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My argument comes from this simple fact....
#1)Gemballa GTR Biturbo 600HP
#4)Blitz Toyota Supra, app. 650 hp
Why didn't the most powerful car win?
Horsepower doesn't decide a race. If the most powerful car always won the race we wouldn't need to race. We could just dyno our cars and decide it then. We could tear down the Nurburgring, and Willows Glen, and Laguna Seca and use the area for all sorts of wonderful things, since racing was no longer necessary. However, certain other things arise when racing, such as handling, Torque and torque curves, drag coefficients, gearing, and weight. I think the Skyline is wonderful, but if a heavily modified R33 could best manage 10th place, why should I believe that a 350hp Skyline will do any better. Also, you state that the Skyline had 276 hp...You're basing that on Manufacturers specs...Nissan intentionally rated it low to pass Japanese regulation. With that kind of quarter mile time it should have about 340hp at the flywheel, quite a bit more.
Is Porsche going to stop manufacturing cars? I mean, who says the Gemballa 993 will be the last Porsche ever? Have you heard of a 980(700 hp)? What about all of RUF's outputs? In fact, a new GT2 with a 0-60 of 4.0 is set to be released at Detroit in 2001...hmmmm what will Ruf and Gemballa do with that?
I think you're blinded by your love of Nissan. I don't especially care for Porsche, and I hate to admit it...but it's their course.
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"Ferrari isn't a car, it's a lifestyle"
-Enzo Ferrari.
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