FULL HKS FACTORY TOUR! + Demo & Prototype Cars!

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2023
  • For the first time, an inside look into the HKS Japan Factory located at the base of MT Fuji! In this video, we check out all of the HKS demo and prototype cars they have built over the years!
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  • @86themadhatter27
    @86themadhatter27 10 месяцев назад +4

    Man i'm in love with that Opel Vectra. Definitely one of Opels top 5 coolest cars

  • @NaturallyGreasy
    @NaturallyGreasy 10 месяцев назад +190

    I can hear Tommy crying from jealousy in the States.

    • @Ape.ink777
      @Ape.ink777 10 месяцев назад +3

      😂 facts

    • @YB0THA
      @YB0THA 10 месяцев назад +38

      He’s a teabag anyway

    • @reynracoma9834
      @reynracoma9834 10 месяцев назад +15

      Tommy watching this and crying while playing with himself using his tears as lubricant

    • @SmokeeBearDrifts
      @SmokeeBearDrifts 10 месяцев назад +6

      Tommy probably wears HKS pajamas to bed every night. Hahaha

    • @BigDaddyLongStockings
      @BigDaddyLongStockings 10 месяцев назад +17

      Crying about the $180,000 he owes Ian

  • @shagbabyyeah
    @shagbabyyeah 10 месяцев назад +24

    This is amazing. I’m looking at decades of racing history….thank you Sam!

  • @jimrustle643
    @jimrustle643 10 месяцев назад +8

    Good to see that HKS kept all of their cars and didn't let that many go to waste. It shows pride in the company. Reminds me of thr Subaru vault that the Hoonigans went to.

  • @christiannieves4380
    @christiannieves4380 10 месяцев назад +10

    Only HKS part I have bought was the HKS sport exhaust for my wife's 04 wrx. Love the sound and how it opens up at higher RPMs. Not crazy loud either, would definitely buy another exhaust from them.

  • @dmariusg
    @dmariusg 10 месяцев назад +36

    So great to see this kind of content, especially since I`m not sure I`ll ever have the opportunity to make it to Japan. Gives a great insight into their heritage and what they`re involved with, truly amazing.

    • @keitaauto
      @keitaauto 10 месяцев назад +2

      You'll make it to Japan!

    • @lornemarkle9997
      @lornemarkle9997 10 месяцев назад

      Anything I watch that has to do with Japan is so mesmerizing

  • @Teckle_Biscuits
    @Teckle_Biscuits 10 месяцев назад +12

    It's mad that people don't know what super touring cars are. Literally the greatest cars ever built

  • @meggalavk3ktt
    @meggalavk3ktt 10 месяцев назад +18

    WOW Sam you have done what no one has been able to do as a jdm fan from the early 2000 seeing all those iconic cars and the tour of the the site is truely amazing i hope they give you more access to show the quality of their product in production. its a whole other level and they have always been one of the best. thank you HKS for lettign Sam go inside ❤

    • @hksp
      @hksp 10 месяцев назад +2

      the production process are all on nob taniguchi channel

  • @hector_nimrod
    @hector_nimrod 10 месяцев назад +4

    Sam, the Opel is a Vectra and i belive that he raced in the BTCC in the mid 90's. We have this generation Vectra in Brazil under the Chevrolet brand

  • @danlee5138
    @danlee5138 10 месяцев назад +6

    Fitted an HKS GT2 SC to my ZN6 last week. Quality of the materials and manufacture is outstanding and it fits like it's OEM. Totally transformed the performance and using stock airbox and exhaust so no noise or emissions problems. Thanks for another great video Sam 👣💥👍

  • @anusername8350
    @anusername8350 10 месяцев назад +5

    HKS should take some of these to Goodwood or something. Need to see these cars driven hard again.

  • @MiniOne82
    @MiniOne82 10 месяцев назад +1

    Seeing the Opel Super Touring car gave me chills. Thats my era of racing. BTCC, JTCC, STCC, STW, ATCC

  • @scandinavianflickgd7331
    @scandinavianflickgd7331 10 месяцев назад +1

    So cool to see Hks's JTCC Opel Vectra still with the livery from 1997!!

  • @scoob1991
    @scoob1991 10 месяцев назад +7

    What can I say... This has been an absolute pleasure to see inside HKS and memory lane with there cars. Thanks Sam ❤

  • @LowMech1984
    @LowMech1984 10 месяцев назад +2

    That Opel Vectra was really nice! 🤘 Thanks for the tour! 👌👏

  • @Skreamies
    @Skreamies 10 месяцев назад +3

    HKS IS all day long, paused everything for this haha, didn't realise the Bi-Fuel Evo used to be the red version though that's super cool. What an awesome place!

