---
title: "Watch This Monstrous 1,100-HP Nissan GT-R Hit 235 MPH on a Runway"
description: "So much for the GT-R being \"untunable.\""
date: "2019-04-16"
modified: "2019-04-16"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/27493/watch-this-monstrous-1100-hp-nissan-gt-r-hit-235-mph-on-a-runway"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Nissan News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "GT-R"
  - "Nissan"
  - "Supercar"
---

# Watch This Monstrous 1,100-HP Nissan GT-R Hit 235 MPH on a Runway

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2019/04/1100-hp-gtr.jpg>)
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When the 196-mile-per-hour R35 [Nissan GT-R](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25334/2019-nissan-gt-r-there-aint-no-rest-for-the-wicked>) was initially launched way back in 2007, Nissan claimed the car was "untunable." So, naturally, here's one modified example that can hit 235.

Yes, apparently putting down 1,100 horsepower *at the wheels*, this souped-up Godzilla can reach a top speed that'd make a [Bugatti](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24350/bugatti-is-reportedly-bringing-an-even-more-extreme-chiron-to-geneva-in-2019>) blush. Okay, so the original Veyron's 253 mph top speed is still a ways away but according to the video's description, "we have yet to see the true top speed a Nissan GT-R can achieve." Pretty remarkable considering the Nissan has ten fewer cylinders and two fewer turbos than that Bugatti.

https://youtube.com/embed/ibYVB7VQmic

Even on video, 235 mph looks speedy AF and more than a little harrowing.

Not much is known about this particular car other than the fact that it's a 2009 model year GT-R with its (albeit modified) factory twin-turbo V6 and six-speed automatic transmission intact. It supposedly weighs 3,700 pounds, around 140 pounds less than stock, and pumps out a mighty 850 pound-feet of torque to go with that 1,100 hp.

Nissan's supercar-beater will turn 12 years old by the end of this year, which in car terms might as well be 120. [While a successor is supposedly happening and promised to be the "fastest super sports car in the world,"](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22161/nissan-says-next-gt-r-will-be-the-fastest-super-sports-car-in-the-world>) it doesn't sound like it's coming any time soon given the company apparently hasn't decided on whether or not to use an electrified powertrain or not.

In the meantime, I guess we'll all just have to settle for four-digit horsepower GT-Rs of the homemade variety.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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