Can the r32 gtr skyline beat the r35 gtr?

[Vteckidd]

It always comes a time to move forward, and advance... and old/motors/setups have to be left behind to make way for better technology, and a changing world/driver.

i guess Chevy never got that memo. Pushrods anyone?

Considering the NEW GTR makes almost 450whp, and the old RB26 in stock trim was lucky to make 320whp, stock versus stock, R35 hands down in every aspect from turning to straight line to interior quality.

I think their idea to abandon the RB series is simple, the USA NEVER HAD RB SERIES MOTORS.

We already had the VQs in the Infinity line from the SUVs to the G35, and then the 350Z.

They wanted to bring the R35 to American, why not build upon their already existing format.

The RB was retired in 99 if im not mistaken or whenever the last R34 was. We had no skyline for along time, when they decided to make it, they had new series of engines available in the USA and Japan. Why bring out something you already had stopped making?

[EJ25RUN]

i guess Chevy never got that memo. Pushrods anyone?

Why bring out something you already had stopped making?

Nissan designed the RB26 in the late 80's and it was built as a race engine for group A. The first GTR was just a homoligation machine and it wasn't thought to be much more than that. Obviously as a race engine, it was never gonna pass emissions in the usa. And that was in the early 90's.

[JITB]

i guess Chevy never got that memo. Pushrods anyone?

Considering the NEW GTR makes almost 450whp, and the old RB26 in stock trim was lucky to make 320whp, stock versus stock, R35 hands down in every aspect from turning to straight line to interior quality.

I think their idea to abandon the RB series is simple, the USA NEVER HAD RB SERIES MOTORS.

We already had the VQs in the Infinity line from the SUVs to the G35, and then the 350Z.

They wanted to bring the R35 to American, why not build upon their already existing format.

The RB was retired in 99 if im not mistaken or whenever the last R34 was. We had no skyline for along time, when they decided to make it, they had new series of engines available in the USA and Japan. Why bring out something you already had stopped making?

pushrods and chevy is a bad example... those are motors known all over the world.. and have stood the test of time..

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one of my fav r32 vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OzBx4B2kzM

[EJ25RUN]

pushrods and chevy is a bad example... those are motors known all over the world.. and have stood the test of time..

And they will continue to. Besides, calling Pushrods outdated can only be done when they are proven to be such. With cars like the Z06, ZR1 and C6R, You cant do that.

[Kaiser]

And they will continue to. Besides, calling Pushrods outdated can only be done when they are proven to be such. With cars like the Z06, ZR1 and C6R, You cant do that.

That's debatable. Pushrod V8's haven't really advanced that far down the food chain, the companies that make them stock have. GM used to have a lock-down on how many horses a stock car could make. The ZR1's horsepower rating isn't really that spectacular out of the engine it's in, I've seen the same kind of power out of a 350sbc with a super with decently built internals. Saying pushrods are "outdated" is similar to calling solid rear axles outdated. Perhaps they are, but the important part is that they are A.) Cheap and B.) Work. This fulfills all the qualifications neccessary to make a car work.

[EJ25RUN]

That's debatable. Pushrod V8's haven't really advanced that far down the food chain, the companies that make them stock have. GM used to have a lock-down on how many horses a stock car could make. The ZR1's horsepower rating isn't really that spectacular out of the engine it's in, I've seen the same kind of power out of a 350sbc with a super with decently built internals. Saying pushrods are "outdated" is similar to calling solid rear axles outdated. Perhaps they are, but the important part is that they are A.) Cheap and B.) Work. This fulfills all the qualifications neccessary to make a car work.

Pushrods have come a long way in the last 20 years. They can rev past 7,000 rpm even though all the stress is on one cam. They are also very important to G.M. and Chrysler. I fully understand that a modern dohc is not even a comparison but like you said, very few things are proven like a V8 Chevy.