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You don’t simply shoehorn in a 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 where a 1.6-liter inline-four used to be. It takes a lot of reconfiguring, as the team at Nissan found in building the segment-busting Juke-R.
Not only did they have to fit in a bigger engine - removing the bulkhead altogether and building a new one around it - but they had to make room for all the cooling systems necessary to keep it running optimally. That means more air openings than a stock Juke fits in between its bug-eyes. And that’s before making room for the GT-R’s all-wheel-drive system and dual-clutch transmission.
Follow the jump to see how they pulled it off in the fourth of the Juke-R build video series.Continue reading Nissan shows us how a square peg fits in a round hole with fourth Juke-R clip
Nissan shows us how a square peg fits in a round hole with fourth Juke-R clip originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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