  • @jamieleong9381
    @jamieleong9381 10 месяцев назад +2

    So glad I got to see the CT230R in it's old livery and driveline (WTAC) and the Drag R33 (Jamboree) driven in anger. The TRB-01 is something which is probably more in line with current WTAC PRO CLASS cars. Absolutely legendary HKS machines

  • @mank3y_
    @mank3y_ 10 месяцев назад +4

    Goood vid man, it was great to see some behind the scenes action in their factory. legends in the game, nice opportunity you and May there.some of the builds looked peng mate! cheers for the look around and thank you to those at HKS. :)

  • @connoisseuroftigolbitts
    @connoisseuroftigolbitts 10 месяцев назад +2

    3:43 I remember having trouble passing this car and the HKS 180sx drag car in gran turismo 2

  • @jessybonsant5181
    @jessybonsant5181 10 месяцев назад +7

    Sammit bringing the content on a rainy day!

  • @jamiem9849
    @jamiem9849 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the flash back for an ‘old’ aussie subsriber. Born same date as you in 71. My family had a Datsun/Nissan/subaru dealership in the 80’s. We were a HKS dealer at the time. My dad drove and 280zx with hks turbo and mum drove an r29 skyline liftback also with an HKS turbo. I only wish I new how special this period was and kept something/anything from the period.

  • @murry001
    @murry001 10 месяцев назад +3

    HKS have been awesome since forever, cool seeing their actual factory

  • @smuve740
    @smuve740 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Sam, @ 1:49 you asked "Is this an Opel" Yes it is. These cars were the GM2900 platform under the General Motors umbrella badged as Opel Vectra, Vauxhall Vectra, and In Australia and New Zealand Holden Vectra. In the US, this platform was reworked as the Saturn L-Series (L-200/L-300). So, for you, that would be a Holden Vectra.

    • @mikewright84
      @mikewright84 10 месяцев назад +1

      Id almost say the redtop C20 engine was europes SR20 for a long time, used to get swapped into everything from astras, corsas, calibras, then rwd application in oval racing, rally, drift! Made good power and cosworth helped in the head design!

  • @maximumattackrallying
    @maximumattackrallying 10 месяцев назад +1

    The Opel is a Vectra. It's a Super Touring car - or Class II touring car - which was an FIA touring car formula used across the world through most of the 1990s. 2.0-litre normally aspirated engine (around 300bhp), sequential transmission etc etc. Shame you didn't look under the bonnet, they're beautifully built cars. They competed in Australia too, but not sure the Vectra ever took part (would have been under the Holden banner if so)

  • @kennethrudibaugh
    @kennethrudibaugh 10 месяцев назад +2

    It’s cool to see how all these Japanese tuning companies tried their hand in Formula 1. Nowadays it takes a boardroom of 100+ people and 10 years to develop a racing program.

  • @duudlew3801
    @duudlew3801 10 месяцев назад +1

    cars are never going to be as good as in 80-90s btw amazing video!

  • @swealer
    @swealer 10 месяцев назад +1

    The alteca is called "TRB1"it was a timeattack car back in the days and TRB stands for "Tsukuba Record Breaker"❤

  • @slim_gs3005
    @slim_gs3005 10 месяцев назад +1

    That white Aristo slicktop (21:50) next to the swift was perfect. I wish I had the money to build one that clean and use all the top parts like I know they did.

    • @steviez28
      @steviez28 10 месяцев назад +1

      It really was gorgeous! Would’ve loved to see what all was done to it. One day I’m gonna get one

    • @slim_gs3005
      @slim_gs3005 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@steviez28 could buy a gs until you save up for a aristo, that's what I did. I've got a silver 05 gs300 but wish it had the gte motor so much. The regular 2jzge really needs about 100 more hp then it would be so much better

    • @steviez28
      @steviez28 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@slim_gs3005 I have the 2011 gs350. It’s an awesome car but man nothing beats the older models. I need one of the older aristos so I can drift it

  • @simonwatling2203
    @simonwatling2203 10 месяцев назад

    insane video!!! Thank you so much for sharing the awesomeness :)

  • @christopherharris6005
    @christopherharris6005 10 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome video as always Sammit. HKS is such a awesome company they make some of the best parts on the market. Sammit and HKS collaborations with special Sammit print on the can would be so awesome and so sick.

  • @ashborntempest4675
    @ashborntempest4675 10 месяцев назад +1

    What an amazing video today is not only to see hks factory but to know the history behind it too
    Can’t wait to see more this type of content and keep it up Sam 😊😊

  • @rias4297
    @rias4297 10 месяцев назад +1

    I have the HKS Altezza poster right above my monitor, it's amazing to be able to see more of this beast, there's so few detailed images of it.

