10,000lbs of Downforce at 200mph: Nissan’s Wild 950hp IMSA GTP Cars
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2024
- There’s something pretty dope about watching lo-fi IMSA recaps from the late 80s and early 90s. But there’s a whole other level to seeing one of these road racing legends in person… WITH the dude that designed it. We’re not saying you’d nerd out as much as Nads did, but let’s be real. It would be close.
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Is the IMSA GTP and WEC Group C era the greatest ever for sportcars, as nads says, or not so much?
100%
Watch this car rolling over in Fuji at 300 km/h
ua-cam.com/video/BxrRKNt-K6w/v-deo.html
100%
@Svannuta group B was rallying not sportscar racing
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
How to recognise a good man based on interview : when he is being praised for his work contribution, he didnt take the praise for himself. He also said that he is a part of a team.
His humility knows no bounds. Such a humble guy for all that he's done.
@@TheHoonigans absolute thing of beauty 😍😍
Maybe because is the truth?
@@TheHoonigans And where is your humility?
Yes I caught that too. It was a loaded question for self glory while ignoring any other contributor to the project.
That man has one hell of a voice. Sounds like a western movie star.
Clint Eastwood has got nothing on Trevor.
When I closed my eyes I swear it was Adam West lol
Or the mentor to a young gunslinger that he’s reluctant to take in, but the kid clearly has gotten too cocky and needs help learning a lesson before he gets in trouble
Dang, someone beat me to the Clint Eastwood comment😜
Ever heard of the former Coast To Coast-Radio presenter, and now host of his own Caravan To Midnight Podcast (also on YT) called John B. Wells...?? If not, you should.. Haha! Best voice on the web, no doubt. Probably the deepest and lowest (natural) voice of all time. This is his show s daily news segment: ua-cam.com/video/wS2-Gm20ChM/v-deo.html
Nads has never been more relatable than when he's nerding out over old racecars
We'd agree to the extent that nads has never been relatable. That's all.
@@TheHoonigans probably because it was not a CRX😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I remember when people didn't like Nads. I would always read the hateful comments. I could never understand why. Anyone that generally knows about cars and knows what he's talking about can't be disliked. So much passion and enthusiasm in his voice and face in every video he's in
Idk as the guy who was the creepy alcoholic day drinking son of a bitch who nobody liked I can relate. Things be better now though, for both of us it seems
I have to agree with everyone here. Its Nads from ss
Nads gotta let the man talk sometimes, seems like he's cutting him off
lol I was thinking the same thing, especially when he says @ 18:12 "Can you explain why that is?" and then precedes to explain it himself
@@preludedude94 yes what a prick
I agree, the guy even made a face like, "ok, you explain it then I guess".
what Chen said...
Indeed.
This was great, however I think nads should let the man talk a little more, he keeps interrupting him too much imo. Great video nonetheless
Nads is tipsy
Typical
srsly
the presentation is unsure of itself.
exhibit A: the 3 1/2 min "intro" that adds nothing to the topic
exhinit B : the "energetic faux-techno mini-montage" @ 5:52
etc
I was thinking the same thing
Nads needs to learn to let his guests actually talk about their car instead of him. But anyway what an awesome race car.
i noticed that. i believe he just get too excited. i would too i think id let dude tell me about an amazing pc. dident brabham get hurt in one?
I got my start in Racing at Electramotive working as a fabby and mechanic on mainly the truck program but also helped with the GTP cars then got hired back at NPTI to help with th P-35 Project! Trevor was always such a humble man and so easy to talk with
What a freaking legend. the detailed info that he remembers 30 years after designing it is just awesome
I remember this car very well. I know modern racing series do everything they can to make the cars even, but I love it when a car just dominates a series. You knew that every week, this car, unless there was an accident, this would be the car to beat. It was an amazing car, and Geoff Brabham was a great driver. It was just a monster. The GTP series was great. Every race was televised, most of them by Brock Yates Diamond P sports on The Nashville Network of all places. He had some goofy motorsports events, but I watched every GTP race back then.
Haters will still find something negative to say about this amazing pile of machinery and innovation 💪💪💪
Truth. As they say, haters goin hate.
I just want to know where trevor hid his container of old VG parts.....
