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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 05:05 PM
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Default First gtr caught on the streets by a c6 Zo6

there is about 12 gt-r's here in reno driving around and going to the track, here is the article..
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/f...9-nissan-gt-r/

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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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lol...nice.
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 06:08 PM
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cool story
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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"The GT-R is down 25 horsepower and is almost 700 pounds heavier. But in defiance of the laws of physics, the distance between us never changes."

So the Nissan has the magic mod or can we just assume nonequal drivers here? 700 pounds is a huge difference even if the GT-R has a little better gearing.
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 01:00 AM
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supposedly the GT-R is dynoing 480 to the wheel and in actuality is making around 550 at the crank instead of the advertised 480bhp.
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 09:11 AM
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OK, so who was it that raced him? The corvette guy says. "the guys on the 'vette forum won't believe this.", so let's hear from the guy in the 'vette...


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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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In the bigger picture, its a NISSAN, who cares!!!
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 11:24 AM
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honestly I am not impressed at all... I see the GTR as an over priced 350z with a turbo and a body kit... The over sized exhaust looks like a typical ricer and wont be something I look forward to seeing on the street. Bound to be some punk kid whos daddy has a lot of money to buy him too much car for his skill level.

Good news is , its more motization to get a big cam and port the heads on my 03 Z06.....

I got beat by a C6 Z06 the other day from 0 to about 140 , it was fairly close but still got beat...

I guess its time for a cam.... a really big one that gets really bad gas mileage
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by bzettler83
honestly I am not impressed at all... I see the GTR as an over priced 350z with a turbo and a body kit... The over sized exhaust looks like a typical ricer and wont be something I look forward to seeing on the street. Bound to be some punk kid whos daddy has a lot of money to buy him too much car for his skill level.

Good news is , its more motization to get a big cam and port the heads on my 03 Z06.....

I got beat by a C6 Z06 the other day from 0 to about 140 , it was fairly close but still got beat...

I guess its time for a cam.... a really big one that gets really bad gas mileage
bzett, break out the cash soon, you won't be sorry...
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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Bring 'em on !
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 08:33 PM
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It does go around the nurburgring faster than a 911 turbo! Gran Turismo had a hand in development=PIMP! BUT you are still going home in a NISSAN....There are some good pro's but the con's are more important in this case.
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Old Apr 8, 2008 | 11:49 PM
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We already took one out in my buddy's 03 Cobra...but it only makes 600 to the tire The guy was like I will say the snake had to work at it, car was no slouch!
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 02:19 AM
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^^ Haha
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by AmMscl
We already took one out in my buddy's 03 Cobra...but it only makes 600 to the tire The guy was like I will say the snake had to work at it, car was no slouch!
where did you race one at? they are in three locations nation wide doing testing. Reno Neveda for High altitude testing Phoenix Az for high temp and montanna for cold weather testing. there not being released until june 28th
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by superlsx
where did you race one at? they are in three locations nation wide doing testing. Reno Neveda for High altitude testing Phoenix Az for high temp and montanna for cold weather testing. there not being released until june 28th
Don't know what to tell ya...But this happened in SoCal
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by AmMscl
Don't know what to tell ya...But this happened in SoCal
Irivine?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X3CV77FNvQ
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by whatsgrip?
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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^^^ I need a cam now with these things running around
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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Could have been driver's error....from the footage I've seen!
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