I know a guy in my hometown of Perth who has a GTS-R. He brings it to Cars and Coffee every now and then. He loves his Nissans. Has a GTI-R and an R32 as well.
The GTS-R was a remap and boost increase away from having over 350hp with factory hardware, which was unheard of at the time. That massive T04E was severely underutilized in stock form.
@@mickeynismocat I strait swapped mine for a 1985 200zx. Yes zx not sx. New Zealand was fortunate to get 99.5% of the JDM so we have had some special cars here in hindsight . I Really wish I held onto my R31, as they are worth $80,000 these days.
I think you summarized it well in the sence that the Gtsr was a warm up. And not worthy at the time for the GTR bage. The executives probably knew what the r32 will become.
Well yes and no, the r32 was purpose built from the ground up as a group a racecar. The rb26 displacement of 2.6L is due to the group A regulations. The executives can't have known how successful it would be mainly due to the insane amount of R&D done by the Australian group A race team Gibson motorsport in the aussie touring car series. They developed the gtr a lot more than nissan did.
great video, but fyi there were overseas skyline models after the r31. from what i remmeber, Australia got a couple 32 gtrs and in the uk there were a few 33 gtrs as well, all converted to be uk specs with a speedo in mph and the indicator moved to the right side of the steering wheel
Now the Nissan Primera is a real unicorn, especially the JTCC or Tommy Kaira cars. I wonder if there is an Autech Primera? I’d love to see a video on that car! Great content!
GTS-R probably would have got the job done had it arrived 18 months earlier. It would have cleaned house with the first spec M3 & Volvo. Gibson only got them up to the Sierra's level with a ton of work in Australia.
The USDM version was the car I used to take my driver’s test when I was 16. It seems weird now, but technically, my mom traded a Supra in on a Skyline (MA60 P-Type for an M30 Infiniti)
@ Was it not? I had thought they were the same in that generation but with different engine options? Not sure. Regardless, it had the same sort of iconic controls around the gauge cluster and, you’re right, it was a fun car. The transmission started acting up at very low miles, though. She didn’t have it very long.
I drove a couple of these back in the day, and the GTS-R certainly has some weird quirks, the turbo doesn’t come on boost until a very high 5,000rpm. At first it feels like there’s something broken, until you realise that the turbo kicks in very very late. In comparison the stock GTS was more of a mid range engine, that was running out of breath at 6000
My 1986 MA70 Supra had TEMS, electronic controlled suspension. So was Nissan or Toyota actually first? The supra with IT's 3.0L 6 (7M-GE) made 150 _KW_ vs the 150 HP of RB30, it made the R31 look ridiculous.
Nissan was first with the 4WS system and the headlights, and Toyota was first with electronic control suspension. I think it's about 1 or 2 years... Honda must be somewhere around too
My ‘85 Skyline has the electronically controlled suspension and ‘86 is the first year of the MA70 right? Also another world first for the R31 is the keycard keyless entry! Mine is missing the card at the moment but has all the supporting tech to make it work again so that’ll be a fun project :)
R30/31 are still pretty underrated in my opinion, cool cars for sure :-) +1 subscription from an A70 Supra owner thanks to this Nissan video ;-D
I know a guy in my hometown of Perth who has a GTS-R. He brings it to Cars and Coffee every now and then. He loves his Nissans. Has a GTI-R and an R32 as well.
The video essay is a 9/10. Especially for the synthwave music.
Thanks for such a high score😄🙏
The GTS-R was a remap and boost increase away from having over 350hp with factory hardware, which was unheard of at the time. That massive T04E was severely underutilized in stock form.
I remember growing up reading the magazines. Reading about the ceremic turbos
I owned a 1986 GTSX. I loved that car.
I also had one too!
@@mickeynismocat I strait swapped mine for a 1985 200zx. Yes zx not sx. New Zealand was fortunate to get 99.5% of the JDM so we have had some special cars here in hindsight . I Really wish I held onto my R31, as they are worth $80,000 these days.
Awesome video and narrating 👌
@@Zizlak thanks 🙌🏼
I think you summarized it well in the sence that the Gtsr was a warm up. And not worthy at the time for the GTR bage. The executives probably knew what the r32 will become.
Well yes and no, the r32 was purpose built from the ground up as a group a racecar. The rb26 displacement of 2.6L is due to the group A regulations. The executives can't have known how successful it would be mainly due to the insane amount of R&D done by the Australian group A race team Gibson motorsport in the aussie touring car series. They developed the gtr a lot more than nissan did.
great video, but fyi there were overseas skyline models after the r31. from what i remmeber, Australia got a couple 32 gtrs and in the uk there were a few 33 gtrs as well, all converted to be uk specs with a speedo in mph and the indicator moved to the right side of the steering wheel
Now the Nissan Primera is a real unicorn, especially the JTCC or Tommy Kaira cars. I wonder if there is an Autech Primera? I’d love to see a video on that car! Great content!
yes there were 400 of Autech Primeras made with modified SR20, LSD and some exterior features...perhaps it's the car to highlight too😁
I also had a 92 primera 4wd. Engine swap and rear diff out of a u13 bluebird. Another car i also loved.
GTS-R probably would have got the job done had it arrived 18 months earlier. It would have cleaned house with the first spec M3 & Volvo. Gibson only got them up to the Sierra's level with a ton of work in Australia.
Very cool, very 80’s, car.
The USDM version was the car I used to take my driver’s test when I was 16. It seems weird now, but technically, my mom traded a Supra in on a Skyline (MA60 P-Type for an M30 Infiniti)
I believe the Infiniti M30 was a rebadged Nissan Leopard with the VG engine instead of the RB but the M30 is still a beautifully fantastic car!
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Was it not? I had thought they were the same in that generation but with different engine options? Not sure. Regardless, it had the same sort of iconic controls around the gauge cluster and, you’re right, it was a fun car. The transmission started acting up at very low miles, though. She didn’t have it very long.
I drove a couple of these back in the day, and the GTS-R certainly has some weird quirks, the turbo doesn’t come on boost until a very high 5,000rpm. At first it feels like there’s something broken, until you realise that the turbo kicks in very very late. In comparison the stock GTS was more of a mid range engine, that was running out of breath at 6000
Old school vibes😅
Bubble era Japan peak Japan.
My 1986 MA70 Supra had TEMS, electronic controlled suspension. So was Nissan or Toyota actually first? The supra with IT's 3.0L 6 (7M-GE) made 150 _KW_ vs the 150 HP of RB30, it made the R31 look ridiculous.
Nissan was first with the 4WS system and the headlights, and Toyota was first with electronic control suspension. I think it's about 1 or 2 years... Honda must be somewhere around too
My ‘85 Skyline has the electronically controlled suspension and ‘86 is the first year of the MA70 right? Also another world first for the R31 is the keycard keyless entry! Mine is missing the card at the moment but has all the supporting tech to make it work again so that’ll be a fun project :)
I think it's an r31 that's a skyline
Back when most Nissans looked good, now they're just bleh.😮💨
Nice video but using Rivsu Imports footage knowning what those guys did is kinda bad
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Ew a nissan