This will probably get lost in the comments but AN fittings and heim joints were both designed and built for the American armed forces. AN actually stands for Army Navy, and we're engineered before WW2. Heim joints were came out in 1942. Learning that AN stands for Army Navy explains why their default color scheme is red and blue, which I've always found super interesting!
Hey thanks for sharing this, I had no idea and find this fact quite interesting! Funny enough the first time I saw AN fittings used, a neigbour who was a car guy and airforce mechanic was using them, they where old used take off parts the air force told them to throw away when they where replaced, but instead of trashing good parts the airplane techs where taking them home and using them on their own projects 😅
Heim joints were originally made by the Germans. Americans copied them and called them heim joints. In other parts of the world they’re called rose joints or rod ends.
8:25 Bob Sharp is a former racing driver and race team owner. He is known for (successfully) competing in the SCCA and IMSA championships, using Nissan Zs as his weapon of choice.
So cool that we’ve really been able to escape our day to day lives for even just 15-20 minutes through these past few weeks to join you guys on what I feel like has probably been a trip of a life time for you guys! Happy Holidays LZ fam and friends, and wishing you all the best this holiday season.
I so love how you kept the kid screaming in the outro.. that was such a great moment and your a legend for doing that for him/them. I watched his channel for his perspective and it was a dream come true for him.. your a baller..
Yo Adam, Ive been a long time subscriber, from the days you used to bike and vlog, good times. I love how far you have come, from your early Biking days, to buying a house, to doing random upgrades on your bmw, to s13, random parking spots drift with friends, to absolutely exploding. Love the vids my man, keep it up !
Seeing all those JDM classics always reminds me of the grand turismo series. Get the whole series together and start enjoying. They always had the best and most rare JDM models (both road and race cars) with library like info to go along with it. A source of intel by itself these days. Very Japanese in style and execution as well. That combined with racing Tamiya RC cars which made the best official JDM racecars recreations is what filled my childhood love for cars.
The 21 year old me inside my 45 year old body is geeking out at all the cars I used to dream about while playing GT on PS1 lol What a cool experience Adam ! thanks for sharing!
Here's a hint. You're probably an Apple iPhone owner, but Google Pixel has a really great translate feature. Audio and visual. And it works quite well. Something to think about next time you're international is to get a Pixel to use as a translator.
Japanese (and other countries too) people are appreciative when people not from their country *care* enough to TRY speaking their language. When I spoke German in Germany, I noticed a similar reaction. I presume because so many (likely Americans) travel there and *expect* them to speak English. If I'm coming to your country, it is only right for me to learn some basics of your language. That's just being courteous, and they appreciate it.
Kinda doesn’t matter where you go, there’s people who will be welcoming and hospitable, usually there’s an equal amount of people to be repulsed by your presence an offended at your appreciation of their culture.
I also found this when I toured Algeria with British Army, I did my best to speak Arabic/French with their armed forces and not only did it bring laughter, but also an appreciation for one another. I’ll remember that tour forever.
the amount of love and attention to detail people in Japan give to their cars is amazing... and the 787B 😩😩 the old PlayStation videos games with that car and the volume on the TV up is absolute bliss!
we have a 787b in a random lot here in knoxville. did preplans on the lot and the owner loves mazda and had an opportunity to buy it so he did. love the videos!
The Mazda 787B on display at the hotel is the exact car that won the 1991 Le Mans 24 hour race. Thus, Mazda became the first team from Japan to win the prestigious race series. At that time, the driver who crossed the finish line with the F1-sounding racing machine was Johnny Herbert (UK). Interestingly, after he stopped the 787B, he had to be taken to a medical facility due to exhaustion and passed out. It shows he is determined to win the race for the rising sun. There is a video of it too: th-cam.com/video/Mik-LxrtAe0/w-d-xo.html
And (maybe not so) surprisingly it's rotary setup was so much faster then the rest it was deemed a unfair advantage and it was banned from further competition.
Fun Fact, Nissan chose the most famous skyline in Japan, Mount Fuji breaking the horizon, as their logo to represent the skyline line-up of cars in North America. That's where the Infiniti logo came from.
Iv lived in Japan for 4 years going on 5. The people, food, cars, just everything is great. I speak some Japanese with them and they always appreciate it
🔥The Nismo Festival looks so amazing. I am setting a personal goal to make it to Japan next year to see if for myself. Great content, keep it up! What an Epic hotel for sure. Nismo cast elbows for an RB26! I have never seen those before! Wow they look beautiful.
