Nissan GT-R Racecar with odd Exhaust Pipes
No, the GT-R racecar above isn’t a member of the Japanese Takeyari spear exhaust culture. Instead, it comes from Sweden, where the sound limits imposed at racing tracks are hard to understand for us aficionados from other parts of the world.
So how did this Nissan end up wearing semi truck-like exhaust pieces? Sure, it does compete in the Unlimited class of the Swedish Time Attack championship, but the setup still doesn’t seem to make sense.
Well, if you put it into the context of a test, the story seems easier to digest. The GT-R in question was built by Swedish specialist 23GTR.se, which didn’t have time for a testing season before the race.
Those of you living in parts of the world with less than hot climate may have noticed the weather is starting to get a bit rough, so it’s not difficult to understand why the Time Attack Championship over in Sweden came to an end last week.
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The aim was for the racecar to take part in the final round, and while Godzilla did make it, it came far from meeting the dB limit of the event.
As a result, the team spent its Friday night at the Swedish equivalent of Walmart (that’s Biltema Sverige for you Scandinavian conaisseurs), grabbing whatever silencers they could get their hands on.
With a former Renault F1 test pilot behind the wheel, the GT-R managed to grab 4th place, which isn’t half bad considering this was both a race and the car’s first real-world adventure.
Those of you who might be planning to rebel against those extreme noise limits might want to know that Swedish car fanatics are doing it already, at least online.
“Noise regulations are a huge problem in Sweden, don’t blame us to take actions that are as ridiculous as the limit itself… we don’t give a f*ck and just want to race in top level Time Attack,” Swedish Time Attack Championship representatives said on Facebook.
And while we’re at it, here’s a piece of footage showing the muffled GT-R at work (read: having a stint on the grass and not caring about it).
P.S.: OK, so the GT-R has an excuse for wearing an outboard exhaust, but what about other cars at the event doing the same?