{"id":27506,"date":"2018-09-13T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27506"},"modified":"2024-09-03T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:07:12","slug":"nissan-r34-gt-r-with-a-twin-turbo-4-2-l-vr38dett-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27506","title":{"rendered":"Nissan R34 GT-R with a Twin-Turbo 4.2 L VR38DETT V6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27513\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=27513\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rob Till&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Rob Till Photographic&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nissan R34 GT-R with a Twin-Turbo 4.2 L VR38DETT V6 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Nissan R34 GT-R with a Twin-Turbo 4.2 L VR38DETT V6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nissan R34 GT-R with a Twin-Turbo 4.2 L VR38DETT V6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wade van Zummeren has raced in one form or another since 2003. For the past few years he&#8217;s competed using his Nissan R34 GT-R in drifting, time attack, and hill climb. You will not find a twin-turbo 2.6 L RB26DETT inline-six under the hood. Instead there is a twin-turbo VR38DETT V6 stroked to 4.2 liters. The engine makes 1,000 horsepower and sends it through a Hollinger six-speed sequential transmission to the rear wheels. Watch as Wade pilots the GT-R up Simola hill climb in South Africa. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sXnFtXThoKI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A few more videos of Wade and his GTR from a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3BkuiO3avnw?si=EELouRepbytLKZQw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Tmt17cSqFak?si=K0yRmzUqV1DYk5ng\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KnysnaSpeedFestival\/\">Knysna Speed Festival FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wade van Zummeren has raced in one form or another since 2003. For the past few years he&#8217;s competed using his Nissan R34 GT-R in drifting, time attack, and hill climb. You will not find a twin-turbo 2.6 L RB26DETT inline-six under the hood. Instead there is a twin-turbo VR38DETT V6 stroked to 4.2 liters.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27506\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nissan R34 GT-R with a Twin-Turbo 4.2 L VR38DETT V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-r34"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Nissan-R34-GT-R-with-a-Twin-Turbo-4.2-L-VR38DETT-V6-01.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103608,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=103608","url_meta":{"origin":27506,"position":0},"title":"R34 GT-R with a 1250+ hp 3.6 L Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Larry Chen interviewed Andrew Hawkins from Motive Video about a wild Nissan R34 GT-R owned by Recardo from Cultura Autolifesytle. 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