Forged Performance: 2008 Business Update and Year in Review!
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Someone had asked about the GT-R earlier....the red one is a customer's car.
This white one is our shop car. We wasted no time in taking it out to Road Atlanta for a thorough thrashing:
Here is a write I posted on the GT-R forum, if anyone is interested.
Derek's Freedom Autosports GTR made a stop at Forged Performance for some custom Cobb AP Dyno Tuning. After adding nearly 90whp+ from his stock basline run, we headed off to Road Atlanta. "Underpressure" also brought his JRZ/Hoosier clad GTR, to really make things interesting.
Derek went all out for this test....him and another team rented out Road Atlanta. There were at most, 6-7 cars on the track at a time...and usually just the 3 of us. Derek's GT-R was driven by professional Koni Challenge driver Tom Long, and was equipped with active rear wing, bone stock suspension, and a set of larger Michelin PS2's. The Forged Performance GT-R was driven by me, running stock all weather run flats, and Eibach springs. Underpressure's GT-R was testing out the JRZ triple adjustable competition coilovers, and a set of upsized Hoosiers.
What a great time. We spent the better part of the day, chasing each other down, and making a nice Nascar-style train up the back straight. All three cars were evenly matched in the power department, but it became really clear that Underpressure's car had far more grip, and more corner entry-exit-and-everything speed around the track. Derek's GT-R, although run on street tires, was expertly handled by his hot-shoe driver.
Tom Long put in a 1:33'ish laptime..just playing around.
Underpressure I am guessing was about 1:31-132, and I brought up the rear with a 1:37 with the run flats.
This white one is our shop car. We wasted no time in taking it out to Road Atlanta for a thorough thrashing:
Here is a write I posted on the GT-R forum, if anyone is interested.
Derek's Freedom Autosports GTR made a stop at Forged Performance for some custom Cobb AP Dyno Tuning. After adding nearly 90whp+ from his stock basline run, we headed off to Road Atlanta. "Underpressure" also brought his JRZ/Hoosier clad GTR, to really make things interesting.
Derek went all out for this test....him and another team rented out Road Atlanta. There were at most, 6-7 cars on the track at a time...and usually just the 3 of us. Derek's GT-R was driven by professional Koni Challenge driver Tom Long, and was equipped with active rear wing, bone stock suspension, and a set of larger Michelin PS2's. The Forged Performance GT-R was driven by me, running stock all weather run flats, and Eibach springs. Underpressure's GT-R was testing out the JRZ triple adjustable competition coilovers, and a set of upsized Hoosiers.
What a great time. We spent the better part of the day, chasing each other down, and making a nice Nascar-style train up the back straight. All three cars were evenly matched in the power department, but it became really clear that Underpressure's car had far more grip, and more corner entry-exit-and-everything speed around the track. Derek's GT-R, although run on street tires, was expertly handled by his hot-shoe driver.
Tom Long put in a 1:33'ish laptime..just playing around.
Underpressure I am guessing was about 1:31-132, and I brought up the rear with a 1:37 with the run flats.
Last edited by Sharif@Forged; Dec 17, 2008 at 07:19 PM.
Congrats on all the success Sharif. Sorry I missed you at The Run. I wish you all the best and you know you have a happy client and friend for life. Now I just need to get a GT-R so I can start modding all over again. 
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