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Idon28

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Been thinking weather or not to ditch my attesa system in the R32 (not a half-ass RWD switch, but full proper deletion). But I intend for my car to be used for time attack, and wonder just how much it actually aids in traction. This is something I'm worried about since I went with an RB30, and it makes a hell of a lot more torque then my 26 lump.

The car does have 275/40r17 hoosier A6 tires on it, but just how much is that a limiting factor on the rear wheels before attesa is worth its wieght? Ive driven this car at the track before, but that was with a fairly stock setup, now the setup is a ~650hp RB30 engine, will the attesa make or break this car? or is it something that can be done away with?

I wonder whats the forums input who have tracked both GTR (or even high power GTS) on the track, R32 model. Is it worth keeping?

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I notice the latest GTR still has it! Decide for yourself. Do some laps with it on and some with it off.

To get full advantage you probably need a good LSD in the front as well (Quaife?!) and possibly a controller to tune the front rear distribution.

Don't plan on getting rid of mine any time soon.

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It was good enough for the Nissan / Gibson Motorsport cars to retain it. ATTESSA doesn't just work off wheelspin.

Im pretty sure the group A racing cars back in the day had to retain the same configuration as the road car, so they had to retain all that I think.

But even saying that, if they could change it I doubt they would of. I really cant see the ATTESSA slowing a car down especially when you install a torque controller for constant AWD, they really handle well.

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Im pretty sure the group A racing cars back in the day had to retain the same configuration as the road car, so they had to retain all that I think.

But even saying that, if they could change it I doubt they would of. I really cant see the ATTESSA slowing a car down especially when you install a torque controller for constant AWD, they really handle well.

Nah, Gibson changed it.

Yes, the architecture of the system is the same, but they run a manual torque controller that allows the driver to select the forward torque percentage.

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I figured. Oddly enough I do own both a GTR and a GTST, when both where fairly stock (no handling mods, just very light engine mods for both). Sure my GTR kicked ass on the strip, but I got faster times in my GTST on the track, and in autoX, the GTR was just a boat.

Yeah, I'll keep the attesa and see how it goes. I realize that ATTESA factors for alot more then wheel spin, but It was one of my main concern when pushing 3X the stock power level to the hubs. I'll just play with my suspension to try to get rid of the horrid understeer my GTR was having, probably purchase an ETS controller too.

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