Hey IWrocker. This comment isn't really about this video in particular, but just in general I think you've got one of the best reaction channels out there. You're extremely likable, open minded, and you're humble but you clearly know some stuff about a lot of stuff. The commentary always feels relevant. I love how it feels like we're reacting to something together. Other reactors pause too much and it feels like a chore, like "just get on with it", but you commentate while playing the video, and when you pause it's always worth listening to what you have to say, and it never feels like you're just stalling. Keep up the great work man. I don't know how your days are like, but you always give off these positive vibes and good energy. Excited to see you play ETS2 again too, looking forward to the next video of that 😁
@@IWrocker We appreciate you so much too, my man. There's not a lot of channels worth deliberately typing into the search box, but "IWrocker" is one of them.
Estonian here. All those cars use Soviet GAZ-53/66 V8 gasoline engine (conditions allow also Gaz R6 engine but currently no one is using them). Class conditions limit the allowed modifications of the engine: engine blocks, cylinder heads, intake manifold, oil pump, water pump needs to be original, displacement must not exceed 4400 cm3 (this is a bit more than original 4300 cm3 so it is allowed to bore cylinders for bigger pistons or use stroker crankshaft), engine must be naturally aspirated and feed by carburettor (can be custom), intake manifold porting is not allowed. They produce up to 200 hp and top speed is around 140 km/h. Cabins are from GAZ-51, -52, or -53.
As someone from Estonia, i'm always happy when people check out our quirky little country, especially if it's one of my favourite (and only) reaction channels. So the trucks you see here, are are Soviet-built farm/work trucks. The ones with pronounced fenders, shown less in this clip, are ZIL-130, built between 1962-2012. They run 6L V8 gasoline engines but are weak in stock form, so they are suped up for rallying. The other older looking ones are GAZ-51, built between 1946-1975 and run a 3.5L inline 6 gasoline engine. This sport is actually quite an old tradition, but it has been carried on after Estonia broke free from Soviet Union/occupation and so we still rally them.
Being of Esto heritage (all my relatives are Estonian) but born in Oz and never been overseas, I also love seeing anything from our uirky little country! Those drivers are plain mad.
@@bruizey7319 Awesome. You've got some unique heritage then aswell, since us Estonians have been here for nearly 12'000 years, pretty much ever since the continental ice withdrew from these areas. If you are planning on ever traveling, book a trip to Estonia and come check out your history, you'll love it!
@@allar4738 Yup, you are correct. I took another look and indeed, the grille is a GAZ rectangle, not the ZIL one which had a more USA flavoured lines .
Hi, IWrocker, surprising to see that You got to Estonia with Your videos :) I'm also Estonian and one of the best of those truck rally drivers was once my co-worker, when we drove in Scandinavia. About those trucks- those Gaz 51 trucks were made between 1946-1975 (I was born 76) and as much I remember from my childhood, they were used in rally already back then in soviet time, of course not as modified as now. Now, as much I know, they can drive up to 100 miles per hour in speed, I don't remember the acceleration, but as it can be seen from video, it's not slow :D
Welcome to Estonia. I live here 53 years ( all my life ) that truck is old 1974 -1987 porduced GAZ 51 GAZ mind Gorgi Avto Zavod , but that is tuning GAZ 51 . Original reach only 85 km/h / 53mph and carry 2,7 tons cargo .
@@angelinblack7685 ZIL 130 and GAZ 53 are similar looking, but you can tell the difference from the grille. GAZ 53 has vertical slots, the ZIL has horizontal. The ZIL is bigger also but you wouldn't be able to tell that as easily.
Man im happy you enjoyed this one, they drive around my home town in lõuna-eesti ralli aswell( not this year, no town stage :( ), they can go tight pretty well
Another stage of the WRC rally started today on these same roads in Estonia. 20.07-23.07 on the official website of the WRC you can follow this rally in real time. Good luck.
