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RC45 · 08-09-2008, 08:19 PM

All hail the mighty R35.

DeMoN · 08-09-2008, 10:10 PM

I just came back to the US 2 weeks ago and on the airport I saw some magazines with the Vette the 911 and some had the F430 being compared along with the GTR. All of those reviews placed the GTR in first place. I read through them and none mentioned that after testing the GTR on the track they felt it was going to let go. I am not convinced yet that it is a 1-time marvel around tracks. I guess we will have to see when and if they are used in races like LeMans or those Japanese reviews.

RC45 · 08-09-2008, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by DeMoN

I just came back to the US 2 weeks ago and on the airport I saw some magazines with the Vette the 911 and some had the F430 being compared along with the GTR. All of those reviews placed the GTR in first place. I read through them and none mentioned that after testing the GTR on the track they felt it was going to let go. I am not convinced yet that it is a 1-time marvel around tracks. I guess we will have to see when and if they are used in races like LeMans or those Japanese reviews.

They already race them... as RWD V8 light weight cars

DeMoN · 08-10-2008, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by RC45

They already race them... as RWD V8 light weight cars

what was the outcome? Which show/magazine did this?

and lol @ RWD light

Yaroslav WRX · 08-10-2008, 11:58 AM

Thank you 04RCSTI
Great review.
Hope I'll somehow have a chance to drive one of these

04RCSTI · 08-10-2008, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Yaroslav WRX

Thank you 04RCSTI
Great review.
Hope I'll somehow have a chance to drive one of these

Youre welcome, nice car btw. Hows that meth treating you?

79TA · 08-15-2008, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by 04RCSTI

Power:
First impression...the acceleration is mind-blowing, spun all four on cold tires. The way this thing goes fast is kinda weird. It accelerates just as hard in every gear till 4th when we got off it because we were on a public road. Its just seamless, the shifts feel like little blips that just make the car go faster. It has no lag, it almost doesn't feel like a turbo car in any gear and it pulls ridiculously hard from very low RPM's. If it weighs 3800 pounds, then it hides it damn well. Its, dare I say it?, physics defying. The last time I felt acceleration like that was on an Ariel Atom 2, the supercharged one. The speed felt very similar, but while the Ariel felt like free energy was pushing it along, the GT-R felt like there was a giant invisible hand pushing it from behind. Like big big power pushing something with mass.

If you got anywhere near the numbers it runs in the magazines, it's going to feel dang quick. That would make for a fun ride! While I'll stand by the underrated hp theory, remember that this car has an aggressive 3.70:1 gear ratio. There's a reason hot rodders refer to a gear ratio change as "waking a car up." With it comes compromises mostly in that you lose low rpm highway cruising. I find it kind of funny that this sort of compromising "yestertech" found its way into the car that has come to symbolize speed through technowizardry.

Spatizzle · 08-16-2008, 11:41 AM

I didn't know they made ones with left-hand drive.. (everything on the left side) ... well now i know, lol...

04RCSTI · 08-16-2008, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by Spatizzle

I didn't know they made ones with left-hand drive.. (everything on the left side) ... well now i know, lol...

oh is that what left-hand drive means?