Will IS-F beat a GTR?
02-22-11, 12:12 PM
#18
Honestly If I could afford a GTR, Id own one it was my first choice when looking, I just couldnt mentally do the $800/mo payments and not have a life because of it. Next would be a CTS-V $600/mo. Still too pricy. The F easily beat out my fourth choice of a G37. Not complaining, but in a drag Race vs the F, the GTR is Godzilla.
~Dv8
~Dv8
02-22-11, 12:20 PM
#19
Yeah, that movie was pretty funny. 
One thing I've got my friend on is gas mileage. We get 30 mpg highway in our Fs. GTRs can only dream of that mpg.
Lot's of other reasons the F is better IMO, but this is my favorite one to bring up - especially with gas prices rising.
One thing I've got my friend on is gas mileage. We get 30 mpg highway in our Fs. GTRs can only dream of that mpg.
Lot's of other reasons the F is better IMO, but this is my favorite one to bring up - especially with gas prices rising.
02-22-11, 12:49 PM
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What are you doing to get 30mpg on the highway? I recently did a 500 mile trip and averaged 22.9mpg on the highway...
02-22-11, 01:30 PM
#26
What are you doing to get 30mpg on the highway? I recently did a 500 mile trip and averaged 22.9mpg on the highway...
I wouldn't buy a GTR even if I was loaded. I just don't like their looks. I'd get something else if I wanted faster than an F, like an LFA. As for my reason for posting this, I was just wondering if it was even feasable to make the F beat a GTR. I didn't think so, but was just wondering. I knew if anybody had pulled it off, I could find out here on Club Lexus.
I'll keep driving my F with a big grin on my face no matter what. Thanks everyone!
02-22-11, 01:36 PM
#27
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If you were to install intake, exhaust, and headers on the F, would you have a chance to beat a GTR? Or would you also need NOS? Or would you ever be able to make the F fast enough (within reason)? Just curious. If you could beat a GTR in an F, you'd have serious bragging rights.
02-22-11, 02:22 PM
#30
I had a chance to run a GTR from a standstill a couple months back with an 2008 ISF. The GTR appeared stock and I'm pretty sure it was. ISF is 100% stock.
First gear from a standstill, ISF's front bumper was at the GTR's rear bumper.
By the time I hit 100mph, the GTR was 2 BUS LENGTHS ahead, and still pulling away hard. I would estimate he was hitting 120mph when I was just hitting 100mph.
The distance is not an exaggeration, 2 bus lengths is what the GTR had when I hit 100mph. And the stats are correct, GTR hits 100mph around 8 seconds, ISF in ~10 seconds, which is a huge difference.
I said it before in a previous post and some disagreed, but the ISF is not a "quick" car. Of course, "quick" is relative. But for those of you with ISF's (no NOS,) 0-100mph acceleration runs are not that "quick." Go ahead and try it out when it's safe to do so and you can see what I mean. My definition of a quick production car is something that does 100mph in low 8's or less.
"Cheapest" way to get an ISF just to barely match a GTR in a dragrace is nitrous, headers, and exhaust. Which is pretty much all the performance upgrades available for the ISF.
First gear from a standstill, ISF's front bumper was at the GTR's rear bumper.
By the time I hit 100mph, the GTR was 2 BUS LENGTHS ahead, and still pulling away hard. I would estimate he was hitting 120mph when I was just hitting 100mph.
The distance is not an exaggeration, 2 bus lengths is what the GTR had when I hit 100mph. And the stats are correct, GTR hits 100mph around 8 seconds, ISF in ~10 seconds, which is a huge difference.
I said it before in a previous post and some disagreed, but the ISF is not a "quick" car. Of course, "quick" is relative. But for those of you with ISF's (no NOS,) 0-100mph acceleration runs are not that "quick." Go ahead and try it out when it's safe to do so and you can see what I mean. My definition of a quick production car is something that does 100mph in low 8's or less.
"Cheapest" way to get an ISF just to barely match a GTR in a dragrace is nitrous, headers, and exhaust. Which is pretty much all the performance upgrades available for the ISF.