240z is always a classic. Laurel c33 I’ve always liked. R32’s are also good. Honestly Nissan made some pretty good cars back then. Nowadays not so much
The GTiR also had a different SR20DET variant than the Silvia and other applications...It had 4 throttle bodies, 440 cc injectors, beefier pistons and rods and a larger T28 turbo, among other things.
I've still got mine which I've owned for 21 years. 120,000 kms on the clock ( approx 75,000 miles) as I haven't driven it much. I'm gonna keep it for ever.
@@A7Xforlife99 No, in Europe it wasn't a Pulsar it was a Sunny, same car different name. My brother's first car was a Nissan Sunny SR which he then dressed up to look like a GTiR.
All the at the time "grey" imports must be gone now after one to many Pop pop bang bang hiss hiss pop pop mega bang clang hiss hiss tick tick drip drip steam steam smoke smoke tick tick tick tick ....run down the bypass near Mac D's after the latest Ebay bolt on side the house "build" monster
The Nissan Sunny was the EU Version. Got even a GTi Version here in Germany wich is as far I know is a turned down Version of this Car shows in the Vid
@@littlejam5984 Dont know what is your definition of "turned down" but Im from Poland and I have the GTi version. Its FWD, also SR20 but its naturally aspirated, 143hp. Even if it doesnt have much power it is quite fast. I would say that its nice rival for B series Hondas (but more B16 than B18 to be honest, Nissan weights more, thats why).
A sleeper in disguise? So it's sleeper that looks like it's not a sleeper, which means it looks fast, making it not a sleeper. The paradox is strong in this one
David, after watching your “Let’s talk about small car channels” video you inspired me to make my own channel. Your one inspirational dude and I just wanted to thank you for all your hard work! Love all your content
We had thousands of these things blasting round New Zealand in the late 90's early 2000's. A even sweeter and rarer sight was a U12 or U13 bluebird with the sr20det and attessa..
Had one. Canada. We get all the imports a decade before you do. It was a glorious winter beater. It's rally homologation really shined through in the snow. Sold it to a friend who turned the boost up. Blew it up. Rebuilt it. Blew it up again. Rebuilt it. Blew it up again. Then abandoned it. I should have kept it. Also, ask the owner how many times someone has said 'is that a Volkswagen?'
I like your style, see to many people on insta who PARK theirs when it snows. Whats the point of owning one? That being said, we paid quite a bit less (my first one really was a winter beater, came from japan on winter rubber from the north, already rusted out) Some guy at a tim hortons argued with me that it wasnt a nissan. he was sure about it because he owned a pathfinder "where did you get the volkswagen with the steering wheel on the wrong side"
@@funkthew0rld Still wouldn't winter park it today if I had it 😁 In 2011 when I bought mine, it was 3500 bucks. Had a MAF issue and an 18 year old owner who knew very little. Still had the umbrella. Interior was as new. Got it on the road and drove it for a couple years before the "JDM boredom" bug bit. I was quite young then, and didn't know what I had. Fuck. In 2019, the thought of an attainable 3xx bonkers AWD rally hatch the size of an angry mailbox is just plain erotic. Especially for me. The Duble take is real. I was buying some stereo stuff from a guy and he saw the car. Was like "what fucking mark of GTI is that" "mark N, fam"
@@agenericaccount3935 both mine were '91, first one didn't have the nissan umbrella but had some random one in the slot. the second one had a broken one in the slot. both were $4,500. They are selling south of the border in the 15k USD range, and are now 10 years older than when we were buying them up here. 🍁
R32 GTR RB26. It had 440cc injectors, ITBs and twin T28 turbos. RNN14 GTI-R SR20. It had 440cc injectors, ITBs and one T28 turbo. Drivetrains are nothing like each other. Pulsar gearbox is like glass. GTR engine faces north/south. GTIR is east/west (front wheel drive + rear drive) Try and find a Pulsar N15 VZ-R N1 to drive. SR16VVL NEO 180HP NA from a 1.6L. Lol @ B16a... It's like a GTIR just the next model ahead. It is FWD though but lighter and more tech.. The GTI-R was special, I wish I never sold mine. It had mild mods, straight pipe with dump tip. Rebuilt, tuned and bigger cams etc. It had aggressive idle and the odd backfire in 2006 before backfires where cool lol... I once had an older gentleman approach me and say how did I put a GTR motor in my pulsar just by going off the sound when I drove up to the petrol station and hearing it idle. Much deeper and tougher sounding then a normal SR....
thanks for the correction that part bothered me. if anyone still owns one of these good luck finding spare boxes. most people have gone through a few (myself included) and they only produced a limited number of them. the low number of spare trans means they cost a premium.
