Skyline Vs Mustang

[SkylineUSA]

Nite,

You can be taught

[R33]

Heyyyyy Sky, how are you man...? And how's the fine English wheather treating you and missus? Can see the BIG plan on your 'Stang....yummy... Am sure you will smoke them Skylines in the quarter...and yes, you will also smoke my intercooler...
I can imagine the Brits' face when they see you and your 'Stang at the dyno...they must be thinking...what the hell about this Yankee! Hahaha...But be careful on the track with the GTRs...they are quick It's not my opinion, but that's what they say about GTrs...including mind!!:frog: Take care.

[SkylineUSA]

Fine weather and England, there is an oxymoron.

I would have to dump some serious cash into my car to be able to compete with your power, and handleing prowess. I just want to make a respectable Yank tank that can hold its own over here, since most of these people have a missconception about american cars, they only go in straght lines a 1/4 mile at a time. If I have to put more money into my car so be it.

[Alex Devotchka]

Originally posted by SkylineUSA
Thats why they have mustangs in the 6's and skylines in the 7's.

$50k will not get you a R34 here in the states. I was refering to what you can buy in the states, since that is where we were making that comparison, but if you just want to take numbers from anywhere, ya your right.

Oh, where can I get that R34 at

show me one none sponsored mustang running on gasoline doing 6's please I have never seen one cuz they don't exist period

and I dont know what the pound is going for these days but the late 80's mustangs were the worst period and the lx was the bottom end. Also I don't know if you have done an engine swap but you are not getting 415 hp on an 87 lx engine with 8psi boost

give me 50k and my Rx7 will eat your mustang with a 3 second faster dial in

[R33]

Sky, I believe with the plan fully implemented, you wud be in position to educate the Brits on what hp is all about! BTW, if I remember correctly, you were planning to buy the GTR before. Has that materialised or hv you fallen in love with a second hand M3 while in the UK?
A little bit of update on my car. Well, it will be exactly one year at the end of this month since the big mods. Nothing has broken yet. What makes me very happy is the fact that the stock gearbox does not exhibit any sign of wearing out despite my monthly track trips and about 1O quarter passes which I did while launching at about 7OOOrpm. The OS Giken twin plate clutch are also still holding on.
The only failure I experienced was the ATESSA which failed to work one day. It lasted only one day...phew...it happened after I parked the car with my left rear tyre on a curb and my mech thought that the computer took time to adjust after that. Anyway it is working perfectly now.
The only real casualty is the AP Racing rotors which hv gone uneven as I suspect they overheated on the track. So I am now looking for a set of new rotors.
I will be retuning my suspensions set up soon as I want to lessen body rolls. Also will install some serious braces. My mech has also indicated that he may be able to improve low end torque without really compromising the high end...so the car will go on the dyno again soon.

[SkylineUSA]

R33,

Glad to here that your car is doing well. I thought you were upgrading the tranny. That is one stout piece of machinery if its holding up to that abuse.

Alex,

50k into a RX7, and 50k into my Stang and you give me a 3 sec dial in. And you will beat my stang. So for 50k your car would be in the 5s, since mine would be in the 8s.

I said 400-415 since it has not been on the dyno. I am going by my 1/4 times.

I can tell by your reply you do not know Mustangs that well.

"show me one none sponsored mustang running on gasoline doing 6's please I have never seen one cuz they don't exist period"

When did I mention they were not sponsered?

[Domestickillah]

I really do not understand how you could ever compare a Skyline vs. a mustang. A Skyline is a work of art. It's engine is incredible. Consider the HP output that comes from such small displacement. American cars have never understood the concept of making the most out the engine they have. In fact the attitude towards their cars are alot like the attitude towards life that Americans have. They take more than they need and waste alot. I am an American and I am proud but I can never say that I would Prefer any american car over a Skyline GTR.

Yeuh ho.


P.S. I did not even mention any of the suspension superiorities that the Skyline GTR has. You shouldn't waste your time comparing a super street car to underachieving waste of money. To be fair to Mustangs I would say that Skylines are in a different class and should be compared to cars that are designed for speed.

[SkylineUSA]

Maybe if you would had taking the time to read the whole post, you could form a more educated reply. Rather than just opinion based BS.

By the way my V8 will get better gas mileage than the smaller displacement 2.6, so what does that say? My V8 is more efficient?

Go back and do some reading:finger:

[GT-R2000]

actuall iv seen these two race. and theres a vido of it on some web site but i cant remember the adress. any way it was between an r33 gtr and a new cobra stv, both were modified and were between 600 and 700 hp i think the mustang had like 680 and the skyline had 650 any way the skyline wooped the crap out of it. people say the two cars dont compare but the domestic guys are always talken crap about imports and the top import car beat the top domestic so they have no room to talk!

[SkylineUSA]

In what the 1/4? BS......... Road race, yes.....

No Skyline is going to beat a Mustang if the the stang has more power, and they have the Mustang hooking. That is a fact. I dont give a shit if you saw it on a video or not.

There is a point were the front drive system in a Skyline is just dead weight, unless they rig up some contraption to force weight to the front to utilize it. Even if that was the case, you would have more drag on the car, the car would weigh more, and less hp. Nope, not buying it.

[MrSky]

Well sorry to butt in on your convo but the front wheels are not engaged at all UNLESS the rear wheels exceed them by 4 mph. So there is no drag on the front just a HELL of a mean ass start that no street mustang can hang with. Sure if you put slicks and dissconnect the sway bar and all that jazz it would be a better race... but im talking street tires to street tires. the mustang would be all smoke.

And you CAN control the amount of torque going to the front wheels with a simple twist of a knob. I thought you guys knew about this?

[GT-R2000]

hey im not trying to start an argument just telling you what happend. you can make your own decision

[SkylineUSA]

Who lines for a 1/4 with street tires? Not me, or any of my buddies.

Yeah, there is no way a Mustang, tuned can come close to a skyline in a 1/4 mile. All you mustang owners running 9s can not come close to a 10s skyline.

[GT-R2000]

A SKYLINE CAN BEAT A MUSTANG WITH OUT EVEN LIFTING A FINGER PIRIOD. PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW WHAT THERE TALKEN ABOUT NEED TO SIT DOWN, SHUT THE HELL UP AND LISTEN AND LEARN. LIKE SKYLINE USA WHO DOESNT EVEN OWN OR KNOW SOME ONE WHO OWNES A SKYLINE. HE DOESNT HAVE A MUSTNG. HE HAS A 16 SECOND STOCK 87 LX AND DOESNT HAVE 50 FRIENDS WITH 8 SECOND MUSTANGS AND YES SKYLINE USA I AM A RICH PUNK KID YOU NEED TO DO MORE OF THIS:bandit: SO ULL SHUT UP

[GT-R2000]

ACTUALLY HE HAS AN 87 LX IF YOU CAN EVEN CALL IT A REAL MUSTANG AND CAN GET YOUR STORY STARIT?