Forget the juke GTR I want one of these as my family wagon!

[Bems]

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/nissan-qashqai-r-first-drive-2014-07-21

 

Looks like a monster. Wonder how much it costs??

[Jp606]

I like that, so ridiculous but looks awesome.

 

What's with those tiny little green cone filters all over the engine bay?

[GMballistic]

That does sound like an awesome spec.

[Floydbax]

SVM make some awesome bits of machinery. One of their GTR's did almost 228mph at one of the VMax's.

[GMballistic]

I like that, so ridiculous but looks awesome.

 

What's with those tiny little green cone filters all over the engine bay?

To do with the breather system for the engine ~ crankcase breather system and OCC most likely. My bet.

[Peak 370]

9.9@144?

 

Pah, I had a 4-cylinder that did a best of 9.33@153.

I only got £8,000 when I sold it, too!

 

Docwra knows what it was, but how good value does that sound?

Edited July 21, 2014 by Peak 370

[WhackyWill]

Still Cool..

[Bems]

Peak 370, come on then what was it?

[Peak 370]

It was an ageing US-spec Kawasaki ZX14. (ZZR1400 in Europe).

Dropped compression to 8-1, but with an IHI small turbo running modest boost for 250 bhp.

It did 9.33 @153 and 5 other runs under 9.5

 

(The next owner fitted a bigger turbo, with raised boost and a bigger intercooler for 350 bhp).

That will be fun...

[Peak 370]

Due to the shape it would do 210mph with 250 bhp.

 

350 bhp strangely, added just 15 mph, the new owner said.

[grahamc]

Full build thread for the Qashqai

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/175782-svm-release-project-qashqai-r.html

[un1eash]

Qashqai should be the next car Nissan give the Nismo treatment after they've sorted the Juke Nismo RS. It will either have around 210bhp from the 1.6 dig-t or maybe 300bhp as some are suggesting.