Gearboxes aren't as bad as they are made out to be. Fit a beefy clutch, sticky tyres and up the power then sidestep the clutch and yes you will break it. 30k miles in mine and it was fine. On the owners club the failure rate on the gearboxes was less than 10%. given how many cars had much more power than OEM it's not that bad. The VZR N1 is a believe 200PS. The normal VZR was 180PS I believe. I'm some ways the engine/car is better in others not so much. The N15 rear suspension is a backwards step over the N14 IMHO. Don't think that the N15 is any lighter than the N14. a VZR would be lighter than a GTiR but it doesn't have the turbo or the drivetrain. AFAIK the Sunny GTI was lighter than the Almera GTI and I don't think that the SR16VE saved much over the SR20DE. Still have some regret over loosing my Sunny GTI and Pulsar GTiR...
Yep it was but still both cars have nearly the same hp/l. And in the 1,6 l class it still is. But VZR N1 and S2000... there are still only very few NA engines that produce more!
Honda s2000 has 124hp/L < 1.6L w/200hp = 125hp/L So given what you say is true the VZR N1 still has a higher horsepower per liter than the S2000 After further research ive found that the 1.6L from the VZR N1 actually makes 179 hp, meaning it actually has 111.9 hp/L
I had my driver's training in one of these in 1988. I got my first drivers license in Australia at a time when Australians could go places where there was no speed limit restrictions. Learning to drive with this mentally in mind makes for superior drivers.
I've seen a few of these here in Australia. I heard the reason they didn't do well in WRC is the top mounted intercooler didn't cool the charge well enough. They couldn't just put a front mount on the rally cars because that's against the rules, under WRC rules, you couldn't change the intercooler position.
Great video as always, but there are a couple of wrong things. For example, there were LHD Pulsar GTi-R's, as they were also sold in Europe. There are more RHD ones, but still there are quite a few LHD GTi-R's. Also, fun fact, the stock seats are also Recaros
In south africa we have 5 door hatch and 4 door sedans called a sabre and sentra.. old specs have the front as the pulsar and we have a trim level called sti's and gxi's which came with sr20de no turbo which gets upgraded to sr20ve
Even standard here in the UK these things were faster than an Escort RS Cosworth , the Pulsar only took 5 seconds to 60mph and 155mph top speed that is epic from only 230bhp , only the Lancers and Imprezas of the time would be a little faster so with 350bhp im guessing its 4sec to 60 now very good indeed
I live in Australia and we never got GTiR's here either. I own a privately imported GTiR which I'm currently converting to a track car. It has forged internals, upgraded from the standard T28 to a Garrett GT30 ball bearing turbo, front mount intercooler, full 3" mandrel exhaust from dump pipe, apexi SAF-CII controller, full 6 way adjustable coilovers, custom short-shifter, bosch 440hp fuel pump (unfortunately still running standard injectors and ECU...for now, lol), Turbosmart dual stage boost controller. Ran on the dyno 182KW (244HP) @ 18PSi-from all 4 wheels. I love my baby Godzilla!! Lol.
I remember back in the mid 2000s when i had a mildly built holden VY SS...LS1...around 400rwhp. And i got absolutely destroyed by one of these cars haha. And was very confused by what had just transpired! Definitely not just a pulsar with a body kit!
Is this thing having any gearbox issues? I was really debating with myself on getting a GTIR but after doing some research, the gearboxes are extreamly weak and have problems as soon as you throw even bolt-on power upgrades at it. Is it a stock gearbox? 300-350 hp should have created some detrimental issues with the car. There is some aftermarket gearbox parts for these that can handle upwards of 600hp but they are extreamly expensive and from what I've seen, VERY hard to find.
I've still got mine, a 1990 model which I bought when I was 24 and I'm now 45. It's still low kms but I never had that issue with the gearbox that people raved on about despite basic mods and driving it with about 330hp. Hope that helps
We also got the GTi-R in Australia as well. I never owned one (I’d still love to have one some time), but I did own a regular 1995 Pulsar Q. As you said in the video, it was a little uneventful, but those GA16DEs were indestructible. I owned my Pulsar for nearly 5 years, and barely spent a cent on maintaining it, because it was just so damn reliable. I’d say it was the best car I’ve ever owned.
I wanted one so bad when I was younger. It was the ultimate sleeper. Powerful for its day and no one even in Australia had them. Only those really into cars knew about them. I never got to drive one and I'd love too.
Used to be big into 90s nissans had my fair share of fwd sr20s. Wanted one of these but figured may be a bit tough to source parts. Still miss my 91 Sentra that had a VE and Jim Wolf cams.
I remember using the GTi-R in the early Gran Turismo games, but it wasn’t even featured in the later titles as much so it isn’t as well known as the Silvia, Z(Fairlady in Japan), Skyline and such...
I had one of these and a mate had a familia GTR when we first got our licences in 2006. The GTIR had way more torque but the BP 1.8 revved hard and ran more boost. Ah those were the days hahaha....
Japan made some really good Nissans in the 90s and 2000s. The Sentra and Maxima platforms were also underrated, well the Maxima was at least in my opinion. I think the downfall is it's a FWD car... but hey that didn't stop everyone from loving the Civics.
I had one of these and a mate had a familia GTR when we first got our licences in 2006. The GTIR had way more torque but the BP 1.8 revved hard and ran more boost. Ah those were the days hahaha....
