Australia’s Mercury Motorsport has recently revealed its highly reformed Nissan GT-R34 Skyline which is painted in a unique new yellow. The model in question is the fifth-generation Nissan GT-R Skyline which was originally introduced in 1999 and is considered as one of the greatest cars to have emerged from Japan. The owners of Mercury Motorsport Trent and Tessa possess one such model which was purchased from a client in 2009. “At this time it had a Tomei 2.8 stroker in it with a T04Z, “ Tessa said. “We upgraded the turbo to a GT-R45R and soon enough it had a 940 hp at all four wheels.” Mercury Motorsport then teamed itself with Nitto Performance Engineering in order to further increase the power of the car. Tessa further said, “ Nitto Performance Engineering came on board. We put a Nitto 2.7 stroker engine in, teaming it with a larger GTR47R turbo and producing nearly 1100 hp at the wheels.” Tessa then continued as she stated, “After that we decided to make the GT-R more street worthy. It was used for extensive R&D for our business, trialing various turbo/waste gate/ manifold combinations with a standard RB26DETT bottom end. We ended up netting 850 hp at all four on E85 fuel.”
“It was running this setup for around six months until the standard oil pump let go, which was a pity. We knew that something was going to give up internally sooner or later under that much pressure (43 psi), so on the side we were building up the monster engine that’s in it today,” Tessa further stated. So basically the upgraded version comes with a Nitto 3.2 stroker kit which is installed along with a custom modified RB30 block. Moreover, other improvements include upgraded valves, valve springs and retainers with custom camshafts. Also, a variety of customizations- from the exhaust to the suspension- now allows the car to produce horsepower upto 1000. Lastly Tessa commented further by saying “It has a lot of torque for an RB due to the 3.2 bottom end and it’s surprisingly responsive. From down low in the rev range right up to redline it’s an absolute handful under boost-throws you back hard into the seat! Such an adrenaline rush.”
