new skyline

[Roxtar]

yikes, somebody has been reading way too many jdm magazines

awd has little performance advantage on dry pavement. the weight penalty for an awd system at least cancels out its benefits.

spend a weekend in a c6 z06 sometime. there is no sliding. even on the stock tires. my (female) student with 5 track days experience drove the shit out of that thing, they are most definately not hard to drive.

like i said, there really is no comparison. skyline is a platform car with the compromises it entails. it weighs a ton more, makes less power, and has terrible aero by comparison which means after 60mph it falls even further behind. i could go on... suspension, cg, etc but i think you get the point.

forget the jdm f&f dorifutu crap, i'm just looking at the numbers.
the gtr is 2 tenths quicker to 60mph and has an identical quarter mile time despite weighing a few hundred pounds more and having less power. where does that extra grunt off the line come from?

as for the ease of driving with the z06, i HAVE driven one. and the traction control keeps you from putting down more torque than the tires can handle... crippling the car in first gear (going at partial throttle to avoid wheelspin). which brings me back to the quicker 0-60 being due to the gtr being able to put power to a bigger overall contact area due to the awd system. to say that the system has no benefit of dry pavement goes against the data.

my assertion was that the gtr would have the advantage on a tight course... and the numbers back me up. on an open course, the lighter weight, better coefficient off drag and higher power numbers give the z06 the edge.

in regards to the "horsepower is never a bad thing" statement:
ok. a highly capable driver can make use of all the power available to him. the more power you have though, the more difficult it is to keep that power under control.