A test of Car wits. . . Maybe just useless info we have that will never use elsewhere

[miata13B]

Doug is that Nautica I smell???

 

[Gil]

Originally posted by M5Power
It was stupid - Porsche wanted to call it the 901, but Peugeot somehow copyrighted every three-digit number with a zero in the middle (excepting, assumably, 000-009), so they called it the 911.

Exactly!
So now one of my favorite cars has the same designation as emergency services.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by Gil
Exactly!
So now one of my favorite cars has the same designation as emergency services.

Which is apt, given the tendency of the early ones to throw themselves at the nearest available hedge!

 

[1X83Z]

Originally posted by miata13B
Doug is that Nautica I smell???

Nautica indeed - and it was given a slightly different style each one of those years.

Your turn.

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Dude thats just a redone Nissan Quest.....

 

[Gil]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
Which is apt, given the tendency of the early ones to throw themselves at the nearest available hedge!

Only if you lift the throttle mid turn, mate.
911 is "Porschese" for "Keep your foot in it"!

 

[miata13B]

Ok how about this one. . . Who maintains the Longest Horizontal Power Slide and how long was it and where did it occur?

 

[Ryan2]

I remember it was in a WRX, don't know much anything else about it though.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Originally posted by miata13B
Ok how about this one. . . Who maintains the Longest Horizontal Power Slide and how long was it and where did it occur?

it was some heavy set british guy - he was on TopGear but i cant remember his name and it was a WRX...

 

[Glut]

The longest ever horizontal power slide in a car lasted 2 hours 11 minutes 18 seconds, and was performed by Britain's Simon de Banke on July 29, 2001, at the wet-grip circle at the MIRA Proving Ground, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK.

Straight from the horse's mouth...

My question?
top speed of the world's most powerful road-registered car. (An extra point for knowing why )

 

[Mike Rotch]

Originally posted by Glut
The longest ever horizontal power slide in a car lasted 2 hours 11 minutes 18 seconds, and was performed by Britain's Simon de Banke on July 29, 2001, at the wet-grip circle at the MIRA Proving Ground, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK.

Straight from the horse's mouth...

My question?
top speed of the world's most powerful road-registered car. (An extra point for knowing why )

i suspect there are gonna be lots of "i know this guy who has a 1500hp beetle that can go 500kph before the quarter mile" answers, but the most logical would be the Veyron. Electronically limited to 400kph, it is estimated that 450kph is reachable. As for it being the most powerful, id say the 1000hp it kicks out would qualify for that

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

nope....

http://www.rodshop.com.au/project55.htm

This car is a 1955 Chevrolet BelAir Sports Coupe powered by a V12 Rolls Royce Merlin Aircraft Engine as used by P51 Mustang Aircraft pushing out 3000 street legal horsepower. This car is also fully registered and resides in australia.

 

[Mike Rotch]

wheres you question, chum?

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Oh lol sorry here it is:

The R34 Nissan Skyline has a multi function display that shows information such as Boost,Throttle angle,oil temp,front tourque,injector open valve rate ( the rate for the injection period over 2 enigne revolutions), air intake temp,exhaust temp,and engine water temp. Of these options which two are displayed exclusivley on the V-Spec and Vspec II models and not on the other GTRs?

 

[GSS]

1) Inlet temp
2) Exhaust temp

If this is right, which I think it is, I'll have to ask another GT-R question

It isn't front torque, because all GT-Rs, V Spec and non V Spec, have ATTESSA-ETS and Super HICAS Pro.

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

ok your turn!

 

[GSS]

A 2 part question!!!

When production of the R34 GT-R was stopped, Nissan made a series of Nur models. Which models where these, and how many were made of each model. No wait, put it into a nice, big, fat juicy ratio for me!!!

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Models: M-spec Nur,V-specII Nur

Only 1000 were made of both models, they were all presold and I'm not giving you a damn ratio

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

My question: the ATTESSA-ETS PRO system on Nissan Skyline was conceived for what purpose?

 

[GSS]

Who the hell do you think you are????

You don't give me the full answer, yet you ask a question (although the parts of my masterpiece of a question that you answered you were correct).

Anyway, I should be asking a question, not answering yours!

But I will.....

The Skyline GT-R ATTESA (I can't remember what ATESSA stands for, although I know that Torque, Electronic, and I think Advanced is in there....I forgot) E-TS Electronic Torque Split 4WD System optimally controls the torque distribution to the front and rear wheels according to the driving conditions/paremeters, such as the car's attitude, wheel slip, wheel speed, etc. Based on a rear-wheel-drive (I believe it is RWD, might be FWD, as I think the car launches as FWD.....gotta look that one up) configuration this advanced system can vary the front-to-rear torque split in a range of 0:100 to 50:50 (0:100 = all power @ one side, 50:50 = equal split).

The ATTESA E-TS PRO System provides integrated control of the driving and braking forces at/to all four wheels independently, enabling each wheel to deliver its full performance potential (like the Evo's ACD between front and rear wheels, and AYC between the two rear wheels...but we are talking GT-R, not Devo . This system consists of ATTESA E-TS for optimum front-to-rear torque split control, Active LSD for optimum control of the torque split to the right and left rear wheels and ABS (Anti-lock BrakeS - CAP S on purpose). These capabilities combine to deliver optimum traction steering response, stability and braking performance on all types of road surfaces. This provides insane levels of grip in all conditions - dry, rain, snow, etc, and is what makes the GT-R reknown for hi-tech gizmos and also as a great car.

I believe that is everything the reknown system does, but, with this car being so advanced, it probably does something else that is technologically clever

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Originally posted by GSS
Who the hell do you think you are????

Your Daddy!.... I couldn't resist!

