How will I stack up? GT-R vs RS6

[Bigglezworth]

He'd leave parts of his transmission on the start line

Bingo!

http://jalopnik.com/5115647/samurai-...-at-drag-strip

[snoopra]

OK..!

Round one completed on our way home from the company Christmas Party. I am proud (and relieved, and surprised) to say i held my own!

We used the on-ramp to the highway to start from.. 35 mph. i don't know what gear he started in, but we took off nose to nose for about 15 yards. at around 70mph his mirror was up where my nose was. i just pushed the pedal as physically hard as i could, and i rounded back up to even until about 125, where i suppose his 48 year old brain told him to slow down (an action my 26 year old brain did not take for some reason). we got off the highway and the second red light we came to we launched. we ran dead even until 70-75 mph, where just as he was getting a lead, we saw those beautiful red and blue lights. two sheriffs in dodge challengers.

we didn't get hit too hard- they just wanted to make sure we weren't drinking and driving. two young cops, actually pretty interested in the cars.

point is, i got an email from him this morning - he wants to run again. i know the more comfortable he gets with the GT-R, the worse i'll get spanked.. but maybe i'll just stall for a while until i can get bigger turbos

Rock on!!!!!!!!! Just the outcome I expected. Long live the LORD of the four RINGS How about doing a turbo compress/turbine upgrade?

[Roger]

He'd leave parts of his transmission on the start line

Well, having both cars, I'm more worried about my RS6 tranny

[iconcls]

Well, having both cars, I'm more worried about my RS6 tranny

Also owning both cars and being on my ¡ 3rd ! tranny in my stock RS 6, I concur.

[RXBG]

nice post. i think the cars are pretty dead even. but it is great that a 2003 car can run neck and neck with a brand new machine.

i'd like to see a new RS6 race a GTR in a straight line. from the numbers i've seen it would be dead even, with the RS6 probably taking the lead at speeds over 120 mph.

[artur777]

IMHO, GTR with proper driver will lead from the start to the end
It's one hell of a car

[Yellow RS6]

I'm not surprised by the results. The GT-R has 480 hp and weighs about 3800 lbs. (7.91 lb/hp), your RS6 has approximately 550 hp and weighs around 4100 lbs. (7.45 lb/hp). Once you said he wasn't going to use launch control, I totally expected it to be pretty close. Congrats!

[Fonzie Audi]

well done, i like the math. makes sense

[artur777]

but different trannies and a lot of other good stuff in gtr
i saw how gtr is going - gtr stage 1 is faster than 997 turbo for a solid margin

[SeattleS4]

Nice.

It's not too surprising that it was close from a launch; especially since he won't use the launch control. It seems to make a huge difference in 1/4mi e.t.'s.

Tell him to man-up, screw the warranty, and put it in launch mode.

[Spidercat]

Nice post! I never drove a GT-R, but I know that it is a force to be reckoned with. Reading the entire post all at once I knew you wouldn't get buried, but I must admit that I, too, was kinda hoping for an upset victory for the beast...

BTW, Lucky break w/those cops!!! That coulda made for a bad night!

[Fonzie Audi]

i know.. my stomach dropped to the floor when we got pulled over. i knew i wasn't drinking, so i had that on my side.. but we just full on launched from a red light and it probably could have been heard for quite a distance.

like i said, two young cops. after about 7 minutes of hell (when you give them your paperwork and they leave you alone while they check everything out), they came back and actually started asking us about the cars.

we popped hoods, and lied our butts off when answering questions like "so how fast have you gotten this thing up to?". One of them said he has a B5 S4 at home, so i think there was a little enthusiast in his blood

part of me was also hoping for a victory - but at the same time, i know the GT-R. Driving away with nose-to-nose finishes on a highway pull and launch gave me all the pride i needed. i mean the RS6 is an 03.. in theory it has no business keeping up with the 09 GT-R. great experience for me

[rubyblack]

Well, having both cars, I'm more worried about my RS6 tranny

Post the Pics please dude....

[Roger]