While We were out at the track retesting our re-tuned GTR I couldn't resist suction-cupping a camera to the GTR and doing a few launch control acceleration runs. For valid blogging purposes of course.
This is 0-110 mph in our 2009 Nissan GT-R using the new launch control. There are two runs represented with three videos. The in-car video was shot by Riswick who was riding in the backseat. That video was also shot at the same time as the run where my camera was stuck to the roof. The final video, the wheel shot, was a seperate run.
Follow the jump and enjoy.
Mike Magrath, Vehicle Testing Assistant
altimadude00 says:
04:42 PM, 02/20/09
The second vid reminded me of scenes of Bullitt complete with the rear view mirror showing the driver's face! Cool.
subytrojan says:
05:00 PM, 02/20/09
Are you doing the dorifto in that photo, Mike? Did Riz shoot it?
adavis2493 says:
05:06 PM, 02/20/09
Do that in the Smart.
billt9 says:
05:29 PM, 02/20/09
Wow that's really stable, controlled, and unexciting.
Like watching an A320 take off. Wow. That plane is fast. Very well controlled. Looks like computer and veteran pilot precision.
Hey look they got an Auntie Anne's here. I want a pretzel dog.
g8gtnorth says:
07:35 PM, 02/20/09
^ for lack of a better thing to say : word.
chavis10 says:
03:55 PM, 02/21/09
Engine sounds like a my Hoover upright.
mikeolan says:
09:30 AM, 02/22/09
Sounds like a jet engine
desmolicious says:
01:51 PM, 02/23/09
What I got out of this is that Riz looks for any excuse to get out of the office and hammer on that car on a 'closed course'.
I would too...
boxermike says:
02:06 PM, 02/23/09
"By desmolicious on February 23, 2009 1:51 PM
What I got out of this is that Riz looks for any excuse to get out of the office and hammer on that car on a 'closed course'.
I would too..."
I think you mean me and not J-R. I was driving--just shoved him in the back. And if you watched all of the videos you can see it's clearly a closed course and not a road.
-mike
jriz says:
11:09 AM, 02/27/09
In case anyone cares, sitting in the GT-R's backseat during a full launch sucks. Really really sucks. It's hot, incredibly cramped (double when you're 6'3"), the car is pulling a few G's, and the vicious slam the car produces in quasi-launch mode is down-right violent. Also, Magrath's driving, which is never good for passengers. Maybe next time, I'll strap myself to the roof and let the suction cup be inside.