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Car: '95 Nissan Skyline Gt-R V-Spec
Engine: RB26Dett
PeakHP: 309.6
Fast forward about two years and you'll see our test of another one of the import scene's most iconic engines, albeit at a completely different end of the spectrum: the RB26DETT. If having a modified B18C in your ride made you one of the cool kids, sporting an RB26DETT made you a god. It was our unicorn engine: not only would it's price, alone, put it out of reach for most of us, Nissan Japan never intended for the damned thing to make it onto our shores at all. Regardless, the 2NR crew scored an R33, and coaxed 50 whp out of its RB26 just by adding intake filters and an exhaust, and another 15.5 by increasing octane a few points, since GT-Rs are tuned by Nissan to run at least 95-octane gas-not crappy California 92 available during testing. It was some of the first published, Stateside evidence of just how much power the RB26 was capable of with little modification, and hinted of much bigger power gains to come.

Car: '97 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo
Engine: 2JZ-GTE
PeakHP: 357.4
PeakTQ: 337.8
Later the same year, Japan's true heavyweight inline-six supercar first hit the 2NR dyno rollers in showroom-stock form, with the highest baseline power number thus far recorded in testing. After mere bolt-on enhancements, its 2JZ-GTE's power output was increased by 20% to just over the 350whp mark, with plenty more room to grow before the need to even touch a boost controller. The same year, Craig Paisley was drag racing stock-bottom end 2JZ-powered Supras deep into 8-second territory; making abundantly clear the power-holding potential offered by Toyota's premier 3.0L inline-six. Its legitimate Stateside release may keep the 2JZ from sharing the outlaw allure enjoyed by the RB26, but the twin-turbo Supra continues to roll atop the modern-day muscle car food-chain, and is one of the most sought-after platforms by any performance enthusiast to this day; try finding a decent one for under $20,000.

By Luke Munnell

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