The Fatty Monster is TRG’s widebody Nissan R35 GT-R, making around 1,000 to 1,006 horsepower. As a GT-R R35 specialist in Malaysia, we ran it 8.75 seconds at Sungai Besi, the first widebody GT-R in Malaysia into the 8s. In Thailand it made us the first Malaysian team to run a 7-second quarter mile.
Why we built a fat, heavy car on purpose
Every time we rolled it out, someone said the same thing. “Your car is so fat, so heavy, how can it run so fast?” On paper they have a point. A widebody kit adds material, and weight is the enemy of a quarter-mile time. The scene says you pick one, looks or numbers. My partner wanted the look, I wanted the power, so we chased both.
How a GT-R R35 specialist in Malaysia builds for 1,000hp
Power was never the hard part. Bigger turbos, the fuelling to feed them, a built engine, and a tune done properly on our in-house Mustang Dyno, where we hold the load and read air-fuel ratios pull after pull. That gets you to a 1,000hp GT-R build in Malaysia.
The hard part with any GT-R is the GR6 dual-clutch gearbox. It’s the weak point the moment you pass factory numbers, so the whole car was built around the gearbox surviving, not around the engine making the graph look good. We run Dodson Motorsport internals and keep about 95% of GR6 components in-house, so a rebuild doesn’t wait months for imports. On this car the GR6 gearbox reinforcement mattered more than any power figure.
Sungai Besi: 8.75 seconds, the number that mattered
First race back was Terengganu on a terrible surface. The tyres lit up and the car walked sideways instead of hooking. We still ran a 9.0, fastest a widebody GT-R had gone in Malaysia at the time, but the target was an 8.
The second outing at Sungai Besi had a better surface, and it hooked. The car ran 8.75 seconds and took first place, the first widebody GT-R in Malaysia into the 8s. That one felt like settling a debate.
Thailand: grip that broke a gearbox, then a 7-second run
In December 2024 we took five cars to the Souped Up event in Thailand. Malaysian strips give you poor traction, so you build cars that manage wheelspin. The Thai track was prepped hard and sticky, with grip we never get at home. When the tyres actually bite, that force goes straight into the drivetrain, roughly doubling the load through the gearbox. On the first night one of our cars tore a GR6 casing apart, the aluminium housing itself splitting, not a worn gear or a slipping clutch.
The reason was brackets. That car ran an upper gearbox bracket but no lower one. Another car in our group had both fitted, ran the same surface with the same power, and finished with no gearbox problem. One night on that strip found the gap. It’s why we reinforce the GR6 the way we do.
We got the customers’ cars running before our own, which is the only order that makes sense when people have flown their cars across a border. Then we ran ours on testing night and became the first Malaysian team to run a 7-second quarter mile. Our best official time was 7.90 seconds and we finished 3rd overall, broken casing and all.
Most owners assume horsepower is what kills a GR6. Horsepower is only half of it. The other half is how hard the tyres bite, so we build for the worst-case load. If you’re planning a serious GT-R R35 build in Malaysia, that’s the part that still matters long after the timing slip goes in a drawer.
Frequently asked questions
How fast is the Fatty Monster widebody GT-R?
Its record Malaysian pass is 8.75 seconds in the quarter mile at Sungai Besi, the first widebody GT-R in Malaysia into the 8s. In Thailand it made TRG the first Malaysian team to run a 7-second quarter mile, best official time 7.90 seconds, 3rd overall.
Why did the gearbox break in Thailand but not in Malaysia?
Grip. The Thai track was prepped hard and offered far more traction than Malaysian strips, roughly doubling the load through the drivetrain. The car running only an upper gearbox bracket tore its GR6 casing on night one. The car with both brackets finished fine.
What makes a 1,000hp GT-R build survive drag racing?
The gearbox, not the engine. The GR6 dual-clutch is the R35’s weak point past factory power. A survivable 1,000hp GT-R build in Malaysia needs Dodson-grade internals, both gearbox brackets, and a proper custom tune done on a load-bearing dyno.
Chasing a number of your own? Talk to us before you buy parts, not after. We’ll tell you what your gearbox will take, what it won’t, and you’re welcome to stand next to the dyno and watch the pulls yourself.
Chasing a number of your own? WhatsApp TRG in Bandar Sunway before you buy parts, or see the GT-R build programme this car came out of. Chat with us on WhatsApp.