We’ve got your engine porn right here. See the Nissan GT-R 565-hp twin-turbo V6 roar to life in this brief but fascinating—and highly instructional—video.
The GT-R designation has a long and storied history at Nissan, dating all the way back to the 1969 Skyline coupe that debuted at the 19968 Tokyo Motor Show. The 2017 GT-R coupe, the latest vehicle to wear the GT-R badge, sports a 3.8-liter V6 with twin turbochargers that develops 565 hp at 6800 rpm. With a plasma-sprayed aluminum block, variable cam phasing, and other high-tech features, the VR38DETT, as it is known at Nissan, is easily one of the more advanced production engines in the world.
This video, which compresses the GT-R engine’s six-hour assembly process down to five fascinating minutes, is instructive from a number of angles, but here we direct you to the specialized tools and methods in use. They’re much like those you’ll find at many of the high-precision engine building facilities around the world, including the Mercedes-Benz AMG engine plant at Unterturkheim, Germany, or GM’s Corvette Performance Build Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky. High-performance engine assembly is still an art, to be sure, but today the art is empowered by a tremendous amount of science. Enjoy the video.
Looks like a good job, building high-performance engines. No rush: quality the most important consideration.