15:01 fun fact modern sport bikes like the 2008-current Yamaha R6 and 2007-current Yamaha R1 have variable velocity stacks in the airbox to improve low/midrange power and torque similar to this
It was awesome meeting you!! It’s still crazy that the timing worked out allowing us to meet in Japan of all places and it’s a memory I’ll never forget!!! 😁
@11:00 What a magnificent sight to see the two 2003 NISMO GT500 GT-Rs together. These are not modified production R34GT-Rs, but were purpose-built racing cars. In 2002 season, Nissan endured a disappointing season with what was to be the last iteration of the RB26 powered GT500 GT-R. As great as the RB26 was, the GT-R could not overcome its inherit limitations on engine placement and weight against the V8 powered Supras and the mid-engined NSXs. For 2003, the powertrain and chassis rules were rewritten, allowing more open interpretations of the production-based racing cars JGTC was based on. The 2003 GT500 NISMO GT-R was a completely clean-sheet design that exploited every part of the rulebook to gain performance. The new chassis was built with pipe frames front and rear, allowing the overall profile of the car to be lower. With the lower chassis, the new VQ30DETT V6 twin-turbo replaced the RB26, and was mated to a trans-axle type gearbox that contributed to the car's improved weight balance. The lighter, more agile GT-R exhibited a more oversteer characteristic, with drivers praising its vastly improved handling, and was able to compete with the V8 powered Supras on straights and the NSXs in corners.
I’ve been watching since your about 5th video keep up the good work i love what you have done with cars taking them to the next level . Green s15 Is my personal favorite car that’s a dream car for me
Was cool to see you at the hotel!, I bought a wheel from the Penzoil R33 from the Nismo garage sale ;) Definitely helps getting the pre-allocated tickets!
The wrx's brought back memories! Back in 2001 i preorderd one for the 02 model year bugeye. Got one of the first 250 (first shipment) imported into the states. Owned it for 3 years. Sold her to go to college and regret it everyday!
BOB SHARP was an American racer in the SCCA that raced for team "BRE" back in the day. That is a very rare valve cover that they only made 200 of them. The Bob Sharp valve cover cost about 4500$. i also happen to have one :)
It'd be a pretty epic Garden piece. Take some Edge trimming from a regular Garden supplies. spell out LZ compound(or something of your choosing) fill that with your zinc bolts and do the black bolts around it.
8:17 i'm assuming you already know this but basically when nissan released the z, they put it under datsun in the states because they were afraid that if it failed, It would've damage the nissan name. turned out to be a massive hit
HE SPOKE ON THE CELICAAA IN CELICA WE TRUST LETS FUCKING GOOOO you should totally build one! I wanna see what y’all can pull off with a 3s! or even a 5s or 7a if y’all vibe with that
As an italian i can say something about the Japanese people seeming like they like when you speak Japanese, it's the same here, we all speak English but make sure that we don't speak it to the tourists. and we feel estatic when a tourist tries to speak Italian, we even help them with the words. That is about pride in our culture, and Japanese people are the same. You don't need to speak it right, just trying will earn you a lot of respect.
Bob sharp was a very famous racing driver, he was on a team with Paul Newman, if you’ve ever seen the #33 300z, that was one of his cars, not sure if he was still on the team when they ran the 300ZX but a little tie in would be that the #76 300ZX was restored by RM Motorsports in Wixom Michigan, who also restores and manages Jim Farley’s (Ford CEO) racecars.
I love skylines. But I feel like all skylines are the same build over and over. I wouldn't mind him to build one, but he's gotta make it his way. Not what everyone else does
This will probably get lost in the comments but AN fittings and heim joints were both designed and built for the American armed forces. AN actually stands for Army Navy, and we're engineered before WW2. Heim joints were came out in 1942. Learning that AN stands for Army Navy explains why their default color scheme is red and blue, which I've always found super interesting!
Hey thanks for sharing this, I had no idea and find this fact quite interesting! Funny enough the first time I saw AN fittings used, a neigbour who was a car guy and airforce mechanic was using them, they where old used take off parts the air force told them to throw away when they where replaced, but instead of trashing good parts the airplane techs where taking them home and using them on their own projects 😅
@@davisharr that’s somehow even cooler than the fact that they’re military hardware to begin with! thanks!
