Just read your little segment in this month's Evo magazine. Good read.

Just read this too, good article.

Just read your little segment in this month's Evo magazine. Good read.

Just read this too, good article.

 

 

Thanks guys, was nice of them to ask for some input.

Coming a bit late to the party here and this thread is now 65 pages! I'm not going to go back through all that but I think I need to track down a copy of Evo magazine that featured your cars. They look fantastic on the few pages I have looked at.

 

BossFox's comments on the McLaren were interesting...I think part of the fun is seeing what you can get out of the cars too, where as in the McLaren it's almost too easy?

 

I was also going to post this...Another skyline to preserve  - but looking back through a few pages it might be yours already Richard?!

 

Cheers,

Steve

If someone can remember which Evo edition it was, I'll scan it in 

On 27/02/2017 at 17:48, Wardy said:

If someone can remember which Evo edition it was, I'll scan it in 

 

Surely must have been November or December 2016 based on the previous few posts?

 

cheers,

Steve

So the latest edition of EVO has just dropped through the door.

so having a quick flick through and on page 88/89 is a nice pic of a lot of Skylines!

good articl Richard 

For some reason Ive not been getting updates and havent been on here that much anyway, thought  it was you in this months EVO but you only had 3 on last count, and I did not know you had had a Mclaren either, a bit economical with the truth saying you had a Yeti as a daily, ( some Yeti too! ) shame youre the other end of the country Id be youre best friend

Edited 28 March, 20179 yr by blueR36

2 hours ago, blueR36 said:

For some reason Ive not been getting updates and havent been on here that much anyway, thought  it was you in this months EVO but you only had 3 on last count, and I did not know you had had a Mclaren either, a bit economical with the truth saying you had a Yeti as a daily, ( some Yeti too! ) shame youre the other end of the country Id be youre best friend

 

I'm sure you could chum up to someone more local :/  

On 28/03/2017 at 16:30, blueR36 said:

For some reason Ive not been getting updates and havent been on here that much anyway, thought  it was you in this months EVO but you only had 3 on last count, and I did not know you had had a Mclaren either, a bit economical with the truth saying you had a Yeti as a daily, ( some Yeti too! ) shame youre the other end of the country Id be youre best friend

 

I've been trying to keep a few things low key and not turn into a big show off.

Because I actually have 10 Skyline GT-Rs now.  7 R34s and 3 R32s....

I became aware that on the internet it's too easy to go on about what you are doing and it can turn into a bit of an ego trip, or look that way.

 

But yes Evo magazine contacted me to do a feature on the cars as they heard how crazy it had got.

And they were nice guys that came down.

Was a good article Richard. Did Evo say how they'd heard about you?

1 hour ago, Wardy said:

Was a good article Richard. Did Evo say how they'd heard about you?

 

When they did the earlier little thing in Nov/Dec they wanted someone that had owned a few and contacted Harlow Jap Autos I bought ATTKD and Hosaka R34s from.

So HJA put them on to me.

 

After talking to me and doing that they realised it wasn't a normal thing where someone just changes cars often and has a couple, so decided it'd be a nice thing to put in the magazine with more info.

New toy....

 

So after 20 years in business (and 9 years tuning R35 GT-Rs) Litchfield Motors decided to celebrate with 20 new modified cars with a factory equaling 3 year warranty.

This encouraged me to come back to R35 ownership after 3 years in an MY10, MY11 and MY14 then a 3 year break.

 

The idea was the right blend of usability and performance, not silly power.

I chose build slot 17.  LM20 no17.

Seemed apt as it's a 17 reg car on the new shape MY17 GT-R platform.
Here she is:

 

 

The LM20s delivered so far (there are 4 slots left) have all been based on the normal GT-R.

But wanting something a bit edgier I asked for the Track Edition, with an amount of work by Nismo under the skin including the hand welded Nissan bonded chassis for better handling.

 

As Nissan UK has not sold many Track Editions (currently 3) they keep no stock, hence a three month wait...  but it arrived two weeks ago at the UK port.

Nissan collected it and send it straight to Litchfield Motors for the LM20 treatment.

 

 

Track Edition has the following extras over the stock Nissan GT-R.
Nismo welded/bonded chassis.
Nismo front hubs.
Wider front wings.
Optional Nismo carbon boot lid.
Carbon rear spoiler.
Red stitched interior.
Track Edition plaque.