Nads is like "Can you guys just go ahead and disassemble the car on video please?" This car is an absolute LEGEND!
Who knows this car from Gran Turismo?
Good gawd, miss the good old days of IMSA GTP and WEC Group C in the 80s and 90s. Oh, and a shout out for 70s and 80s CanAm too! What an amazing era of American automotive racing!!!
Engineering is beautiful. If you can’t see art in this car, I can’t help you.
I want this dude to read me a bed time story
Funny, nads kept asking the same thing.
His voice is so soothing.
Gotta thank Nads for this, love watching him geek out over cars. Whether it's a civic, or a GTP car, seeing how much he loves the car is amazing.
Guys the VG30 is a seriously underrated platform. I’m building a stock bottom end VG30E with a GT45 turbo to 550ish horsepower with just cams, light ported stock a/b heads, big fuel, stock ignition, megasquirt ecu, and long tube headers converted to twin scroll headers. If you build the bottom end, well you’re going to get big block power from a 3.0 liter v6. I’m glad they’re so slept on because it keeps the prices cheap for us. All of this is being done under 5 grand. What other 1980’s platform can be built to 500 plus wheel horsepower for under 5k? Exactly. Definitely not your 7MGTE’s, RB, 2J.
Nads gotta put the drink down for a man like that.
hes tweeked out on coffee
Thank you for this content, I don’t think many people realize how much cool racing history exists. These cars are incredible, the engineering is nuts, stuff like this just can’t happen nowadays
This is by far the best video Hoonigan has every produced. Great questions, camera work, editing, and of course listening to a master of automotive engineering explain things him and his team accomplished 30 years ago, without skipping a beat, enthusiastically, and with such fondness. Amazing work, I hope ya'll continue bringing us videos like this one.
Agreed
I just can't stop laughing at Vin's face! Who the F is that guy?!?!?! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The look isn't fully complete until he loses the eyebrows.
Thx Russian guy I really needed to watch a video about cats vs dogs.
I thought who dis
I was thinking the same what ever happened him 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dude, I think its his teeth? Im not 100% sure, but youre right his face does look different lol!
This guy learned pretty quick how to talk over nads when he talks to much
The whole coffee in hand thing to me is also very douchy :|
@@anthonyf3253 yes. He comes across as very unprofessional, especially when he takes it upon himself to explain things that the other man knows more about.
@@spike4850 Yeah he literally asks him a question, and just when the guy starts answering cuts them off and gives a shitty explanation instead
@@kenanfurcle786 exactly
@@kenanfurcle786 no, not shitty, easier to understand. Nads knows the audience doesn't have engineering masters degree. It's a bit sad for us car nerds but that's how you vulgarise a subject
We need the 787b now 👀
It's definitely at the top of our list.
And RX7-92P
MORE LMP CARS PLZ!! The magical wizardry that these cars use is insane :D
@@richlavigne1505 i can hook up Hoonigan to see the RX792P, but they would need to travel to Atlanta
@@ChristianGuadalupe13 Have you guys did the R92CP?
I know Nads is excited, but he cut off the other guy so much. Let him talk my dude
Hearing annoying people talk about how Nads is annoying, is annoying. He wasn't even bad.
@@matthewmcclain1316 he cut him off everytime he mentioned a different aspect of the car. If you couldn't tell, the older guy was just as excited to talk about it; the thing he worked hard on. It's just frustrating
@@Micale22 I agree. At least let the dude talk about it and then explain it in more casual terms afterwards.
@@matthewmcclain1316 Shad up. He was an arrogant dick.
@@Micale22 The “older guy” is the legendary Trevor Harris. He’s forgotten more about race car design than most people would ever know!
Man, GTP and LM cars are my favorite racing cars since I was a kid!!!! Soo much technology, so much engineering and so much mechanical and physical work! And it's so pure so much racing! That's how racing should always be!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
DUDE, That brings back memories of camping out at Road Atlanta. Those cars were so fast, you could feel them go by! HELL YEAH, Thanks for that one.
I camped on the fence at Limerock what great times
Nothing like one of these coming through the dip approaching the bridge. Pre chicane of course!
