GTR kill in Houston
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Regardless of the speed/race issues, and the fact that Porsche can still hold it's own, I'm still envious of the GTR electronics. As you all know the Germans are about 10 years behind the Japanese in this department. The GTR Nav screen is a fantastic tool which can be changed to display numerous gauges, g-forces, 0-60 times etc. In my opinion, there is absolutely no reason why high performance German cars, Porsche, BMW, MB, AUDI, can't have the same capabilities. Although the fancy electronics will never be enough for me to go Asian, I would just like to have the best of both worlds.
I'll bet you someone sues Nissan for that too. LOL
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...speaking of taking it to the track... you should join us for the next karting event Edwin
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The guy with the GTR told me that if he launches his car from a dead stop that Nissan will void the warranty. He said that they look for this when they do service on every GTR. Not sure if that's true though...
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Where is that? send me some info
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I was on my way home late last night traveling down Westheimer (50 degrees) . A black GTR pulls up behind me kinda fast. I stop at the next red light with the GTR directly behind me. The light turns green and i accelerate into the next lane. I am in second gear cruising at 30mph. The GTR pulls up and we both coast at 30 for a few seconds. He gives me the nod and we both nailed the throttle. By the time i shift into third, the GTR is 1 1/2 cars behind me. I let off around 110. I easily put 2 cars on the GTR.
The GTR pulls up and says, "you must have some mods on that car". We pull over and I tell him about the my car.
Here are my mods:
-Softronic ECU Flash
-Milltek exhaust
-Agency Power Short shift kit
-Agency Power diverter valves
-Agency Power headers
-Agency Power dual snorkel air intake w/K&N filter
The GTR pulls up and says, "you must have some mods on that car". We pull over and I tell him about the my car.
Here are my mods:
-Softronic ECU Flash
-Milltek exhaust
-Agency Power Short shift kit
-Agency Power diverter valves
-Agency Power headers
-Agency Power dual snorkel air intake w/K&N filter
nice kill.
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Plus there's no launch control/warranty void button to worry about
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yah, and lets not forget the broken tranny on the same car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCn-...eature=related
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they need a few of those launch modes to catch up with me
yah, and lets not forget the broken tranny on the same car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCn-...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCn-...eature=related
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I seriously doubt they could catch you, they have two spare trannys in the trunk to replace the broken one weighing them down.
Seriously though if they brought the GTR out with a 6speed manual it would be way lighter and more fun and 10k cheaper. That would be a great deal.
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yah, and lets not forget the broken tranny on the same car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCn-...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCn-...eature=related