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ZilviaBot
10-16-2008, 04:20 PM
10-13-2008 05:27 PM

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<div align="center"><strong><em><small>Photo of stock tires used on the GT-R that tackled the 'Ring in 7:29</small></em></strong><br></div>
<br>Nissan released a second video of the incredible <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/gt-r-drops-ring-time-down-to-7-29/">7:29 lap time</a> achieved by the GT-R earlier this year at the Nürburgring Nordschleife along with a photo of the stock tires that were installed on the car at the time. It did so to dispel accusations that the time might not be 100% authentic. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/30/porsche-accuses-nissan-gt-r-of-cheating-the-ring/">Porsche</a> in particular seemed highly suspicious, and boldly claimed its belief that Nissan wasn't using stock tires at the time. The new video starts with some off-track buildup and shows the 50kg of test equipment that was on-board the car at the time, as well. Although we don't speak Japanese, we think that's what they're talking about along with discussing the fresh stock tires that were fitted to the car. The actual lap starts about 4 minutes in and looks pretty authentic to us. We're sure there will continue to be questions and complaints from all sides in this controversy, and we know that this is starting to turn into a a bit of a melodrama, but we really can't help ourselves. You can catch up on the whole sordid affair by clicking <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/search/?q=porsche+nissan+ring&invocationType=wl-auto&searchsubmit=">here</a> and check out the video after the jump.<br><br>[Source: <a href="http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php/2008/10/09/nissan-offer-porsche-proof-and-driving-t?blog=4">GTR Blog</a> via <a href="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=133467#3">Edmunds</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/nissan-offers-more-evidence-of-gt-r-ring-run-second-video-and/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nissan offers more evidence of GT-R 'Ring run: second video and pic of tires</em></a></p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></h6><a href="http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php/2008/10/09/nissan-offer-porsche-proof-and-driving-t?blog=4">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/nissan-offers-more-evidence-of-gt-r-ring-run-second-video-and/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1340537/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/nissan-offers-more-evidence-of-gt-r-ring-run-second-video-and/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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ThatGuy
10-16-2008, 04:22 PM
So Porsche just needs to add 50kg to their test GTR and it should get faster.

:keke:

sac
10-16-2008, 05:03 PM
Vid looks legit to me..

Maybe Porsche's driver just sucks...:keke: Or Nissan's driver is more accustom to the GTR, and knows its strengths and limitations better than Porsche's driver.

No 2 drivers are going to get the same time in one car, and then get the same time in 2 completely different cars. Unless some crazy voodoo majic is going on...

Dang.. i spent 18 hours working on my car yesterday and didnt have motivation to work on it today.. Video sure helped with that.. :D

160Z
10-18-2008, 05:59 AM
Ja sac, maybe the GT-R isn't as easy to drive real fast as Nissan claims. And then it wasn't even a test driver that drove it, it was an unnamed suspension engineer!

vodka2
10-18-2008, 09:10 AM
you know whats funny ... Porsche is going at it with Nissan .... thats a lol.

Z33dori
10-18-2008, 10:48 AM
you know whats funny ... Porsche is going at it with Nissan .... thats a lol.

yea


some feels a lil cock blocked

Black-Sheep
10-18-2008, 02:38 PM
let's see how this goes on...

vodka2
10-18-2008, 03:47 PM
it'll probly end at .. nissan did what they did , and porshche will release a super gt4 for like a million and brag how they beat it lol ?

SexPanda
10-18-2008, 04:36 PM
so when is serberus going to buy porshce? I'm waiting to see a hemi 911.

lol. That would be funny.