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Great write-up. Congrats on your new purchase! It's refreshing to hear a unbiased opinion from a respected individual on this forum. Keep me informed if you local guys decide to do a track day in the area.

Congrats on the car, Shane was told me about the first one and I would have done the same thing that you did. Enjoy it!

Obviously it wont sound exactly like a formula 1 car .. on my car with no cats on DP, Mid pipe and the Hks exhaust under WOT ..it has an amazing sound to it ..very different from stock and a sound that i cant really explain.. but "reminds me" of a formula 1 car that i watch on my 1979 18" ZenithTV in my "apartment"

Grats on the car.

Congrats Scott, we are looking forward to hearing your feedback on your initial upgrades. The first step to the R1K+ journey!

David - I'll definitely post a before and after review, as well as 1/4 mile and 60-130 times.

Thats's exactly what I'm afraid of! Ha ha

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I am. But I think I'll enjoy it even more after I install my soon-to-be-arriving Switzer Y-pipe, drop-in filters and custom tune.[/quote]

I think I am going to be getting the same thing this week.

You need to update your signature, mister.

Scott, great decision! I have the same setup from Switzer and it's perfect for a daily driven GT-R. Very nice increase in power but no compromises. At the track I was running with a supercharged Z06 with drag radials. I saw what your GT2 was running on the track. Funny but the GT-R with basic mods like y-pipe and tune can actually best your GT2 on street tires at the strip with ET.

On the streets I've beaten Lambos, any BMW M car (including a Gintani Supercharged E90 M3 with higher boost than normal), whipple supercharged Cobra, and many other cars that were supposed to be fast. Still behaves identical to stock, just better response. Enjoy this for a bit, get used to it (which you will get used to very quickly haha) and contact Neil to see what other goodies Switzer can throw in.

Ya, I'm looking forward to these mods. I plan on taking both cars to the strip this Friday (the GT2 on DRs this time and more boost) to see how they do. Right now, from a dig on the street, the GT-R is definitely the quicker car. From a roll however, the GT2 will absolutely demolish it. I think my GT-R will need a setup similar to Jamie's (P900) to match my GT2 from a roll, but we'll see.

Interesting you bring this up. Have you seen the video of the "600awhp" GT-Rs losing against Drew's Gintani M3? I do realize that his car is fast, but I find it hard to believe that the GT-Rs in that vid are making a true 600awhp. Thoughts?

Much better.

...Cant wait for track Friday. I hope we break in the 10's with our GTR's and rep Switer.

As far as the GT-R vs your GT2, your GT2 is infinitely faster than the GT-R, no question lol. My point is that on the drag strip though or at the stoplight, the GT-R could actually be the surprise victor with a huge hp and weight disadvantage. Just shows the benefits of the GT-R's AWD system and transmission.

I have seen the videos of the GT-R vs Gintani M3. All I can tell you is that I raced against an E90 M3 that was supercharged and built by ESS (he shipped it to arizona for the build and tuning). He dyno'd at 590rwhp from what I remember. He wouldn't go from the dig so I gave in and finally agreed to go from a roll. We did about 5 rolls, all from different highway speeds up to the 170-180mph range. Every single time I would pull on him HARD. I kept on pulling and pulling and he didn't have any advantage. He was really confused and was on the phone with ESS right after the race trying to figure out what was going on.

Note: I thought it was a Gintani build but it was ESS from Arizona. Sorry for the mixup. Perhaps the Gintani 590rwhp M3's are faster than the ESS 590rwhp M3's? lol...

I ran an 11.2 with horrible DA, track prep, and not the greatest launch. It can be done with the right launch. You guys have to work on the "double pump" method to get the 60' down, assuming you have LC2.