First up, I noticed your new format has weird aspect ratios. Fun video! I just discovered this sport like hours before your video with WRC rally Estonia pre show, where the team bosses were put to compete each others in trucks like this before the real rally action started! Only truck I've done something similar is Unimog on snow, super fun.
most of them are old soviet era trucks. To the numberplates, most rally vehicles have to be streetlegal and registered, cause they using public roads in some parts. there is a video of wrc cars in normal traffic on the way to their next race stages.
Remember going to spectate these races as a kid. Was a great time. The amount of cheap soviet truck frames available in the early -00s was insane. everybodies grandfather or their neighbor had one for sale, so there was no shortage of donor trucks. you could get a great machine rather cheaply and compete on an actual circuit. These trucks were tough af
let's be real here - as "tough" as they were, they were only barely even starting up every other day in their original form. gears were never going in without taking a bite out of gears (imagine the awful sound on EVERY gear change) and the thin and hard tires - as cool it is to slide with them on rallies - were just a nightmare to drive on snow. these rally versions have basically only kept the original frame, cabin and engine block, everything else is from other (western) trucks and/or custom made. it's a unique and spectacular form of a car hobby though.
my stepdad used to be pit crew for a new zealand driver when WRC still ran in perth. he also best friends with the manager of gazoo racing as they both love restoring a particular rally car and when he goes on a rally tour he tries to catch up. he joked that rally finland was basically cars and vodka lol.
Old soviet GAZ trucks, from 1950s-1980s i think. By default gasoline inline 6 or V8 depending on the model but i have no idea what these particular have under the hood.
When they tested Rally Estonia to join WRC calendar back in 2019 these trucks also competed. This is a sight to see. We were walking back to our car with a friend when we heard one truck crash. It was in a very high speed section, but there were no spectators there. We ran to the crash sight and fortunately everyone was ok. Other than the driver and the co-driver there were two guys at the site and we managed to get the car back on the wheels with 5 people. Unfortunately they couldn't continue, but at least we managed to clear the road for other cars. That year was one of the best rally experiences of my life.
That's new I've never seen it before Common Aussie's your letter the side down 😉 I'm 💯 surprised no one here done it 🤔 It seems right up our alley Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
As it's in Estonia, I'm pretty sure these are Soviet era trucks, I recognized some Soviet Army trucks, like in Russia today, they are often used by civilians, farmers, craftsmen, etc.
Those trucks are Old russian GAZ 51 trucks and i think there also some Russian ZIL. Fun fact: GAZ 51 and Lublin 51 are identical but GAZ is Russian. Lublin was build in Poland on russian license. 51 was the the year which they started to build those trucks.
Hi, Lov'n your channel , I have a couple of suggestions for you to react to. I'm from New Zealand ( where the Jetboat was invented) and would love to see your reaction to "Jet Sprint Boats" , NZ Marathon Jetboat racing and , from Australia , Dinghy Derby racing. Have fun!
Hey Ian did you change the aspect ratio of the reaction window? It looks stretched too vertically? which kind of makes the reaction not as good and the trucks more comical than they are in the original. Don't get me wrong I love your content as a fellow petrol head just thought I would give you the heads up that it looks weird and took me out of this one. Cheers matey
Hello IWrocker, you asked what are the tricks in this video as it was said before me some of them are GAZ , but the ones with the,, choped'' front is called Praga (Prague) V3S. Which as the name sugests is a czech trick that is widely known in Eastern block as a great offroader and very capable machine . It can reach up to 60 km/h or 37 miles per hour. Thanks for all your great videos!
1200HP... Rally, like most racing, is a momentum game. You don't need massive power, it costs too much in reliability, weight, cost and cooling issues. Most rally cars (top class, 90's on) develop 300-400hp.. Group B cars were up to 550, but by 1990, 4 years after Group B was banned, the Group A cars (more had to be built for homologation so were actual cars) were as fast on the stages. BTW, if your intrest in Rugby is open to more, the World cup just started.. Might be worth a reaction / watch-party? Squidge rugby does unbelieveably good breakdowns too.
