On the fuel side a big Bosch pump feeds an Aeromotive regulated rail and ultimately a six pack of 1000cc Denso injectors. Tuning is handle by a DTA Pro stand-alone engine management computer. This combo has been torture-tested on the dyno where it belted out 780 whp. Apparently the monster was not mean enough. Since our photo shoot a lot has changed and the guys at Premiere say the car is now bumping 1,000 whp. We hope to catch up with the beast and do an update.
The silver lining on an engine swap of this magnitude is how far to the bone the body is stripped. This makes it easy to paint, especially if the game plan calls for a color change. The Nissan, stripped to its skivvies, was taken to All American Auto Collision where Raul Arbelaez did the honors with a hard-hitting Corvette red.
In conjunction with the engine install, the Nissan is adorned with an agility update complements of Tein coil-overs, 17-inch Volk Racing GT-7 aluminum, Kumho ECSTA Supra rubber and Rotora brakes. With a Skyline engine for motivation it made sense to enlist GT-R sized brakes for deceleration. The fronts feature 14.5-inch rotors and four-piston calipers while the rears run impressive 13.5-inch rotors.
Inside the hits keep coming with Sparco Milano buckets, GReddy gauges, Ichibahn tiller and shift knob and custom interior tricks. For added safety a Cusco roll cage and Sparco three-point harness system have been installed.
This car is a roller, not a poseur. It sees the road on a regular basis and is not bashful about revving to redline. "It's not just all show ... it's pretty and it's fast," says Allen. Indeed, the 240 provides a balanced attack of style, innovation and speed that would get an eyebrow raise even from the most sadistic of mad scientists--`Godzilla inside'--it doesn't get any better than that.