Originally Posted by Red__Zed

No way in hell I'd run the vq37 up to 8000. Nissan set the soft limit at 7 grand for a reason... setting a hard limit at 7800 is probably ok...but no one way I'd stress an internally stock motor that far....especially for the barely noticeable effect on power delivery.
V6's in general aren't really made to rev that high, and the vhr has worse balance than most. If you wanna see 8 grand buy an s2000.