For those that don't know, the FWD SR20 can be found in the following cars in the USA: (all non-turbo but easily upgradeable) - '91-94 NX2000 (140hp, unsure of years) - '91-94 Sentra SE-R (140hp) - '95-98 200SX SE-R (140hp Sentra coupe basically) - '99 Sentra SE-L (140hp) - '00-01 Sentra SE (145hp) - '91-96 Infiniti G20 (140hp) - '98-02 Infiniti G20 (145hp)
Got a Pulsar N14 GTI, a learnt to drive fast and clean with it. Plan is now to get an SR16 and cams. Drivetrain upgrade and lsd. And wanted to go with a GtiR (we had them LHD in Europe) but i just loved mine and I want to just conitnue with here next with my other cars. Plus i can confirm the cargo space. I was a student for 3 years when i had this Pulsar. I moved with 3 houses without renting something bigger. But i also didn't had any big fourniture. Perfect for road trip also sleeping in the back, seats down at the beach during was i very good memory ! I'm really glad to finnaly see a very good video by somebody famous for his quality about the N14 :) Ah and the N14 came also with the GA16DE and the SR20DE non turbo.
There's a guy right down the road from me that has one. I absolutely love this car. It looks cool, it sounds good and it truly is the baby gtr r32. I would love to have one
Ever since i owned an 89 pulsar and looked into them I wanted a Sunny, and now I can actually buy one in the states so hopefully within a year I’ll get one.
A guy I know, Reg Cook, here in NZ builds 1000hp specced sr20det race engines. Although the GTIRs he built dont make the same numbers they were up in 600-800
A A still there? I lived in nz for just about 1 and a half years, only saw this on sale once in trade me Any heads up on where to find them? Currently owning a standard ga15 hatch and lovin it for how reliable it is, but cvs have just started clicking hard recently
When we think of the SR20 we don't think of 240 swaps, we think of the SE-R and NX2000, which both came with the SR20 from the factory in the US. That's the SR20DE, the NA version. The Pulsar GTiR uses the turbocharged version which is the SR20DET.
bro. you gotta keep finding these different cars. cars the country never got. Also i was thinking. if you are able to. you should like go to australia and do like australian cars. like the commodores and like ford falcons and finally drive the BARRA
We got them in the UK when they was in production. Great car. Bad points, weak gearbox for anything more than stock bhp. Kills drive shaft universal joints if you fit big wheels.
@@VintageTechRepairs you was lucky the 3 that were in my area all suffered gearbox failure, all were running bigger wheels and around 400hp, it kills them. Just do a google search for weak gtir gearbox and there's so many forum posts about it.
Spent the first minute of the video thinking how much this guy sounds like the engineering explained guy.. Imagine my surprise when he opens the second segment with "hello and welcome"! 😂
I have a 1992 GTi-R currently and have a fully built motor, turbo etc etc. It is easily my favourite car that I have owned and bang for buck pretty quick for what it is. There is something special about 90s Nissan cars even though they have their issues and these cars are just getting harder and harder to find. Anybody that has one, don't sell it. Anybody that wants one, buy one soon before the price sky rockets like a lot of other 90s Japanese cars.
It looks like a sentra in the front and an old school vw golf from the rear but I loved this car ever since I played grand truismo on ps1. Great video super rare car I think in my opinion.
Ah memories, in the late 90s with 300+ HP , not many cars on the road that could hassle these :) apart from big V8s and angry wrxs :) Even today these are quick. After selling mine all those year ago I want it back for my midlife crisis !
Cool to see such a beautiful car, the sad thing is that I haven't see you make a turn with it (which is why this car was built for) and instead talking about a 13"sec quarter mile
What’s your favorite Nissan ever made?
Either a 240z, 370z, or an s12 silvia
ThatDudeinBlue The Z32 TT, but I’m biased, of course! 😁
Is R35 GTR too obvious? It was a world beater for cheap when it first came out. Kinda like the 06 Z06.
this one!
240z is always a classic. Laurel c33 I’ve always liked. R32’s are also good. Honestly Nissan made some pretty good cars back then. Nowadays not so much
The GTiR also had a different SR20DET variant than the Silvia and other applications...It had 4 throttle bodies, 440 cc injectors, beefier pistons and rods and a larger T28 turbo, among other things.
You can use Google, good job.
86250r stop hatin 🤣 the man knows his stuff let him be
i for one read that in a manual on SR'sa couple years ago, so maybe not everyone uses google u know
@@86250r PussyFace Loser
Yes it's the 54c variant. SR20DET (54c)
Its also the only SR20DET with ITBs from the factory
Turbo and ITBS wow 🤯
Fuck now im buying one for sure.
And 8 injectors
@@whosthatguy9 whut
@@Jean_1999 Same as the RB26DETT
I've still got mine which I've owned for 21 years. 120,000 kms on the clock ( approx 75,000 miles) as I haven't driven it much. I'm gonna keep it for ever.
