2007 Skyline GT-R R35 (no it's not a ricer)

[fartwinkle]

Originally posted by Flit
I have no idea what you are talking about

If you owned the car then you would have known! I  would hope anyways:huh

[Flit]

Originally posted by fartwinkle
If you owned the car then you would have known! I  would hope anyways:huh

I don't have a Prelude, I have a GSR

[Flit]

Originally posted by 1K3
um something like this... it gives front wheel drive cars less understeer when pushed hard.

Honda fits Prelude SH models with its Active Torque Transfer System (ATTS), a hardware unit that can send as much as 80-percent of the engine's torque to the lest front wheel, which can spin as much as 15-percent faster than the other side. It's a seamless system that is virtually invisible to the driver unless the car is being powered hard through a turn. A crisp-shifting five-speed manual transmission is standard, while a four-speed automatic with Sequential Sport Shift "manumatic" operation is optional.

(heh i just ripped it in this website http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/new/reviews/2001/solo0133.html:))

 Nope , no ATTS,and yes it was fun passing the Zo6 in 1 and the other 'vette that blew a oil line

[moose]

Originally posted by fartwinkle
LOL I guess the C-5 and C-6 vettes that have won the last 5 american le manns series are toads then:p
 

Yeah and in the early 90s the Mazda 4 rotor spanked LeMans so hard they had to change the rules the next year and not allow. first and only japanese car to win the race

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_787

[moot]

Is that right Funked?
I could look it all up myself, but it's quicker to ask you; are those variants common?  Would the top spec GTRs fare any better?  
The Best Motoring vids I've seen show the GTR playing along in most sprint races.   The enduro episode looked interesting, but I haven't seen it.

And yeah Mash, I knew we agreed (esp. re: the ZZII), that's what I meant to clear up.. no offense intended.

[moot]

Is that right Funked?
I could look it all up myself, but it's quicker to ask you; are those variants common?  Would the top spec GTRs fare any better?  
The Best Motoring vids I've seen show the GTR playing along in most sprint races.   The enduro episode looked interesting, but I haven't seen it.

GTRs aren't participating in Le Mans, so it's not a fair comparison.
The only thorough head to heads between a fair lot of stock US/JP/EU cars, that I've seen, is in Best Motoring.
It's irrelevant to compare cars of substantially different performance (e.g. a GT3 RS vs. a bone stock M3, a 109E vs. a 190D?), or piloting.

And yeah Mash, I knew we agreed (esp. re: the ZZII), that's what I meant to clear up.. no offense intended.
What does offend my senses, and I'm no fanboy at all, is seeing something authentic like the GTR line being slipped under the carpet, and its badge showing up on a Z.  
That's just cheap.. sort of like seeing a new Camaro variant badged as a Corvette.

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by fartwinkle
LOL I guess the C-5 and C-6 vettes that have won the last 5 american le manns series are toads then:p

The new Zo6 has surpassed the handling of the the Ford GT40 wich kicked the crap outta porshe Ferrari Lambo's and the like in fact it is more than likely the best handing production car you can buy for under 75K.

And if ya got the cash to buy one then spending another 6k on a blower from the fine folks at LG Motorsports should not be an issue.

Test drove a standard vette last week and just so happends that a wrx sti
wanted to play.

It was all over but the crying toasted him before the sales dude got pissed:O

I can only imagine what it could have been with 105 more hp and lighter car would have done.

Granted the skyline is faster than a wrx -sti but this brand new car with 16 miles on it plan biotch slapped the subaru.

Do yourself a favor and go drive one then you might have an informed opinion.

Psst.  That is one series.  Psst.  I know more about this than you.  Psst. Move along now.  

Karaya

[FuBaR]

M6.

[fartwinkle]

Originally posted by Masherbrum
Psst.  That is one series.  Psst.  I know more about this than you.  Psst. Move along now.  

Karaya

Really how long you has your scca and imsa license?
And please tell use what you had to do to qualify for them.

[Skilless]

It ain't your daddy's Corvette...



The new Corvette Z06 is the best high-performance sports car value in the world, period. Chevrolet engineers and designers took lessons learned from their ultra-successful C5-R Corvette Racing program and applied them directly to the new ZO6, and the results are spectacular. With 500HP in an approximately 3130-pound (1419.7 kg) package, the ZO6 delivers 0-60 performance of less than 4 seconds, will cover the quarter-mile in the 11's, and deliver a top speed in excess of 190 mph. It is the fastest, most powerful car ever offered by Chevrolet and GM. The new Z06 was developed in conjunction with the all-new Corvette C6-R ALMS racer, and the engineers ended up with a totally unique vehicle that has its own powertrain, body structure and chassis system, which are distinct from other Corvette models.

Most impressive is the new "LS7" 7.0-liter/427-cubic-inch Gen IV V-8 with lightweight reciprocating components that was directly lifted from the all-conquering C5-R. This small-block 427, which will be hand built at GM Powertrain's new Performance Build Center in Wixom, MI, delivers 500 horsepower at 6200 rpm, 475 lb.-ft. of torque at 4800 rpm, has an 11.0:1 compression ratio and a 7000 rpm redline, and features titanium connecting rods and intake valves, and a dry-sump engine lubrication system. The ZO6 also features major modifications from the stock C6, including aluminum body structure with one-piece hydroformed perimeter frame rails and a magnesium front cradle, a fastback fixed roof design to optimize body rigidity and aerodynamics, and carbon-fiber composite front fenders and front wheelhouses. The ZO6 also has a unique front fascia incorporating a larger grille, cold-air scoop and lower air splitter with "Gurney lips" along the sides, larger vertical air vents behind the wheels, wide-body rear fenders with brake scoops and a unique rear spoiler. The package of aero tweaks delivers a Cd of .31.

Helping stop the ZO6 are 14-inch cross-drilled front disc brakes with six-piston calipers and 13.4-inch cross-drilled rear rotors with four-piston calipers (the calipers are painted bright red). The ZO6 also has specific, ten-spoke, 18 x 9.5-inch front wheels with 275/35ZR18 tires and 19 x 12-inch rear wheels with 325/30ZR19 tires, a 3-inch-diameter exhaust with bi-mode mufflers and larger polished stainless steel tips, engine, transmission and differential oil coolers; and steering cooler, and a rear-mounted battery to improve weight distribution.

(I can't remember where I lifted this text from.  I'm not claiming I wrote this)

http://files.automotiveforums.com/nias/gm/vette/Corvette_C6R.mov