How Many Bhp?

[noely1]

Hey guys, i know this is a skyline forum but im actually looking at getting rid of my R34 and getting a FTO... just wondering what is the BHP of the tiptronic 34's? As i know the FTO's gpx model has 200bhp..

anyone had any experience with FTO's?? In particular the tiptronic models?? Would the tiptronic FTO beat the tiptronic R34??

Theres a few questions for someone to answer cheers

[Nick.]

Hey guys, i know this is a skyline forum but im actually looking at getting rid of my R34 and getting a FTO... just wondering what is the BHP of the tiptronic 34's? As i know the FTO's gpx model has 200bhp..

anyone had any experience with FTO's?? In particular the tiptronic models?? Would the tiptronic FTO beat the tiptronic R34??

Theres a few questions for someone to answer cheers

but your sig says "Skyline FTW Everytime"... soo..?

anyways.. i simply just typed it in google and this is what i got.

Mitsubishi E-DE2A

125 BHP @ 6000 rpm

SOHC 4cyl

Mitsubishi E-DE3A

180 BHP @ 7000

DOHC V6

and..

as the one above but with Mivec is.. 200 BHP @ 7500

hope that helped somewhat?

Nick.

[noely1]

hmm yeah.. i asked the bhp of the r34's... but thanks man

[GTS4WD]

Google is your friend Edited January 5, 2010 by GTS4WD

[Super Drager]

R34 is about 147kw. Don't take hp numbers as a guarantee you'd beat another car, power to weight, gearing & torque all play a bigger part then peak hp.

[GTS4WD]

As well as the method the power is delivered, push vs pull (RWD vs FWD).

So much comes down to the driver too.

[noely1]

ok cool yeah cheers...

does anyone know of anyone that owns/owned one?? or know how reliable the mitsubishi engine is compared to the RB.. cause ive never had a problem with an RB engine.. never had experience with a mitusbishi engine tho?

[mad082]

the mitsubishi engines aren't too bad. certainly worse engines out there. your biggest issue won't be with the engine but with CV joints if you give it a hard time. but if you drive it reasonably sensibly then you shouldn't have an issue, although they do eventually wear out on their own.

the skyline will have a bit more torque than the fto, however the fto being a lighter car will help a bit with this. performance wise there would be little in it in a real race and would mostly come down to the drivers. but as people said above, don't just go off power outputs to say which is quicker. factory power outputs are at the flywheel so they don't take into account any drivetrain loss, and don't give you an indication of how the powe comes in and where it is in the rev range. you also have to take into account gearing etc (as said above) plus weight.

for general diving you won't notice the difference between fwd and rwd (despite what a large amount of people who have never driven a fwd think). it's only when you start to push them that you do and even then it comes down to how well the car is designed. i've driven plenty of fwd cars and some are very similar to rwd, others you can feel the front pulling much more. my 113hp pulsar torque steers much much more than my 170hp magna did (which pretty much had zero torque steer). the magna felt a lot like a rwd car to drive, even when pushing it (other than the understeer when booting it half way through a corner, LOL), unlike the pulsar which you can feel the front leading the way.

personally i'd stick with the skyline for various reasons, and none of them are due to me being on a skyline forum.

[noely1]

thanks mate exactly what i was looking for...

ive decided to just put my money to converting my 34 from tiptronic to manual and jus sticking with it til i can drive turbo's

cheers

[mad082]

i'd price it up before you go ahead and do it. you may find it cheaper to sell yours and buy a manual one, depending on how cheap you can get the parts

[noely1]

hmm yeah i been quoted around the 3grand mark.. give or take... i paid $11,800 for mine... im not sure how much the manuals go for also i need the four doors and mine has low k's and i know theres definatley nothing wrong mechanically wise with the car.. i dont really want to get another car and then going on having to fix up things that are wrong with it or something im not sure which path to take haha

[KezR33]

I'm almost certain the FTO would be quicker.

It's lighter, has MIVEC (yo!) and puts out the same power the R34 does (147kw).

[ther]

Well, can't speak about the r34 but i do own an FTO GPX and a V35.

i can tell you the handling on the FTO would be a lot better in corners as they are great handling cars but to get the power from them you need to keep them above 4500/5500 rpms as that the mivec range.