VG30 has done a lot in motorsport considering most of the development has been done by relatively small companies. It absolutely dominated IMSA for years, including endurance racing, with multiple championships. It also has top speed records at beonneville if circuit racing isnt enough. It is one of the best Nissan engines
Stuff like this needs to happen more, documenting and revisiting pinnacles of mechanical engineering with the people that designed them and were there. These people will not be around forever and these stories need told. Good job guys
trevor harris i could listen to you speak about cars forever, thank you so much
Remember watching these beasts at PIR in the early nineties. Pit visits and autographs. With extreme childhood bias, these are definitely the BEST sports car era!
This is possibly my favorite race car of all time. I loved watching it at Watkins Glen as a young boy. Absolutely ecstatic to see an in-depth video about it, with one of the engineers who built it. Well done, Hoonigan!
I love how the old fella is getting fired up talking about the car. You can tell it's bringing back memories for him. Very cool car, and cool interview aswell. I could listen to Trevor talk all day. Super cool video! thanks for sharing.
14:25.
"Body on frame is stiffest..."
Trevor looks to the side as if wondering if it's ok to correct drunkie and tell him he's an idiot...
What an incredible video, that covers the real tradeoffs engineers have to make between serviceability, safety, perfomance, and packing. Real shoutouts to ron for noting the placement of the pedals relative to the front of the car...
I haven't been viewing hoonigan content much during the pandemic, but holy shit, videos like this remind me why I used to like you all so much. Thanks to nads, ron, and trevor harris, this was incredible. Talking in terms a wider audience can understand, but never talking down...that's a tough balance to strike. Well done.
The cars of this era were insane. They were the definition of pushing the boundaries of what cars could do back then. Formula 1 rally racing and sports car racing was insanity during the 80s and early to mid 90s.
Here for the Nads. Unrivaled passion for cars. He gets like I do with the cars: childlike wonder. Love it.
Thanks for both the 300zx GTO and the GTP episode I am a HUGE Nissan fan and see these break down videos on the race cars I grew up with is just amazing!
6:59 I watched the 88/89 car drive when I was a really little kid. It was the '89 Miami Grand Prix. Chip Robinson and Geoff Brabham were teammates, and took the win. I still remember standing at the penultimate corner eating a hotdog, and just being blown away by the sound. Great cars, and a great era of racing.
IMSA Camel GTP era is the best era of Sports car racing ever. Great Vid, do more of these!!
Saw this car run at Sears Point and it was the class of the field. The Toyotas, Jags, and Lolas were fast but the Nissan was the entire package. IMSA GTP was simply an amazing series.
People need to understand Nads is just enthusiastic, he’s probably an amazing teacher
Best era indeed. I saw it in action in the Miami Gran Prix in the late 80s when it was in the downtown streets. Bad ass car
So great to see a car with this history being discussed by the man who helped design it, thanks all.
I love these old race cars. The designers and drivers deserve mad respect.
My motorsports professor was a design engineer for Electramotive in '89. He designed the adjustable roll bars on this very car! Went on to become the chief aerodynamicist for NPTi in '91 until their closing. A crazy story he's told was the NPT90 crashes at Road Atlanta in '92. The cars had come to have so much downforce that there was too much for the underdeveloped tires. Both cars flipped that race. Crazy stuff, so glad to see the history of the team get some spotlight!
This guy has a way of explaining things, knowledge just flows out of him
One of my friends drove these cars in IMSA and worked with the gentleman being interviewed. I asked him one time what the fastest thing he has ever driven and his answer was this car.
Really cool to see this featured. Great video!
my all time favorite racecar ever built next to the Nissan R91CK, the first time i saw this legend i was instantly obsessed by it.
Definitely the best episode of Hoonigan i’ve seen so far! Trevor Harris is a Genius! Thanks a lot for sharing this Gem!
I watched these cars race at Road America against the toughest competition in IMSA history. They were magnificent and some of my all-time favorites.
Raced against these at the Daytona Historics in 2000. They are the total package! Kudos to Mr Harris.
yo thanks Hoonigan amazing segment :) I love cars and racing games and these cars are super iconic in Gran Turismo Forza Project Cars etc etc she still looks great today timeless shape and oh i will watch the 300ZX one after. awesome work thanks
Nads my dude, I'm so glad to see these VG30 based race cars being showcased. I have always been a nissan fanboy and the Z32 has been my dreamcar for most of my life.
this is so cool. Dear Hoonigan please keep on giving content like this to watch. its so cool to see Nads pick the brain of those responsible for the amazing vehicles that they had built. Next Level production as always guys keep up the good work.
