On March 9, 2012, TopSpeed Motorsports took a customer’s 2010 GT-R down to Roebling Road Raceway in Savannah, GA for the car’s chassis and suspension tune. Erick flew down for the day to meet his car after it received some new parts at the T|S|M shop.
2010 Nissan GT-R
Custom T|S|M tune
JRZ Suspension
Boost Logic Intercooler
Boost Logic Intercooler Piping
AMS Down Pipes
TSM Products Y Pipe
GReddy Exhaust
Grand Am Champion Leh Keen started taking laps in the car early morning and by mid morning, the car was already turning faster times thanks to the feedback from him and the adjustments made by the TopSpeed Motorsports team. The end result was a balanced car that Erick can take back to his local track and turn faster lap times. At T|S|M, we make faster cars through parts and setup to insure the best possible driving experience.
Erick weighed in on his thoughts from the day.
I want better lap times.
My 2010 GT-R is an incredible track car, but I wanted it to be better. I’ve given this a lot of thought. Every year Nissan improves the current GT-R and every year I think about getting the new one. I’ve gone through this cycle three times now. If I upgraded it would be better, but in less than a year Nissan will start talking about the next one with a little more power and some other refinements and mine wouldn’t be “the best” anymore. I also like the idea of having something special, perhaps something that is best suited for my needs and capabilities.
The One Lap of America is an incredible event. I’m not much of a motorsports spectator, but for some reason I’ve always liked One Lap. A few years ago GT-Rs started competing and I started rooting for them. Last year I started following the Topspeed team of Doug Wilks and Leh Keen on Nagtroc. I watched them live from my office as they raced around Daytona at 180 mph. I took a day off work to drive 3 hours south to see them in person at Autobahn where they clinched the 1st place victory. They destroyed the competition. As a fellow GT-R owner, they made me proud. I was and remain truly in awe with the combination of the tuning prowess from Topspeed and Leh’s superhuman driving skills.
This got me thinking. What if I could get Topspeed to tune my car and then have Leh Keen spend a day dialing it in just like they did for One Lap? Even better, what if I traveled to Georgia to watch the whole thing and then have Leh show me what the GT-R is truly capable of and give me a few pointers in my own car. Well my friends, that is exactly what I did.
What I ended up with is a car that not only makes buckets more power, but handles significantly better than before. Understeer? Gone. The sound? Amazing. Even better, after watching Doug and Leh tune my car for half the day and watching the lap times keep getting better, I have absolute confidence that I am getting every last penny worth of performance from all of my upgrades.
But the best part without question was the experience. There really is no way to explain the feeling of riding around the track in a Topspeed tuned GT-R as Leh Keen defies physics. I wish there was some way I could show my gratitude, but all I managed was, “Unbelievable. I don’t have words.”
This forum has been a huge resource for me over the years. I hope sharing my thought process and experience will in some way give back to anyone who might be in a similar situation.
If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate.
Cheers,
Erick
