that went awry. Abundant power means nothing without control. That ' s where a team needs vision: to create a custom build that delivers real-world performance and race times. That ' s exactly what has been accomplished with this globally renowned GT-R.
As a platform, the R35 GT-R is legendary. The Nissan front-engined, all-wheel-drive two-door supercar was overengineered for road use, making it an excellent platform for development as a hill climb and time attack competition car. Nissan ' s Skyline series of in-line six-cylinder engines are fabled for their inherent cylinder block strength, allowing skilled powertrain engineers to incrementally upgrade internals and increase boost pressure to create extraordinarily powerful, usable, and reliable competition powertrains.
BUILT TO THRILL
With some of the world ' s most exotic engine internals, composite manifolds, and low-friction components, Franco Scribante’ s R35 GT-R can run at 1 200 kW or more in race trim. What makes the this GT-R so globally renowned is not just its power, the noise spectacle, or hearing what 1 200 kW sounds like when deployed. But it ' s about the harmony of race car engineering that created what is arguably one of South Africa ' s most dramatic privateer race cars.
Since its first reveal in 2019, this R35 GT-R has drawn attention at every event it ' s entered. With its dramatic front aero plough-splitter, it looks unlike anything else on track. The closest design parallel to the R35 GT-R is a
Pikes Peak hillclimb special, where teams have applied extreme front aero to cars since the 1980s.
Beyond Franco in the GT-R, the other Scribantes present on Sunday at the FAW Trucks Eastern Cape Time Attack will be Silvio and Aldo. Both will drive five-cylinder turbocharged Audis: Silvio in the RS3 and Aldo in a TT.
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