Don't make the mistakes I did, wrote one off and sold the second one. biggest regret of mine
Ive had mine for 14 years, and 118,000km's.... also never selling mine. One of the greatest cars of the 90's
Had one for 11, another for 8 and the third for 7. Trying to convince the wife I need a fourth, he he.
I regret selling mine almost everyday. There's something about the rnn14 that's special. Cheerish your car, I replaced mine with an Evo3
I had one too. that's good to hear they're great cars.
This car was sold as a Sunny in the UK, we even got the GTiR officially.
Rare as hen's teeth.
I believe the sunny was a lightweight version too, saw one years ago and had a quick word with the owner and said they're about 50kgs lighter
@@A7Xforlife99 No, in Europe it wasn't a Pulsar it was a Sunny, same car different name.
My brother's first car was a Nissan Sunny SR which he then dressed up to look like a GTiR.
All the at the time "grey" imports must be gone now after one to many Pop pop bang bang hiss hiss pop pop mega bang clang hiss hiss tick tick drip drip steam steam smoke smoke tick tick tick tick ....run down the bypass near Mac D's after the latest Ebay bolt on side the house "build" monster
The Nissan Sunny was the EU Version. Got even a GTi Version here in Germany wich is as far I know is a turned down Version of this Car shows in the Vid
@@littlejam5984 Dont know what is your definition of "turned down" but Im from Poland and I have the GTi version. Its FWD, also SR20 but its naturally aspirated, 143hp. Even if it doesnt have much power it is quite fast. I would say that its nice rival for B series Hondas (but more B16 than B18 to be honest, Nissan weights more, thats why).
Nobody: *watching at 7:10 *
Doug DeMuro: *manifests* I will now climb into the backseat of this Nissan Pulsar GTi-R
Watch out he might give you a doug score
Does the Nissan Pulsar GTiR have cup holders in the back seats? 🤔
THIIISS
The Nissan pulsar is the kid who wasn’t allowed to play in the sandbox so he grew up as bought his own sandbox.
That makes no sense
A sleeper in disguise? So it's sleeper that looks like it's not a sleeper, which means it looks fast, making it not a sleeper. The paradox is strong in this one
Lol
i was trying to work out how to word that too lol. If it was a standard pulsar body it would be a sleeper.
@@GreenStonedNZ for sure, just because people wouldn't recognize it doesn't mean they would be sleepin on it.
David, after watching your “Let’s talk about small car channels” video you inspired me to make my own channel. Your one inspirational dude and I just wanted to thank you for all your hard work! Love all your content
Last time I was this early Jasmine only had 3 digits of horsepower
These cars are sick. There's a dude in my country drives around a blue one pushing 600 hp & caged. Fast af and so loud 🚗🔥
Couple sr20's are sure to pull a premium before race wars.
This gave me some nostalgia vibes! My first car was a '92 Nissan Sentra SE-R with a SR20DE and it had a very similar front end. Loved that thing!
We had those in Europe, in left hand drive. But it was called the "Sunny" instead of "Pulsar".
SR20 turbo and all wheel drive?
@@willybshreddn3794 Yes. Nissan Sunny GTI-R is the same car as the Pulsar GTI-R, but LHD. th-cam.com/video/Ql5Q31KPD60/w-d-xo.html
@@willybshreddn3794 Same spec, Sunny GTIR, look it up.
Yeah, the LHD Euro models are super rare ;)
I'm in Aus and have a RHD model. Sunburst Yellow :)
Only 600 LHD made, we got 2 of them in Iceland!
We had thousands of these things blasting round New Zealand in the late 90's early 2000's. A even sweeter and rarer sight was a U12 or U13 bluebird with the sr20det and attessa..
Those bluebirds the real sleeper Nissan's
Had one. Canada. We get all the imports a decade before you do.
It was a glorious winter beater. It's rally homologation really shined through in the snow. Sold it to a friend who turned the boost up. Blew it up. Rebuilt it. Blew it up again. Rebuilt it. Blew it up again. Then abandoned it.
I should have kept it.
Also, ask the owner how many times someone has said 'is that a Volkswagen?'
I like your style, see to many people on insta who PARK theirs when it snows. Whats the point of owning one?
That being said, we paid quite a bit less (my first one really was a winter beater, came from japan on winter rubber from the north, already rusted out)
Some guy at a tim hortons argued with me that it wasnt a nissan. he was sure about it because he owned a pathfinder "where did you get the volkswagen with the steering wheel on the wrong side"
@@funkthew0rld Still wouldn't winter park it today if I had it 😁
In 2011 when I bought mine, it was 3500 bucks. Had a MAF issue and an 18 year old owner who knew very little. Still had the umbrella. Interior was as new.
Got it on the road and drove it for a couple years before the "JDM boredom" bug bit. I was quite young then, and didn't know what I had. Fuck.
In 2019, the thought of an attainable 3xx bonkers AWD rally hatch the size of an angry mailbox is just plain erotic. Especially for me.
