With the new VR30 engine platform making headway into aftermarket industry for racing, the new generation V6 engine is making really good gains in HP/TQ. With these gains becoming more and more its only a matter of time the block will need to have a better supporting fixture to retain the crankshaft under extreme loads.
All cast aluminum bedplates from Nissan feature a steel insert with a cast aluminum case which for production reasons is a great idea due to not only making the block very strong by running single bedplate design on an all aluminum block, but also, it gives the cast material a much better robust factor. The drawback however is that cast aluminum is not that strong and always filled with impurities and the grain structure is to be desired. We aren’t saying ppl can’t make good respectable HP with the factory bedplate, however we do know that there is a limit to the factory parts so we set out to be a step ahead of the platforms growth by offering a new billet piece.
Our approach is to not only secure the crankshaft better but to also increase the engines output by way of keeping the block and crank fixtured better for extreme applications. This same viewpoint is adopted in the VR38 block as well as many other aluminum block assemblies that use a single piece bedplate.
The new billet bedplate does just that. Made of robust 7075 material our new billet bedplate will enable the end user to make more power more reliably without compromise.
Bedplates will be available to the public starting first quarter of 2025. Bedplates do require the block to be machined to accept the new bedplate so a line bore and align hone machine work is needed.
