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Stock RCF vs Infiniti Q50 Red Sport Q400 (Full bolt-ons + Octane 93)

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Old 07-03-22, 11:10 AM
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The title of the vid says bolt ons but the guy on the video says stock. I’m confused. In any case great run by the Red Sport…that RCF top end tho…
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Originally Posted by cvt
The title of the vid says bolt ons but the guy on the video says stock. I’m confused. In any case great run by the Red Sport…that RCF top end tho…
I think he was not expecting to lose like that so he decided to sandbag his mods AFTER the race. Clearly, the channel owner did not buy it and listed him as bolt-ons anyway Clearly, does not look stock as he was able to put some fight up initially.

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I test drove one before my F, didn't like anything about it besides the red interior lol.
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I also test drove one. I liked the exterior look. But after looking at reliability records, decided to pass.
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I wonder how mod-able they are. I know turbo cars react well to just breathers and a tune. Also how do the internal a hold up? They look like nice classy cars.
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Originally Posted by cvt
I wonder how mod-able they are. I know turbo cars react well to just breathers and a tune. Also how do the internal a hold up? They look like nice classy cars.
Those things respond very well to mods. I drove a G35 coupe for 11 years and looked at the Q60 first as the logical replacement. Once I added up my wishlist of mods, I was within budget to just get a RCF, which i had thought were cool since they first came out.

Basically upgraded heat exchangers, downpipes, and a tune and those things scream. Of course I wanted to do a little more than that, but reliability starts to degrade.
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AMS offers the Alpha 7 RA500 package for the infiniti, costs 7.3k. Car will make 490whp & 525tq. They have a more expensive RA600 and the car can do 600whp & 525tq. I cross shopped the Q & AMG C63. I really wanted a boosted car, but in the end, went for reliability & familiar platform that I knew I could beat on and it would be just fine. The Q will hurt some feelings if done up right.
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