Originally Posted by takemorepills

I've been lurking around the Q50/60 forums absorbing all I can about the VR.

It's a great engine. Does not take much to make a lot more power. Looking over everyone's VR mods it's very clear that $2-3K in mods turns these cars into beasts. Even the 300HP VR turns into a beast with some bolt-ons, heat exchange upgrade and a tune.

Nissan has been very generous with this platform/drivetrain. They could have acted like Toyota and locked everything down. Nope, these cars are every bit as modifiable as any of the German turbo cars are.

More impressive is that those guys are stuck with the 7AT, and they are still getting good performance with the 7AT. When they get the 9AT and the new Z gets both the 6MT and 9AT the VR is really going to shine.