Rh9

[BWST_XR6T]

There is a term amongst the japanese drag scene called RH9. Its given to a car that can run 9 second quarter miles on street legal tyres and pump fuel. Mainly skyline gtr's with 4wd. quite a few in japan and the U.S.A and a few in Aus I think (don't know if we cheat and use Japanese octane levels 100+).

Do we have any falcons able to do this now or how close are we?

[DjGsTa]

Falcons?

[Brandonn]

nope, and not close

[RIP_HSV]

High 10 or low 11 maybe?

[riki83]

give me the all wheel drive set up on the territory and maybe

[exarsixturbo]

A guy I know from here has an R34 GTR with RH9 number plates. Not 100% sure if it will run a 9 on street tyres but. That same year at autosalon my mates Skyline made 996awhp and it will easy run a 10 on street tyres before he gets booted for no cage.

I dare say we will never get there with the falcons but. Its the AWD that does it.

Edited 27/06/10 10:56 PM by exarsixturbo

[senna_T]

The biggest problem we have, IMO, is that because the falcons are so big and heavy we need big power to make the MPH for 9 and 10 sec runs, so this poses a problem from a launch point of view. Too much power and not enough road speed means that the cars are blowing away the street tyres before they can get moving. Build a falcon that weighs something like 1200kg and you'll see these times on street tyres...

[riki83]

that's it I'm taking the tub of my ute, that's gotta help

[Wingnut]

The term RH9 has been around for many years but not thrown around as much these days as getting a street GTR into the 9s isnt a huge deal in the Jap tuning world.

I still have some of the old HPI DVDs and seeing what those guys were doing over 10 years ago is mind blowing. It would be nuts to see a Ford Falcon XR6 9 sec street car I just dont think we will. If someon ewas that keen on owning something that fast for the street they would go out and buy a VL lol, which most do

Edited 27/06/10 11:24 PM by Wingnut

[mattyb]

what are they spraying under the bonnet of the GTR in the video???