idea, but that wouldn't be practical at all for a enthusiast to do on his own.
pgraves Not all enthusiasts run an 8 second quarter...
There are people who think it is just marketing.
Beautiful car but timing systems appear to be susceptible to money ...
These machines get Recode times, when the Romans and Greeks measured time but not so fast with timing Russian, Moscow Unlim 500 + ...
SeBaBunea
You thought it might be just marketing, it could be something else?
These times are not directly obtained during the same class cars.
My guess is they are not real.
It's like buying advertising.
Peter@Forge
It's like buying advertising.
Speedhunters_Bryn Do not be naive to think that all that glitters is gold.
Run those hoosiers on the road and the first line of the piece becomes real fast. Those things dont work in a light rain much less snow.
I'd like to see them run down the strip with the same tires as they were using in the snow.
Otherwise this isn't surprising at all... stay out of boost, and put snow tires on it, and it's probably a beast in the snow.
Speedhunters_Bryn They are on the gods territory then, namely 2JZ
Ollie Clarke pgraves
Perhaps in reality ... Not 8.
It's so easy to fool the world ... especially if you use the money.
@Josh while youre at it, you might want to remove the glue from the strip. Of course they are using slicks, its a drag car.
nice2013, first off mate we're called romanians, if you would study anything you would know romans is a different business, second I saw that you took a long time replying to other people what your opinion is regarding this article when in fact you weren't there when the time was set which is quit remarkable considering you didn't took the time to find out they ran at a different event then the event the russians ran at, and I am very sure if you throw a couple of 500 euro bills at the lights tree before you launch it would deduct that amount from your time...
PS: I'm not taking their side congrats to them for what they did, it's a nice thing but frankly I really don't care all that much about drag racing and gtr-r's, but I do think we should think with an impartial eye mate
pgraves the support vehicle was just for the race, with tyres, and a lot of things they needed there
This car puts 1500 Wheel horsepower, not crank. Seen it on dyno on youtube a few weeks ago. Don't know how much hp that means at crank, maybe 1700hp ????. Few GTR at this level of power can travel 2000 miles,....go and have a low 8's run and drive them home. This particular one holds the record for the fastest european GTR, and 3rd in the world. P.S. the timing is professional and is 100% correct. Only the strip glue was not that good, what i've seen. I think on a better drag strip this could beat the World Record. Conclusion here: - It's very impresive ! ! ! A Street car that runs low 8". WOW !
@James
You are very optimistic and gullible
"Our time got better with each run and finally, after a last minute tune, we hit the record-breaking run of 8.3 seconds with a 1.356 seconds 60ft and an exit speed of 281.69km/h (175.03mph).”
What record did they break? Fastest GTR in Europe? Damn quick time for sure, nice work boys.
nice2013 barbos invidios, penibil si gretos... psihopat cu acte in regula
nice2013 When did you saw this car running @ 1mile race? Please let me know!
Guys, ignore nice2013, he is established in the romanian car scene as a full blown highly envious psychotic liar, a 40+ year old retarded child, trying to destroy the reputation of every tuner besides himself.
THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !??!!?!!!...... sorry i had to. anyway awesome post n vid. i like the color of the gtr.
Greeks doit Better...
Ollie Clarke pgraves that's still a crew with a backup plan, which not all enthusiast have.
VladPiloca pgraves It followed them there. I have respect for doing what they did, but I wanted to address what Bryn listed as excuses. Without a support vehicle, all of that falls on your and whatever space you have in the vehicle. If you break, that's on you. If you get stuck, that's on you. You don't have support.
just so I'm not saying the same thing over and over. Can people not knock that they used slicks / prepped track / support vehicle / very likely switched maps. It's a fricken 8 from a street car!! Not just street legal but street useable. As for adjusting the tune, if you don't think every team uses every run as a test and tweaks or analyses after every shot you're on something.
Great work guys! Money where your mouth is and an excellent way to attract customers. Keep it up!
just so I'm not saying the same thing over and over. Can people not knock that they used slicks / prepped track / support vehicle / very likely switched maps. It's a fricken 8 from a street car!! Not just street legal but street useable. As for adjusting the tune, if you don't think every team uses every run as a test and tweaks or analyses after every shot you're on something.
Great work guys! Money where your mouth is and an excellent way to attract customers. Keep it up!
nice2013 Peter@Forge Except if you paid someone to use an inferior product to transfer that much power or work correctly under those conditions and it wasn't good enough it would shit itself no matter what the arrangement between companies was. People need to promote themselves, this isn't a cheap game.
i love the fact that a r35 gtr is sooo damn quick but still pretty practical, apparrently now even as a 8 second drag car..... im serriously thinking about saving up for one of the origional 2008 versions (since lets be honest, as far as supercars go, their pretty well priced) and using it as a daily driver for a year or two just to see if it could do it without driving me mad, or having mechanical problems like most other supercars would (i reckon it could)
nice2013
Seen it run low 8'' on diferent drag strips, diferent locations and poor track conditions. And as far as it goes for the power I remember 1513WHP. Do the maths. I'm not optimistic or gulible in any kind. Just like what and how they did it. A GTR with this kind of power, with full interior, street useable that travels on her own wheels to the drag strip (here 2000 miles). It's as simple as that. Have nice day:)
Youtube it... there is no reason to hate, just like
nice2013
Seen it run low 8'' on diferent drag strips, diferent locations and poor track conditions. And as far as it goes for the power I remember 1513WHP. Do the maths. I'm not optimistic or gulible in any kind. Just like what and how they did it. A GTR with this kind of power, with full interior, street useable that travels on her own wheels to the drag strip (here 2000 miles). It's as simple as that. Have a nice day:)
Youtube it... there is no reason to hate, just like
The nice thing about a 8 sec GTR is the ability to drop that tune way down and drive it 2,000 miles
After Win From Thessaloniki !!!
