When you're drag racing at 180 MPH and your hood decides it's time to quit, the separation process can lead to serious consequences. Fortunately, the Nissan GT-R in the video below lost its hood and nothing more in such an episode, but it was one violent moment.
The GT-R was battling it out with a twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo when the hood flew right off the car. This also sent the GoPro camera, which was mounted outside the car, flying through the air, with the video showing a bonus piece of footage including a spinning stunt.
180 MPH (290 km/h) is a serious velocity figure, but hitting this kind of speeds is what the GT-R in question does for a living. We are talking about an example of the supercar that delivers over 1,600 hp to the wheels, being gifted with an AMS Performance upgrade.
As we said, Godzilla was racing a Lamborghini - a Gallardo that had gone down the twin-turbo route with a result of over 2,000 hp at the wheels. The two took part in the Texas Invitational half mile event.
The owner of the GT-R had used duck tape to seal the panel gaps at the front of the machine, aiming for less drag and a greater trap speed. However, his preparations seemed ironic once that hood took off.
Don't take high-horsepower GT-Rs for granted
With many people believing the GT-R is the kind of car that does the driving job for you and multiple tuners hitting 2,000 hp with these Nissans, many have started taking such horsepower monsters for granted.
People need to understand these are extreme racecars that require full skill and attention to be driven at the limit, even in a straight line.
Sure, the GT-R's electronics might help the driver, but this only means you can push the car close to the limit on more occasions. As for the 2,000+ wheel horsepower achievements of the tuning world, such projects are far more extreme in real life than they might seem on video.
These machines need to be treated with respect. Pushing your GT-R to 2,000 hp and racing it isn't about Playstation-like driving. For instance, the world's most powerful GT-R customer car, which sits at the output level mentioned above, was totaled earlier this year. The oil line snapped, with the vehicle slipping on its oil at over 100 mph and hitting the drag strip wall hard.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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