The most popular nickname for the Skyline GT-R is “Godzilla”. I like to call it the “King Of The Streets” though because of its Japanese origin and its immense power. You must be wondering why it’s nicknamed the “Godzilla”. The reason being is that in the 1990 Australian Car Championship, Nissan’s R32 GT-R won the race and knocked the, in my opinion, retarded Ford Sierra off the podium that it held for a small amount of time. Ryan McElroy, contributor of Car Keys claims that, “From 1991, Australia was the GT-R’s first export market, and after it knocked the venerable Ford Sierra Cosworth off the podium at the Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian press started to refer to it as “Godzilla, the monster from …show more content…
You must he thinking, “What isn’t that not good?” I know and i completely agree! 276 bhp is just plain pathetic. Anyways, the engine found in the Skyline GT-R series which was the RB26DETT engine was designed to make around 330 bhp although Nissan advertised the cars having 276 bhp. Nissan basically lied to the public which made me raise my bushy caterpillar eyebrow at their false claim even though I thought they were a pretty good company …show more content…
Nismo purchased 20 used V-Spec R34’s each with less than 18,000 miles on the odometer. Which is just the gauge on your dash that tells you how many miles you’ve driven. They then added a 2.8L RB28dett engine which was paired with twin turbos and other upgrades making 500 horsepower. If you’re asking yourself “Why do I care about 500 horsepower? How fast even is that?” then listen here. 500 horsepower is more than a Ferrari 360 and both of the models were made in the year 2005. How pathetic of the Ferrari company,