  • @Vivek.Clips2024
    @Vivek.Clips2024 10 месяцев назад

    absolutely love the long videos, especially about my favorite shop ever. much love sam

  • @kennethrudibaugh
    @kennethrudibaugh 10 месяцев назад +1

    This was awesome! Thank you HKS for letting the goat 🐐 tour!

  • @initialspeed
    @initialspeed 10 месяцев назад

    Wow !
    That was so good.
    Thank you for showing us more about this company.
    See you in a few...days?!

  • @alanhall5648
    @alanhall5648 10 месяцев назад +5

    Great to see such incredible cars 🔥🔥🇬🇧

  • @Dreadnaught503
    @Dreadnaught503 10 месяцев назад

    Sam bringing back the shop tours 😍

  • @lookintdrproform8507
    @lookintdrproform8507 10 месяцев назад

    @hks thank you for letting @sammit show us this beautiful facility you have, 2 very big icons in my life getting together is mind blowing 👌

  • @Djsj1313
    @Djsj1313 10 месяцев назад

    Great video!! I used to work for a company back in the 90s called Alamo Motorsports we were based in San Antonio Texas with locations around the United States and we were one of the first wholesale distributors for HKS in the United States. Thank you for the video it brought back great memories for my younger racer days. I remember all the cars you filmed because they were used in all the HKS catalogs we used to sell the HKS parts

  • @subiefan9134
    @subiefan9134 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome video Sammit it is so cool seeing all of the history of HKS such an awesome company.👍🔥🔥🔥

  • @riddlemethis01
    @riddlemethis01 10 месяцев назад +1

    I could see Mai in the P1 and Yugo in the little P1. Now that would be an epic sight

  • @BullyBreaker
    @BullyBreaker 10 месяцев назад

    Watchin while at work gotta love catchin the early uploads! 🤩

  • @jhmed9
    @jhmed9 10 месяцев назад

    Great video!

  • @doubleclutchin6860
    @doubleclutchin6860 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you for touring HKS HQ for us. I'm glad I bought a 4L HKS Super Oil Premium 5w30 Full Syn. I love the container and keep it as a trophy.

  • @MrTimeless101
    @MrTimeless101 10 месяцев назад +3

    HKS is a legendary company. I am however surprised they are not doing more, they seem to be stuck in time.

    • @Chrisvincent333
      @Chrisvincent333 3 месяца назад

      Their latest motto would disagree. "Tune the next".

  • @dolan-duk
    @dolan-duk 10 месяцев назад +1

    That's THE legendary Evo that has been in several Gran Turismo and Forza games! The crazy Tsukuba time attack one!

  • @mikepadelford2585
    @mikepadelford2585 10 месяцев назад +4

    Been awesome to see hks make into the f1 world

  • @Sixeleven
    @Sixeleven 10 месяцев назад

    good job sam!

  • @Moto_
    @Moto_ 10 месяцев назад

    That was amazing! I'd love to go there.

  • @captnjaygreybeard6394
    @captnjaygreybeard6394 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks HKS and Sammit for the tour

  • @dominicbustamante730
    @dominicbustamante730 10 месяцев назад

    I love this video Sam.

  • @OllamhDrab
    @OllamhDrab 10 месяцев назад +1

    Heehee, I really like the P10 roadster design they came up with. It looks kinda like TVR made something inspired by an Aston Vantage. (On one of their more restrained days) :) I wonder if the Cappucino chassis makes it excessively-teeny but it's very appealing. Maybe needs just a touch more detail to do with the taillights, but I'm really impressed a tuning company had that design talent around. :)
    Anyway, some cool stuff there, thanks to you guys and your hosts! :)

  • @screamindemon71
    @screamindemon71 10 месяцев назад

    Absolutely loved this stroll down memory lane!

  • @traggerhippie
    @traggerhippie 10 месяцев назад +6

    '97 Opel Verctra is what you saw, they are actually really cheap to come by in Europe. They come FWD from the factory. I really wonder what they did with it build wise.

    • @paulcronin551
      @paulcronin551 10 месяцев назад +3

      It was an ex- BTCC Car that HKS bought and used in JTCC. Only resembles the look of a vectra pretty much completely custom under the shell for BTCC. HKS had a cavalier too and later after the vectra retired for a few years until they came back with the mercedes.

    • @jokerbrazil1
      @jokerbrazil1 10 месяцев назад

      Brazil Too.