Hey IWrocker. This comment isn't really about this video in particular, but just in general I think you've got one of the best reaction channels out there. You're extremely likable, open minded, and you're humble but you clearly know some stuff about a lot of stuff. The commentary always feels relevant. I love how it feels like we're reacting to something together. Other reactors pause too much and it feels like a chore, like "just get on with it", but you commentate while playing the video, and when you pause it's always worth listening to what you have to say, and it never feels like you're just stalling. Keep up the great work man. I don't know how your days are like, but you always give off these positive vibes and good energy. Excited to see you play ETS2 again too, looking forward to the next video of that 😁
I appreciate this so much 👍🎉
@@IWrocker We appreciate you so much too, my man. There's not a lot of channels worth deliberately typing into the search box, but "IWrocker" is one of them.
I have to agree. I feel the same.
Thats spot on mate. So many others just try to think of something to say to make them sound like they know something and drags the video out.
There is a new video with truck rally from WRC Estonia 23, uploaded by WRC official
Crazy good times yeah, Love it. 😎👌
Should check out the tractor rally and I mean tractors
Estonian here. All those cars use Soviet GAZ-53/66 V8 gasoline engine (conditions allow also Gaz R6 engine but currently no one is using them). Class conditions limit the allowed modifications of the engine: engine blocks, cylinder heads, intake manifold, oil pump, water pump needs to be original, displacement must not exceed 4400 cm3 (this is a bit more than original 4300 cm3 so it is allowed to bore cylinders for bigger pistons or use stroker crankshaft), engine must be naturally aspirated and feed by carburettor (can be custom), intake manifold porting is not allowed. They produce up to 200 hp and top speed is around 140 km/h. Cabins are from GAZ-51, -52, or -53.
As someone from Estonia, i'm always happy when people check out our quirky little country, especially if it's one of my favourite (and only) reaction channels.
So the trucks you see here, are are Soviet-built farm/work trucks. The ones with pronounced fenders, shown less in this clip, are ZIL-130, built between 1962-2012. They run 6L V8 gasoline engines but are weak in stock form, so they are suped up for rallying. The other older looking ones are GAZ-51, built between 1946-1975 and run a 3.5L inline 6 gasoline engine. This sport is actually quite an old tradition, but it has been carried on after Estonia broke free from Soviet Union/occupation and so we still rally them.
Being of Esto heritage (all my relatives are Estonian) but born in Oz and never been overseas, I also love seeing anything from our uirky little country! Those drivers are plain mad.
@@bruizey7319 Awesome. You've got some unique heritage then aswell, since us Estonians have been here for nearly 12'000 years, pretty much ever since the continental ice withdrew from these areas. If you are planning on ever traveling, book a trip to Estonia and come check out your history, you'll love it!
The ones with pronounced fenders are not Zil-s but they are GAZ 52, 52-04 or 53 models.
@@SideKickStudios It's the first place on my list!
@@allar4738 Yup, you are correct. I took another look and indeed, the grille is a GAZ rectangle, not the ZIL one which had a more USA flavoured lines .
Hello from estonia. This are old soviet trucks. Pretty bad ass and dangerus.
Old GAZ 51, with whatever engine a guy can think to put in basically :D i think i was attending that rally that is shown in video in beginning :D
This is pure gold go Estonia 😂😂😂👏👏👏
Tomorrow is in Estonia WRC stage I hope they make demo ride with this truck again.
Hi, IWrocker, surprising to see that You got to Estonia with Your videos :)
I'm also Estonian and one of the best of those truck rally drivers was once my co-worker, when we drove in Scandinavia.
About those trucks- those Gaz 51 trucks were made between 1946-1975 (I was born 76) and as much I remember from my childhood, they were used in rally already back then in soviet time, of course not as modified as now.
Now, as much I know, they can drive up to 100 miles per hour in speed, I don't remember the acceleration, but as it can be seen from video, it's not slow :D
Welcome to Estonia. I live here 53 years ( all my life ) that truck is old 1974 -1987 porduced GAZ 51 GAZ mind Gorgi Avto Zavod , but that is tuning GAZ 51 . Original reach only 85 km/h / 53mph and carry 2,7 tons cargo .
i think there was also a ZIL-130
GAZ Gorkiy. That trucks from 1945-1960s.
