Motor Australia – September 2019

TRIM CAN BE THE QUICKEST CAR IN THE WORLD”

forextrapower,”hesays.“Fromanengineeringperspective,

thecarishowtheyweredesignedoutofthefactorybackin

1989.Everything’supgradedaroundit tomakesurethatwecan

handlethepower,andgiveusthepower.”

Rob says the three-speedTH400 automatic isone of the

magicbulletsfortheGT-R...thatandrefabricatingeverything

intheGT-R’sdrivelinethatcouldtwist,shear,snaporshatter

undertheengine’srelentlessurge.“Eventhe[chassis]flexplates

werebreaking.Wehavetobuildbilletshafts,becauseinthepast

we’vebrokentwotransfercases.Thediffhasbeenupgradedto

a nine-inchspooltohandlethepoweraswell.”

Althoughthe carretainsthe standardIRSsuspensionand

arms,ithasbeentweakedtowithinaninchofitslife,andthe

MickeyThompsondrag radials–and,yes, they areliterally

street-legal– arethebestthatmoneycanbuy.

“Shouldwegofora cruiseontheroad?”Robasks.DoI need

toanswer?Withthepipesexitingundermyleftbuttcheek,I’m

grinninglikea beagleaswesetofffora quickburgerrun.

The ride is choppy but bearable, with huge amounts of

compressiondampingbuiltintohandletheweighttransfer.

TheMoTeCcomputerdoesa franklyincrediblejobofkeeping

themightymilldocileandtractable.

MAIN

RobMarjanandJUNII

streakdownthe

quartermileinless

thensevenseconds

TOP

Transbrakeholdsthe

carinfirstandreverse

gearssimultaneously

inpreparationforan

instantgetaway

LEFT

Radialtyresare

actuallystreet-legal,

andareheldontothe

stock-lookingrimsby

mandatoryrimscrews

Numbers

SydneyDragway,17 ̊C,dry.

Driver:RobertMarjan

“JUNII”R32GT-R

0-60”(18.2m)1.242sec

0-330”(100.6m)3.096sec

0-1/8mile(201.1m)

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0-1000”(304.8m)5.891sec

0-1/4mile(402.3m)

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0-100km/h0.96sec

0-200km/h2.85sec

0-300km/h6.69sec

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