gt-r horsepower


MotorTrend says Nissan not lying about GT-R horsepower

Last summer, Motor Trend estimated that the Nissan GT-R made at least 507-horsepower at the crank, which is quite a bit more than the manufacturer's official 480-horse rating. Now, MT decided to put to rest the firestorm it created by strapping yet another GT-R to a new type of dynamometer that's reportedly capable of calculating exact drivetrain losses, something that had previously been nothing more than an estimation. Three runs were conducted, and Godzilla delivered figures that were consistently within just a few percentage points of each ... Read more →

Is Nissan lying about GT-R horsepower? Pretty much. Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above to view our massive gallery of the 2009 Nissan GT-R. Back in the late sixties, automakers sometimes purposely under-reported the true horsepower that their solid-lifter, over-cammed and ...

MotorTrend says Nissan not lying about GT-R horsepower 11 months ago on Autoblog

Last summer, Motor Trend estimated that the Nissan GT-R made at least 507-horsepower at the crank, which is quite a bit more than the manufacturer's official 480-horse rating. Now, MT decided to put to rest the firestorm it created by strapping yet another GT-R to a new type of dynamometer that's ...

Is Nissan lying about GT-R horsepower? Pretty much. 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view our massive gallery of the 2009 Nissan GT-R. Back in the late sixties, automakers sometimes purposely under-reported the true horsepower that their solid-lifter, over-cammed and over-carburetor'd monster V8 engines actually delivered. More recently, some manufacturers have ...






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