Bump for the knowledge!! 🤯🤓
Heim joints were originally made by the Germans. Americans copied them and called them heim joints. In other parts of the world they’re called rose joints or rod ends.
U need to do a japanese track style build
8:25 Bob Sharp is a former racing driver and race team owner. He is known for (successfully) competing in the SCCA and IMSA championships, using Nissan Zs as his weapon of choice.
Him and Paul Newman.
@@robclayton5613 and Peter Brock with BRE
And Adam being a CT boy, he should absolutely know!
The only shop I use to work at use to be bob sharps old shop. A family friend knows him and owns on of his old cars
@@brekwilson6361 Dude, that's sick.
So cool that we’ve really been able to escape our day to day lives for even just 15-20 minutes through these past few weeks to join you guys on what I feel like has probably been a trip of a life time for you guys! Happy Holidays LZ fam and friends, and wishing you all the best this holiday season.
That view of the racetrack and the hills behind it. Absolutely beautiful. I really hope Mike can snip some goodies out of this for future posters.
I so love how you kept the kid screaming in the outro.. that was such a great moment and your a legend for doing that for him/them. I watched his channel for his perspective and it was a dream come true for him.. your a baller..
Yo Adam, Ive been a long time subscriber, from the days you used to bike and vlog, good times. I love how far you have come, from your early Biking days, to buying a house, to doing random upgrades on your bmw, to s13, random parking spots drift with friends, to absolutely exploding. Love the vids my man, keep it up !
It was great seeing you. Thank you for taking the time to take a picture with me!
Loving watching Sammit then LZ. Been great because together it makes one great show 🤙🏼
Yes! You finally said it. The celica 3sgte..is well slept on. AWD turbo. Beast mode.
Took him a while 😅
Breakfast with that view and the sounds of Super GT testing in the background? Really living the absolute dream Adam!
That was absolutely sick. The attention to detail and the GranTurismo like nostalgic vibes I got in the museum 🔥🔥🙏🏾for sharing 🫡
Japan vlogs are some of the best.👌
Loved the content of this whole trip. Thanks for sharing and working on vacation, haha!
Seeing all those JDM classics always reminds me of the grand turismo series. Get the whole series together and start enjoying. They always had the best and most rare JDM models (both road and race cars) with library like info to go along with it. A source of intel by itself these days. Very Japanese in style and execution as well. That combined with racing Tamiya RC cars which made the best official JDM racecars recreations is what filled my childhood love for cars.
Literally was thinking the same thing.
whatever beat you used at around 12:00 is fire. Also thank you adam for the content this was amazing
The Nismo festival are amazing in Fuji speed way already
The #55 787B is like THE car too. Super special.
Best Japan trip ever! Can't get enough, totally makes the Japan trip want even stronger! Thank you for sharing!
The 21 year old me inside my 45 year old body is geeking out at all the cars I used to dream about while playing GT on PS1 lol
What a cool experience Adam ! thanks for sharing!
Never miss the Japan content because is always 🔥
1:43 this sound after work just lifted me up from the hell hole i was in😂
Here's a hint. You're probably an Apple iPhone owner, but Google Pixel has a really great translate feature. Audio and visual. And it works quite well. Something to think about next time you're international is to get a Pixel to use as a translator.
Japanese (and other countries too) people are appreciative when people not from their country *care* enough to TRY speaking their language. When I spoke German in Germany, I noticed a similar reaction. I presume because so many (likely Americans) travel there and *expect* them to speak English. If I'm coming to your country, it is only right for me to learn some basics of your language. That's just being courteous, and they appreciate it.
Kinda doesn’t matter where you go, there’s people who will be welcoming and hospitable, usually there’s an equal amount of people to be repulsed by your presence an offended at your appreciation of their culture.
I also found this when I toured Algeria with British Army, I did my best to speak Arabic/French with their armed forces and not only did it bring laughter, but also an appreciation for one another. I’ll remember that tour forever.
the amount of love and attention to detail people in Japan give to their cars is amazing... and the 787B 😩😩 the old PlayStation videos games with that car and the volume on the TV up is absolute bliss!
Absolutely killing it as always!! Incredible video and amazing editing 🔥🔥🔥 super cool to see all the different cars and builds over at Japan 🇯🇵
we have a 787b in a random lot here in knoxville. did preplans on the lot and the owner loves mazda and had an opportunity to buy it so he did. love the videos!