Anytime a legend shares his secrets and points them out with his cane, I’m all ears!! Beautiful car and engineering
Find myself smiling hearing Trevor telling the story behind every part of the car. Really cool.
I saw the Nissan GTP cars race twice in IMSA GTP. Jeez at those races there was Geoff Brabham, Dan Gurney and his AAR Toyotas, Chip Robinson, Chevrolet Corvettes, John Morton, Al Holbert, Porsche 962s, Jaguars, Spices, March, Wayne Taylor, Bobby Rahal, Mazdas, Rod Millen, Arie Luyendyke, Jan Lammers...such an amazing time for sports car racing and at those races, I knew that. I can remember shaking Gurney's hand and walking away thinking IMSA would find a way to screw this up. It was all just too cool. Too much tech, too much money, too much horsepower, too much amazing. Those two races may be the high point of my automotive life.
So cool, you can tell Trevor is still passionate after all these years, hope you guys have him on again he's very knowledgeable
I was at drivers school at watkins Glen. The imsa race was next week. Nissan came early unloaded and we could totally check that car out. It was amazing. Good times.
both of these guys are completely in their element here and i love it!
I'm just going to say it, Build Biology and John is the only reason why I'm subscribed to this channel! Love these!
This series of the Nissan is one of the best of all of them
Could listen to this man tell his story’s forever. Such a cool and interesting guy. Thanks for this episode guys :)
Agreed. Trevor is a legend.
I'm a huge GTP fan and this was a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing the passion and this amazing piece of machinery!
Massive respect to Hoonigan for this episode and the 300zx episode of Biuld Biology. Tons of technical content well explained. Please keep them coming!
This is the podium car this week in GTA lol
I was about to say that lol
That was so cool. Listening to Trevor Harris recall some of the design elements was like getting a glimpse into the design process as it was happening. Great video guys
I worked with Trevor at NPTI. A really great guy. Funny story about his drawings ... some of the official production drawings for that car were actually on napkins .. really. He really didn't emphasize enough how easy it was to change the gearbox and engine. It was just a few connections and maybe a couple hour job. I think it was even more like one hour but it has been a long time.
What didn't come up was the evolution of that car. What you see is the final version. I was only at NPTI for a few months but in that time we changed the nose of the car completely, went from single turbo to twin turbo, 2 valve to 4 valve engine, and introduced welded axle assemblies. And that is just what I can remember. There were so many changes coming so fast that an edict came down from management to reduce costs of shipping parts, namely engines, overnight to the racetrack.
I wish there was a group C car to look at too. That car made this one look like a poor mans toy. it was low, sleek and, if I remember correctly had a twin turbo V8. I have never even seen a photo of that car.
Thank you Nads!!! You are the Deadbeat Dad i never needed but always wanted. This was an incredible episode!!!
Had a chance to get up close(including peaking my head inside) with this car a few years ago at Bruce Canepa's place in Santa Cruz. Such a fantastic racecar. I hope whoever buys it continues to run it at the historic's at Laguna...it deserves to be driven.
1985 to 1995 was the best decade in motorsport history. Great interview Nads (as well as the GTO car). You should come do a build bio on the 240rs Maxi :)
I had the chance to work on one of these, spent a few hours wrestling a new fuel cell into the monococ chassis. Absolutely nuts to work on it.. unfortunately never got to see it running :(
Nads is awesome. He is the uncle everyone needs. Y'all should do some Nads merch with him holding a drink
I always learn something new about the mid 80's to early 90's racing. Man that was a goal time frame
These GTP/Group C/LMP cars from the 80's & 90's are just so cool.
I was at the 1989 Camel GT 500km race at Watkins Glen and watched Geoff Brabham and Chip Robinson win in the sister car to this (#84). I also got Chip Robinson's autograph when Brabham was doing his stint in the car during the race! They won the race by over a full minute. (That's almost half a lap at The Glen) Amazing car to watch. It simply outclassed the rest of the field! I also got to see this #83 car in the paddock.
I remember watching these races when I was a kid,These cars were in my dreams then lol,awesome car.