    • @grant7411
      @grant7411 10 месяцев назад +1

      Australia got them too. badged as Holden. those and astras 🤢

  • @redtwintails
    @redtwintails 10 месяцев назад

    So cool to see!!

  • @xylem3996
    @xylem3996 10 месяцев назад

    Love your videos sammit ❤

  • @jacobmangini1741
    @jacobmangini1741 10 месяцев назад +4

    I’m always a bit surprised when sammit is geeking out over hks but doesn’t recognize some of the most famous hks cars

    • @MotiveVideo
      @MotiveVideo 10 месяцев назад +3

      It's an age thing. All of these cars were retired, or very close to it, before he had his driver's license in 2006

    • @jacobmangini1741
      @jacobmangini1741 10 месяцев назад

      @@MotiveVideo I’m in the same age group as him I just did more reading car mags and fan boying over those cars then school work 😂

  • @steve_c1
    @steve_c1 10 месяцев назад

    Dude straight to the altezza time attack beast Comon jeez it deserves a whole video on its own..

  • @jaynvius1
    @jaynvius1 10 месяцев назад

    The Skyline R33 drag race spec car was in Gran Turismo 2 and you had a 33% chance of winning it at the Tune Turbo Car No. 1 Cup. The Opel is the 2nd gen Opel Vectra which was mainly a 5th gen Honda Accord body with Opel drive train and interior and exterior bits made for the UK, Ireland, Austrailia, and New Zealand. If you look at the tail lights, those are 5th gen Accord sedan taillights.

  • @shannacollins4741
    @shannacollins4741 10 месяцев назад

    Love my favorite car company and favorite car tuber Sammit my man ! HKS FOR SURE !

  • @DenisToma88
    @DenisToma88 10 месяцев назад

    From back in Max power days HKS and Top Secret always been my fave - HKS old turbo's the best ❤

  • @NottiOne
    @NottiOne 10 месяцев назад

    Back in the late 90s when u was in high-school. Autoshop class we rebuilt a farm truck engine freshmen year, switched it over to LPG. My senior year he brought it in with 60k miles on the rebuild and let us tear it down. Engine looked brand new inside.

  • @accordingtokevin7501
    @accordingtokevin7501 10 месяцев назад

    I’m 37 and feel old by buddy not remembering first Grand Tourismo ….did you even play it…those games made these JDM legends. It’s like you need to know the history

  • @Poochie1986
    @Poochie1986 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks! 🙏

  • @tatsujohnson2796
    @tatsujohnson2796 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Sam, I love the content. I've been watching for a while and I've noticed a lot of your handheld videos are pretty shaky. I am not sure if anyone else has these issues, but I get a bit of motion sickness when I watch some of the more "blog" style vids. I don't know what you use to shoot the videos on but I know DJI makes some cool gimbals that helps with that kind of stuff. The Osmo works pretty well for mounting a phone on. Anyways, keep up the good work!

  • @xandercourtney7893
    @xandercourtney7893 10 месяцев назад

    Just got the drift thank you pack. Looks great thanks

  • @smokii3789
    @smokii3789 10 месяцев назад +1

    at the start (nb 87) is a nice mk3 vauxhall cavalier (uk) opel vectra (eu),and yeah,this was holden in oz.

  • @ste_f4i39
    @ste_f4i39 10 месяцев назад

    HKS factory was awesome great vid 🙌👌👍✌🤙

  • @benmahomet6800
    @benmahomet6800 10 месяцев назад +1

    That's some legendary intense cars from the Nissan Skyline to the Swift..... damn your a Lucky channel

  • @weeaunsim4320
    @weeaunsim4320 10 месяцев назад

    This video deserve a lot more likes & appreciation, kids now a days could never understand the treasures this video documenting

  • @VLNath
    @VLNath 10 месяцев назад

    Yes the intake on the merc was necked down as a restriction for the class. I was kinda thinking, "I know more about some of these cars than the guy showing you", but then he said he's born 98, and im an 85 model, so I'll let him off haha. Cool as that you got to go have a look. I remember heading to Brisbane about 20yrs ago to see the hks r33 drag car run. Got ¾ the way there and it pissed rain and cancelled the event 🤦‍♂️ I was devastated

  • @pikachude5490
    @pikachude5490 10 месяцев назад

    You mentioned seeing us in australia modifying skyline headlights for cooling, theres a couple of places in sydney now with complete 3d printed designs that almost all of our skyline drag cars use

  • @kentw6596
    @kentw6596 10 месяцев назад

    Dayumm the facility is BIG!!

  • @destroyrebuild
    @destroyrebuild 10 месяцев назад

    Cool tour. I've never seen anyone go to HKS before.