The Duble take is real. I was buying some stereo stuff from a guy and he saw the car. Was like "what fucking mark of GTI is that"
"mark N, fam"
@@agenericaccount3935 both mine were '91, first one didn't have the nissan umbrella but had some random one in the slot. the second one had a broken one in the slot. both were $4,500. They are selling south of the border in the 15k USD range, and are now 10 years older than when we were buying them up here. 🍁
R32 GTR RB26. It had 440cc injectors, ITBs and twin T28 turbos.
RNN14 GTI-R SR20. It had 440cc injectors, ITBs and one T28 turbo.
Drivetrains are nothing like each other. Pulsar gearbox is like glass. GTR engine faces north/south. GTIR is east/west (front wheel drive + rear drive)
Try and find a Pulsar N15 VZ-R N1 to drive. SR16VVL NEO 180HP NA from a 1.6L. Lol @ B16a...
It's like a GTIR just the next model ahead. It is FWD though but lighter and more tech..
The GTI-R was special, I wish I never sold mine. It had mild mods, straight pipe with dump tip. Rebuilt, tuned and bigger cams etc. It had aggressive idle and the odd backfire in 2006 before backfires where cool lol... I once had an older gentleman approach me and say how did I put a GTR motor in my pulsar just by going off the sound when I drove up to the petrol station and hearing it idle. Much deeper and tougher sounding then a normal SR....
thanks for the correction that part bothered me. if anyone still owns one of these good luck finding spare boxes. most people have gone through a few (myself included) and they only produced a limited number of them. the low number of spare trans means they cost a premium.
I'm just trying to get 400 hp on my Avenir W11 sr20det on my sentra man haha
Gearboxes aren't as bad as they are made out to be. Fit a beefy clutch, sticky tyres and up the power then sidestep the clutch and yes you will break it. 30k miles in mine and it was fine. On the owners club the failure rate on the gearboxes was less than 10%. given how many cars had much more power than OEM it's not that bad.
The VZR N1 is a believe 200PS. The normal VZR was 180PS I believe. I'm some ways the engine/car is better in others not so much. The N15 rear suspension is a backwards step over the N14 IMHO. Don't think that the N15 is any lighter than the N14. a VZR would be lighter than a GTiR but it doesn't have the turbo or the drivetrain. AFAIK the Sunny GTI was lighter than the Almera GTI and I don't think that the SR16VE saved much over the SR20DE.
Still have some regret over loosing my Sunny GTI and Pulsar GTiR...
Why does ever single BMW smell like a 😭cryola box😭 LMAO
Audi and VW too... Must be a german thing 😆
Lmfao! True!
Mk4 VW’s from Mexico only really had the smell as well
Iirc its the insulation getting old. My e46 had it.
Another pretty cool pulsar is the VZR N1, it had a 1.6L NA engine with 200HP, the highest amount of NA power per liter until Honda released the S2000
Yep it was but still both cars have nearly the same hp/l. And in the 1,6 l class it still is. But VZR N1 and S2000... there are still only very few NA engines that produce more!
So then the s2000 held the record of the engine with the highest HP output per litre and then came the Ferrari 458.
@@Jean_1999 But not many others. And these are high end cars. VZR N1 and S2000 are not.
If I'm not mistaken the SR16N1 VVL was that engine and is VERY VERY rare engine..
Honda s2000 has 124hp/L < 1.6L w/200hp = 125hp/L
So given what you say is true the VZR N1 still has a higher horsepower per liter than the S2000
After further research ive found that the 1.6L from the VZR N1 actually makes 179 hp, meaning it actually has 111.9 hp/L
Here in Germany we got 600 Sunny GTi-R (about 30 left now). These are basically the same but left hand drive. I got one of them :)
Who else is loving the meme integration in David's videos? lol
Hella cool and funny 😂
Funny, but maybe a hair overboard.
Ahhh, it's a hit or miss.
those gtir's are really cool! that's actually the first rhd car i've been in. A buddy of mine had one and it was a pretty fun toy !
I had my driver's training in one of these in 1988. I got my first drivers license in Australia at a time when Australians could go places where there was no speed limit restrictions. Learning to drive with this mentally in mind makes for superior drivers.
they actually had to produce 2500/5000 units depending on year.The figure of 500 units was for Touring car evolution models
The Pulsar GTI-R is one of my favorite oddballs
And best part is that it comes from rallying with an AWD system from the Skyline GTR
Its really not the same as the GTR, this is transverse engine layout.
It's not a GTR drivetrain.
It's know as being pretty weak.
So os the Pulsar AWD full time or similar to the Attesa E-TS system?
@@willybshreddn3794 No, it's just a basic AWD system, no clever torque split or 4ws.
The Skyline GT-R is way more complicated.
@@willybshreddn3794 Full time
I've seen a few of these here in Australia. I heard the reason they didn't do well in WRC is the top mounted intercooler didn't cool the charge well enough. They couldn't just put a front mount on the rally cars because that's against the rules, under WRC rules, you couldn't change the intercooler position.
Think about that a minute, both toyota and subaru had top mounted intercoolers and both got podium positions in wrc all the time
@@funkthew0rld well, every car that placed on the podium had a top mount… Because like the guy said, front mount wasn’t allowed
@@funkthew0rld their ones obviously worked better
@@bobaIina what about the front mount on the Mitsubishi lancer evolution?
the guy didn't say front mount wasn't allowed, you did, and you're wrong.
