The SVA Imports R34 is quite a car. Not only is it a crazy powerful example of the breed but it also has quite a story behind it.

The car is a 2002 model GT-R V-Spec II, with only 1400km on the clock. It was originally built in Japan for a customer who wanted a very high power R34 GT-R, but funding for the original build ran out and the car was offered for sale to Raef of SVA Imports and within a few weeks it was sitting in SVA's compound near Dover.

The car had already been fitted with an ultra rare (one of only two ever made) HKS high deck block, along with an uprated gearbox, roll cage and along with a Top Secret front bumper and carbon lip and original Z-Tune carbon bonnet. The Do-Luck front wings were added by Raef along with a full carbon under car aero package.

SVA Imports had the UK Time Attack series in mind when they imported the car. However with major component failures on nearly every outing which accumulated in a bottom end failure, it became apparent something was inherently wrong with the original build.

On investigation it was found that the oil feeds for the turbos were woefully insufficient and one of the major causes of the failures. Enough was enough and Raef stripped the engine down to a bare block to start from scratch.

The spec list now reads like something out of Shift 2 Unleashed rather than a real life build. Fearing that the original HKS con-rods may have gone oval, some one-off custom Carrillo rods were fitted.

Along with twin GT3540 turbos with HKS racing wastegates and a aluminum triple layer radiator.

Fully machined and modified head with complete HKS step pro V valves,
HKS metal head gasket, HKS oil pump and oil cooler kit, HKS gt twin entry intercooler, Top
Secret inlet plenum..

HKS fuel rail and regulator with 720cc main injectors plus six more 440cc injectors running through a twin injector adapter, all fed by a twin external Bosch pump and a Sard in-tank pump then looked after by and an HKS F-con V pro management to allow the running of 12 injectors,

The list of exotic unobtainable parts goes on and on.

At the time very few people had experience of the HKS F-con V pro management system, so Mr Ito of Do-Luck Japan was brought over to map the car on SVA' dyno. The result? An incredible 1140hp at the wheels @ 2.6 bar boost!

As you can see the car is not a hardcore racer, It has a roll cage fitted but still retains the creature comforts that Nissan intended. The seats are now Recaro SP-G items but it's still very recognizable as an R34 GT-R in there.

Raef fitted the brace of Deffi gauges adorning the the top of the windscreen along with a HKS torque split controller, turbo timer and knock amp.

Along with a Quaife 6 speed sequential straight cut gearbox.

The wheels carry on the 'unobtainable' theme of the build, Top Secret limited edition Volk LE37s.

The car is sitting on Ohlins suspension and S&S pillow ball front arms.

1140hp takes a fair bit of stopping. I'm pretty sure the Tarox ten pots up front and the six pots at the rear are up to the job though.

After spending a couple of hours in the SVA Imports compound with the car I am left with the feeling the R34 has no purpose in life. Too crazy for the public roads yet not hardcore enough to be a racer. This is a feeling shared by Raef because as you read this the SVA Imports R34 is being stripped down. The component parts will be sold off and the car converted back to a very low mileage, near stock R34.

So why go through all the trouble of a build like this just to strip it down again?  When George Mallory was asked "why do you want to climb Everest?" he simply replied "Because it's there" If you asked Raef why he built the mega power R34 I'm sure he would reply "Because I could".

Ross.