First U.S. true GT-R VS C6 Z06 meeting. The SHOWDOWN!

Snake-eyes · 04-07-2008, 02:42 PM

I thought this was pretty cool. A member from the corvette forum posted this a few days ago...

Quote:
Driving up the Mt Rose Hiway towards Lake Tahoe, and I see 2 vehicles I do not recognize...... Big front grills, wing on back. I turn off this hiway onto a deserted, two lane blacktop with no cross streets and 1/2 mile straight visability with no cars for miles. Whats stopped right in front of me on the side of the road? Another one of these cars.... I pull up next to it and its a new Nissan GTR. I ask the two guys; "Ok, guys, what are you doing, a test for some magazines?". Yep! I asked them if they wanted to test it against a 06 with 45,000 miles on it........ 2,000 rpm launch, to 2nd, then 3rd, shut down after about 110....... Got them on the start by 2 car lengths, opened it up a little to 3 about halfway through 2nd, then we were the same to the end. They followed to my home. Took pictures, exchanged business cards. The driver said he did not quite have the launch control down yet. Hey, it took me 6 months to learn how to drive my car! He took pictures too and said he would send some to me. His passenger was from Popular Science Magazine

The GTR is one beautiful car! Great interior, very bolstered seats front and back. The intake runners look about 3 and 1/2 inches Dia! Huge! Brakes too! Very nice looking car, looks like a great deal for $69K..... But, not so aggressive and downright muscular and mean looking as the USA Z06! Of course, I am a little biased...... I have about 5 pictures of them side by side in my driveway!!!! I will have them on cd by this afternoon PST, and need someone to PM me how to take pictures from my "documents" and put them on the forum. I have XP Home.

This did not just make my day, but my whole week! I told the driver that the GTR has so much hype about it, he said: "Way too much". I told them I would post on the Z06 forum. They will most likely read this. They leave, and I decide to also leave after about 5 minutes. Get back to the open 4 lane hiway to go back to town and whats coming towards me? Another GTR with a gaggle of cars leading with photographers hanging out the windows taking pictures. Well, I couldn't allow this! As they passed in front of me, I hit it hard and was next to the GTR at 7,000 rpm in 3.4 ! All of the cameras suddenly were pointed at me. I hit the throttle several times in 2nd, jumping the front end up and down, just making a scene... Funny as hell! The GTR driver wanted to go for it, but the photoraphers in front of him were in the way.

All of this occured at 5,000 ft elevation, maybe 5,500 ft. Doesn't the turbo compensate for elevation? My sons WRX displays a lot higher PSI here than at Sea Level. And my Z06 runs a heck of a lot better at Sea Level. Anthony at LG has me ready to go for the long tubes, cats, and cam that will give me 550 RW torque, 520-530 RWHP with the tune and all bolt ons. Just waiting for the $$!

NOTE: The Z06 owner stated he had him by about 3 car lengths by the end of the race.

Here is the article from the Magazine's perspective.... Autoblog
{qoute]
10 feet the entire way my ass.... LOL... Ohh and the owner NEVER stated "I didn't think they were that fast." Way to embelish to save face autoblog
[qoute]

Here are pictures the member took!

***Izzy*** · 04-07-2008, 02:48 PM

That's bloody cool.

I'm going to be on the lookout for that PopSci issue.

CNUco2007 · 04-07-2008, 02:49 PM

omg, i am jealous of both of them... beautiful cars :)

SoCal07Si · 04-07-2008, 02:50 PM

NICE!!! I wish I coulda seen that. I saw 2 Diablos racing from a stoplight one time, the Lambo dealer was less than a mile away.

I wanna see the ZR1 handle a GT-R on a mountain.

***F-1 Si*** · 04-07-2008, 02:50 PM

Very cool

rmfa · 04-07-2008, 02:57 PM

I love it! Thanks for posting. I can't wait to see a video to substantiate his claims...

whtdvl · 04-07-2008, 03:04 PM

good stuff..wish i had the money for either one of them

civsnake · 04-07-2008, 04:05 PM

In the Autoblog article he claims to have not been ready at the start and got on it a bit late. If you look at previous articles, it's easy to believe that it's really a drivers race between these two cars in a straight line, so this doesn't surprise me at all.

truflip · 04-07-2008, 04:12 PM

Awesome! I'm amazed the vette looks rather small in comparison though.
And those are average sized cars. GTR must be a beast

Snake-eyes · 04-07-2008, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by civsnake

In the Autoblog article he claims to have not been ready at the start and got on it a bit late. If you look at previous articles, it's easy to believe that it's really a drivers race between these two cars in a straight line, so this doesn't surprise me at all.

well according to the mags the z06 has a higher trap speed at roughtly 10mph and faster 1/4 mile time than the GTR.

