The brand new Nissan Z wasn’t constructed to be a drag automotive, however that hasn’t stopped YouTuber Emelia Hartford. Over the previous few months she and her crew have been closely modifying a brand new Z to overcome the quarter-mile, and now, her automotive is the quickest and quickest new Z on the planet.

Hartford printed a video on Wednesday documenting the file run. She introduced the automotive out to the Famoso Dragstrip in Bakersfield, California and managed to set a blistering quarter-mile time of seven.75 seconds at 181 mph. That makes it the quickest new Z on the earth by practically two seconds. 

The file did not come with out some hassle. Hartford’s first two check runs went off and not using a hitch, however when the automotive was tuned to maximum-kill for the primary actual try, the rear snapped out and practically triggered an enormous crash. Hartford was fast sufficient to put it aside, although, getting the parachute out and the nostril pointed straight earlier than the automotive hit the wall.

It was solely a matter of time earlier than this Z turned a record-holder on the strip. It shattered the file for many highly effective new Z again in October, when it managed to put down 1,899 horsepower to the hubs on a dyno.

Whereas it nonetheless may look quite a bit like the brand new Z, a lot of the automotive has been radically remodeled to just accept a brand new drivetrain. Below the hood sits a VR38 from the now-dead Nissan GT-R, rebuilt with stronger internals, a pair of gigantic turbos, and an intercooler large enough to chill a semi-truck. The rear has been tubbed to suit an acceptable drag-ready rear finish and a set of huge radial rubber. 

Hartford suggests this is not the final we’ll see of this tire-melting Z. On the finish of the video she mentions plans to aim a six-second run sooner or later. Contemplating that is the primary time she’s ever pushed the automotive, we do not doubt there’s extra efficiency to be discovered.