There were GAZ 52 and 53 1960-1990
@@ZhekUA sorry i admit i don't know much about old soviet truck but two of them resembled a ZIL-130 to me so my apology
@@angelinblack7685 no this other was GAZ 53
@@angelinblack7685 ZIL 130 and GAZ 53 are similar looking, but you can tell the difference from the grille. GAZ 53 has vertical slots, the ZIL has horizontal. The ZIL is bigger also but you wouldn't be able to tell that as easily.
Man im happy you enjoyed this one, they drive around my home town in lõuna-eesti ralli aswell( not this year, no town stage :( ), they can go tight pretty well
Another stage of the WRC rally started today on these same roads in Estonia. 20.07-23.07 on the official website of the WRC you can follow this rally in real time. Good luck.
When Estonia has been hosting WRC rounds, they made the WRC team principals to compete each other in these trucks lol
First up, I noticed your new format has weird aspect ratios. Fun video! I just discovered this sport like hours before your video with WRC rally Estonia pre show, where the team bosses were put to compete each others in trucks like this before the real rally action started! Only truck I've done something similar is Unimog on snow, super fun.
Those trucks have actually a V8 gas engine in them
Some are inline 6 also.
looks like fun hi from Germany
One good video from last year's Rally Estonia. Team leaders competing with each other on trucks: th-cam.com/video/aflReNM8lwE/w-d-xo.html
most of them are old soviet era trucks. To the numberplates, most rally vehicles have to be streetlegal and registered, cause they using public roads in some parts. there is a video of wrc cars in normal traffic on the way to their next race stages.
I think he has already shared a video of rally cars driving on public roads.
Remember going to spectate these races as a kid. Was a great time. The amount of cheap soviet truck frames available in the early -00s was insane. everybodies grandfather or their neighbor had one for sale, so there was no shortage of donor trucks. you could get a great machine rather cheaply and compete on an actual circuit. These trucks were tough af
let's be real here - as "tough" as they were, they were only barely even starting up every other day in their original form. gears were never going in without taking a bite out of gears (imagine the awful sound on EVERY gear change) and the thin and hard tires - as cool it is to slide with them on rallies - were just a nightmare to drive on snow. these rally versions have basically only kept the original frame, cabin and engine block, everything else is from other (western) trucks and/or custom made. it's a unique and spectacular form of a car hobby though.
my stepdad used to be pit crew for a new zealand driver when WRC still ran in perth. he also best friends with the manager of gazoo racing as they both love restoring a particular rally car and when he goes on a rally tour he tries to catch up. he joked that rally finland was basically cars and vodka lol.
Your previous setup was waaaay better
Old soviet GAZ trucks, from 1950s-1980s i think. By default gasoline inline 6 or V8 depending on the model but i have no idea what these particular have under the hood.
Something about the aspect ratio is off. Might need to finetune it a bit more... but it looks really nice.
Liked this one..and Never know ...cool
When they tested Rally Estonia to join WRC calendar back in 2019 these trucks also competed.
This is a sight to see.
We were walking back to our car with a friend when we heard one truck crash. It was in a very high speed section, but there were no spectators there. We ran to the crash sight and fortunately everyone was ok. Other than the driver and the co-driver there were two guys at the site and we managed to get the car back on the wheels with 5 people.
Unfortunately they couldn't continue, but at least we managed to clear the road for other cars.
That year was one of the best rally experiences of my life.
They are soviet era GAZ-63 and GAZ-52/3 made in Gorki(now, Nizhni-Novgorod), Russian Federation.
Man, I love this kind of race!!!
Gorkiy
Tuned variant go up 130km/h / 81 mph.
almost what the old school Paris to Dakar rally trucks looked like without all the body work?
They are petrol enigne and original was tirsty 30liters oer 100km ( 7,8 mpg ) .
