It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Nissan’s R35 GT-R. Any way you look at it, the GT-R offers exceptional ‘bang’ - if you can come up with the bucks that is.
Much of this admiration stems from the GT-R’s highly developed VR38DETT engine and ATTESA ET-S drive system. But if you had aspirations of adapting either of these to your own ride, you’re in for an unpleasant surprise.
Nissan will continue its history of refusing to offer crate engines and gearboxes to all but a few select Nissan dealerships. This blanket ban on fun extends to electrical and fuel systems as well as chassis components.
Nissan has explained that the parts withheld are “highly engineered, using technologies unique to Nissan”. So, it reasons, who receives them should be closely controlled to protect Nissan’s intellectual property.
This is a real shame. Those dreams you might have had of a VR38DETT mill nestled under your bonnet have just gone out the window.
We’ve got no doubt that there will be ways around this though… and sooner or later we’ll come across an R34 GT-R with the R35’s donk shoehorned into the engine bay. Rest assured, when it happens, we’ll let you know.
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not worth it anyway. without the rest of the 35 body, the power the 35’s engine would give you wouldn’t be worth it. cant deny it would be good, but you could go for a 2JZGTE or a RB26DETT and make more than enough power if you choose the right body.
Hopefully Haltech managed to source an engine from one of these selected dealers.
Unsurprisingly they couldn’t turn to Nissan Australia for a replacement engine after they popped theirs, and they’ve said they have found a good supplier in the US.
I just realised that the excuse is pretty specious.
Any competing OEM or large aftermarket firm out there could afford to buy a GT-R and pull it apart, giving them as much access to Nissan’s “unique technologies” as ordering spare parts off the shelf.
If they were to break something, they could just screw it all back together and take it to a dealership. As a customer, Nissan shouldn’t legally be able to refuse to repair a customer’s car. They can refuse to honour the warranty if it appears to be damaged by the owner, but not repairing it if the car isn’t a statutory write-off should violate trade practices in almost every country.
Any backyard operator that can’t afford to buy a GT-R and dissect it isn’t going to have the nous to reverse-engineer these secrets and apply them to the soap box racer they’re building in the shed anyway.
I think they should have marketed there high tech engines, but for super unrealistic prices!
LOL