The VRH35 is 3.5L V8

V8 engine

A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft....

 piston engine from Nissan.It was developed newly by Yoshimasa Hayashi

Yoshimasa Hayashi

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, Koga Faction. He is a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet , currently serving his third term in the Upper House representing Yamaguchi Prefecture....

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V=V engine configuration R=Racing H=The eighth of the alphabet = Eight cylinders

1987

Nissan decided development with an engine for exclusive use of the race, and VEJ30 was developed newly by Yoshikazu Ishikawa. However, it was not able to play an active part in the race because it was based on old design thought.

1988

VEJ30 was improved by Yoshimasa Hayashi, and it was named VRH30.
Its displacement volume was finally extended to 3.4L.
He started development of VRH35 in parallel with VEJ30 improvement.

1989

VRH35 appeared as a new development engine.It is mounted on the R89C

Nissan R89C

The Nissan R89C was a Group C race car was developed by Nissan to participate in the World Sportscar Championship and All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, as well as the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans.-Development:...

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(There is not relevance between VRH30 and VRH35.)

1990

VRH35Z appeared as improvement type.It is mounted on the R90C

Nissan R90C

The Nissan R90C was either of two Group C racing cars built in 1990 for Nissan Motors for competition in World Sportscar Championship based in Europe and the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship . The cars based on the basic R90C platform would compete until 1993 before Nissan chose to...

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Z means ultimateness.
（Z was words of the lasts of the alphabet

Alphabet

An alphabet is a standard set of letters—basic written symbols or graphemes—each of which represents a phoneme in a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past. There are other systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic...

s, and the thing more than these put the meaning that there was not.）

1997

For its R390 GT1

Nissan R390 GT1

The Nissan R390 GT1 was a racing car built for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 and 1998. It was built to race under the grand tourer style rules, requiring a homologated road version to be built, although only 2 R390 road cars were ever built, and one is stored at Nissan's Zama...

 race car, Nissan, with the help of Tom Walkinshaw Racing

Tom Walkinshaw Racing

Tom Walkinshaw Racing , was an auto racing team and engineering firm founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw.-History:TWR started by modifying BMW 3.0 CSLs, but soon was contracted to head Mazda's works program in the British Touring Car Championship. The TWR developed RX-7, with Win...

, fielded an updated version of the engine called the VRH35L. The revised engine produces around 641 hp (478 kW) at 6800 rpm.

1998

The engine was used in the Courage Compétition

Courage Compétition

Courage Compétition was a racing team and chassis constructor company now owned by Oreca, based in Le Mans, France near the Circuit de la Sarthe. It was founded by Yves Courage, a French race driver who ran hillclimbs before founding the company...

 C51 Nissan at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans

1998 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 66th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 6 and 7 1998.-Race:1998 saw a significant increase in manufacturer involvement. Porsche and Mercedes-Benz remained, with upgraded cars in both GT1 and LMP. Toyota sent three of their new, extremely fast...

. Both cars retired.

Specification of VRH35Z

• Cylinder Block: Aluminum
• Aspiration: Twin Turbo （IHI）
• Valvetrain
  Valvetrain
  Valvetrain is an all-encompassing term used to describe the mechanisms and parts which control the operation of the valves. A traditional reciprocating internal combustion engine uses valves to control air and fuel flow into and out of the cylinders, facilitating combustion.-Layout:Valvetrain: The...
  
  : DOHC, 4 Valves per Cylinder
• Displacement: 3496 cc
• Power: 588 kW (800 PS)
• Torque
  Torque
  Torque, moment or moment of force , is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis, fulcrum, or pivot. Just as a force is a push or a pull, a torque can be thought of as a twist....
  
  : 784 Nm (578 lb ft)