everyone is quoting these times given by nissan and other performance magazines. without giving them a thought...
well think about this:
when nissan (or a review magazine) does its testing, they have professional drivers that know exactly what rpm to change gears at, and exactly how to take the car off at its optimum level. how many times have manual drivers got that little bit too much wheelspin? or a lot too much wheelspin? or bogged it down with no wheelspin? or chenged gears too late? or too early?
take a stock R33GTSt and i mean STOCK and you won't get anywhere near the 6.1 seconds 0-100 quoted by nissan.
an auto is much easier to replicate the times as many variables do not exist. its easier to get a good takeoff with a bit of stall, and the gear change points are already worked out. at the end of the day a manual might pull 10kW more on the dyno, but a sh1t driver can ruin that when you are at the quarter...
Waz.