Same lol. Went to the IMSA GTP races in San Antonio a couple time. Man what fun.
This just brought back memories of my 94 300zx tt black emerald... that I dove through a fence down a bank into someones hot tub. That was a cool car
Nads finds so many sick builds and is almost a dang authority on specs and history himself😮! Should do a special of his own n call it "Nads-T-Time" ✊😎👍
Hoonigan just keeps on bringing top quality content for our viewing pleasure. Keep up the excellent work guys. 😎
I got my start in pro racing at Electromotive Engineering Inc in 1984 and worked there until 87 then back to NPTI in 90-93 Trevor was a great guy to work with! Along with all the people at both places
Devendorf won the 82' GTO championship in a inline 6 turbo nissan 280 (who beat out my godfather in a Greenwood Corvette who had a little help from my dad in the endurance races). Devendorf was the electronics pioneer in racing and a big reason these cars made so much reliable power
Trevor is the guy that you wanna drink some beers with and just talk about race cars all day!
It hurt when nads said that body on frame cars are the stiffest😂
I caught that too,oh well ,he did fine the rest of interview
i loved how the guy just kinda looked at him and didn't say a word lol
He was talking about the frames, and he was right. This is why accidents back in the day were so fatal, the only place that energy could dissipate into was the passenger cabin. Unibody and monocoque frames are preferable in racing because of their weight and how they transfer loads, not because they are stiffer.
People tend to forget that you don't actually want a totally rigid car in racing, especially road racing. What you want is predictable and consistent frame conditions, which isn't the same as stiffness, and you trade stiffness for weight, because less weight is free horsepower.
@@SAVikingSA Great job General! Especially through Georgia and the Carolinas.
could be if it was also made the heaviest.
Fantastic interview. Trevor looking into camera made it even more enjoyable. Also, Dean Martin called... Drop the cup 🤣
10 years ago Crawford Racing posted up a video of 100+ used and new Electromotive parts for sale. 70’s 80’s and 90’s were a magical time for these monsters.
I love the nissan videos, and I would literally watch any video with Trevor talking about it, The man is a legend. If he had a cooking show id watch that also haha.
Enjoyed listening guys
Phenomenal race car
The older I get the more I enjoy listening to pioneers in the field
Hoonigan you guys are just like them
Nitro Circus
X Games
Birdhouse etc
You're institutions of innovation
Super Cool
1988 Daytona 24 2:00 AM found a hole in what was then a rather flimsy chain link fence on the straight between Turn 13 and the Front Stretch. Just big enough to stick my head through and far enough from security to not get rousted. Well at that point the cars were flat out and riding the wall . My face was literally 6 feet +/- from cars like the GTP ZX here and 962’s going 220+ MPH. I will never forget the sight, sound and feeling of that rush.
That guy has such a nice voice,id love to listen to his stories
Steeped in history, technology and giving me goosebumps. Nice job H
The AAR Eagle Mk3 would be sick to have on an episode one day.
This! We need to know how much Toyota was spending now. 44 Mil in 92?! No wonder GTP died so quickly, priced themselves into oblivion.
@@jonwilson7865 Funny how I just remembered final fantasy vii took 40+ mill to develop back in the 90's
Stop interrupting and trying to finish his sentences
I could listen to this man talk all day
I could listen to this guy talk about his life and story's all day
Ok , those Nissan GTP cars look so fast,quick and glued to the track.
You guys need to do more of these!! Great stories from this pioneer!
Bob Earl once told my Jim Russell MTP class of how and why these epic Nissan's were written off at Road Atlanta, scrapping the entire works program. For that race weekend, it was determined substational downforce gains were needed, so the racecars were altered accordingly to suit the needs of the task at hand. He stated that, following the accidents, total downforce was calculated to have been in excess of 30,000 lbs - far more than the tire sidewalls were built to handle. The outer rims of the rear wheels literally cut through the tire carcasses under maximum cornering load.
The fact he's got Js on deserves respect in and of itself
I remember when Mark Blundell did a qualifying lap in one of these with the waste gates stuck closed. Put 6 seconds on second place.
yea that was the lemans v8 tt car. not this one. but a great moment in history non the less. imagine full boost at lemans
With heads on, and no holes in the block!!