That's new I've never seen it before
Common Aussie's your letter the side down 😉
I'm 💯 surprised no one here done it 🤔
It seems right up our alley
Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
Hi Ian, I have suggestion for a coming video - Volvo Trucks - The Iron Knight - The world's fastest truck. Merry christmas & happy new year!
They are russian trucks, called GAZ...russian trucks are known for being reliable, going back to 60s.
Fun things in trucks. Look up the BANDAG BULLET. .
BURNOUT truck .
Hello! I am from Estonia
cool reaction dude but you can react to russian cars in rally like lada, niva or Moskvith😊
That looks hella sketchy is what it is, horrible front to back balance, and they bounce like a shopping cart, crazy Vikings!
As it's in Estonia, I'm pretty sure these are Soviet era trucks, I recognized some Soviet Army trucks, like in Russia today, they are often used by civilians, farmers, craftsmen, etc.
Those trucks are Old russian GAZ 51 trucks and i think there also some Russian ZIL.
Fun fact:
GAZ 51 and Lublin 51 are identical but GAZ is Russian.
Lublin was build in Poland on russian license.
51 was the the year which they started to build those trucks.
I read somewhere that they have V8 engines.
newer heard of this... but should'n be surprised either...
That was excellent! I've never heard of Estonian Truck Rallying,but I'd love to go and see it.
Jari Matti Latvala, Toyota WRC team manager took part in this rally.
Old soviet trucks GAZ 51, 52, 53
Get the feeling they dont even have power steering... anyone know?
GAZ truck v8
Amazing studio! Wow
The dude in the green truck was driving. Dang, that's cool 😎
Earlier time they has food box to but rules
You're so squashed though.
take a look at crosskart snow
Checkout some actionpackage from finland rallying... Video called rallying in Finland 2022 made by Jpeltsi
Too short videos
Hi, Lov'n your channel , I have a couple of suggestions for you to react to. I'm from New Zealand ( where the Jetboat was invented) and would love to see your reaction to "Jet Sprint Boats" , NZ Marathon Jetboat racing and , from Australia , Dinghy Derby racing. Have fun!
SP plates are for rally cars
They be hustling sums it up pretty well
Express delivery
USSR( rusian) UAZ,ZIL,Ural...licence old Ford truck's
Have you seen the truck "THOR 24" That thing ROCKS!!!
Hey Ian did you change the aspect ratio of the reaction window? It looks stretched too vertically? which kind of makes the reaction not as good and the trucks more comical than they are in the original. Don't get me wrong I love your content as a fellow petrol head just thought I would give you the heads up that it looks weird and took me out of this one. Cheers matey
Hello IWrocker, you asked what are the tricks in this video as it was said before me some of them are GAZ , but the ones with the,, choped'' front is called Praga (Prague) V3S. Which as the name sugests is a czech trick that is widely known in Eastern block as a great offroader and very capable machine . It can reach up to 60 km/h or 37 miles per hour.
Thanks for all your great videos!
I believe these are old GAZ and ZIL trucks from Russia
so... when will you start these kind of truck rally in your backyard?
Nice Setup Ian!
The yellow one was a Renault if I'm not mistaken
Make one out of a replica Jeepers Creepers Truck !!!
awesome video,. did ya see how many ruts and bad dirt sections they crossed.
You should do a video introducing this to a friend
Fun is when the insects squish on the side if your truck.
And the roll bar is really made to roll over. :D
Fun video! 😊
1200HP... Rally, like most racing, is a momentum game. You don't need massive power, it costs too much in reliability, weight, cost and cooling issues.
Most rally cars (top class, 90's on) develop 300-400hp..
Group B cars were up to 550, but by 1990, 4 years after Group B was banned, the Group A cars (more had to be built for homologation so were actual cars) were as fast on the stages.
BTW, if your intrest in Rugby is open to more, the World cup just started..
Might be worth a reaction / watch-party? Squidge rugby does unbelieveably good breakdowns too.
Maybe make the subject big frame, and You (and your studio) small frame) !?
Do a tour of your studio,If You can