10,000lbs of Downforce at 200mph: Nissan’s Wild 950hp IMSA GTP Cars 

Is the IMSA GTP and WEC Group C era the greatest ever for sportcars, as nads says, or not so much?

How to recognise a good man based on interview : when he is being praised for his work contribution, he didnt take the praise for himself. He also said that he is a part of a team.

That man has one hell of a voice. Sounds like a western movie star.

Nads has never been more relatable than when he's nerding out over old racecars

I want this dude to read me a bed time story

Nads gotta let the man talk sometimes, seems like he's cutting him off

Nads gotta put the drink down for a man like that.

Nads is like "Can you guys just go ahead and disassemble the car on video please?" This car is an absolute LEGEND!

I got my start in Racing at Electramotive working as a fabby and mechanic on mainly the truck program but also helped with the GTP cars then got hired back at NPTI to help with th P-35 Project! Trevor was always such a humble man and so easy to talk with

Engineering is beautiful. If you can’t see art in this car, I can’t help you.

What a freaking legend. the detailed info that he remembers 30 years after designing it is just awesome

Nads needs to learn to let his guests actually talk about their car instead of him. But anyway what an awesome race car.

We need the 787b now 👀

This was great, however I think nads should let the man talk a little more, he keeps interrupting him too much imo. Great video nonetheless

Haters will still find something negative to say about this amazing pile of machinery and innovation 💪💪💪

I remember this car very well. I know modern racing series do everything they can to make the cars even, but I love it when a car just dominates a series. You knew that every week, this car, unless there was an accident, this would be the car to beat. It was an amazing car, and Geoff Brabham was a great driver. It was just a monster. The GTP series was great. Every race was televised, most of them by Brock Yates Diamond P sports on The Nashville Network of all places. He had some goofy motorsports events, but I watched every GTP race back then.

VG30 has done a lot in motorsport considering most of the development has been done by relatively small companies. It absolutely dominated IMSA for years, including endurance racing, with multiple championships. It also has top speed records at beonneville if circuit racing isnt enough. It is one of the best Nissan engines

Gotta thank Nads for this, love watching him geek out over cars. Whether it's a civic, or a GTP car, seeing how much he loves the car is amazing.

I just can't stop laughing at Vin's face! Who the F is that guy?!?!?! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

This guy learned pretty quick how to talk over nads when he talks to much

Thank you for this content, I don’t think many people realize how much cool racing history exists. These cars are incredible, the engineering is nuts, stuff like this just can’t happen nowadays

This is by far the best video Hoonigan has every produced. Great questions, camera work, editing, and of course listening to a master of automotive engineering explain things him and his team accomplished 30 years ago, without skipping a beat, enthusiastically, and with such fondness. Amazing work, I hope ya'll continue bringing us videos like this one.

14:25. "Body on frame is stiffest..." Trevor looks to the side as if wondering if it's ok to correct drunkie and tell him he's an idiot...

People need to understand Nads is just enthusiastic, he’s probably an amazing teacher

I know Nads is excited, but he cut off the other guy so much. Let him talk my dude

Good gawd, miss the good old days of IMSA GTP and WEC Group C in the 80s and 90s. Oh, and a shout out for 70s and 80s CanAm too! What an amazing era of American automotive racing!!!

This is possibly my favorite race car of all time. I loved watching it at Watkins Glen as a young boy. Absolutely ecstatic to see an in-depth video about it, with one of the engineers who built it. Well done, Hoonigan!

What an incredible video, that covers the real tradeoffs engineers have to make between serviceability, safety, perfomance, and packing. Real shoutouts to ron for noting the placement of the pedals relative to the front of the car... I haven't been viewing hoonigan content much during the pandemic, but holy shit, videos like this remind me why I used to like you all so much. Thanks to nads, ron, and trevor harris, this was incredible. Talking in terms a wider audience can understand, but never talking down...that's a tough balance to strike. Well done.

Thanks for both the 300zx GTO and the GTP episode I am a HUGE Nissan fan and see these break down videos on the race cars I grew up with is just amazing!

yo thanks Hoonigan amazing segment :) I love cars and racing games and these cars are super iconic in Gran Turismo Forza Project Cars etc etc she still looks great today timeless shape and oh i will watch the 300ZX one after. awesome work thanks

DUDE, That brings back memories of camping out at Road Atlanta. Those cars were so fast, you could feel them go by! HELL YEAH, Thanks for that one.