This was one of my favorite Nissan's in middle school but for some reason forgot about it. Thank you for reuniting me with one of my favorites
Great video as always, but there are a couple of wrong things. For example, there were LHD Pulsar GTi-R's, as they were also sold in Europe. There are more RHD ones, but still there are quite a few LHD GTi-R's.
Also, fun fact, the stock seats are also Recaros
Love that car, I remember using that car in grand turismo 2 as the starter car and after your review it still is one of my top favorites cars.
In south africa we have 5 door hatch and 4 door sedans called a sabre and sentra.. old specs have the front as the pulsar and we have a trim level called sti's and gxi's which came with sr20de no turbo which gets upgraded to sr20ve
I leave in Quebec where we have lot of snow in the winter and this car is stunning in the snow... Really fun to toss around snowy corners
Even standard here in the UK these things were faster than an Escort RS Cosworth , the Pulsar only took 5 seconds to 60mph and 155mph top speed that is epic from only 230bhp , only the Lancers and Imprezas of the time would be a little faster so with 350bhp im guessing its 4sec to 60 now very good indeed
I live in Australia and we never got GTiR's here either. I own a privately imported GTiR which I'm currently converting to a track car.
It has forged internals, upgraded from the standard T28 to a Garrett GT30 ball bearing turbo, front mount intercooler, full 3" mandrel exhaust from dump pipe, apexi SAF-CII controller, full 6 way adjustable coilovers, custom short-shifter, bosch 440hp fuel pump (unfortunately still running standard injectors and ECU...for now, lol), Turbosmart dual stage boost controller.
Ran on the dyno 182KW (244HP) @ 18PSi-from all 4 wheels.
I love my baby Godzilla!! Lol.
I remember back in the mid 2000s when i had a mildly built holden VY SS...LS1...around 400rwhp.
And i got absolutely destroyed by one of these cars haha. And was very confused by what had just transpired!
Definitely not just a pulsar with a body kit!
Something you forgot to mention that is cool about the Pulsar is the Sr20 is mounted Sideways* (for the haters)
Looks pretty vertical to me
I believe you mean not mounted longitudinally instead of vertically
@@evozero905 yea that lol im a bit tired been up for two days xD
@@cutthroat795 fixed it for you bb
Every Sentra SE-R and Infiniti G20 from the 90's is the same way. ;)
My favorite Nissan is the S15 but I’ve also always wanted a GTiR. They are so different. SR20 plus AWD sounds like an amazing anytime!
We got SR20s in the US. We just didn't get the turbo versions.
Yep, 91-98 Sentra/200SX SE-R, 00-01 Sentra SE, 92-02 Infiniti G20
I owned a 2000 Nissan Primera P11 SR20DET JDM left side steering.. was a very fun car to drive but I couldn't import it to the USA..
@@geogmz8277 They converted it to LHD?
@@geogmz8277 JDM left side steering? thats highly unlikely since JDM models were right hand drive. Weird flex but ok
Is this thing having any gearbox issues? I was really debating with myself on getting a GTIR but after doing some research, the gearboxes are extreamly weak and have problems as soon as you throw even bolt-on power upgrades at it.
Is it a stock gearbox? 300-350 hp should have created some detrimental issues with the car. There is some aftermarket gearbox parts for these that can handle upwards of 600hp but they are extreamly expensive and from what I've seen, VERY hard to find.
So tru but i think ppl end up goin fwd with the 2002-2006 sentra ser spec v gbox
I've still got mine, a 1990 model which I bought when I was 24 and I'm now 45. It's still low kms but I never had that issue with the gearbox that people raved on about despite basic mods and driving it with about 330hp. Hope that helps
We also got the GTi-R in Australia as well. I never owned one (I’d still love to have one some time), but I did own a regular 1995 Pulsar Q. As you said in the video, it was a little uneventful, but those GA16DEs were indestructible. I owned my Pulsar for nearly 5 years, and barely spent a cent on maintaining it, because it was just so damn reliable. I’d say it was the best car I’ve ever owned.
I wanted one so bad when I was younger. It was the ultimate sleeper. Powerful for its day and no one even in Australia had them. Only those really into cars knew about them. I never got to drive one and I'd love too.
Yessssssss. Finally more cars I can relate to... These are everywhere in Jamaica
GTi-Rs or Pulsars in general?
@@LouisSubearth both... I even know of someone turning a regular pulsar into an awd version with the. Sr20vet motor... Running 9s in the quarter mile
As newzealander i actually see alot of them, even my small town, but you help but appreciate the performance that makes them so special
Ahh the good old baby GTR. There used to be heaps of these running around here in Australia until all of them blew up I presume.
