According to Dennis Gorodji's book Nissan GT-R: Born to Race, Nissan was struggling in the mid-1980s and the R32's predecessor, the lackluster R31 Skyline, didn't help matters. Nissan's executives decided to reverse the company's fortunes with the R32, with a racing GT-R model planned from the outset. The GT-R moniker was a bit of a sacred cow for Nissan at the time, previously worn on the 1969-1972 Skyline GT-R, which had great competition success. Nissan, it seems, went with a "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" approach for its upcoming sports coupe. While the R31 Skyline was somewhat akin to a Japanese BMW 3 Series, with its RWD chassis and engine choices topping out with a 210 horsepower straight-six, the R32 Skyline GT-R was more like a spaceship. With homologation in the FIA's Group A class always in mind, Nissan's engineers developed a 2.6-liter twin turbo straight-six engine dubbed RB26DETT. Had Nissan gone for a 2.8-liter motor, it would force the car into a class with a weight minimum of 1340 kg (2954 lb). The 2.6-liter allowed it to enter the car in a class with a minimum weight of 1260 kg (2778 lb). The street version of this engine made about 320 horsepower stock though it produced more than 600 horsepower in race trim. To cope with the prodigious power, Nissan engineers fit the R32 GT-R with an advanced all-wheel-drive system called ATTESSA E-TS, apparently taking inspiration from the Porsche 959. Like the 959, the GT-R used an electro-hydraulic clutch to split torque between the front and the rear, but where the Porsche split torque based on the car's weight distribution on the move, the GT-R remained rear wheel drive until the rear wheels lost traction. Both of these all-wheel-drive systems were ferociously complex, but Gorodji's book breaks it down well. The Porsche always sent 20% of its torque to the front wheels, which Nissan's engineers thought contributed to understeer. Nissan's system kept the car fully rear wheel drive at corner exit to preserve maximum grip of the front tires. Fairly incredible technology for the time period. One year after the roadgoing Skyline GT-R's introduction in 1989, Nissan released the lighter weight NISMO GT-R in 1990, building 560 examples to homologate the GT-R for Group A racing. The NISMO road car allowed Nissan to homologate specific go-fast parts just for racing, according to SpeedHunters. Quickly, the GT-R emerged as a dominant force in Group A racing. According to EVO, GT-Rs won all 29 races of the Japanese Touring Car Championship entered, took victory at the 1991 Spa 24 Hour race and decimated the competition in Australian racing. The GT-Rs victories in Australia - three Group A Championships between 1990-1992 and 1st place at the Bathurst 1000 in 1991 and 1992 - led the local press to dub the GT-R "Godzilla." An appropriate nickname if there ever was one. Watching videos of Group A GT-Rs in period, it's easy to see how Godzilla earned its reputation. The way it puts power down on corner exit is unlike anything else of the period. "It's this turn-in agility followed by the ability to put all its power down on the way out of corners that made the GT-R such a formidable weapon," said British autojournalist Richard Meaden in an article for EVO on driving the iconic Calsonic-sponsored GT-R. "A Group A [Ford] Sierra RS500 was lighter and had 500-550bhp, but with rear-wheel-drive it couldn't match the traction, especially over longer runs. To be fair to Ford, nothing else could." The GT-Rs success was so great in Australia, the Australian Touring Car Championship's governing body reportedly forced the series into a two make championship, consisting of GM-Holden and Ford, a predecessor for today's V8 Supercars series. This ended the GT-R's Australian reign, as turbocharging and all-wheel-drive was no longer allowed in the series. Aka they banned the GT-R from competing. It's the R32 GT-R's incredible motorsport success and subsequent inclusion in the Gran Turismo franchise that made Godzilla an automotive icon. It might not have saved Nissan going in the 1990s, but it did give birth to its most beloved icon. The Nissan Skyline GTR R34 Z-Tune was supposed to have 20 units made but officially only *19* were ever made The RB26DETT was bored and stroked to 2.8L hence the codename *RB28DETT Z2* , it uses the same turbocharger unit as the Super GT500 R34 GT-R race brother. Top speed was 327KM/h or 203MPH. They were then completely stripped and were resprayed to a "Z-tune Silver," a special colour exclusively for the Z-tune. The bodywork is designed with the same functional components used in Nismo's GT500 racing cars, such as engine