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Old 05-03-2008, 08:48 AM
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Oh my.
 
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Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead View Post
a gt-r is pretty a standard car for a lot of reasons (from an engineering point of view).
Not really. Plasma-lined cylinder bores, transfer case-less active AWD, DSG gearbox, and on and on and on.

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imo, they can be pretty sure about how much power the engines will have, without the need to add so much power just "to be sure".
Not without blueprinting and dynoing every engine they make they can't. Which was my point.
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