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Fire-Breathing Nissan GT-R Is a Twin-Turbo Dragon

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If the Nissan GT-R you're here to see spat any more flames, we would expect Nicholas Cage to jump on top of the thing and use it as Ghost Rider prop.
We've all seen our fair share of flamethrower hardware being fitted to go-fast machines and this R35 climbs right to the top of the dragon pyramid.

And the suck-squeeze-bang-blog going on inside the twin-turbo 3.8-liter V6 motor of the supercar isn't the only thing the owner is willing to share with us.

It's enough to check out the wrap of this Godzilla to understand that. For instance, there are certain GT-R drivers who would like to conceal the Nissan identity of their machines, but the guy behind the wheel of this one certainly doesn't belong to that club.

While we're not aware of the exact mods installed on this particular car, we can tell you that the R35 platform is virtually limitless.

One decade ago, when Nissan introduced the R35 generation of the car, the Japanese automotive producer hilariously attempted to keep tuners at bay by talking about aftermarket mods voiding the warranty.

Well, here we are in 2017 with the tuning realm having brought the Nissan GT-R to over five times the factory output. In fact, an Extreme Turbo Systems-massaged incarnation of the machine recently set a pair of quarter-mile records for the R35 - the Nissan became both the quickest (ET) and the fastest (trap speed) machine of its kind.

To be more precise, the car managed to complete the 1,320 feet sprint in 6.88 seconds at 222.9 mph. And yes, we're talking about the same beast that hit 255 mph in the half-mile, which also made for a record run. It's just that the crew behind the car upped the ante on the boost level after the half-mile stunt. The muscle number of the thing? North of 3,000 horses.


 

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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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