New Car!!

[Jetpilot]

It certainly doesnt look like the grills front and rear under the lights are open? 

[Rock_Steady]

On 1/17/2018 at 16:27, davey_83 said:

My favourite hyper hatch of them all, beast of a car!!!

Best hyper hatch...... Pulsar GTI-R  not biased or anything 

[davey_83]

Nothing but love for a Pulsar GTi-R, however in standard forum they're tame in this day & age.

[formatzero]

Had a run in a 65 reg previous model yesterday,felt very quick,i liked it .Motoring press say your newer model is even better.Have been looking for something to replace the Zed, with occasional rear seats for a child but finding it difficult to find something that has the wow factor for reasonable money.

[Rock_Steady]

On 1/19/2018 at 14:10, davey_83 said:

Nothing but love for a Pulsar GTi-R, however in standard forum they're tame in this day & age.

ooooo i dunno. 0 - 62 in 5 seconds out of the box is not bad i think for a 25+ year old car. I'm sure Ekona is going to rear his head and rant about how unnecessary 0-62 times are. Nevertheless, with bit of poking and modding they can be a real missile. 

 

But back to the FK8!! 

Edited January 30, 2018 by Rock_Steady

[davey_83]

Fastlaps has these clocked at 5.4sec to 62mph, 13.5sec 1/4 mile and 1:09sec round Tsukuba - even a DE roadster laps quicker.

Edited January 30, 2018 by davey_83

[Jetpilot]

^^ I like a good fastest lap stat, but i am pretty sure you would have to take into account the 350 would be naturally running a far better more modern tyre than that supplied on an old Pulsar.

 

Tyre improvement is and has been a game changer.

[nowhereboy]

Great fun to drive but I can't get away with the looks either unfortunately. I think the previous version was better looking. 

 

 

[Steel Lynx]

On 1/19/2018 at 14:10, davey_83 said:

Nothing but love for a Pulsar GTi-R, however in standard forum they're tame in this day & age.

Until/if they bring out the new one. I think it's still in concept stage at the moment but it's supposedly has a GT-R engine

[Jay84]

Haha they put that engine in everything at latest once don't they? I like the qashqai R. 

[Toon Chris]

2 hours ago, Jay84 said:

Haha they put that engine in everything at latest once don't they? I like the qashqai R. 

 

I'm not a fan of the Gashqai myself, but I like the Juke R 2.0

 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/nissan/juke-r

 

[Jay84]

Nice!

[Irn Bru]

I really like these, aggressive looks and the poke to back it up. Good choice, enjoy.

[Kev]

Best fwd hatch you can buy. Great cars. They also claim every spoiler, splitter and scoop is functional and not for show.

 

370z couldn’t keep up on track. 

Edited February 20, 2018 by Kev

[Steel Lynx]

19 hours ago, Kev said:

Best fwd hatch you can buy. Great cars. They also claim every spoiler, splitter and scoop is functional and not for show.

 

The bonnet scoop, apart from helping cool the engine, helps reduce lift. As does the aluminium under tray that runs the length of the car. The rear wing creates 66lbs of downforce at 124Mph (I don't know if that's a lot as far as downforce goes) and the little knobbly bits on the roof are vortex generators that assist with airflow over the rear wing. The side skirts also assist. I think it's touted as a negative lift package. I don't know if that's another word for downforce but there it is.  

 

Regardless, I love the car. It is awesome  

 

Edited February 21, 2018 by Steel Lynx

[Ekona]

Negative lift is basically a fancy way of saying that the car really isn’t very stable, so the best they can do is reduce lift rather than create any meaningful downforce  

 

66lbs is about 30kg, so naff all.