[DeTomaso] Why Is the Nissan R-35 GTR so fast??

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Wed Jan 11 16:50:40 EST 2012


It's really only half the car it should be.  -errr... in this photo anyway:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Nissan_GT-R_cutmodel.JPG/800px-Nissan_GT-R_cutmodel.JPG

Asa Jay

Quoting Arjun Ghosh-Dastidar <arjun.ghoshdastidar at gmail.com>:

> It's called having the world's best 4wd system and complimentary suspension.
>
> It's about having the world's most tuneable engine.
>
> It's a halo model that Nissan doesn't burden with badge snobbery pricing,
> hence the extreme value for money.
>
> And for the price of a GTR, you can also have a Pantera that will run rings
> around an Enzo. It's a matter of getting the suspension/aero/weight set up
> right and adding horsepower.
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Lee, Patrick Q <patrick.q.lee at rbc.com>wrote:
>
>> Okay, I have a reasonably fast 71 Pantera with a nice 393 stroked street
>> motor, with alloy heads and 11:5 compression.
>> I have a 2011 Jaguar XKR Special Edition with 510 hp which also feels
>> stupid fast as well....but Top Gear has the Nissan GTR literally
>> thrashing
>> every Ferrari (Enzo included), Lambo (LP640 included), the Maserati MC
>> 12, any Aston Martin, any Audi any Jaguar, any Mercedes, any Porsche,
>> any Corvette.....
>> My god, the only thing within sight of this rocket around a track was
>> the Noble, the Atom and the Bugatti Veyron and they weren't any faster.
>> This is the regular R-35 GTR you can buy for 90 grand. If you tweak the
>> blowers, this thing will generate 700-1000 hp.
>> They have one that did 8's in the quarter at 170 mph....what is going on
>> here???
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