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Old 08-12-2010, 09:45 PM   #1
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Old 08-13-2010, 02:43 AM   #2
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ouch.....
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Old 08-13-2010, 04:20 AM   #3
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dont forget that's 700hp probably with stock internals. i heard somewhere the old nissan rb26dett engine could handle well into 800hp no problem...shame the new v6 seems to be more fragile.
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Old 08-13-2010, 05:41 AM   #4
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^800hp definitely not stock internals for the old engine.
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Old 08-13-2010, 12:32 PM   #5
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That sucks lol
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Old 08-14-2010, 04:59 PM   #6
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Although you have to admit, the Porsche was losing when it happened
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Old 08-16-2010, 10:18 PM   #7
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Did you see Russian guys who brought over a 1000hp 9ff car? It didn't blow up...
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Old 08-16-2010, 11:03 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by tforth View Post
Did you see Russian guys who brought over a 1000hp 9ff car? It didn't blow up...
blow up? no... didn't it run out of runway in the UK earlier in the spring?
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Old 08-17-2010, 05:21 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by nthfinity View Post
blow up? no... didn't it run out of runway in the UK earlier in the spring?
I think brake failure was the cause for that

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/25...t9r_crash.html

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Old 08-18-2010, 02:19 AM   #10
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^In this case, I will take the engine failure LOL
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Old 08-18-2010, 11:35 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by nthfinity View Post
blow up? no... didn't it run out of runway in the UK earlier in the spring?
No, I was refering to this race:

FYI, the second race is better indicator than the first one...
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Old 08-19-2010, 04:58 AM   #12
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^wow that first race reminded me of rubber banding in an arcade style racer. Crazyness
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Old 08-19-2010, 05:12 AM   #13
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Thats one stealthy 911
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