bay vents on the bonnet and bumpers, as well as wider arches for wider wheels. The Z-tune is also improved with an aggressive suspension setup from Sachs, and a specially designed Brembo brake system. The entire car is essentially handmade, with the car being completely stripped and re-built from the chassis up. Engineers reinforced and stiffened the chassis seam welding in key areas such as the door seams and door frames and added carbon fibre to the strut towers and transmission tunnel and the engine bay, completely redesigning the suspension, drivetrain, engine, gearbox and other components so as to work at maximum efficiency and reliability as is expected of a road-going vehicle. The original street price for the Z Tune was USD 290,000. But now the last auction for the Skyline GT-R R34 Z-Tune is now worth a whooping *600,000* a piece Even at current prices. The R34 stock will cost you around 60 grand for the V-Spec and 80 grand for the later V-Spec II and close to 90 grand for the V-Spec II Nur. The latter Nur was the final production run of the Skyline GTR R34 before it went into a long hiatus until 2008 where we saw the return of the GT-R name The Skyline was split from the GT-R name and became what we know as the Infiniti in the USA
Safdrone22 9.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times he sucks at drifting
That intro has to be the most glorious thing I've seen on RUclips. I used to have a shirt that said "It's just a bunch of ones and zeros." in binary code. Really annoyed anyone who asked what it was supposed to say. And I'd listen to Running in the 90's over Deja Vu any day.
This intro was *EPIC*
FreshZombie reminds me of Frizeriz intro on the Viper with the drifting and being hit by a truck at the end
the only thing I could think of at the end of it was:
'and that's when he knew... he f***cked up'
X-90 Do you know if the mod will ever be available again?
25lover25 yeah same here
sashBG why not it will be a perfect 70 and the more like it get the more intro Neil will do like this
Nice intro :)
I LIKE your episodes and I subbed you
FrIzErIs when is the next BeamNG Drive movie?
Still recording, but Im hoping to release the video this month :)
FrIzErIs so how did hellhound get the Viper?
FrIzErIs love your videos man, you are one of my few subscribers
More intros like this PLEASE
0:16 mouse cursor in the intro lmao
COOK13 u got me
couse mursor ni thr inteo loma
I scrambled the letters
U liar
the most *LEGENDARY* intro *EVER*
HOLY SHIT THAT INTRO WAS DEJA VU
I see you've started a jdm car review spree
Neil, how you made that audio slow motion effect at 1.00? :)
According to Dennis Gorodji's book Nissan GT-R: Born to Race, Nissan was struggling in the mid-1980s and the R32's predecessor, the lackluster R31 Skyline, didn't help matters. Nissan's executives decided to reverse the company's fortunes with the R32, with a racing GT-R model planned from the outset.
The GT-R moniker was a bit of a sacred cow for Nissan at the time, previously worn on the 1969-1972 Skyline GT-R, which had great competition success. Nissan, it seems, went with a "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" approach for its upcoming sports coupe.
While the R31 Skyline was somewhat akin to a Japanese BMW 3 Series, with its RWD chassis and engine choices topping out with a 210 horsepower straight-six, the R32 Skyline GT-R was more like a spaceship.
With homologation in the FIA's Group A class always in mind, Nissan's engineers developed a 2.6-liter twin turbo straight-six engine dubbed RB26DETT. Had Nissan gone for a 2.8-liter motor, it would force the car into a class with a weight minimum of 1340 kg (2954 lb). The 2.6-liter allowed it to enter the car in a class with a minimum weight of 1260 kg (2778 lb).
The street version of this engine made about 320 horsepower stock though it produced more than 600 horsepower in race trim. To cope with the prodigious power, Nissan engineers fit the R32 GT-R with an advanced all-wheel-drive system called ATTESSA E-TS, apparently taking inspiration from the Porsche 959.
Like the 959, the GT-R used an electro-hydraulic clutch to split torque between the front and the rear, but where the Porsche split torque based on the car's weight distribution on the move, the GT-R remained rear wheel drive until the rear wheels lost traction.
Both of these all-wheel-drive systems were ferociously complex, but Gorodji's book breaks it down well. The Porsche always sent 20% of its torque to the front wheels, which Nissan's engineers thought contributed to understeer. Nissan's system kept the car fully rear wheel drive at corner exit to preserve maximum grip of the front tires.
