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I dunno. It depends on what they were doing at the time. If they were pushing the envelope, at least they now know where the limit is and what the motor doesn't like.

"Blowing stuff up and then pegging back the next one a notch" is probably a bit more popular a tuning method in America, given what I've seen with VQ35DE modification (it probably explains why Edison is considered their greatest inventor). A lot of manufacturers will stress test their mules and wait for something to break.

For example, Nismo found out that the conrod pins in a stock V35/Z33 VQ35DE could only handle around 7200RPM before they started to stretch, and they'd instantaneously snap at around 7800RPM. I can't see them figuring out those numbers without putting some pistons through some heads. It was the Americans who were probably the first to figure out that out the bottom end will only take around 300rwkW before the conrods snapped if you opted for non-natural aspiration, usually by aerating the side of the block.

Assuming they know why it failed, Haltech will be one of the few tuners that do. When it boils down to it, their GT-R is a test mule as well. Their car was never going to be sold on to a customer or be used as a daily driver.

From a regular person's perspective, it's better that they learn on their own car rather than a customer's. It's just unfortunate that's it's going to cost them a bucketload to get a new engine.

And I thought "I" had time on my hands... lol

I get what you're saying and agree completely though it'd be nice to know what they were doing and how they popped its cherry. For all we know it could've been failed factory component that caused it.

As for my above comment, if I was in the biz of tuning cars I can't say I'd want the first blown VQ38 chalked up against my name... Stress testing or not.

PICS!

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How exactly do you figure that?

Scathing already posed that question more or less, read up and you can see his and my thoughts on the matter.

I'm not going to lose any sleep if you happen to disagree with me lol

oh n0s?! A disagreement on the intertubes?! emergency!

Still hanging out for some pics and detailed info plz :(

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It was the haltech car. Pics were posted by a SAUNSW member about 5 hours after it happened. Old news now :D

lol, lies! :(

Well here is a (terrible) photo of the GT-R on the grass. The photo doesn't show it but the GT-R is smoking. Black oily smoke.

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About 2 mins after this happened the session gets called off and it's mentioned that there could be oil on the track. I say there wasn't, other wise they cleaned it up pretty quick.

I'd say that it was something along the lines of oil leaking onto something hot and burning, but really I have no idea. For some reason they wanted to keep it quiet ;)

I'm sorry for the poor pic, but it was the best I could do from my phone's camera at that distance.

Personally I look at my photo and think I'm trying to start a conspiracy like bigfoot :(

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anyone else here of an R35GTR from sydney that has lunched an engine?

Apparently lost the top of a piston & has damaged the block & several rods.

It damaged the block annnd SEVERAL RODS as well!? So thats the secret of the VR38DETT.. An extra rod, or is there more that didnt get damaged? :blink:

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It damaged the block annnd SEVERAL RODS as well!? So thats the secret of the VR38DETT.. An extra rod, or is there more that didnt get damaged? :)

We finally learn to secret to the GTR's success, they run more than 1 rod in a 6 cylinder motor... Just wait til Porsche find out. I bet they secretly ran 6 rods in the car they used to set the time at the 'ring!!! :down:

oh PICS OR BAN!!

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