I Saw One For The First Time In My Life

[bobbejaan]

today i saw paul walkers r34 at a fast an the furious event al zandvoort circuit in holland

life is great

[brettstar01]

wow o_0

[nacho_nissan]

Poor skyline,those people are going to hell...

[raysoh8]

except for the ugly paintjob that was slapped on to the skyline to appeal to ricers all over the world, the car was quite fast. i think there was many mods in the skylines, that would cost many digits. only i hate that show because they wrecked so many skylines and supras.

[ZZII]

Yeah! that was BullSHIT! they had at least 5 R34s to work with, all copies of the original.

And i feel for that car. It's being used as a display when it's begging to go out and race. And that paintjob ain't do'n that car any good.

[nacho_nissan]

Originally Posted by raysoh8

except for the ugly paintjob that was slapped on to the skyline to appeal to ricers all over the world, the car was quite fast. i think there was many mods in the skylines, that would cost many digits. only i hate that show because they wrecked so many skylines and supras.

I could tell u never red the SCC issue on the 2f2f cars!That skyline was almost all stock!The major upgrades were stickers,and nitrous!

[longlivetheZ]

I saw that issue. It was bull. All the stats were wrong....they had the 0-60 time for a supercharged S2000 with a bunch of other mods at, like, 7 seconds or something. A new Nissan Altima does it that fast. All of the stats on the cars were way slower then actual. Kinda made me mad.

And I totally agree with the post about how messed up it is that they totalled, like, 6 R34s, 4 C5 Vettes, 8 Supras, etc. Ever since reading that article, I have been a supporter of the 2F2F boycott.

[nacho_nissan]

an altima SE is really fast,prety close to a s2000...5.5 seconds.And i mean the 2f2f article,the one with all the info on the 2f2f cars...

[longlivetheZ]

Originally Posted by nacho_nissan

an altima SE is really fast,prety close to a s2000...5.5 seconds.And i mean the 2f2f article,the one with all the info on the 2f2f cars...

Ehh....you're kidding, right? Altima SE.....5.5 Seconds.....

http://nissan.jbroadtests.com/Altima/2002/index4.php
7.3 Seconds for the auto...so say 7 for the manual....which is exactly what I said:

Originally Posted by longlivetheZ

...they had the 0-60 time for a supercharged S2000 with a bunch of other mods at, like, 7 seconds or something. A new Nissan Altima does it that fast.

http://honda.jbroadtests.com/S2000/2002/index3.php
A STOCK S2000 has a 0-60 of 5.8. My point is, a supercharged S2000 has to be closer to 5....not the obsurd figure the magazine gave.

Ehhh.....I was talking about the 2F2F article....

Originally Posted by longlivetheZ

Ever since reading that article, I have been a supporter of the 2F2F boycott.

[GTR_in_SF]

Originally Posted by longlivetheZ

A STOCK S2000 has a 0-60 of 5.8. My point is, a supercharged S2000 has to be closer to 5....not the obsurd figure the magazine gave.

Ehhh.....I was talking about the 2F2F article....

I think you should have read the article instead of just looking at the numbers posted in the article. The article clearly stated that most of the cars used for the movie were already trashed and in worse shape than if the cars were stock.

The NOS bottles in the skyline weren't even connected and were there just for show.

The numbers they posted were what the got when they actually ran the cars used for the movie.

Sure, a supercharged S2000 may run a 5 if tuned properly, but not the S2000 used for the movie...

[taranaki]

Guys,guys,guys.........

What you see in films isn't real.They use all kinds of editng and special effects,they may have had one or two genuine tuned vehicles for some of the work,but you can bet that most of the cars on the show circuit are just dressed up for effect,or have been thrashed to death and given a makeover.

I remember working a show that featured 'The General Lee' from the Dukes of Hazzard,the car was displayed with the hood closed.When I asked why they didn't want to show the motor,the guy told me that most of the usable running gear ,carb,radiator etc had been pirated after this particular General had almost snapped in half during a jump stunt.The panel and paint had been fixed up for show purposes,but the motor wouldn't run, and the chassis was so badly buckled that the car would be undriveable.

[nacho_nissan]

the 2003 altima SE has a 3.5 V6 245hp engine,essentially the same one used in the 350z(not exactly).this altima,as nissan claims, does a 0-60 in 6.3 with 5-speed tranny.some magazine brought it down to 6 seconds flat in 0-60!

[flylwsi]

you guys are retarded.

gtr_in_sf has it completely correct.

go back and read the articles again about how worked over and beaten those cars were. then consider their times and performance #'s.

the original skyline that the movie car was modelled off of is/was craig lieberman's r34, which was a gorgeous royal blue. 3 bottles of nitrous (not naws).

craig bought the car, which was originally known as "the blackbird". if you know your US skyline history, you'll realize just how serious the car was, and how insanely fast it was.

craig ditched the car b/c he got tired of having crowds drooling over it when he parked, couldn't get drive thru food, and had all sorts of people wanting to race him, all the time.

he sold it for a diablo.

i'm not supporting or siding with craig, but that's the info i've found from Nopi Street mag.

[longlivetheZ]

Originally Posted by flylwsi

gtr_in_sf has it completely correct.

I know that.

Originally Posted by flylwsi

go back and read the articles again about how worked over and beaten those cars were. then consider their times and performance #'s.

I know that.

Originally Posted by flylwsi

3 bottles of nitrous (not naws).

naws......that friggin rocks, man.

[QUOTE-flylwsi]craig bought the car, which was originally known as "the blackbird". if you know your US skyline history, you'll realize just how serious the car was, and how insanely fast it was.[/quote]

Ehh...US Skyline History....what history...there isn't really much. I don't doubt that the car was painfully fast.

Originally Posted by flylwsi

craig ditched the car b/c he got tired of having crowds drooling over it when he parked, couldn't get drive thru food, and had all sorts of people wanting to race him, all the time.

Ha...I could only imagine the amount of droolage. People used to gather around my Dad's Porsche 944 sometimes. Such events baffle me to this day.

There we go...a Diablo...that won't draw any attention........

[longlivetheZ]

http://www.nissanperformancemag.com/march03/lieberman/

I kinda hate what these movies did for the Skyline and Supra...they're so mainstream now. Oh well. Still amazing cars.