This is what its about for me....

[customizedcreationz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD9ee6RXfmg

.27 the girls reaction on her face.

The launch, the most exciting thing to driving or riding anything for me. The first 330 feet puts a smile on my face!

I long for the sheer terror of launching a big HP car again.

.59 the ladys is really wanting to say F yeah!

Todd

 

[gamorg02]

what car is it? Do you think the punch there is comparable to a vmax?

-garrett

 

[davesax36]

Nissan skyline (gt-r).

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[VMax-Mike]

I have heard todd leave the start line at the dragstrip and I can attest that he sounds just like the fat chick in the video. :rofl_200::rofl_200::rofl_200:

 

[one2dmax]

LOL. Yes, the first time you get to launch with any real good traction and power it's fun. The 1.23-1.25's 60' time I get on the drag bike are incredibly fun. The first time I got to make a full pass with it I was laughing all the way down the track!

 

[Kronx]

Yep, those first few hundred feet are my favorite too!

 

[Biker Dash]

Driven an older Skyline a few times when I was stationed in Okinawa... It was a FRIGGIN BLAST! I can only imagine what a brand new GT-R would be like. On question though... does the GT-R have a regular shifter available, or has this become another junkpile POS with paddle shifting?

 

[Fire-medic]

Driven an older Skyline a few times when I was stationed in Okinawa... It was a FRIGGIN BLAST! I can only imagine what a brand new GT-R would be like. On question though... does the GT-R have a regular shifter available, or has this become another junkpile POS with paddle shifting?

About a year-ago I bought a Harley 7" headlamp lens/light bulb for a project I eventually did to my bike, and the guy had a brand-new Skyline GT-R in the garage. He was a pharmaceutical salesman. It was the first GT-R I'd seen. Very-impressive static; running, even-more, apparently! He also had a couple-year-old H-D dresser which he said he traded in about every 3 years for the next one.

I recall the first time I went for a ride in my friend's Porsche 911T which had been built by another acquaintance's shop. The shop built and maintained the guy's IMSA Chevy-March GTP cars w/which he won the driver's and manufacturer's championship in the 1980's. The 911 was a total rebuild, and had steel flaired fenders, one of the nicest paintjobs I've ever seen, a dark candy-apple red done by the guy who painted the IMSA cars. The engine was a turbo, w/a 4-speed, and that's all it needed, four speeds. When it came-on boost, it was like the hand of God reached-down and flicked that tach needle, hard. Even at triple-digit speeds, that car would accelerate to impress. I seriously-considered buying that when he decided to sell it, but I bought another house, instead, which was the better move.

 

[customizedcreationz]

Not only did it reach 60 mph in 2.7 seconds in Nissan's testing, but it made the sprint through the quarter mile in 10.8 seconds, a full 0.4 seconds faster than the 2012 model we tested in February, using 100 RON octane gas (96 octane using the U.S.' AKI ratings).

Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2011/1111_2013_nissan_gt_r_10_second_car/#ixzz2fdE36fFO


looks like a high 10 second missle!

 

[Kronx]

I've not had the experience most of you have had, but the fastest car I've ever been in was a '56 Chevy. I used to bounce at this honky tonk in Hattisburg, Mississippi. One of the regulars, by the name of Vinoy Graham, ran a slaughter house up in Petal, Ms. Well this guy and his brother had a long history of hot rods and drag racing. And this '56 Chevy used to be a beast back in the '70s. I don't know much about drag racing on a national scale, but at one point this car used to be in the top 3 fastest for whatever respective class it was in nationally.

The car was a legend in the area. Everyone just called it "The 56." The guy had a fleet of beautiful hot rods. So each night he came to the club it was always a question of "What did he drive tonight?" I had heard so much about 'The 56' but had never actually seen it.

Then one night I lucked out and he drove it to the club. It was surprising. All of the immaculate hot rods he drove, 'The 56' looked so understated. It had the look of a barn find halfway through a restoration. I think he did that on purpose... making his fastest car look the most deceptive. He knew I wanted a ride in it, so he asked me "Wanna take the '56 for a spin?" Of course I jumped at the chance.

I ran over to the passenger side door and waited for him to unlock it. He smiled at me and said "Wrong door" as he tossed me the keys. I caught the keys but was frozen in shock and slight fear for a few seconds.

I eventually found myself in the car although I remember as I sat in the drivers seat of asking myself "How did I get here?" The moment between catching the keys and getting in that seat was almost like a blackout. I was nervous as hell.

So I start it up and it was like poking a dragon. I say dragon because I have no idea what a dragon roar would really sound like, and I had never heard an engine like this -- holy ****. Putting that car in gear felt like strapping myself onto a bull who has yet to get pissed off.

I gently pull out onto Hwy 49 and get up to 45mph when some late 80s model Camaro zooms by... I looked over at Vinoy and he grinned and said "Get him". I think I know how an astronaut feels during a launch. It was amazing.

 

[Fire-medic]

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