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Earlier this year, Nissan announced that they will participate in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship. Nissan will join Ford and Holden next year in the above mentioned racing series with a 2013 Nissan Altima and recently Nissan has announced the engine that will power the Altima.
The engine that will be used is a racing version of the VK56DE V8 engine. It has a displacement size of 5.6 litres and it is found in several Nissan and Infiniti models such as the Nissan Patrol and the Infiniti QX56. But the racing version