Used to be big into 90s nissans had my fair share of fwd sr20s. Wanted one of these but figured may be a bit tough to source parts. Still miss my 91 Sentra that had a VE and Jim Wolf cams.
love this car!!!! Someone with Celica gt4 or 22b hit him up
Senhue Ezechiels nobody is going to hit him up with a real 22b
22b is ome of the rarest and most expensive cars there is. I highly doubt someone would hit him up. Fun fact that is my dream car
There is a guy local in Warner robins with a red Celica gt4. Pretty sweet ride. There used to be a silver one as well. Lots of neat local rides
Yes please a Celica gt four the 92 body style
Would love to see a gt4 review
I remember using the GTi-R in the early Gran Turismo games, but it wasn’t even featured in the later titles as much so it isn’t as well known as the Silvia, Z(Fairlady in Japan), Skyline and such...
This was my problem with gran turismo, they totally drop this gem from the nissan lineup
They dropped the GTi-R but had like ten variants of Skyline GT-R lol... Come ON, Kaz!
I had one of these and a mate had a familia GTR when we first got our licences in 2006. The GTIR had way more torque but the BP 1.8 revved hard and ran more boost. Ah those were the days hahaha....
I had a 1995 escort GT back in the day and it had the 1.8 BP. Thing was an amazing motor
@@max68435 I'm guessing with a modern turbo, cooling, ethanol and a good ECU they would rip for the size.
You gave me a heart attack at 0:42. Had me thinking my headphones were giving out phew 😅
SUPREME me too lmao
I've always wanted to import one of these
I see ThatDudeinBlue with a Pulsar GTI-R
Instant click🔥
The hell is with this low view count? These are rookie numbers! Our man deserves better!
I've had the pleasure of driving one nice example of this car with probably even closer to 400hp.. was so much fun!
We did get the pulsar. They're just called the Sentra in the US :) Unfortunately no, hatch, AWD or turbo though.
b13 is not n14 last time i checked.. even still the p10 is more similar than a sentra (infiniti g20), thanks for coming out though
Japan made some really good Nissans in the 90s and 2000s. The Sentra and Maxima platforms were also underrated, well the Maxima was at least in my opinion. I think the downfall is it's a FWD car... but hey that didn't stop everyone from loving the Civics.
Omfg! Wow great video! I wanted one of these 10years ago but was hard to find in Toronto. Super rare! Now find a Mazda familia 323 GTR .
I own 4 mazda 1988 323 gtxses
I had one of these and a mate had a familia GTR when we first got our licences in 2006. The GTIR had way more torque but the BP 1.8 revved hard and ran more boost. Ah those were the days hahaha....
Theres a group a celica gt4 in australia waiting for you to try if you ever get to these shores . Hope to give you the chance one day david!
GREAT VIDEO your voice always sounds good and word choice always good too. Good video!
Great video David 👍
Just passed through GA yesterday coming home from Florida. It was 103!!!
For those that don't know, the FWD SR20 can be found in the following cars in the USA: (all non-turbo but easily upgradeable)
- '91-94 NX2000 (140hp, unsure of years)
- '91-94 Sentra SE-R (140hp)
- '95-98 200SX SE-R (140hp Sentra coupe basically)
- '99 Sentra SE-L (140hp)
- '00-01 Sentra SE (145hp)
- '91-96 Infiniti G20 (140hp)
- '98-02 Infiniti G20 (145hp)
Got a Pulsar N14 GTI, a learnt to drive fast and clean with it.
Plan is now to get an SR16 and cams. Drivetrain upgrade and lsd. And wanted to go with a GtiR (we had them LHD in Europe) but i just loved mine and I want to just conitnue with here next with my other cars.
Plus i can confirm the cargo space. I was a student for 3 years when i had this Pulsar. I moved with 3 houses without renting something bigger. But i also didn't had any big fourniture.
Perfect for road trip also sleeping in the back, seats down at the beach during was i very good memory !
I'm really glad to finnaly see a very good video by somebody famous for his quality about the N14 :)
Ah and the N14 came also with the GA16DE and the SR20DE non turbo.
We called this the baby Zilla here in Aus & NZ because that's what it was. Such a fun car.
I saw the teaser on IG. I had the biggest hunch that it was a pulsar
I’m not disappointed
There's a guy right down the road from me that has one. I absolutely love this car. It looks cool, it sounds good and it truly is the baby gtr r32. I would love to have one
Ever since i owned an 89 pulsar and looked into them I wanted a Sunny, and now I can actually buy one in the states so hopefully within a year I’ll get one.
One of my top 5 favourite cars. AWD coupe hatch turbo. I need this. Love my BRZ but excited to get into the next car. Whatever it may be.
turbo AWD nissan? you mean the MID4? or the Bluebird SSSR?
the rasheen :P
Its like the more modern verisoin of the mazda 323 gtx and gtr
O noes sadam el zed is madam el zed
Oh, someone that knows the Mazda 323 GT-R!
I haven’t heard that name since the days when I had a 95 escort GT
the 2 cars are from the same era 🤣🤣
Not all right hand drive, there were about 600 left hand drive ones under the Sunny name
A guy I know, Reg Cook, here in NZ builds 1000hp specced sr20det race engines. Although the GTIRs he built dont make the same numbers they were up in 600-800
Hey David, there is So many of these here in New Zealand, come visit bro!