Fairly incredible technology for the time period.
One year after the roadgoing Skyline GT-R's introduction in 1989, Nissan released the lighter weight NISMO GT-R in 1990, building 560 examples to homologate the GT-R for Group A racing. The NISMO road car allowed Nissan to homologate specific go-fast parts just for racing, according to SpeedHunters.
Quickly, the GT-R emerged as a dominant force in Group A racing. According to EVO, GT-Rs won all 29 races of the Japanese Touring Car Championship entered, took victory at the 1991 Spa 24 Hour race and decimated the competition in Australian racing. The GT-Rs victories in Australia - three Group A Championships between 1990-1992 and 1st place at the Bathurst 1000 in 1991 and 1992 - led the local press to dub the GT-R "Godzilla."
An appropriate nickname if there ever was one.
Watching videos of Group A GT-Rs in period, it's easy to see how Godzilla earned its reputation. The way it puts power down on corner exit is unlike anything else of the period.
"It's this turn-in agility followed by the ability to put all its power down on the way out of corners that made the GT-R such a formidable weapon," said British autojournalist Richard Meaden in an article for EVO on driving the iconic Calsonic-sponsored GT-R.
"A Group A [Ford] Sierra RS500 was lighter and had 500-550bhp, but with rear-wheel-drive it couldn't match the traction, especially over longer runs. To be fair to Ford, nothing else could."
The GT-Rs success was so great in Australia, the Australian Touring Car Championship's governing body reportedly forced the series into a two make championship, consisting of GM-Holden and Ford, a predecessor for today's V8 Supercars series. This ended the GT-R's Australian reign, as turbocharging and all-wheel-drive was no longer allowed in the series. Aka they banned the GT-R from competing.
It's the R32 GT-R's incredible motorsport success and subsequent inclusion in the Gran Turismo franchise that made Godzilla an automotive icon. It might not have saved Nissan going in the 1990s, but it did give birth to its most beloved icon.
The Nissan Skyline GTR R34 Z-Tune was supposed to have 20 units made but officially only *19* were ever made
The RB26DETT was bored and stroked to 2.8L hence the codename *RB28DETT Z2* , it uses the same turbocharger unit as the Super GT500 R34 GT-R race brother. Top speed was 327KM/h or 203MPH. They were then completely stripped and were resprayed to a "Z-tune Silver," a special colour exclusively for the Z-tune. The bodywork is designed with the same functional components used in Nismo's GT500 racing cars, such as engine bay vents on the bonnet and bumpers, as well as wider arches for wider wheels. The Z-tune is also improved with an aggressive suspension setup from Sachs, and a specially designed Brembo brake system.
The entire car is essentially handmade, with the car being completely stripped and re-built from the chassis up. Engineers reinforced and stiffened the chassis seam welding in key areas such as the door seams and door frames and added carbon fibre to the strut towers and transmission tunnel and the engine bay, completely redesigning the suspension, drivetrain, engine, gearbox and other components so as to work at maximum efficiency and reliability as is expected of a road-going vehicle.
The original street price for the Z Tune was USD 290,000.
But now the last auction for the Skyline GT-R R34 Z-Tune is now worth a whooping *600,000* a piece
Even at current prices. The R34 stock will cost you around 60 grand for the V-Spec and 80 grand for the later V-Spec II and close to 90 grand for the V-Spec II Nur.
The latter Nur was the final production run of the Skyline GTR R34 before it went into a long hiatus until 2008 where we saw the return of the GT-R name
The Skyline was split from the GT-R name and became what we know as the Infiniti in the USA
You did ur homework my man, nice. I wish Neil did too.
Dude
Lin Chester I just got mathed af
Lin Chester copy and paste
That's a nismo
Best intro ever
The R32 is the only Skyline nicknamed Godzilla, no other GTR is.
Austism only 10 year old GTR fanboys say this.
Agree the R32 was the Godzilla others who don't know about cars call the R34 and even the R35 Godzilla because they don't wanna believe the truth
A boi not a fanboy of the car, just correcting him, not even my favorite car.
Austism well all GTRs are considered godzilla, just some were actually nicknamed that.
