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Automotive News & Views Are The Japanese Poised to Dethrone the 911 AND the Z06?
194 messages, Last post on Nov 24, 2008 at 12:05 PM
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Replying to: revmatt (Jul 31, 2008 6:49 pm) No US-spec GT-Rs were released on the West Coast prior to July 11th, except the promotional #1. If you do own a GT-R (which I doubt) the likely reason you can't track it as fast as a Z06 is your skill driving an AWD car. |
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I am soooo tired of auto-mags hyping everything BUT US autos. The latest MT and R & T are perfect examples. Where are the 60 ft times, 0-60 times, 1/4 mile times? The GT-R is a very sporty family car. Getting an early one is due to my Dads old connections via the IADAC. (Independent Auto-Dealers Assoc) He was their executive director and lobbyist for a spell. My wife wants me to drive a car with a back seat. I prefer the V-8 rwd exceptionally sporty appearance and performance/feel of the Z06. There's no accounting for taste... she drives a 2005 Jag S type R. 
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Replying to: revmatt (Aug 01, 2008 10:33 pm) Its not hype, its called data: http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/download/0508_ct_GTRZ06911_chart.pdf Same old stuff we already knew. If you want straight-line bragging rights, the Z06 always was the way to go. And if any car has taken a lot of crap from the existence of the GT-R, its Porsche, not Chevy. The 997T came in last here, mind you. Its not an anti-American review. If you expected the stock GT-R to be a 1/4-mile monster, you would have bought the wrong car. Hang out at NAGTROC, and I'm sure no knowledgeable person would have advised you to do that. Why would you have bought a car you didn't prefer anyway just because your wife told you to? Keep the Mustang for cry-it-out-loud. Or get the Camaro when it comes out if that's your cup of tea. But when you say 'the GT-R CANNOT keep up', thats probably more driver style than the car's ability. You can't drive it like a RWD car. It took me a long time switching between drivetrain types to get the confidence to toss and power through corners. Its really not the same style at all. Its not feasible that with every magazine putting the GT-R around almost any track with corners faster than a Z06 is all hype. The Stig wasn't paid 2 years in advance to sandbag the Z06, because one day the GT-R might be sent to Top Gear. The Z06 is a 3-year old model. It was hot stuff when it came out, but it was bound to get beat at some point. |
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Replying to: bigmclargehuge (Aug 03, 2008 8:10 am) Here's the article: 4-Track-Free-for-All Here's a quote from the article: "The results are clear. You want to go to the track? Buy a Viper ACR and destroy the competition for roughly $100,000. Want to amaze your friends by defying physics? Get a Nissan GT-R." |
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Replying to: tedebear (Aug 03, 2008 10:51 am) the shocks have 13 compression settings and 18 rebound settings. Jeff Reece, an attending Chrysler engineer, suggested relaxing them back a notch or two for our undulating venue while jacking the ride height a quarter-inch to keep the body off the bump stops. As the Viper became more pliable, our courage returned and lap times fell. Car setup is in the ACR’s lesson plan, too. Because every test the ACR wins, Chrysler sends an engineer to setup the suspension mid-test for optimum lap times. Its not like you get an engineer in the trunk at puchase. If the ACR was going to be the fastest with a single setup, they probably wouldn't have sent the engineer. The drivers said that if the GT2 came with a Porsche engineer, the GT2 would have done much better as well. So putting things in perspective, that's why the ACR doesn't always get the credit. Even for having a stock setup, the GT-R nearly keeps up with the 'tuned' ACR in the long-track test (Willow Springs) below. http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/download/0908_cvr_willowsprings.pdf http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/download/0908_cvr_streetsofwillow.pdf http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/download/0908_cvr_autocross.pdf http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/download/0908_cvr_oval.pdf That's why its so impressive. On the high-speed courses its among the fastest stock setups out there. And keeps up on all the other courses as well. It doesn't win everything, it has a niche. |
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Replying to: tedebear (Aug 03, 2008 10:51 am) True, I am unaccustomed to awd. My previous SVTs and wifes Jag do not handle AT ALL like the GT-R! It just feels odd! I do not get a real feel... "road talking to me" like my current other vehicles... or previous ones... I still have a hard time BUYING the MT and R&T articles! 
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Replying to: revmatt (Aug 03, 2008 3:55 pm) The same could be said of the ACR Viper if you add $20k worth of upgrades to it. The test was run with the original equipment from the factory.
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Replying to: tedebear (Aug 03, 2008 4:51 pm) The ACR already is a stripped out track horse. Do the same treatment to the Z06 (read: ultra-wide Michelin Pilot Sport Cups, aero tune + adjustable suspension + strip anything unnecessary from interior) and you'd have a factory C6R for 100K, which should give the ACR a significant run for its money. Just because Dodge road-legalizes a club racer doesn't mean it maintains all the functionality of a touring car. The fact that the GT-R comes very close indeed to a tuned ACR says a lot.
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Replying to: revmatt (Aug 03, 2008 3:55 pm) Thats actually why the gamers have an easier time with driving rally-style cars. Their mind is trained to take queues only from the eyes, never the hands. But I think its pretty unfathomable that: MT Edmunds EVO magazine R & T Autocar Top Gear And a handful of others are all sandbagging other cars. Nissan has got to be doing something right. |
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