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Originally Posted by solidONE
I didn't mean the tire size, but tire compound. Of course, there are many more variables to consider even in regards to tire size and compound. There are even more different variables to consider how one person would define a good or great handling car versus another person.
When you ask about "handling" this can be a very subjective matter. One car may be great at "handling" kart track sized corners and another may be fantastic at the larger, faster corners. For instance the GTR may be great around a place like the nurburgring that will reward high speed cornering stability and acceleration. Now, run it around a super tight mountain road that doesn't have any part on it that will let you benefit from its power or stability then it probably won't go very fast compared to some smaller, lower powered cars. Conversely, if you take a shifter kart on a big track it probably wouldn't do to well, but run it on a kart track or said mountain road, it will probably smoke that GTR pretty good. So which is the better handling car? GTR or shifter kart?
Do you seriously think that a 275HPS Porsche Cayman detuned to put down 160HPS will out "handle" a 128HPS Miata ('95 R-PKG Miata)? I doubt it...
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I've timed myself at our local twisty (I'm pretty sure you know which one)... the GT-R is still faster.
Don't believe everything you see on Initial-D :p
Yes, that Cayman will still be faster. Power levels are low enough that power is primarily the limiting factor, even on the tightest, slowest courses. I've done something similar; we artificially restricted a S2k to about 160hp and ran it against a Miata. It lost less than 1.5 seconds at Buttonwillow.