The most powerful GTR engine in aust.

[EnricoPalazzo]

According to Autospeed, http://www.autospeed.com/A_1560/page1.html

They recon the Nizpro GTR engine is the most powerful GTR engine ever bolted together in australia. It makes 937hp @ fly.

Now my question is insnt Marios GTR makin somethin like 800kw @ wheels or somethin crazy like that??????

[Merli]

Why let facts stand in the way of a good story?

[ninjadust]

Originally posted by Merli

Why let facts stand in the way of a good story?

youve been reading the 3rd edition of SPEED huh!!!

[matlowth]

You wanna know the worst bit about it!

That guy didn't even design the turbo system.

matt

Originally posted by EnricoPalazzo

According to Autospeed, http://www.autospeed.com/A_1560/page1.html

They recon the Nizpro GTR engine is the most powerful GTR engine ever bolted together in australia. It makes 937hp @ fly.

Now my question is insnt Marios GTR makin somethin like 800kw @ wheels or somethin crazy like that??????

[ph1]

why do all australian car magazines/etc suck?

[Leewah]

They suck coz they have a false conception that we all believe what we read when the more intune people know exactly what's going on.

Read it as humorous and be well.

[doxximus]

have any of u read/seen the american magazines? it would make u have an epileptic fit with all those colourful cars

[Gradenko]

Originally posted by matlowth

You wanna know the worst bit about it!  

That guy didn't even design the turbo system.

I'm a little confused by that turbo setup. No wastegate to bypass exhasut gas, instead boost is controlled by venting already compressed air. The turbine is allowed to spin as fast as it wants, perhaps even out of its efficency range. How can this possibly be more effecient than a wastegate setup?

[PranK]

Originally posted by EnricoPalazzo

Now my question is insnt Marios GTR makin somethin like 800kw @ wheels or somethin crazy like that??????

as far as i know he has never disclosed an actual figure...

[2rismo]

just about every car mag (online and print) has had some form of 'creative' fact reproduction. ranging from a slight dodging of the facts to out and out guessing and bullshit. i guess in this country it is seen as acceptable to print utter garbage and have the readers pay for it. when they mess up not only the components and who did the work right through to the owners name and the power figure achieved they are taking advantage of their customers to the nth degree. i only bought the first issue of speed magazine - that was enough. as a matter of fact, ive only bought the 1st issues of a couple of local mags and been completely dissapointed. it's a sad thing for the industry but more so for the people that advertise in them. they get associated with a bunch of backward ****s with a computer and a job at a publishing co.

jeez mags shit me.

/rant

Cheers.

[kabab]

If you look on Mario's website he says power is over 1300hp lets do some simple maths..

1300hp *.74 = 962kw at the fly

Minus say 130kw drive train loss

Thats around 830kw atw pretty close to what that dyno run showed

[EnricoPalazzo]

Cool. Thanks for clarifying guys.

Autospeed has gotten real shit especially since they dont have any free artivles anymore.

They sound like a bunch of tossers aswell.

[YTRI]

Autospeed did an article on my friends off road racing buggy. Had an interview with him, and they even drove it. Only my friend doesnt remember anything like that happening

http://www.autospeed.com/A_0428/page1.html

[matlowth]

Hrmmm - Looks like our friend Greg Brindley has struck again...

Turns out that it wasn't even written by the Autospeed staff... It was written by a freelance writer... A mate of mine had his car reviewed on A/S by the same guy (Greg), and said he's no good...

I had Julian and Michael do mine, and they were pretty much on the money as to what I'd done etc...

matt

Originally posted by EnricoPalazzo

Cool. Thanks for clarifying guys.

Autospeed has gotten real shit especially since they dont have any free artivles anymore.

They sound like a bunch of tossers aswell.

[R33]

:bs!: