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[Devil May Cry] NISSAN Skyline GTR BNR34: Modified camshafts for improved valve timing and a new stainless steel exhaust system with reduced back pressure make the engine more flexible thanks to a better torque curve and higher peak-output of 400Nm (289lb-ft) at 4400rpm. These changes have also made this RB26DETT smoother and quieter in comparison to earlier versions.Additionally, turbo spool-up time is enhanced by the new smaller twin ceramic turbochargers which feature variable boost timing, work with a maximum pressure of 0.4bar and use twin ball-bearings to minimize friction. Even though, as known from most turbo engines, there is quite some lag until the blowers really start going about their job at about 3500rpm. But since the redline is still at an impressive 8000rpm, there remain plenty of revs to work with.
[NateLog] Hunting for a new car - The Test Drives: This time Karen drove for a few blocks and then I got behind the wheel — and we took it out on the highway for a few miles. Okay, I’d done my homework and I played with things like the Tiptronic shifting on side-streets and the highway, and I goosed her a bit getting on the curvy Colorado messed up on-ramp. Now I won’t say I was shocked out of my skin at the 0-60 performance, but I liked the quick start to the whole process. As we came up to about 40, the engine’s horsepower limitations start to show ever so slightly and the engine computer and transmission let the engine “wrap up” to about 4500 RPM, which is much higher than the point where this engine/turbo combination produce their most power, but the shifts are effortlessly smooth and the engine is quiet and refined.
[Cars.about.com] Updated: Top Ten Affordable Convertibles Cars Blog Archives: 5-door hatchbacks, especially those with sporty handling, are making a comeback here; the rest of the world never having prejudice against 2-box (no visible trunk) Read more... #
[Adsauto.blogspot.com] Adfunk Auto: 2005 Acura RL: In Big Leagues Now, Acura Comes Out ...: Under better weather conditions, I found the RL to be competent, but less exhilarating to drive than its smaller, less expensive siblings. The feel of the big Acura seems closer to that of Lexus than to the competitive German set - it is more comfortable than sporty - though the car doesn't feel as detached from the road as some Lexus models.
[Andymatic.com] Andymatic - Chicago blogger, Gay podcast, liberal blog - » War: As the troops entered the German concentration camps, they made a systematic film record of what they saw. Work began in the summer of 1945 on the documentary, but the film was left unfinished. FRONTLINE found it stored in a vault of London’s Imperial War Museum and, in 1985, broadcast it for the first time using the title the Imperial War Museum gave it, “Memory of the Camps.” As the film’s history shows, it was a project that was supervised by the British Ministry of Information and the American Office of War Information.
[Andymatic.com] Andymatic - Chicago blogger, Gay podcast, liberal blog - » 2005 » May: The Supreme Court, brushing aside warnings by two justices that it was jeopardizing courthouse safety, ruled Monday it is unconstitutional to force capital murder defendants to appear before juries in chains and shackles.
[Primalpurge.com] Primal Purge: It’s time to address the growing grass under my feet and head out for an adventure in the form of a road trip. Lest there be any mistake of my serious intent, this week I had installed a kick-ass Alpine XM system in my sporty ride (I already have it in my monster Silverado) and now I can Squizz my way across the nation. Did I just employ usage of the words lest and kick-ass? OK.
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