This Frontier V6 Survived 300 Hours at Redline—Now It’s Nissan’s 20 Millionth Engine

A Tough Naturally Aspirated V6The Frontier’s V6 isn’t new, but it’s earned its stripes the hard way: by taking a beating and coming back for more. Nissan put the 3.8-liter V6 through brutal tests before it ever saw a customer, including running it flat-out at redline for 300 hours straight just to see what would break.This engine is built in America, and now it’s the face of a big milestone for Nissan. The 20 millionth engine from Decherd is a VQ-ZV9 V6, and it’s going straight into a Frontier – one of Nissan’s toughest trucks getting one of its toughest engines.

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Nearly Three Decades of Engine BuildingDecherd opened its door …