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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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What would you guys pick for your next car?

http://www.1gracing.com/index.html

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New Z06

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up comming nissan skyline??

Decisions decisions.......
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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Damn impressive car pulling crazy g's but I'll stick with the Z06.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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a guy in North Andover has one of those Nobles. He brought it by one of the car show we put on a work. Very nice car and it looks sick. But I think I would rather have a new ZO6. The Noble was to ridged and small for my liking...
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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z06 everything else is just a toy
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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just a toy car or daily?
toy noble daily z06.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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Neither spend another 20k and get a Mosler MT900R
http://www.moslerauto.com/

Or build an Ultima GTR for about the cost of the new Z06.


If between the 3, Z06. You know it would spank the other 2. The noble is cool, but not badass.

Noble 400M costs like 90k.

It's a tough call, depends what your looking for. If you want fast and reliable zo6, a better track/auto-x would be the noble. I don't know enough about the skyline yet. The noble looks very Lotus Elise ish. But the new z06 such a bad *** car. Get the Vette, save yourself a bunch of money and put in a few mods if you feel the need to spend.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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Yeah this will be a weekend and track car. I'll keep the STi for commuting only. I'm pretty torn betwen all 3. My breakdown is this for the straits with mild cornering Z06, for track noble, and for a mix the GTR. The only probelm is that the GTR has no REAL numbers on it yet. It's suppose to compare with the Z06, but we'll see when they make it.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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Noble, just for the 1.15 lateral g's on street tires, thats sick! The gtr will without a doubt be the biggest and heaviest car and for that reason alone i wouldnt want it, although im sure it will be nice
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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How about option C wait for the blue devil!
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DannoWS6
Neither spend another 20k and get a Mosler MT900R
http://www.moslerauto.com/

Or build an Ultima GTR for about the cost of the new Z06.


If between the 3, Z06. You know it would spank the other 2. The noble is cool, but not badass.

Noble 400M costs like 90k.

It's a tough call, depends what your looking for. If you want fast and reliable zo6, a better track/auto-x would be the noble. I don't know enough about the skyline yet. The noble looks very Lotus Elise ish. But the new z06 such a bad *** car. Get the Vette, save yourself a bunch of money and put in a few mods if you feel the need to spend.
Ok, I'm sold on the Mosler now! Talk about a sweet ride.
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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Uhh anybody else besides me notice that the noble uses a ford DURACRAP 3.0 twin turbo. The twin turbos are cool but I would not want to spend that kind of money for a run of the mill ordinary motor. Give me my ls7 and some change to spare please!
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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There is always this option:

http://www.factoryfive.com/table/ffr...TM/GTMkit.html

I saw one on the power tour and it was running a standard, stock ls6 and was crazy quick.

Think of it with a modified LS7????

Plus I think it would be fun as hell building your own kit car. You could probably put it together for around $50 grand. The only drawback to the car is that you have to use the porsche transmission and I'm not sure how strong it is, but in a 2200lb car, it seems like a fun track car and even better street car.
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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 12:43 PM
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That skyline is gonna be cool , AWD Turbo, but Id still get a new Z if I could swing it
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 08:06 AM
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Not even a question. New Z06
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by davered00ss
Not even a question. New Z06
I'm with Dave
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
There is always this option:

http://www.factoryfive.com/table/ffr...TM/GTMkit.html

I saw one on the power tour and it was running a standard, stock ls6 and was crazy quick.

Think of it with a modified LS7????

Plus I think it would be fun as hell building your own kit car. You could probably put it together for around $50 grand. The only drawback to the car is that you have to use the porsche transmission and I'm not sure how strong it is, but in a 2200lb car, it seems like a fun track car and even better street car.
Yep, Factory Five GTM kit cars are nasty. You can build a Porsche G50/ G50/52 transaxle strong enough to handle the torque of the LS7. In stock form, they are pretty damn strong as well.
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