One of my fav videos. That Mazda 787b omg love that car!
OMG LZ NOTICEING AND GIVING LIGHT ON THE LEGENDARY GT4 14:07
They are so underated im glad people are starting to bring them to light, :)
Wow so many beautiful legendary cars! ❤️🔥
Im very much from a racing background so its so cool to see adam admiring race cars I’ve loved for my whole life
The Mazda 787B on display at the hotel is the exact car that won the 1991 Le Mans 24 hour race. Thus, Mazda became the first team from Japan to win the prestigious race series. At that time, the driver who crossed the finish line with the F1-sounding racing machine was Johnny Herbert (UK). Interestingly, after he stopped the 787B, he had to be taken to a medical facility due to exhaustion and passed out. It shows he is determined to win the race for the rising sun. There is a video of it too:
th-cam.com/video/Mik-LxrtAe0/w-d-xo.html
And (maybe not so) surprisingly it's rotary setup was so much faster then the rest it was deemed a unfair advantage and it was banned from further competition.
Happy y’all had such an awesome trip and what a great way to end it. Safe travels and looking forward to seeing you stateside again!
Fun Fact, Nissan chose the most famous skyline in Japan, Mount Fuji breaking the horizon, as their logo to represent the skyline line-up of cars in North America. That's where the Infiniti logo came from.
The STI type R is perfect! I want one.
Amazing, thank you for taking us along!
Wow alot of legends in that video , thx for that share Adam loved it!
Love seeing you show the Subaru’s some love
Paradise JDM 😍👍💪
Great trip Adam, thanks for sharing all the cool content. That hotel is unreal.
Awesome trip I've flown out to Tokyo couple times it's awesome out there things we will never see in the states always a great show
3:37 That Green is Amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Happy to see the Japan vlogs they are awesome
S12 are super underrated, glad I have 2 of them
Epic Trip One Love 🙏👊
Some of my hero cars in this video 💚
Iv lived in Japan for 4 years going on 5. The people, food, cars, just everything is great. I speak some Japanese with them and they always appreciate it
I have a 2020 STI, and it's cool seeing all of them in Japan in your videos.
🔥The Nismo Festival looks so amazing. I am setting a personal goal to make it to Japan next year to see if for myself. Great content, keep it up! What an Epic hotel for sure. Nismo cast elbows for an RB26! I have never seen those before! Wow they look beautiful.
Absolutely love the Japan vids.
Still loving the end with the guy laughing so hard and you 3 wide!!! SICK!!! Awesome Trip, glad we got to come along with you two!
Glad to see you have some respect for Celicas! They are very slept on and I think people are starting to take notice of them
I would've loved an update from the boys at the compound whenever yous were away, but also loved seeing adam being so excited about vlogging
It's been awesome following along with both of you, what a trip you've had, Rj in Oz
12:29 that livery is so sick
The Japan content has been crazy fireee 🫡
15:01 fun fact modern sport bikes like the 2008-current Yamaha R6 and 2007-current Yamaha R1 have variable velocity stacks in the airbox to improve low/midrange power and torque similar to this
Loved the whole trip and being able to experience it with you guys hope it was very memorable for you two.
It was awesome meeting you!! It’s still crazy that the timing worked out allowing us to meet in Japan of all places and it’s a memory I’ll never forget!!! 😁
WHAAAAT!!😲 Fuji in the flesh!🤤,…. So NOW I´m jealous!!,… Damned!
@11:00 What a magnificent sight to see the two 2003 NISMO GT500 GT-Rs together. These are not modified production R34GT-Rs, but were purpose-built racing cars. In 2002 season, Nissan endured a disappointing season with what was to be the last iteration of the RB26 powered GT500 GT-R. As great as the RB26 was, the GT-R could not overcome its inherit limitations on engine placement and weight against the V8 powered Supras and the mid-engined NSXs.
For 2003, the powertrain and chassis rules were rewritten, allowing more open interpretations of the production-based racing cars JGTC was based on. The 2003 GT500 NISMO GT-R was a completely clean-sheet design that exploited every part of the rulebook to gain performance. The new chassis was built with pipe frames front and rear, allowing the overall profile of the car to be lower. With the lower chassis, the new VQ30DETT V6 twin-turbo replaced the RB26, and was mated to a trans-axle type gearbox that contributed to the car's improved weight balance. The lighter, more agile GT-R exhibited a more oversteer characteristic, with drivers praising its vastly improved handling, and was able to compete with the V8 powered Supras on straights and the NSXs in corners.
