GTR producing a lot more horses than the advertised 480

[Corporate Thug]

http://www.caranddriver.com/fe...sepower_column?cid=259

Looks like some of them are churning up near 520.

 

[Kromis]

Sweet!

Now it's time for them to "mistakenly" replace the majority of the car with carbon fiber parts.

 

[sniperruff]

i thought it's because the engines are hand-made thus they are all a little different?

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
i thought it's because the engines are hand-made thus they are all a little different?

i wouldn't expect it to be that different
1 - 2 hp max

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
i thought it's because the engines are hand-made thus they are all a little different?

read the second post, and then the fourth one. 😉

http://forums.thecarlounge.net/zerothread?id=3990981

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: sniperruff
i thought it's because the engines are hand-made thus they are all a little different?

i wouldn't expect it to be that different
1 - 2 hp max

1-2hp variation on a ~500hp engine would be absolutely spectacular, well above what current technology and expendatures would allow. I'd hazard to guess that 3-5% variation would be more normal for really tightly controlled engine assemblies. 5% of 480 is 24 hp. With handmade, difference would be greater.

 

[geokilla]

It's known that Nissan had held back the advertised hp for the GTR.

Before, the Japanese had the "Gentleman's Agreement" between Mitsubishi, Subaru, Nissan, Honda, etc. Many of their cars, such as the Evolution, STI, GTR R32-R34 could produce well over the Agreement limited 276hp, however the cars were advertised as 276hp because of the agreement. The agreement is now nonexistant. Nissan is probably doing what they did years ago and giving the press fake hp numbers. The upcoming GTR V-Spec (Spec V) should have more than 520hp imo.

 

[Bignate603]

This has been known for a LONG time. Like geokilla mentioned, they have a history of underrating their engines.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
This has been known for a LONG time. Like geokilla mentioned, they have a history of underrating their engines.

Yea when the first performance times came out for it, people automatically knew that it was underrated

 

[PricklyPete]

I have no problem with under-promising and over-delivering.

 

[SithSolo1]

Their drive train estimates are off, Nissan has stated its closer to 10-15%. I'll see if I can dig up the link.

 

[Turkish]

so how much does the gtr cost in u.s.?

 

[caspur]

Edited.

 

[fstime]

I would rather have them underrate it than overrate it.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Turkish
so how much does the gtr cost in u.s.?

69,850 for base model!
71,900 for Premium Edition. At that rate, might as well just make them all Premium. Damn. Retarded to have only a few grand difference when they cost that much!
[Source]

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Turkish
so how much does the gtr cost in u.s.?

69,850 for base model!
71,900 for Premium Edition. At that rate, might as well just make them all Premium. Damn. Retarded to have only a few grand difference when they cost that much!
[Source]

so i can buy one on my next paycheck ?!? Yay

 

[JJ650]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Turkish
so how much does the gtr cost in u.s.?

69,850 for base model!
71,900 for Premium Edition. At that rate, might as well just make them all Premium. Damn. Retarded to have only a few grand difference when they cost that much!
[Source]

so i can buy one on my next paycheck ?!? Yay

But they aren't selling for that much. They are going for about 20k over premium. The dealer in Charlotte had one and priced at 92k.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: JJ650

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Turkish
so how much does the gtr cost in u.s.?

69,850 for base model!
71,900 for Premium Edition. At that rate, might as well just make them all Premium. Damn. Retarded to have only a few grand difference when they cost that much!
[Source]

so i can buy one on my next paycheck ?!? Yay

But they aren't selling for that much. They are going for about 20k over premium. The dealer in Charlotte had one and priced at 92k.

I just shot an email to my friend who put in a order for a 2009 GT-R asking if he had to pay that much.

 

[npoe1]

They only lose 15% of the power on the drive train instead of the 20% that most cars lose.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: npoe1
They only lose 15% of the power on the drive train instead of the 20% that most cars lose.

How do you know they only lose 15%??? They underrated their power figures so you have to go with the common percentage loss on AWD then factor that in on the dyno. Also most cars are not 20% drive train loss. FWD, RWD, AWD, all different.