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Old 12-26-2008, 08:32 AM   #15
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to the tuners' credit, they did launch the car over 100 times in varying states of modification with the launch control on before it broke... but its still pretty epic fail to have a button you can't use on a car that is advertised to be fast because of said button.
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Old 12-28-2008, 02:06 PM   #16
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to the tuners' credit, they did launch the car over 100 times in varying states of modification with the launch control on before it broke... but its still pretty epic fail to have a button you can't use on a car that is advertised to be fast because of said button.
100 test runs for reliability on a component that is prone to failure doesn't seem like enough to me, especially considering that they said it was in various states of modification. I suppose that was test 101.
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Old 12-28-2008, 02:46 PM   #17
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Reminds me of this:
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Old 12-28-2008, 04:43 PM   #18
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haha noooo reminds me of this 06' shitstang

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Old 12-28-2008, 05:29 PM   #19
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^^ if that happens to one of us... great excuse to throw in some LSA internals
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Old 12-28-2008, 06:34 PM   #20
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^^ if that happens to one of us... great excuse to throw in some LSA internals
why stop at LSA? go to the forged LS9 internals.
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Old 12-28-2008, 06:45 PM   #21
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Hmm, kinda uneventful, I was hoping for a little more drama. Sparks flying, fluid gushing, the ground opening up swallowing the GTR whole and sending it back to hell (Nissan headquarters, look it up). Oh well, maybe next time.
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Old 12-28-2008, 06:47 PM   #22
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why stop at LSA? go to the forged LS9 internals.
that's what i was thinking, but didn't wanna hear the "glad you got money" comments (because i surely don't!)
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Old 12-28-2008, 10:13 PM   #23
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Old 12-28-2008, 10:45 PM   #24
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This whole GT-R tansmission thing pisses me off.
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Old 12-29-2008, 02:41 AM   #25
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Way to go, Nissan...

...now go back, build a tranny that can handle the power, and save your name. Geez...it's like building a ZR1 but saying, "ya can't floor it, now..."
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Old 12-29-2008, 03:47 AM   #26
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Way to go, Nissan...

...now go back, build a tranny that can handle the power, and save your name. Geez...it's like building a ZR1 but saying, "ya can't floor it, now..."
With all this garbage from Nissan, it makes me wonder how many times you can downshift using the rev-matching in the 370z before you void your warranty...
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