Pro Class: Just Jap / ATTKD Select R35 GTR

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Debuting in the Pro Class in 2012 is the Just Jap/ATTKD R35 GTR.

This car has been built as joint venture between famous Japanese Nissan tuning house Autech Tsukada and Australian parts importing specialist Just Jap. It has been in a state of constant refinement for the past 18 months and at World Time Attack it will be driven by Japanese time attack specialist and Super GT driver Mitsuhiro Kinoshita.

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Whilst this appear like a near standard GTR at first appearance we can assure you this is a long way from the truth. To start with this car weighs a fraction of an original GTR as the guards, bonnet, bootlid doors and rear wing have been recreated in extremely lightweight (and expensive) “dry” carbon fibre bringing the weight back close to 1500kg.

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The engine is also now a “full house” 4.1 litre stroker engine developed by Autech and Just Jap to not only make huge amounts of horsepower but also an extremely wide torque band that results in exceptional exit speed from corners and reduced lap times.

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The engine is fitted with a HKS 800 kit and is making “over 800 horsepower The diffs are carbon ATS LSDs front and rear and the transmission and clutch is by Dodson Motorsport. The suspension is super trick ATTKD developed gear and the rims are 18 inch SSR with Hankook Ventus Z221 tyres.

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So with the GT Autogarage R35 reportedly being sold to a new home in the UK and the Mercury Q Scan car looking like it is unlikely to be finished in time for WTAC 2012, the Just Jap/ATTKD car may well be the “sole” R35 GTR in Pro Class. It will be interesting to see if one of Japans top GTR tuners can use the hi tech trickery of the R35 GTR to give the Pro Class a shakeup in 2012.

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Whilst this may seem a longshot with the very limited aero and still reasonably heavy weight, stranger things have happened in the world of time attack racing and certainly the driver and team are amongst the best in the business. Another thing worth noting here is that this car still bears full Japanese registration giving us our first ever “road registered” Pro Car! To be able to “mix it with the big boys” and then drive home is something you only ever see in a vehicle such as the R35 GTR.

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Read the Team Profile here.

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