No offence to anyone, but why bother reading what I write?
Jaeger - is it just me or did this thread start off with a GTR comparison and then morph into the Porsche accusation because someone else posted porsches accusation here? Didn't I try and start a new thread and YOU in fact said it was already posted? so what gives with this:
"So instead of addressing the comparison test that was the subject of this thread - showing that the GT-R positively smoked the Z06 - he is determined instead to persist in establishing that Nissan cheated at the 'Ring. "
ummm yeah Jaeger nice one - I did try and start a new thread. Thanks for coming out ha ha ha ha Jaeger
As for:
"All he's got to go on is the video, which is why he refers to it again, and again, and again, and again and.... I've lost count, but I'm not nearly there yet. "
I didn't create this video. Did you? oh wait - Nissan created this video. Nissan created this video to do what? ummm sell cars. That is the problem. Not that it isn't a fast car - IT IS! They are using the video as a marketing tool and claiming it is stock stock stock when it is shown doing things that aren't capable by a stock car.
Check out this:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=31&article_id=7078Look at how 'close' to stock this Mines car is that makes 550hp....... they changed the exhaust and ecu. Same turbos same engine same intake same everything else. For Nissan to get well over 480hp would simply be an ECU flash.
Could Nissan have meant that the car was stock HARDWARE wise but that the software was altered? Or maybe it wasn't altered at all.
Given that to unleash the ultimate performance of the GTR (to create the accel numbers that put it right up there with the fastest cars in the world)you have to use the LC that essentially voids your warranty - what other secrets are stored within the GTR's software?
My personal 'thought' on this is that the GTR was stock (yes Mitlov the gearing was stock) tires included but that they never specified what gas they used. I really think this car will go CRAZY when you feed it the right octane and set it to the right 'settings' - or maybe it is smart enough to take advanatge of the octane all by itself?
As a side note, I thought it was odd when I read the first releases about the ZR1 doing its time when they said it was stock right down to a tank with pump gas in it - I can't find the direct Chev link - tried but couldn't but here is a link that says the same:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/z-before-g-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-clips-the-nissan-gt-rs-nurburgring-lap-time.htmlmaybe they were trying to say something.................
Don't bother to reply. No matter if I am right or wrong Nissan has accomplished everything they wanted to do - make lots of hype and sell their cars.