Your daily dose of restomod goodness has arrived, and this one’s in the form of an R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R. It’s offered by Japan-based Built By Legends, and you’ll need to fork out an estimated £335,000 (around P24.8 million, and that’s excluding donor car) to own it. But before you sneer, take note of some details. Spoiler alert: they’re juicy.
The stand-out figure of 659hp comes courtesy of an uprated RB26 unit, which in this spec has had a fiddle by Mine’s and dubbed the MB7. The redline is upped ever so slightly to 8,000rpm, and that reassuring six-cylinder hum can be controlled through a six-speed manual transmission.
There are a few other big mechanical changes that have brought the power band up to supercar levels, too, including an uprated ECU, stronger air ducts and fuel pipes, and even the airflow injectors and meter from the R35.
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But beyond just raw power, Built By Legends will do a full chassis restoration as part of the work, which in turn will improve rigidity and bring out the best in the upgraded Aragosta suspension. It’ll then replace all the bushes and bearings, before throwing shinier (and bigger) brake discs in front of them.
Anyway, we’ll stop hounding you with all the aftermarket fangirling now and spare a thought for the neat exterior reimagination. A new carbon bumper and hood are slotted to improve airflow, while further carbon is seen across the various diffusers and fins around the flanks and rear. Most of this stuff is actually inspired by the original Mine’s R34 which was dreamt up back in the early 2000s—and will be particularly nostalgic for Gran Turismo fanatics.
Masaharu Kuji, the CEO of Built By Legends, said: “We feel that it is vitally important to preserve the integrity of the GT-R while also supplying the upgrades necessary for enjoying driving in modern conditions. When we first developed the idea for Built By Legends, we were driven by one simple question: What kind of GT-R would we all want to drive now, if we were to ever build one?”
Fancy commissioning one? That’ll be around one year of waiting...assuming you already have a donor car lying around. Reckon this is worth P25 million?
More photos of Built By Legends’ R34 Nissan GT-R:
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
