1000 meter, 13.7 secs...

[J_Spec_NiTeMaRe]

hey guys, i was looking at exvitermini.com and came across this file of a skyline doing 13.7 in the 1000 meters. its totally awesome, but i was noticing in second gear, the car kicks into some weird ass overdrive. i dont think its nitrous oxide, but what else could it be? maybe a timed boost setting? anyone know?


the file is: http://movies.exvitermini.com/vsrh9.zip

[Pennzoil GT-R]

this has been talked about before and noone seems to know the answer. all i can think of is its the way theyve edited the video, OR its the point when the wheels catch grip and stop spinning in second.

[J_Spec_NiTeMaRe]

after watching the movie a billion times, i think ive got it figured out. hes actually hitting his rev limiter. watch closeley as the drivers head snaps foraward from loss of acceleration, and as the revs bounce off the limiter, it goes back down and hooks up again, where he shifts properly.


to make it simpler, lets assume the car has a 12k redline, which is likley for that car. say the driver mistakenly hits 14k, where the limiter cuts fuel and spark, causing loss of acceleration, and his head snaps forward. the limiter bounces the revs back down to 10k or so, whereupon the car must travel second gear again, or 2k of it, which produces the sound of the car producing extra power at a weird time.

in conclusion, it looks like the driver actually made a mistake...but did the right thing by not shifting to third out of insticnt and traveled second again.

[racingbreed20]

Nice run Kinda makes me hungry though, oh no wait thats just cause I skipped lunch.

[Gonthrax]

I had always assumed that he just decided to go balls out and pushed a few revs past the redline.

Hold on, let me watch it a few times :P

Ok, I don't think he was bounching off the rev limiter becaues of this.

Listen to the engine note. When it comes up "2?" It revs higher then his other shift points. I would also think that a car tuned like that would probly not have a rev limiter. Launch control, yes, rev limiter imho no...

Def not Nitrus tho, it's not allowed in those typse of record setting events as far as I know.

[sami]

Kinda OT but isn't that a 0-300km/h run, not 0-1000m?

[J_Spec_NiTeMaRe]

gonthrax- good eye, the revs do climb higher than other gears. and also, those cars usually dont have rev limiters...all good points. i guess we all stay in mystery.


sami- yea it is the 0-300 km/h, thanks for correcting.

[2of9]

0-300 km/p....185-186 mph in 13 seconds is pretty damn fast. Those Skylines are the fastest Skylines i've seen.