{"id":295031,"date":"2016-12-12T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=295031"},"modified":"2024-05-29T20:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:57:43","slug":"a-look-back-at-the-legendary-nissan-gt-r-nismo-400r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/a-look-back-at-the-legendary-nissan-gt-r-nismo-400r\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: A Look Back at the Legendary Nissan GT-R NISMO 400R"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1997-nismo-400r\/\">Nissan GT-R Nismo 400R<\/a> was a beast back in the day. In fact, it is one of the most well-known members of the Skyline series. Only 44 of these cars came out from its production line. The car was launched to honor Nissan&#8217;s participation at Le Mans back in 1995 and 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The 400R\u00a0uses a larger version of the RB26DETT engine called the RBX-GT2. This had a larger bore and stoke which meant the block and cylinder head had to be reinforced. Other upgrades included forged connecting rods, a forged crank shaft, reshaped pistons, an N1-spec turbocharger. This produced around 400 bhp and was unique to the 400R.<\/p>\n<p>Watch as our guys from Carfection takes the\u00a0car\u00a0takes it for a spin and tries to relive the experience that the\u00a0Nissan GT-R Nismo 400R\u00a0is able to bring.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_295033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-295033\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-295033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R.jpg\" alt=\"Nissan GT-R Nismo 400R\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Nissan-GT-R-Nismo-400R-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-295033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nissan GT-R Nismo 400R<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Nissan GT-R Nismo 400R was a beast back in the day. In fact, it is one of the most well-known members of the Skyline series. Only 44 of these cars came out from its production line. The car was launched to honor Nissan&#8217;s participation at Le Mans back in 1995 and 1996. The 400R\u00a0uses a larger version of the RB26DETT engine called the RBX-GT2. This had a larger bore and stoke which meant the block and cylinder head had to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":295032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,531,12919],"tags":[723,20755,728,2494,1517,8441],"class_list":["post-295031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nismo","category-nissan","category-videos","tag-nismo","tag-nismo-media-videos","tag-nissan","tag-nissan-gt-r","tag-nissan-video","tag-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Look Back at the Legendary Nissan GT-R Nismo 400R<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nissan GT-R Nismo 400R was a beast back in the day.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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