A boi look just call the R32 Godzilla and Don't listen to the other who say otherwise
this Intro was nice
finaly a nissan skyline mod!!!!!!!!!! ivve been searching for months
Neil Is The New Baby Driver
Zamberry tbh, (no hate) it was just power sliding with the handbrake. Plus it’s AWD, which makes recovering much easier
How many crashes before you got the drifts correct XD
Safdrone22 9.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times he sucks at drifting
Farmer Joe No matter how many zeroes you add after the full stop, or mathmatically known as a decimal point, it’s still 9.
Darker than black
Wow I did not expect that LOL 1:03
Best Intro ever
Neil gave me a Heart😁
Alex Zakrevski because you copied another comment
@@leoellis8304 nope
I’ve been waiting for this mod
what a godzilla
You get my like just for that intro alone!
The cars sound was gymkhana 9 ford rs rx for Dubai I’m a car nerd don’t judge me
ultimatedrifter 21 it honestly does, your totally right
And when it started sounded like a vr38
Same I also is car nerd
not gonna judge :P
I love how it starts so peacefully even though that car is about to get wrecked
The first R34's will be importable in 2024, as they will be 25 year old cars by then.
Dubsss-_- america is gonna be crazy then
Martynas D. For sure. I kight have enough money to get one then 2
Not if your in Canada!!
Anthony Rubbertoe lucky 😭😭
Andy KA yea ik
that intro was on fleek!
There's no way Neil was driving for the intro!!! He cant drift! Lol. Great vid brotha!
that skyline my litel baby boy if i had one ;3
Yo I love ur channel bro keep up the great work 😝
Wow, nice cinematic intro!
XD The intro
no its just a skyline
R32 is the godzilla, it got the name for winning every race it was in and for being japanese
fun fact: no one cares
that intro is super niceeeeeeee cooooollll and greatttttttt!!
*_SENSATIONAL VIDEO_*
Hello Neil I love this car and I think it's cool mod
That intro is gold.
Nice start boio!
The start was great
I love the Nissan Skyline GTR (R34).
Keep those intros coming like that!!
They see Neil rollin’. He crashin’...
this is what will happen to blackpanthaa in about two weeks
Oi! do not curse him.
True but you have a hellcat logo eww
lmao, youtube recommended me Blackpathaa's video next to yours
"My New NISSAN SKYLINE GTR R34 was the video" LMAO.
Nice intro Neil
You did a good job at that intro
Btw nice way to start the vid 😂😍
I loved that cinematic intro!
That intro was awesome!
That into was awesome and the best
Awesome intro montage
That intro was cool
i love the Nissan Skyline GTR R34 1999. my dream car
Luv that cinematic
Gotta love Skylines
Neil your the coolest person ever
Love The Intro
Intro was key to success my guy!! Amazing
Super Nice video keep up the awesome work
That intro itself deserves a like on this video
Rest in peace Paul walker you are always in our hearts
That intro has to be the most glorious thing I've seen on RUclips.
I used to have a shirt that said "It's just a bunch of ones and zeros." in binary code. Really annoyed anyone who asked what it was supposed to say.
And I'd listen to Running in the 90's over Deja Vu any day.
FML :O
That intro :O
Sooo guuuuwd :3
EPIC INTRO!!!!!!!!
great camra angles
That first clip was awesome and hilarious!!!
This is why old cars have soul
I love these intros. But at the end of it where your intro song comes in sounded better with the old intro.
No r34 gtrs were harmed in the making of this video
thank u so much for finally finding one what took ya so long aye
gtr is soo fast i love gtr and mustang💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗👌
Loved The Intro Neil!
Super good intro
EPIC INTRO!!!!!
awesome intro dude!
Love the montage
Love the intro
Awesome job man!
*That turn signal :D*
Yeah
Dope intro clip
Awwwwww baby JDM sonic the hedgehog
Nice most wanted intro
Nice cinematic
grate drifting glad to see your getting better👍
Intro should get an award
yA i like to see my two budys haveing a chase
Love the intro!
I love u man that u showed me this mod thanks a lot
very nice intro, i love it
That intro was fucking incredible
We should start a go fund me to buy neil a gtr
Yay i might get me one of my budys ;3
Nice intro 😎
Cool I will like this video
I loved the intro
nice video man
So satisfying
This car needs a N2o and MC MENTAL song
More jdm legends
i love your intro of the gtr
Pretty good
My favourite car in my favourite game with my favourite youtuber
My favourite car of all of JDM😁👌