[LeonOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by NSXType-R

Well one way to settle the argument would be to put the GT-R on a dyno and figure out how much real wheel hp it has.

Or rip the engine out of the bay and see how much it puts out.

It already does 0-60 in about 3.5 seconds, give or take.

I find it hard to believe too, doing the Nurburgring in that time. But since it already does 0-60 in that time, I don't have much to doubt.

i would probably doubt even that 0-60 time.
i don't know the source but if this test was made on a 1/4 mile race track, the time is surely affected by the tires deposited on the track surface.
i guess the GT-R is so preceded by his fame that we (well, they) want it to be superb whatever it takes. the simply fact that is the first gt-r truly commercialized out of Japan probably are over-exiting a lot of journalists and enthusiasts, like if they don't want do be disappointed at all. sure this car is fast, but this is just too much. i already expressed my ideas btw.
if i try to be nice with the gt-r, i could say that an italian magazine managed to sprint a 430 from 0 to 64 in 3,6 seconds. given a little advantage to the nissan for the AWD and the DSG, and a little advantage to the 430 for the amazing electronic differential (and also a really fast gearbox), since the cars have similar powers, it's not so impossible a 0-60 in 3,5 secs for the japanese, but it's still a little heavier. but, it could be.