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the R34 weights 3500 lbs, its true output is around 300whp all on 4 wheels, it also does 0-400m ( 3 feet shorter then a 1/4 mile ) in 12.9 seconds repeatedly stock. which is about right for its power to weight ratio. the 13.7 you saw were from road and track, and those are from used R33's and R34's from motorex with like 30-40K miles on them. so its not fair to compare the times of a used vehicle compared to a new one that was just broken in.

there is a video on BMI that shows the E36 M3 vs a S2000 type V, vs a 350Z track, and the R34 was the camera car.

pretty much the stock R34 was right behind the 350Z to observe the handling characteristics. the 350Z was also ahead of the M3. this was a 5 lap battle in tsukuba circuit in japan. after the 3rd lap, they told the skyline to go all out. in just 2 laps, it was about 3 seconds faster then the M3 and the 350Z track. it wasn't even close. as each lap went by, the R34 was pulling farther and farther way from the Z and the M3. the M3 was gaining on the Z really slow on the straightaway in that track, but the R34 passed the Z like it was nothing, ( this was when the GT-R over took it on the 3rd lap right when they told the driver to actually put the foot all the way down ) so this means all it takes is for the GT-R to drive at around 7/10th to be as fast as a E36 M3. this is all done with a bone stock R34 V-spec II by the way. to further prove this, i have another issue of BMI where they put the stock R34 against a 996 turbo. and guess what? the R34 was only .2 slower around sugo circuit. which proves that it will easily crush a E36 M3 since the M3 is not even in the same class as a 996 turbo. luckily i have this video on my comp. if your curious someone host it up for me.

you can't just look at the GT-R specs to have an idea of how fast it is, because the specs are soo off its not even funny. there was a discusion waaay earlier that was a Z32 300ZX TT vs. a stock R32 GT-R. and the Z on paper made more power then the R32. however i have a original 1989 BMI video on my comp which redneck hosted up for me showing the R32 owning the Z soo bad that it was one whole straight away behind or ( 3 seconds slower ). before i showed the video, everyone said the Z is faster becuse of its power advantage. not true. the R32 raped it.

it m3 vs 350Z video is on the import version of BMI ( Bestmotoring International ) video the in the November 2002 issue. if your curious about it, buy the video. i can't show it to you unfortunatly because its on DVD and i don't have it ripped to my comp.