AMS GT-R in the 7s. Unbelievable
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AMS GT-R in the 7s. Unbelievable
This is a really great put together video and it is mind blowing what the guys from AMS have done with the R35 GT-R. And you can even take it to the local drive-thru.
Enjoy
Enjoy
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I can't imagine how sick that is. I got my E55 from my friend that also has an Alpha 9 GT-R an holy sh*t is that car nuts, and it "only" run 9.30's with him driving it to the track.
AMS definitely knows what they're doing with these things.
EDIT: HOLY WTF Small world Moment. The guy driving, Ivan Phipps, is a guy I met back in 1995 when I had my Typhoon. He was from Chicago and he once drove from Chicago to my place in Florida to help me wrench on my truck. ******* was NUTS back in the day behind a wheel. So effing cool to see he's doing something with it. Jesus.. talk about a blast from the past. Haven't seen him since 96'.
AMS definitely knows what they're doing with these things.
EDIT: HOLY WTF Small world Moment. The guy driving, Ivan Phipps, is a guy I met back in 1995 when I had my Typhoon. He was from Chicago and he once drove from Chicago to my place in Florida to help me wrench on my truck. ******* was NUTS back in the day behind a wheel. So effing cool to see he's doing something with it. Jesus.. talk about a blast from the past. Haven't seen him since 96'.
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I remember reading about Ivan Phipps.
He reminds of Josh Kalis back in my E39 M5 days. The dude took an E39 M5, went crazy with supercharging etc. ran 10s, then went to a C6 Z06, twin turbo'd that (I remember watching one of his vids...he had zero traction from an 80mph punch, it was INSANE), and now drives a mid 9 second Supra.
The need for speed never ends and it only grows!
I've sat in a handful of 10 second cars, but 9 sec and below is a WHOLE different world of acceleration.
There are a lot of 10 sec cars out there, but to drop into the 9s is something else...hopefully some of these 55K projects going on will get there!
He reminds of Josh Kalis back in my E39 M5 days. The dude took an E39 M5, went crazy with supercharging etc. ran 10s, then went to a C6 Z06, twin turbo'd that (I remember watching one of his vids...he had zero traction from an 80mph punch, it was INSANE), and now drives a mid 9 second Supra.
The need for speed never ends and it only grows!
I've sat in a handful of 10 second cars, but 9 sec and below is a WHOLE different world of acceleration.
There are a lot of 10 sec cars out there, but to drop into the 9s is something else...hopefully some of these 55K projects going on will get there!
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EDIT: HOLY WTF Small world Moment. The guy driving, Ivan Phipps, is a guy I met back in 1995 when I had my Typhoon. He was from Chicago and he once drove from Chicago to my place in Florida to help me wrench on my truck. ******* was NUTS back in the day behind a wheel. So effing cool to see he's doing something with it. Jesus.. talk about a blast from the past. Haven't seen him since 96'.
Ivan has been well known around Chicago for years.
Btw I have a old gm high tech may with his cyclone in it too
Vid from back In the day of his typhoon
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i remember when we would go to Barrington & Irving and those guys were street racing back in the day. Thats great they took there passion and made it work for them nice job AMS.
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Watching the speedometer at the end is just amazing and illustrates what is very difficult to capture in video. Towards the end of the run, I was like, "why did the needle slow down a little" before the whole "because it's still pulling as hard at 180 as my car does at 60mph" part stepped in.
What's impressive is that RBJ's 60' time is not far off of those first runs where they were "only" running low 8's. I'm using his strategy next time I go to the track as he knows what he's talking about.
What's impressive is that RBJ's 60' time is not far off of those first runs where they were "only" running low 8's. I'm using his strategy next time I go to the track as he knows what he's talking about.
