Nissan motorsports offers nissan 370z nismo rc race car

Red__Zed · 10-26-2011, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by M.Bonanni

It is a street mod. A "race car" would be a tube frame chassis. There's nothing that I can see done to this car that you couldn't do with a 370Z that you get off the showroom floor at your local dealership...for A LOT less money.

It would be WAY cheaper to buy a regular 370Z, remove the NAV, climate control, etc. and build it exactly to these specs. That's what Nissan did with this car. Nothing special.

This is for the rich guy that decides on Monday that he wants to go race in World Challenge on Friday. There's nothing wrong with that, but all I am saying is you could build the same thing for FAR less.

If your time and your friend's time is worth nothing, and you have convenient access to a shop, and can get in tuning time for free at the local track, sure.

alcheng · 10-26-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by M.Bonanni

It is a street mod. A "race car" would be a tube frame chassis. There's nothing that I can see done to this car that you couldn't do with a 370Z that you get off the showroom floor at your local dealership...for A LOT less money.

It would be WAY cheaper to buy a regular 370Z, remove the NAV, climate control, etc. and build it exactly to these specs. That's what Nissan did with this car. Nothing special.

This is for the rich guy that decides on Monday that he wants to go race in World Challenge on Friday. There's nothing wrong with that, but all I am saying is you could build the same thing for FAR less.

Then I have question, do those BMW, CHEVY, FORD, CITROEN race in BTCC, WTCC and WRC worth their cost?

The BMW ONLY put a 320 in BTCC, can you mod a consumer 320i to that spec and beat those factory spec 320? I am pretty sure a street mod 320 will cost much less than buying a BTCC 320.

I am pretty sure you can put same or similar or even better adds-on to a consumer car, however, there are some reasond race teams will spend much more to buy a factory race car.

shadoquad · 10-26-2011, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng

Then I have question, do those BMW, CHEVY, FORD, CITROEN race in BTCC, WTCC and WRC worth their cost?

The BMW ONLY put a 320 in BTCC, can you mod a consumer 320i to that spec and beat those factory spec 320? I am pretty sure a street mod 320 will cost much less than buying a BTCC 320.

I'm pretty sure you can just buy a 335i, wave a magic wand, drive up to a BTCC race, lap the field 5-6 times, and take home the trophies and paddock girls.

alcheng · 10-26-2011, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

I'm pretty sure you can just buy a 335i, wave a magic wand, drive up to a BTCC race, lap the field 5-6 times, and take home the trophies and paddock girls.

nope, BTCC limit the engine at 2000cc and 4-cylinders

shadoquad · 10-26-2011, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng

nope, BTCC limit the engine at 2000cc and 4-cylinders

I was being facetious

Red__Zed · 10-26-2011, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

I'm pretty sure you can just buy a 335i, wave a magic wand, drive up to a BTCC race, lap the field 5-6 times, and take home the trophies and paddock girls.

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Originally Posted by alcheng

nope, BTCC limit the engine at 2000cc and 4-cylinders

Ah, guess that rule means you can't take the paddock girls then?

alcheng · 10-26-2011, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Ah, guess that rule means you can't take the paddock girls then?

Can I take the car instead??

JB1 · 10-26-2011, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by alcheng

Then I have question, do those BMW, CHEVY, FORD, CITROEN race in BTCC, WTCC and WRC worth their cost?

The BMW ONLY put a 320 in BTCC, can you mod a consumer 320i to that spec and beat those factory spec 320? I am pretty sure a street mod 320 will cost much less than buying a BTCC 320.

I am pretty sure you can put same or similar or even better adds-on to a consumer car, however, there are some reasond race teams will spend much more to buy a factory race car.

A BMW 320 BTCC will cost quite a bit more then 150K... It also has more then 300hp from its little 2.0 4 cylinder. A lot more development went into that car then into this Nismo RC. Check out EVO magazine from August. They track tested a BTCC Honda Civic. It lapped their test track faster then a Ferrari 458, try that with the Nismo RC...

There is a difference between factory prepared spec race cars and factory prepped weekend warriors. I think this Nismo RC belongs to the latter category

Cell · 10-29-2011, 11:26 AM

Something I found..

Footloose301 · 10-26-2011, 12:33 PM

Don't get bent out of shape. We know it's a race car and not meant for everyone. Anyone that wanted a race car could simply buy a Nismo and build it for much cheaper. I don't care which way you try to spin it. It simply isn't worth that kind of money and I know "worth" is a matter of opinion.

shadoquad · 10-26-2011, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Footloose301

Don't get bent out of shape. We know it's a race car and not meant for everyone. Anyone that wanted a race car could simply buy a Nismo and build it for much cheaper. I don't care which way you try to spin it. It simply isn't worth that kind of money and I know "worth" is a matter of opinion.

It's not worth it to you, then fine. You want a race car and can build it cheaper, go ahead.

You want a spec racer straight from Nismo, this is the one, cough up the dough.

m4a1mustang · 10-26-2011, 01:24 PM

I don't know why anyone would consider this car for $150k? It only has 335 hp and I bet it is not even street legal. I can get a Porsche 911 Turbo for this price and it'd be a much better DD and you wouldn't have to worry about cops pulling you over for having an illegal car. And it'd be faster.

alcheng · 10-26-2011, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I don't know why anyone would consider this car for $150k? It only has 335 hp and I bet it is not even street legal. I can get a Porsche 911 Turbo for this price and it'd be a much better DD and you wouldn't have to worry about cops pulling you over for having an illegal car. And it'd be faster.

True, and the mirror doesn't even come with Homelink system, that means I can drive this home!!!

lol

Pharmacist · 10-26-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I don't know why anyone would consider this car for $150k? It only has 335 hp and I bet it is not even street legal. I can get a Porsche 911 Turbo for this price and it'd be a much better DD and you wouldn't have to worry about cops pulling you over for having an illegal car.

Actually what about a gt3 rs? It's already 99% race car. yet street legal, and it can easily outperform the nismo rc on a track.

Cmike2780 · 10-26-2011, 03:58 PM

The brake ducts are worth the cost. That's gotta be at least a million dollars in R & D.

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