{"id":375,"date":"2008-09-18T23:56:46","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T04:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=375"},"modified":"2008-09-18T23:56:46","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T04:56:46","slug":"gt-r-crashes-in-usa-so-begins-the-engine-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"GT-R Crashes in USA: So Begins the Engine Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No doubt modders have been daydreaming of using the powerful 3.8L twin-turbo VR38DETT<\/a> in all kinds of cars since it was announced. Jalopnik has confirmed what appears to be the first GT-R crash in the United States. Unfortunately due to the power of this beast we are going to see more boo-boos resulting in some awesome engines coming up for sale to lucky swappers.<\/p>\n

Source: MyGTR<\/a> via Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No doubt modders have been daydreaming of using the powerful 3.8L twin-turbo VR38DETT in all kinds of cars since it was announced. Jalopnik has confirmed what appears to be the first GT-R crash in the United States. Unfortunately due to the power of this beast we are going to see more boo-boos resulting in some… Read More »GT-R Crashes in USA: So Begins the Engine Hunt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engines"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113423,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=113423","url_meta":{"origin":375,"position":0},"title":"Kei Truck with a M-701 Jet Engine","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Nick Clark built a unique Kei truck on his Live & Learn channel. 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