The Power Under Nissan GT-R's Hood
Date: Dec 28th, 2007 7:39:03 am - Subscribe
Mood: unappreciated
Everybody got excited about the final revelation of the Nissan GT-R as a streetbound race car. And everybody expects a tasty new racing car. Nissan never failed to give us what we expect. Now the car is going out as a street vehicle wearing the powerful racing abilities.
One interesting part of the revelation is the rumor that the Nissan GT-R will be wearing the VK45’s engine. Nissan felt its overall style was more Grand Touring than was appropriate, so they reached back to history and pulled out a little something from the R390 LeMans racer. But sure it the same quality as the Acura CL vent visor.
The 3.5 liter V8 VRH35L is on the R390 but when it was decided to go under the hood of the soon-to-be-revealed GT-R's VR38VETT, it was converted to only V6. The engine gains 300cc of displacement, for a total of 3.8 liters although two cylinders were taken away.
You heard that right. Even if these cylinders were taken out, it still handles the same amount of air pumped by huge machines like the VR38 which is a compact mill with lots of tricky stuff. Among all the new exciting features, I’m pretty sure the integrated turbine housings in the exhaust manifolds will be one among the things that the tuners will hate the most.
But just as promised, the new street bound racing car will give you the right speed you just need.
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