"nissan's Racing Godzilla"

[White GTS-T]

My brother who lives in New Zealand just sent me this scanned image of a local newspaper and i thought I would share it...

[LoNg_ShaNks]

HEAR YE, HEAR YE!!!!

[Beer Baron]

wow! that would have to be close to the most innacurate article on GTRs I've ever read. also it uses a 3 year old CG image of the next gen skyline in an article that doesn't even mention it? weird.

[djr81]

If anyone is interested the current issue of Australian Muscle Car (Brocks 1987 VL Commodore on the cover) has a good interview with Fred Gibson who, as usual has some amusing things to say.

[Rezz]

also it uses a 3 year old CG image of the next gen skyline in an article that doesn't even mention it? weird.

Thats a promotional pic of the GT-R Proto Richard...

[pixel8r]

for the record, mitsubishi and subaru dont come anywhere near close to matching the electronic AWD system. They use mechanical full-time AWD systems that dont use a computer at all, rather just a centre diff that works much like a regular diff but transfers torque between front and rear during slippage. Its basically a system that allows for 2 different torque splits, not infinitely variable torque split like ATTESA.

but yes the article is a bit more marketing hype than actual facts. There was a few facts in there, concerning the skyline's dominance of the racing scene but to say that other cars like porsche and bmw are only now catching up to the skyline is a bit over the top. even the R34 GTR's technology is getting a bit dated now, but the new one should start a whole new era for the GTR

[Bumblebee]

not really... no other car has variable torque yet..ATTESA Is still one of a kind

not outdated if no1s got anything better

[SS8_Gohan]

doesn't the 911 turbo awd vary power front/back? or is this different to "variable torque"

[GeeTR]

^^ The new 997 Turbo has a clutch based torque control to the front wheels as per...

"Featuring PTM (Porsche Traction Management) the new system incorporates a clutch-based system which varies the amount of torque to the front wheels, regardless of wheel slip front and rear. This, according to Porsche, aids traction and the handling by redirecting the torque to control oversteer or understeer, thus resulting in far more neutral handling, as well as greatly improved performance in all weather conditions (as opposed to older AWD system which gave the Turbo stability under hard acceleration)"

Porsche claim 100ms time for to modulate power to the front.

Transfer case, hydraulic ram and pivot fork look familiar

Edited October 2, 2007 by GeeTR

[skybarge]

Haha i like the 2nd paragraph

which states: By 1996 the 2.0L engine was producing 160hp and the Skyline won more than 50 races in the next 3 years....

Sounds like a badly written Herald article, your brother doesn't live in Auckland or Hamilton does he?

[Bumblebee]

lol took them that long huh.. 997, well, like i said b4, its not outdated if theres nothing better

[Laurence]

lol took them that long huh.. 997, well, like i said b4, its not outdated if theres nothing better

1986 called and mentioned the Porsche 959. Dunno if they can really copy their own idea.

http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/t...tion_4wd_21.htm

[gazza750]

pffffffftttttttttttttt that aint no damn godzilla

only godzilla is r32 wish journos would get it bloody right

[JustinP]

1986 called and mentioned the Porsche 959. Dunno if they can really copy their own idea.

http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/t...tion_4wd_21.htm

Exacty! Nissan copied the idea from Porsche from the beginning! And not just the 4WD system either.