 

 

Litchfield then add the following as part of their limited run of 20 new LM20 GT-Rs.

ENGINE
Litchfield 102 mm exhaust system with Sports Cats
Cast turbo downpipes
Larger fuel injectors
High flow fuel pumps
Litchfield air intake kit
Litchfield boost hoses
Litchfield intercooler
Litchfield Version 6 custom ECU calibration
4 switchable maps for fuel octane
Adjustable boost levels
iPhone/iPad connectivity
Upgraded gearbox software

SUSPENSION
Litchfield/Bilstein Damptronic
Custom Eibach springs and anti-roll bar

BRAKES
400 mm Alcon front rotors with lightweight bells
380 mm Alcon rear rotors
Upgraded brake pads front and rear
Goodridge braided brake lines
Litchfield silver brake calipers

WHEELS    
Lightweight RAYS Volk Racing TE37

TYRES    
Michelin Pilot Sport 4

EXTERIOR    
Litchfield carbon front lip spoiler
Litchfield carbon front grille blade
Litchfield carbon rear spoiler extension
Litchfield carbon rear bumper vents

INTERIOR
Alcantara steering wheel with red band
Unique badging with internal build number plaque

 

This leaves you with a very impressive and special car.

 

 

I then added one extra thing that wasn't on the list...

A full Carbon Ceramic brake kit from Alcon including new (lighter/better) calipers, which seemed fitting for the only LM20 to date to be built on the Track Edition base car.

 

 

The car is amazing.

Quoted performance is:
POWER: 675 PS (666 bhp)
TORQUE: 833 nm @ 2,100 rpm (615 lb-ft), 813 nm @ 2,500-5,100 rpm (600 lb-ft)
ACCELERATION: 2.5 secs 0-60 mph, 5.7 secs 0-100 mph  
TOP SPEED: 203 mph

 

Needless to say it's very, very fast.
And stops amazingly quickly.

But with the LM changes it also handles really well and you have more feel than in a normal R35.

 

 

I am so glad I went for the Track Edition, as the base car for the LM20.
It's a beast.

Love the engraved wheels too.

 

 

It's not a silly big power GT-R, but it's a great car and can get all the power down nearly anywhere.
Exactly the point of the LM20 and why I personally would leave it as standard LM20 as possible.

 

Blisteringly fast point to point car.
And I still have my 3 year new car warranty.

What an awesome piece of kit, thanks for sharing!

An amazing looking car and thanks for the additional information on the specs of it. It truly will be an absolute monster on the track and you've factory warranty with it so best of both worlds.

Wow. Just wow!

a thing of automotive beauty

Very nice Richard.

does the power delivery feel much different to the R34? Can you notice the 20 years worth of improvement?

Very very nice...   And stunning looks in that colour!

 

Congrats on the purchase - enjoy!

On 05/06/2017 at 08:42, BossFox said:

POWER: 675 PS (666 bhp)

 

Seems appropriate! ^^ 

On 05/06/2017 at 20:41, mdk1 said:

Very nice Richard.

does the power delivery feel much different to the R34? Can you notice the 20 years worth of improvement?

 

Thanks,

 

Yes you can feel the development, without the manual box the acceleration is relentless.

Plus this has been built to not have silly power, but out accelerate, out brake and handle better than the Nismo which is an eye watering £150k.

The track pack is about 50-60% Nismo for only 20% of the price difference.

 

Add in the Carbon brakes (Nismo has steel still...) over 650bhp and the great feel you get with lighter discs and wheels after Litchfield's handling kit and it doesn't feel like an R35 really.  It more alive and responsive.

In that respect it actually feels more edgy, like one of the old school Skylines rather than the R35.

To drive it feels half way between a modified R34 and a modified R35 with the best of both.

That really looks like a special car. Shame I miss out on it next week. Have a great time

I knew you had a soft spot for Orange after seeing my Car in flesh

 

Nice Beast...Looks Great!!

Looks like you had a great time "touring" round Europe, Richard.

was I right in thinking there was a second Orange GTR with 3GTR No. plate?

something your not telling? 

It sounds as good as it looks too!

14 hours ago, Chris GB said:

It sounds as good as it looks too!

 

Knew it was you in the Citigo!

 

 

 

 

Some pictures on my holiday last week with the Battalion30Five GT-R group across Europe to Romania.

Got back having done 2,650 miles in 9 days. (Had to change plates part way as car was booked on Romanian tax thing using different plate by accident)