Cars In General - Questions and Discussion

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If you are talking about an anti-lag system like they use in rally cars then i wouldn't sacrifice my turbo's life for a little lag. Money to burn burn burn. Plus when you have it installed on a street car it would be very annoying because of the popping and such. Also, i don't know if that would be D.O.T approved for the street...? I have had several DSM's and i never had a problem with turbo lag on them. I had 3 total and i only upgraded the turbo on one of them, 20g. The 14b that one had spooled up quick! The other had a 16g. Of course the 14b is the size of my fist too. Also don't confuse turbo lag with boost lag. Turbo lag is the lag that you have in between shifts, boost lag is the lag that your turbo has before the engine can start actually producing the boost. I never had a problem with turbo lag, even with that decently sized 20g.
 
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Question: Does anyone know which model of Evolution IX has a carbon fibre roof? I basically want to know what version this is below...

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I believe that's a custom roof because from what I can find, all Evo's came from the factory with an aluminum roof. If I had to guess, that looks like the Evo MR (GSR in Japan) or the Euro Evo FQ-360.
 
Me and Wiegert were watching a Van Damme movie, and we saw what we thought was a Jaaaaaaaaaaag. He said it might have been a Daimler, and we spent the next few minutes trying to figure it out (it was a Jag). That got me to wondering, though: Can someone help explain how the original Daimler, which as far as I was aware directly became Mercedes-Benz, also became the name of a company who apparently make extra stuffy versions of Jaguar flagship models:

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We tried reading the Wikipedia page about it, but amidst all of the mergers, buyouts and bankruptcies it got hard to wrap either of our minds around how both companies got the Daimler name from the same company.
 
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-> I would like to know what car is this?

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^ The file says Lister Storm Heck (as in back/rear)... :indiff:
 
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Me and Wiegert were watching a Van Damme movie, and we saw what we thought was a Jaaaaaaaaaaag. He said it might have been a Daimler, and we spent the next few minutes trying to figure it out (it was a Jag). That got me to wondering, though: Can someone help explain how the original Daimler, which as far as I was aware directly became Mercedes-Benz, also became the name of a company who apparently make extra stuffy versions of Jaguar flagship models:

We tried reading the Wikipedia page about it, but amidst all of the mergers, buyouts and bankruptcies it got hard to wrap either of our minds around how both companies got the Daimler name from the same company.
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To summarise the Wiki
Gottleib Daimler started with Wilhelm Maybach what is now known as Daimler AG (Formerly Daimler-Benz and Daimler-Chrysler)

Frederick Simms bought the rights from Daimler to the name and British patents for their engines and cars (almost like a franchise run as a separate business).
After successive buyouts Daimler Motor Company came under the same ownership as Jaguar, who used it as a Premium brand akin to Maybach.
 
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This thread has been open for everyone, but I see no one wants to use it and rather start a new thread. :grumpy:

I have two questions about cars. How come so many Japanese cars have 276HP? Is there some type of limit? Even all the buses I drive have 276HP @ 950ft.lbs of torque except one. (Which has 330HP @ 1150ft.lbs of torque.) And what is torque? Is it the measure of power in a vehicle? (Like strength etc.) or not? Please reply.

EDIT: These have been answered below.
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Speaking of which. I heard this in Tokyo Drift and on Top Gear that all Japanese cars are limited to 112mph(180km/h). Why is that?

(all Japanese cars sold in Japan)

For example, the Nissan GT-R has a top speed of 193mph, but if sold in Japan it's limited to 112mph. Why?
 
If it is true, it's probably because there is no public road in Japan where you can legally exceed 112mph.

No need to go faster than roughly 110mph so may as well cap a car at that speed. You wouldn't want to disobey the traffic laws now, would you?
 

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