  • @steveclayton7556
    @steveclayton7556 10 месяцев назад

    Dude the 33 dragcar for sure one of my favorites ever.

  • @hankhank3129
    @hankhank3129 10 месяцев назад

    Damn, I used to install so much HKS, Apex'i and Greddy stuff brought in from South Korea in the late 90's. What a great time!
    First 99 Prelude SH turbo here with 98 model Greddy shit. Auto trans sucked!
    For those of you that don't know, aquarium check valves are how we tuned before good map sensors.

  • @Vangteggy97
    @Vangteggy97 10 месяцев назад

    Love the long videos of a daily volg on car manufacturers and companies

  • @christianlenik5307
    @christianlenik5307 10 месяцев назад +1

    1:42 I take the Opel and the Benz ❤

  • @liamcosgrave5410
    @liamcosgrave5410 10 месяцев назад +1

    That vectra is amazing !

  • @cj41079
    @cj41079 10 месяцев назад

    Wow special privilege....❤
    That Evo is CT230 used to hold Tsukuba record?
    All the TRBs in one room....speechless

  • @memberman
    @memberman 10 месяцев назад

    Super special this one those 80's and 90's cars ❤

  • @LGlifeisgood
    @LGlifeisgood 10 месяцев назад +1

    You should ask them for a mold of the swift body kit as that looked fantastic, carbon might be to expensive for people to have on a swift but I think you could do well selling that kit , your swift with that kit bigger wheels with child seat in the back 😂 great day stunning cars

  • @MeowMr2
    @MeowMr2 10 месяцев назад

    Wow, everyone wondered what happened to the HKS Altezza, Glad its still in one piece

  • @captnjaygreybeard6394
    @captnjaygreybeard6394 10 месяцев назад

    22:00 So that is where Vancouver Gastown Steam Clock has it's chime from.

  • @Invisible_Visualz
    @Invisible_Visualz 10 месяцев назад

    This video was so Beautiful

  • @vinnycent007
    @vinnycent007 10 месяцев назад

    First time HKS buyer here and got some Hypermax R for my car. Definitely really impressed with the brans and that they stand for.

  • @shaggybiasi8109
    @shaggybiasi8109 10 месяцев назад

    the lunch time bell was my door bell growing up, brought back some memories

  • @KeViNMCMXXCIX
    @KeViNMCMXXCIX 10 месяцев назад

    HKS has some cool stuff! I remember them being really appreciated and owning sick cars throughout the years.

  • @TheoXydias_PerlaCoffeeTrailer
    @TheoXydias_PerlaCoffeeTrailer 10 месяцев назад

    bro that was a kingdom opened their doors!! One of the best videos on the channel

  • @Save.the.legends
    @Save.the.legends 10 месяцев назад

    HKS should be in all Japanese history books and taught in high school. Such a cool shop visit - definitely on my travel visit for next year.

  • @briankay4713
    @briankay4713 10 месяцев назад +1

    Opel Vectra Sam ...HKS ran one in the Japanese Touring Cars ..96 and 97 I think ..

  • @brandonc5965
    @brandonc5965 10 месяцев назад

    I love the picture for this video 💯💯💯💯💯

  • @_MacGuffin_
    @_MacGuffin_ 10 месяцев назад +1

    That JTCC Vectra though..... that was the time when Opel was good...later models are uncool :-P Greetings from Germany....

  • @OnBoost31
    @OnBoost31 10 месяцев назад

    Still remember and have photos of it back in 2002 when the R33 GTR came to Willowbank raceway for drag combat

  • @lk2f
    @lk2f 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Sam! Can u go back and do in depth look at the time attack altezza 🙏 😍 this was the brink of jdm the start of speedhunter days the reason why I stopped modding my rs13 and going to is300 so nostalgic brings back so much high school memories 88 baby yeye lol keep living the dream bro

  • @xxxramjetrogersxxx583
    @xxxramjetrogersxxx583 7 месяцев назад

    man that carbon r evo, was the fastest around tsukuba, in the earl 2000s. Such an iconic car of that era. just like the drag r33 gtr. so many vids of it..

  • @fckfck4181
    @fckfck4181 10 месяцев назад

    That Lexus IS300 is absolutely stunning I wanna buy a is200 is300 too!

  • @Fatz666
    @Fatz666 10 месяцев назад +1

    The Opel in the UK is known as a Vauxhall Vectra.

  • @its_cyfa
    @its_cyfa 10 месяцев назад +1

    I had a vectra back in the day awesome car

  • @Mewzerr
    @Mewzerr 10 месяцев назад

    My Favorite brand Hands down is HKS just for the insane build and beautiful cars they make and the people they work with and everything