When most people get a new car they protect it like a newborn. They swaddle it with microfiber towels, avoid driving through puddles and take extra care not to harm their new pride and joy. In the case of brand new supercars, these are usually packed away into garages wrapped in a plastic bubble. But at COBB Tuning Surgeline, we do things a bit differently.

Upon taking posession of his brand new GT-R, Surgeline Tuning head calibrator, Tim Bailey, dumped a can of Torco into the tank, Installed a COBB Tuning AccessPORT with a Stage 1 map and drove to the drag strip.

With just an AccessPORT and a few ounces of Torco to compensate for less than optimal 92 octane fuels, the GT-R with Tim at the wheel was able to continually shave tenths off of an initial 11.7-second pass, eventually posting a 11.3 at 122mph.

Not to rest on this achievement alone, Tim then attended a local open track day the very next morning to put the new Nissan through its paces. Not one to drive straight for too long, he managed to get the big bruiser sideways just enough to the let all the GT-R’s computers know who was boss.

Look for ever more speed from Tim and his GT-R in the very near future as he will be adding a new exhaust system, more tuning and maybe even some larger snails.