if u say hp is not everyting then y many car go to build in turbo like wira,satria,kancil..
and y u r here, u just buy a kancil ori n go to genting la then u will know how important for the hp n if u drive kancil tat will more save petrol than dc5,suzuki loo...haha
roadtax every car owner also pay loo!!if they have the sportcar like us they will drive above 200 also.coz they belive their car can do it n stop in anytime..
It's easy to understand. Those kancil wira are the small dickies. They have to upgrade to get somewhere adequate. Those are NOT sport cars. Leave them alone. They are the daily A to B cars. They can't compare.
Now something sensible is like DC5R or FD2R. They have around 220bhp and they smoke the 350Z, Nismo 350Z and GT-R R34 on tracks.
See http://www.fastestlaps.com/car4725ed280dbc3.html for some examples if you still don't know. As quoted below:
FD2R track times on:
Nihonkai Maze
Faster than: Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
Slower than: Honda NSX-R (3.0)
Sugo
Faster than: Nissan Nismo 350Z
Slower than: Porsche 997 Carrera
Serres Racing Circuit
Faster than: Nissan 350Z (308bhp)
Slower than: Mercedes C 63 AMG
I own a 300bhp NA Z with 6MT that has less power loss than the automatic and yet I find it a struggle to keep up with NA DC5R that has less HP on Sepang. And I drive without VDC full time, anywhere, wet or not. Check the specs, it is quite obvious that the Z is technically limited by its design on a track.
If it was me, I would care about the horse power but only to a certain amount. 125bhp is too little. 220bhp is ok. 300bhp is good. But 300bhp on a heavy Z is not good.
Let me put it down this way. There is no argument here.
1. If you're a wanganer (in case you didn't know, it's those who run on highway) then go for power. That's all that makes sense. Look at all those high power Supra, GT-R, etc. HP is the way to chase.
2. If you're a track person, like me, then HP isn't the most important thing. I would be happy to trade my Z away for a FD2R. That is a downgrade from 3.5 liter V6 300bhp to 2.0 liter I4 220bhp. Less HP, less 2 cylinders but faster and more exciting track times.
So don't look down at anyone. HP depends on purpose. If you're #1, go with your HP chase. If you're #2, HP doesn't matter much, handling does.
Now the only reason why I didn't like the FD2R is that it's a FF car, front wheel drive. I like rear wheel drive.
This will be my last say regarding the whole HP thing. If I have the chance to run on Nurburgring with any car I want, I would go for the Nissan GT-R instead of Bugatti Veyron. GT-R has about half the horsepower of Veyron by the way. Stop arguing. HP or not it's not everything. Heck ask a family man what matters most to him in his car and he might say 7 seats.
Ok I'm done with this whole HP-is-everything talk.
And yes Version S and ST comes with viscous type LSD. TamanLinkin probably researched well before he chose his 6MT Z.