A A still there? I lived in nz for just about 1 and a half years, only saw this on sale once in trade me
Any heads up on where to find them? Currently owning a standard ga15 hatch and lovin it for how reliable it is, but cvs have just started clicking hard recently
@@xplorer2361 There's one on TadeMe right now if you're still looking for one. Asking price is 14k which is decent considering its condition
I use to race these threw the country lanes with my mates as a teenager 🤙🏻🤣
Bro, the umbrella bro. Theres a dam umbrella in the door like a rolls-Royce. Lol
This is a Series 2 car (no umbrella, no p on grill, and that horn button is from series 1, along with the wheel being aftermarket of some kind)
Victory Motorsport headquarters. This is the second one of these that I have seen. One was in CT.
Welcome To The Madness mot? ;)
The owner of the black one in CT recently sold it. I wanted it.
This.....is a good way to start my morning break. Cheers! ☕️
When we think of the SR20 we don't think of 240 swaps, we think of the SE-R and NX2000, which both came with the SR20 from the factory in the US. That's the SR20DE, the NA version. The Pulsar GTiR uses the turbocharged version which is the SR20DET.
bro. you gotta keep finding these different cars. cars the country never got. Also i was thinking. if you are able to. you should like go to australia and do like australian cars. like the commodores and like ford falcons and finally drive the BARRA
If I had deep enough pockets, I'd Barra swap a few cars and be the reason Barra's blow up in popularity in Myrtle Beach.
A friend of mine has a 91 Sentra sedan that we swapped in a SR20DET from a GTI-R. He replaced the factory t25 turbo for a t28. It's a beast
the factory turbo was a t28. his sr might be from a bluebird
@@funkthew0rld I could be wrong. It's been a while since he did the swap so I may have some information mixed up lol
Finally did one!!!! Yes, the only other hatchback I would like to own besides my dream hatch Lancia Delta Intergrale Evo
I kinda want one now. I had this same vibe when you made the video of that Mitsubishi Starion.
Now we need a Super Turbo!!! PLEASE someone have a March and get in touch with the man here!!!!
Glass gearboxes in the GTiR very weak, otherwise fun modern classic. Here in NewZealand we've always been spoiled with JDM goodness :)
We got them in the UK when they was in production.
Great car.
Bad points, weak gearbox for anything more than stock bhp.
Kills drive shaft universal joints if you fit big wheels.
Yeah man the cars are fairly rare but to find a gearbox........impossible
Never managed to wreck a gearbox in mine. I own three however the rot monster has them
@@VintageTechRepairs you was lucky the 3 that were in my area all suffered gearbox failure, all were running bigger wheels and around 400hp, it kills them.
Just do a google search for weak gtir gearbox and there's so many forum posts about it.
You forgot about rust :D
@@PB_Motorsport hahaha hey they weren't that rusty in the early 2000's, that was reserved for the sx200 back then lol
Hope you come across a Masda Familia GT Hatchback
Also love a b14 sentra that has na sr20 but also sr20dett is easiest swap same motor mounts
We DID get cars with the SR20, but it was a N/A SR20DE not the DET. Pulsar NX2000, Sentra SE-R, 200sx SE-R, Sentra SE, and all Infiniti G20.
Spent the first minute of the video thinking how much this guy sounds like the engineering explained guy.. Imagine my surprise when he opens the second segment with "hello and welcome"! 😂
I have a 1992 GTi-R currently and have a fully built motor, turbo etc etc. It is easily my favourite car that I have owned and bang for buck pretty quick for what it is. There is something special about 90s Nissan cars even though they have their issues and these cars are just getting harder and harder to find. Anybody that has one, don't sell it. Anybody that wants one, buy one soon before the price sky rockets like a lot of other 90s Japanese cars.
It looks like a sentra in the front and an old school vw golf from the rear but I loved this car ever since I played grand truismo on ps1. Great video super rare car I think in my opinion.
Ah memories, in the late 90s with 300+ HP , not many cars on the road that could hassle these :) apart from big V8s and angry wrxs :) Even today these are quick. After selling mine all those year ago I want it back for my midlife crisis !
I like the new editing 😂
Cool to see such a beautiful car, the sad thing is that I haven't see you make a turn with it (which is why this car was built for) and instead talking about a 13"sec quarter mile
If i remember correctly,there was a left stear version sold in rest of europe not uk called nissan sunny gti-r.
Are these full time AWD or Attesa E-TS like a Skyline?
Willyb shreddn atessa ets
We need this car in Horizon.....as well as Japan as the next location 😌
Guess what? Its in Horizon now!
The bluebird sss was also a 4wd nissan based on the us nissan stanza. Came with either a ca18 or a sr20.
I love mine. Thanks for the review!
These are a really popular tuning platform here in Ireland, I love the little things!
Glad to see one of these again. They were kinda odd and not super popular so not many people know about them
Neat.
Really hoping David gets a ride in a modded Q60 at some point.