I’ve been watching since your about 5th video keep up the good work i love what you have done with cars taking them to the next level . Green s15 Is my personal favorite car that’s a dream car for me
This dude really just walked up to an event and saw the most amazing cars ever built. How does that even happen I need to go where you are
Was cool to see you at the hotel!, I bought a wheel from the Penzoil R33 from the Nismo garage sale ;)
Definitely helps getting the pre-allocated tickets!
As a fellow Adam I support this video! Killin it my dude!
Adam, you are a great ambassador for American car enthusiasts.
Another great hotel is motegi, at the track, has Honda collection hall there too. Amazing cars there 👍
The wrx's brought back memories! Back in 2001 i preorderd one for the 02 model year bugeye. Got one of the first 250 (first shipment) imported into the states. Owned it for 3 years. Sold her to go to college and regret it everyday!
Bro how the heck you always nail the dopest thumbnails flawless...
BOB SHARP was an American racer in the SCCA that raced for team "BRE" back in the day. That is a very rare valve cover that they only made 200 of them. The Bob Sharp valve cover cost about 4500$. i also happen to have one :)
i could definitely see adam having one of the coolest car museums in the future!
That Subaru 555,so sick
It'd be a pretty epic Garden piece. Take some Edge trimming from a regular Garden supplies. spell out LZ compound(or something of your choosing) fill that with your zinc bolts and do the black bolts around it.
8:17 i'm assuming you already know this but basically when nissan released the z, they put it under datsun in the states because they were afraid that if it failed, It would've damage the nissan name. turned out to be a massive hit
Let’s gooo Adam love the Japan vids
Bob Sharp Racing in Japan?!?! Thats awesome. Adam Bob Sharp was a Datsun driver from CT and also owned Bob Sharp Nissan
That silver R33 4door GTR at GT-net was sick 🔥
Man I really enjoyed the music you used in the B roll
HE SPOKE ON THE CELICAAA
IN CELICA WE TRUST LETS FUCKING GOOOO
you should totally build one! I wanna see what y’all can pull off with a 3s! or even a 5s or 7a if y’all vibe with that
Took him a while 😅 I’ve been wanting him to bring it up for a long time to get some gt-four exposure as I own one
OMG Gran Turismo Vibe Right There
2005 Subaru Wrx Sti is still my dream car too would love to see you do a proper one in the U.S. Loved the Japan series can’t wait for more vids
variable intake runner length... now that is wicked cool.
i believe the motors used on the 787b intakes are the same used in mx5/miata headlights
Awesome video 👌👍
Love that he keeps using the outro with the dude he gave a ride along too.
Lowkey R35 build would be sick 😮
Kinda cool seeing different Nissan track cars
As an italian i can say something about the Japanese people seeming like they like when you speak Japanese, it's the same here, we all speak English but make sure that we don't speak it to the tourists. and we feel estatic when a tourist tries to speak Italian, we even help them with the words. That is about pride in our culture, and Japanese people are the same. You don't need to speak it right, just trying will earn you a lot of respect.
The day that Adam buys a Mazda 323 GT-R is the day that he has my heart 💯
Loving the japan content
The Datsuns are the OG Z.
I’d be so pumped if I could get a linear Adam LZ package on my original 240z.
Japan is such an awesome place
That 0.02 seconds of the Group A Supra was sick
Yeah!
“I’ll do some trades” Can’t wait for that 35 build 🤣
Yashio drift team is out here running the Collete camouflage
Bob sharp was a very famous racing driver, he was on a team with Paul Newman, if you’ve ever seen the #33 300z, that was one of his cars, not sure if he was still on the team when they ran the 300ZX but a little tie in would be that the #76 300ZX was restored by RM Motorsports in Wixom Michigan, who also restores and manages Jim Farley’s (Ford CEO) racecars.
Side note, the #75 300ZX is the sister car to the #76
Nice of you to give permission to sammit to wrap the WRX neon pink while you’re back home 😜
R35 build plz 😢
Boring
No
Y’all sippin haterade
Boring asf please dont
I love skylines. But I feel like all skylines are the same build over and over. I wouldn't mind him to build one, but he's gotta make it his way. Not what everyone else does
LETS GO BABY