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Eixa stamatisei na valw venzini.
Den fantazomoun oti to palikari pou douleve ekei tha tin anevasei !!
Eyxaristw polu
TheodorPerimenis AnastasiosCharkas eimai o idioktitis tou katastimatos tin sikwsa kai eixe malista terastia epityxia .. sinxaritiria gia ton athlo tou spartacus
panta tetoia ..
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nice2013 Mai date-n mortii mai de barbos imputit si jegos , un morman de cacat care conduci fiat 500 (emblema poponarilor) BULANGIULE , stii tu tot suflet tanar in corp batran , daca ai avea minte cat pula mea ai fi un geniu , luati-as inteligenta in pula inteligentule , taci si tuneaza masina ta cu motor de vibrator ... Apropo sa imi bag si pula in mata ca proasta pula a fost la pizda ei
^ This
It's bullshit.
Not sure what you're calling BS on there 'nice2013'. Care to elaborate, this is an open discussion after all.
It is a beautiful article.
The pictures are gorgeous, it's all very nice, except that the values conveyed are implausible.
Who checked the times, who verified distance 402m, who checked the timing, or when to start timing?
WHO!!!
The pictures in the snow are epic. However, just because you haven't heard of something, doesn't mean it hasn't been done. Hot Rod Drag week has shown there are lots of fast and streetable cars out there, although I'm not sure many of them could do snow!
I'm well aware of Drag Week, but I don't think you'll find Bob Lutz and his Chevy boarding a ferry and sitting in snowy traffic...
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Nice article Bryn. Do you know what record they have broken for a European GTR? It must be as a stock chassis car I think as Team Extreme's Project R35 has done a 7.7 at Santa Pod with a faster terminal than this featured one. It's street legal too as it competes in the Street Eliminator series.
Really when it happened this?
Please let us know the link you saw it because it sound to me very strange.
Really when it happened this?
Please let us know the link you saw it because it sound to me very strange.
TheodorPerimenis Here you go Theodor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGXPJfJ1hVc
I suspect that the cars would compete in different classes if run at the same event, which was why I asked for clarification about which record was broken,
@StuartStaples
By seeing this video I understand that this is not a normal Nissan GTR R35 it's a tubular chassis.
Of course would compete with our GTR in a different class.
TheodorPerimenis
Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification
I'm only guessing here, but it was run on a far less powerful map to and from the strip? And it's kept it's 4WD? Not knocking at all, just assuming things like that made the trip easier/realisable.
Nice2013. Shut the fuck up your motherfucking bitch ass hater. Eat shit and die. Everything that the boy from Exelis do it's real. My Cousin tuned an EVO at them and they said he can give his car about 250HP more. And he didn't believe it. After the dyno he gained 248.9 HP On the wheel. This is why they are so respected. Because they do it for real, and they can prove it. So shut the fuck up. You are hating too much and you look like a fucking big asshole.
Invidia si rautatea sunt armele oamenilor complexati si impotenti, tind sa cred ca esti un om urat, gras si cu pula mica sau ofilita , a trecut ceva vreme de cand nu ai mai vazut o pizda . Tind sa cred ca esti un morman de informatii auto care conduce o masina de 50CP si se crede "Tuner Auto" , decat sa aberezi si sa te faci de ras ca un om psihopat retard , pune mana cumpara o masina si arata ce poti . Pana atunci uita-te la acest Nissan GTR , fa o laba si imagineaza-ti ca este al tau.
Best. Name. Ever.
Super cool GTR. From Bucharest to Crete it will be a huge task even in my car, Soarer JZZ30. I'm talking about the roads, the suspension and also, we both have rhd cars in a lhd world. And that's is super cool also if you drive a jdm car. With the wheel in the right place, not in the wrong side (from the technical point of view and keeping up with the fashion).
Sper sa va vad si eu odata in realitate, poate mai veniti vreodata, la vara poate, in China Town sau pe aeroport la Tulcea?
Succes baieti!
I purpose that the license plate of the car should be changed in IF 08 EXL. I just check it, it's not taken. Cost - 20 euro. It will be cool. Also free is IF 83 EXL. But that should be changed if they keep improve those times :))))
BIG FAKE!!!
true
very true
nice2013 - Yes, you are indeed a BIG FAKE ! You are probably the biggest fake ever, but we got used with that :))
nice2013 - Yes, you are indeed a BIG FAKE ! You are probably the biggest fake ever, but we got used with that :))
Pe aeroportul de la Tulcea mai mult ca sigur ca o sa ii vezi insa pe gluma aia proasta din ChinaTown unde doar un retardat complet ar organiza curse niciodata.
nice2013not at all, these guys are REAL
how many kms would a car like this last before engine rebuild? is turning up the boost for hero runs a huge risk? this car is impressive for speed , but i always suspect the cars that claim street/drag especially as the owners move on to new projects soon after, the street factor is never truly tested over enough time. with the amount of money spent on car purchase and mods, it makes you wonder why people do what they do with cars. You never hear about these cars ie 5 years later. is this car still alive? i am posting this in 2015, and the article is from 2013.
KrzysztofPiotrowicz