You don't give me the full answer, yet you ask a question (although the parts of my masterpiece of a question that you answered you were correct). dd[/B]

shut up I got it right! and remember I hate math!

The Skyline GT-R ATTESA (I can't remember what ATESSA stands for, although I know that Torque, Electronic, and I think Advanced is in there....I forgot) E-TS Electronic Torque Split 4WD System optimally controls the torque distribution to the front and rear wheels according to the driving conditions/paremeters, such as the car's attitude, wheel slip, wheel speed, etc. Based on a rear-wheel-drive (I believe it is RWD, might be FWD, as I think the car launches as FWD.....gotta look that one up) configuration this advanced system can vary the front-to-rear torque split in a range of 0:100 to 50:50 (0:100 = all power @ one side, 50:50 = equal split).

The ATTESA E-TS PRO System provides integrated control of the driving and braking forces at/to all four wheels independently, enabling each wheel to deliver its full performance potential (like the Evo's ACD between front and rear wheels, and AYC between the two rear wheels...but we are talking GT-R, not Devo . This system consists of ATTESA E-TS for optimum front-to-rear torque split control, Active LSD for optimum control of the torque split to the right and left rear wheels and ABS (Anti-lock BrakeS - CAP S on purpose). These capabilities combine to deliver optimum traction steering response, stability and braking performance on all types of road surfaces. This provides insane levels of grip in all conditions - dry, rain, snow, etc, and is what makes the GT-R reknown for hi-tech gizmos and also as a great car.[/B]

ACK! I asked what it was concieved for not what it does. The PURPOSE it was developed for! THe answer is the JGTC but I'll let this one slip....now you ask one.

BTW you were right on about the ATESSA however it starts in RWD then engages the front wheels as necessary....thus the reason for a "front torque" display on the MFD.
YOu could have sumed it up as : A 16-bit microprocessor monitors the car's movements a 100 times per second, including wheel rotation and lateral as well as longitudinal acceleration. When slip is detected at a driving wheel, the system electronically distributes torque from this spinning wheel to one without slip.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

OMG, it's the "Extreme Anorak" division of the Nissan Skyline Fan Club!

 

[GSS]

Your Daddy!.... I couldn't resist!

Nah, I'm too good for you to be that!! I'm my own man

shut up I got it right! and remember I hate math!

Mistake, you got what you answered right, not you got it right - you didn't answer the whole of the question!!
And even though you hate maths, ratios aren't hard. It is simply cancellation to the lowest common number (denominator?), involving basic division, and doesn't require months of revision.

CK! I asked what it was concieved for not what it does. The PURPOSE it was developed for!

I didn't read that bit (I may have sensed it was rubbish talk ). If I did read that, I would have answered that to the correct answer.

but I'll let this one slip

That's a good man!! You should do after the way you *PART* answered my question.

now you ask one

Oh I will!

YOu could have sumed it up as :

No. You think you are my dad, which you are not, so don't order me about! I do things my way (read below)

I'm a great genius about this car (sorry for the self arrogance) and this is a great car, which doesn't deserve half-baked descriptions, but technical essays that are great like the car, and I like to do things the way I want, that depicts my high standards!

This isn't an offensive post....but a humourous, good intention post.

 

[GSS]

As for the question, leave me to my devices , and I will post a brain teaser to do with cars for you!

You'll be killing your braincells

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Oh yeah? go for it! If you want to get technical I can! I'm not even delving into the depths of GTR knowledge! Don't make me pull out the technical manual!

 

[GSS]

Technical manual - ah, you see, I recall all my knowledge from my gray matter in my head (or rather bayside blue matter ), whereas you don't.

Not only that, but I don't have a technical manual so you have the obvious advantage (I wondered where some of your knowledge stemmed from ). But I shall still try and source one and/or give you a tough question! If only I didn't tell you about Shin Inoue and the Japanese GT-R registry/OC!

I have to fight fire with water!! extenguish you!!

Soon you will be "powered by GSS"

 

[miata13B]

Alright instead of you two acting like a bunch of kindergarteners, why don't you post a question GSS and get it over with. I don't want any personnal taughting or name calling whatever in my thread, take it else where if you two are going to decide to keep this up.

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
OMG, it's the "Extreme Anorak" division of the Nissan Skyline Fan Club!

ok....what does "extreme anorak" division mean? isn't an anorack some type of hooded jacket or windbreaker? extreme hooded jacket doesn't make sense....so what am I misunderstanding here? Hey GSS post your question! BTW I think I do pretty well in my Skyline knowlede considering Ive only ever SEEN one in real life and driving one doesn't teach you anything technical.....so I think I do pretty well for living in the US...the skyline desert. BTW if you don't post a question soon I'll post one to give someone else a chance since It doesn't seem fair to everone else who isn't a skyline nut.

 

[GSS]

Extreme anorak means boring - I think

Giles:

The competition between me and SkylineGuy is completely friendly, and there'll be no animosity at all. After all, we like the same car(s).

Q:

Give 2 methods did Nissan use to reduce the weight of the GT-R.

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Engineers tried to reduce weight through using light materials and forged metal. The hood/bonnet and front side panels are made of aluminium. On the V spec, the front flat bottom tray is made of_fiberglass and the rear one, which has to withstand the high temperature from the exhaust pipes, is made of_carbon fiber.
Forged metal parts include suspension arms each piece is 2.5kg lighter and the 18in wheels each 4kg lighter than the old 17in. They also used ceramic turbos becasue they are lighter an thus spool up faster...BOO YAH! that took me like 2 seconds! this is what you come up with when I leave you to your own devices? HA....lol man J/k....now I'll try and come up with somethign non-skyline for the others.