launch practise in my skyline
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theres another one on its way uploading now, poxy computers no joke i have been sat here since 2.30 this afternoon, i had a virus cocking up my video program
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It looks quick but I dont get why it doesn't seem to just fuck off like I've seen em do.
Like theres too much power for the car even.
Are you still being gentle with it???
Doesn't look like you're really ringing the nuts out of the bastard?
Like theres too much power for the car even.
Are you still being gentle with it???
Doesn't look like you're really ringing the nuts out of the bastard?
It looks very tame..... and slow. Obviously thats not the case but it takes some hellish power to make a skyline look/sound like its properly going, they take/deal with the power really well. Does it drive nice..... as in does it feel like its shifting on a bit or is it so solid it blunts the feeling of performance/speed?
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im not ringing its neck mate i was just pissing about and thought id get a vid. im practising getting off the line and trying to keep wheelspin to a minimum.
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It looks very tame..... and slow. Obviously thats not the case but it takes some hellish power to make a skyline look/sound like its properly going, they take/deal with the power really well. Does it drive nice..... as in does it feel like its shifting on a bit or is it so solid it blunts the feeling of performance/speed?
its the quickest feeling car ive ever had. my missus asked me why it seemed faster when she was watching and filming me compared to watching the video, but i didnt have an answer for her.
im happy with it it plants me in the seat
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tyres are still 32 all round, rear is pretty hard as you can see she doesnt squat much. and im launching at around 4 - 5k in the vids.
im feathering the clutch though im not just banging it in.
tbh looking at the vids again and some pod vids on youtube its definiteley decieving making quick cars appear slow.
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well ive measured the road and the brow of the hump i pass im well into 3rd gear and its 170 metres so not even upto the 1/8 mile mark. a 1/4 mile is further than i thought it was.
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id try nailing it off the line ,hold it on hand brake slip clutch a bit to take up the slack then floor it the skyline box is supposed to be bullet proof so should be ok 
ps looks proper quick though doesnt it
ps looks proper quick though doesnt it
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thanks. as you can see that wasnt a particularly aggresive launch yet im still almost at the top of third gear by 1/8 mile mark.
skylines do launch very well, hopefully my escos will launch like them aswell lol
but my mates old skyline fuk me 600 ish bhp 7k dropped the clutch, side stepped and gripped, ive never been ina car that launches so hard and gets grip so quick than a skyline
but my mates old skyline fuk me 600 ish bhp 7k dropped the clutch, side stepped and gripped, ive never been ina car that launches so hard and gets grip so quick than a skyline
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id defo need some 888s to drop the clutch at 6k plus, my falken 452s will shit themselves
There are few things i watch time and time again on youtube for the sound alone.. One is a scania v8, the other is the second car in this vid. I remember stavros saying it was a piece of piss to build one like this, as he does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aal9kG-EXeY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aal9kG-EXeY








