True Nissan GT-R Power

[lil_red_v6]

im sorry too

[lafountain]

The GT-R does look to be quite an impressive car. There is one thing though that would prevent me from getting one.

[The_Blur]

It's definitely an amazing machine. I just want to see the Corvette get recognized as the supercar that it really is.

[COPO_Chevy]

+1 to that, GT-R is a nice machine..but im thinking the ZR-1 can more than take it on

[Mr. Wyndham]

[ihc95]

Ford are the biggest liers about power. Top Gear proves it.

[MerF]

Originally Posted by ihc95

Ford are the biggest liers about power. Top Gear proves it.

Although I won't necessarily argue with the point of your post, I have two problems with that video (and I like Top Gear).

1) All of the car companies rate the power at the flywheel, not at the wheels. So the GT500 making 470+ is right on, maybe just a tiny bit low but nothing to write home about.

2) That sure looks like a "Mustang dyno" which are notoriously AWFUL dynometers (ok truth be told there's no way of knowing as one dyno generally looks like another). They are so horribly inaccurate and inconsistent that I would not put any relevance to any numbers it pumps out.

All that being said....I'm not sure how Ford's HP inflation fit into the thread at all!

[Kyle2k]

I think people generally want honest hp numbers, but the efficiency of a drivetrain isn't known untill they test it as well. There is no point in detuning the engine as well- especially on a flag ship vehicle (actually i hope when they dyno the zr-1 it gets like 620whp . This is highly unlikely but what if a company somehow achieved a drivetrain loss of less than 10%? It could be possible with DCT tranmissions, maybe the new design provides an overall better transfer of power?

[2K05GT]

At first glance, the Nissan GT-R seems a totem for everything wrong with modern sports cars. It’s much too big, way too heavy, far too complex, and damnably too expensive for mere wage earners, especially after inevitable gouging precipitated by a global struggle for the annual production run of just 12,000. Were Colin Chapman alive, he’d be on YouTube maniacally machine-gunning a GT-R to “add lightness.”

Now that we’re on our third or fourth glance, and we’ve been able to slap on testing gear and hit the track, the GT-R is earning our awe. In seeking to uphold all that is Godzilla, chief engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno and his crew have built a simply astonishing vehicle.
It’s still big, heavy, complex, and expensive, but it’s also a holy spitfire at the drag strip and a joy to drive in every way that a big, heavy, and complex car has no right to be unless it’s way more expensive than the GT-R’s advertised base price of $70,475.

This GT-R story is about performance numbers, so we won’t dillydally: 60 mph is barbecued in 3.3 seconds, the quarter-mile in 11.5 seconds at 124 mph. Braking from 70 mph takes 145 feet, and skidpad runs are 0.99 g. all with 3908 pounds !!!

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/artic...part=passenger