gbrettin, man all four of the videos AWESOME.

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i personally, given the financial opportunity which you apparently have, would say fuk z's and fuk rx7's if i have the means to get an alpha kit for a '12 gtr. my mouth waters when i see a gtr with an alpha 12 kit. the power, launch, grip is insane. a 600whp gtr vs a 600whp z is a landslide win for the gtr (even on a roll) because of the aggressive gear ratios. the z just cannot compete, unless you are big on the raw sports car feel which i have to say is quite numb in the gtr. i don't own one but i did spend some time flying around in a friend's gtr and it is to me like some reviewers say is quite numb and disconnected from the road, like you're in a videogame. the only issue is that you lose the rwd, which would be an issue for me since i love getting slideways. but then again, i could probably afford a drift-tuned s14 on the side if i have the means for a modded gtr. my 2 cents

If I had a chytload of money, and I was going to mod something that cost under 100k? It would be a DIiNAN 1M, M3, a corvette Z-06 or porsche cayman R. Getting over 150mph in any of those cars stock wouldn't be an issue. Especially the vette considering its a 193mph, car stock, a 205mph car as a Z06 and a 220mph car as the ZR1.

The cars you just named are prone to have a lot more problems than a Nissan. If you went ahead & modified the hell out of it, then you will eventually have a lot more problems (hopefully not).

The 1M is clean, but I would prefer the M3 which is just bada**. I'm not a Vetter guy. I love the Cayman R & just stock is effen sweet & very quick.

I'm not a big fan of any car I mentioned. The op has a set criteria and goals. These cars exceed those goals more than a 370z. Also, when you speak in terms of problems, you are speaking from stock. Once all these cars have been modified, they will ALL have a similar set of problems due to boost pressures in forced induction etc etc. The Z is not the end all be all mod car, far from it. But if you can't shell out more than 50k? Its the only good choice in 2 seat hard top coupes.

I would save up for lawyer and insurance

I would build the Z. The GTR is fast and an engineering marvel but if you are looking for that visceral "feel" of driving a manual sports car then you should go ahead and build the Z. As others have mentioned it is not cheap and the fact that you have a GTR already means you will likely not be happy with a fully bolt on and tuned Z. I say grab a m6 Z, base + sport, S/C it or TT and enjoy.

On the Lotus, the twin charged Lotus belongs to a retired NYC cab driver who goes by Ronin, it started out as an Elise and has heavy work done on it. The guy is a complete tool, one of the rudest guys I've ever run into on any internet forum, as karma would have it he recently was allegedly tapped in the rear by a Porsche, spun out and hit a highway barrier, condition of the car is currently unknown.

I think what you want is an Ariel Atom...

Those cars are so damn cool! I would love to DD one for a month and see how much I hate it haha.

Didn't read the whole thread so sorry if this is a repeat. If you're pushing that much hp don't you think an AWD would be ideal? I would just consider putting the money you're considering spending into your GTR. Either way I'm very interested to see whatever build you do!

Oh man. Such an amazing car. Have you guys seen the KTM Crossbow or BAC Mono?
OP, maybe since you already have a GT car, you should take a look into some of these track day specials. Just to have best of two different worlds.

exo 10 would **** on all

To the OP, If I were looking to spend 50-65K on a car to have some fun on the back roads, I would look into the Ariel Atom also... 0-60 in 2.9 and weighs only 1350 lbs, with that kind of power to weight ratio, you wouldn't even need to touch the motor! :happydance:

Amongst 99% of local car people I run into, no one wants to talk power to weight ratio just HOOOORSEEEPOOOOOWER! Those convos never go well for me.