The driver mod will play a role. The driver mod in any car always plays the biggest role.

TheChosenGuy · 04-07-2008, 04:31 PM

I don't care which one is faster, I'll take them both.

04-07-2008, 02:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Snake-eyes Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Do one brave thing today....and run like hell!! Age: 25 Posts: 6,177 Shake & Bake!!!! iTrader: 0 / 0%	First U.S. true GT-R VS C6 Z06 meeting. The SHOWDOWN! I thought this was pretty cool. A member from the corvette forum posted this a few days ago... Quote: Driving up the Mt Rose Hiway towards Lake Tahoe, and I see 2 vehicles I do not recognize...... Big front grills, wing on back. I turn off this hiway onto a deserted, two lane blacktop with no cross streets and 1/2 mile straight visability with no cars for miles. Whats stopped right in front of me on the side of the road? Another one of these cars.... I pull up next to it and its a new Nissan GTR. I ask the two guys; "Ok, guys, what are you doing, a test for some magazines?". Yep! I asked them if they wanted to test it against a 06 with 45,000 miles on it........ 2,000 rpm launch, to 2nd, then 3rd, shut down after about 110....... Got them on the start by 2 car lengths, opened it up a little to 3 about halfway through 2nd, then we were the same to the end. They followed to my home. Took pictures, exchanged business cards. The driver said he did not quite have the launch control down yet. Hey, it took me 6 months to learn how to drive my car! He took pictures too and said he would send some to me. His passenger was from Popular Science Magazine The GTR is one beautiful car! Great interior, very bolstered seats front and back. The intake runners look about 3 and 1/2 inches Dia! Huge! Brakes too! Very nice looking car, looks like a great deal for $69K..... But, not so aggressive and downright muscular and mean looking as the USA Z06! Of course, I am a little biased...... I have about 5 pictures of them side by side in my driveway!!!! I will have them on cd by this afternoon PST, and need someone to PM me how to take pictures from my "documents" and put them on the forum. I have XP Home. This did not just make my day, but my whole week! I told the driver that the GTR has so much hype about it, he said: "Way too much". I told them I would post on the Z06 forum. They will most likely read this. They leave, and I decide to also leave after about 5 minutes. Get back to the open 4 lane hiway to go back to town and whats coming towards me? Another GTR with a gaggle of cars leading with photographers hanging out the windows taking pictures. Well, I couldn't allow this! As they passed in front of me, I hit it hard and was next to the GTR at 7,000 rpm in 3.4 ! All of the cameras suddenly were pointed at me. I hit the throttle several times in 2nd, jumping the front end up and down, just making a scene... Funny as hell! The GTR driver wanted to go for it, but the photoraphers in front of him were in the way. All of this occured at 5,000 ft elevation, maybe 5,500 ft. Doesn't the turbo compensate for elevation? My sons WRX displays a lot higher PSI here than at Sea Level. And my Z06 runs a heck of a lot better at Sea Level. Anthony at LG has me ready to go for the long tubes, cats, and cam that will give me 550 RW torque, 520-530 RWHP with the tune and all bolt ons. Just waiting for the $$! NOTE: The Z06 owner stated he had him by about 3 car lengths by the end of the race. Here is the article from the Magazine's perspective.... Autoblog {qoute] 10 feet the entire way my ass.... LOL... Ohh and the owner NEVER stated "I didn't think they were that fast." Way to embelish to save face autoblog [qoute] Here are pictures the member took!

04-07-2008, 02:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
*Izzy* Supreme Pizza! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Azusa, CA Age: 25 Posts: 11,938 iTrader: 5 / 100%	That's bloody cool. I'm going to be on the lookout for that PopSci issue. __________________ Last edited by Izzy; 04-07-2008 at 02:53 PM.

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civsnake Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena. South of the 210. Age: 26 Posts: 2,337 English Classassin iTrader: 1 / 100%	In the Autoblog article he claims to have not been ready at the start and got on it a bit late. If you look at previous articles, it's easy to believe that it's really a drivers race between these two cars in a straight line, so this doesn't surprise me at all.

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truflip Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ottawa, ON Age: 22 Posts: 7,612 iTrader: 11 / 100%	Awesome! I'm amazed the vette looks rather small in comparison though. And those are average sized cars. GTR must be a beast

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