I love these old race cars. The designers and drivers deserve mad respect.

this is so cool. Dear Hoonigan please keep on giving content like this to watch. its so cool to see Nads pick the brain of those responsible for the amazing vehicles that they had built. Next Level production as always guys keep up the good work.

I love how the old fella is getting fired up talking about the car. You can tell it's bringing back memories for him. Very cool car, and cool interview aswell. I could listen to Trevor talk all day. Super cool video! thanks for sharing.

This is the podium car this week in GTA lol

Definitely the best episode of Hoonigan i’ve seen so far! Trevor Harris is a Genius! Thanks a lot for sharing this Gem!

Keep at it Hoonigan! Another one of the best videos from you guys. Stay safe y'all!

Hoonigan just keeps on bringing top quality content for our viewing pleasure. Keep up the excellent work guys. 😎

Super awesome episode, thanks so much you guys!!!

trevor harris i could listen to you speak about cars forever, thank you so much

Stuff like this needs to happen more, documenting and revisiting pinnacles of mechanical engineering with the people that designed them and were there. These people will not be around forever and these stories need told. Good job guys

both of these guys are completely in their element here and i love it!

I'm a huge GTP fan and this was a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing the passion and this amazing piece of machinery!

Best era indeed. I saw it in action in the Miami Gran Prix in the late 80s when it was in the downtown streets. Bad ass car

6:59 I watched the 88/89 car drive when I was a really little kid. It was the '89 Miami Grand Prix. Chip Robinson and Geoff Brabham were teammates, and took the win. I still remember standing at the penultimate corner eating a hotdog, and just being blown away by the sound. Great cars, and a great era of racing.

One of my friends drove these cars in IMSA and worked with the gentleman being interviewed. I asked him one time what the fastest thing he has ever driven and his answer was this car. Really cool to see this featured. Great video!

Got to say thank you for the content- another cool car and great insight from Trevor

This guy has a way of explaining things, knowledge just flows out of him

I saw the Nissan GTP cars race twice in IMSA GTP. Jeez at those races there was Geoff Brabham, Dan Gurney and his AAR Toyotas, Chip Robinson, Chevrolet Corvettes, John Morton, Al Holbert, Porsche 962s, Jaguars, Spices, March, Wayne Taylor, Bobby Rahal, Mazdas, Rod Millen, Arie Luyendyke, Jan Lammers...such an amazing time for sports car racing and at those races, I knew that. I can remember shaking Gurney's hand and walking away thinking IMSA would find a way to screw this up. It was all just too cool. Too much tech, too much money, too much horsepower, too much amazing. Those two races may be the high point of my automotive life.

So great to see a car with this history being discussed by the man who helped design it, thanks all.

Could listen to this man tell his story’s forever. Such a cool and interesting guy. Thanks for this episode guys :)

Massive respect to Hoonigan for this episode and the 300zx episode of Biuld Biology. Tons of technical content well explained. Please keep them coming!

So cool, you can tell Trevor is still passionate after all these years, hope you guys have him on again he's very knowledgeable

That was so cool. Listening to Trevor Harris recall some of the design elements was like getting a glimpse into the design process as it was happening. Great video guys

Man, GTP and LM cars are my favorite racing cars since I was a kid!!!! Soo much technology, so much engineering and so much mechanical and physical work! And it's so pure so much racing! That's how racing should always be!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Here for the Nads. Unrivaled passion for cars. He gets like I do with the cars: childlike wonder. Love it.

Thank you Nads!!! You are the Deadbeat Dad i never needed but always wanted. This was an incredible episode!!!

Saw this car run at Sears Point and it was the class of the field. The Toyotas, Jags, and Lolas were fast but the Nissan was the entire package. IMSA GTP was simply an amazing series.

I always learn something new about the mid 80's to early 90's racing. Man that was a goal time frame

I love the nissan videos, and I would literally watch any video with Trevor talking about it, The man is a legend. If he had a cooking show id watch that also haha.

Nads my dude, I'm so glad to see these VG30 based race cars being showcased. I have always been a nissan fanboy and the Z32 has been my dreamcar for most of my life.

IMSA Camel GTP era is the best era of Sports car racing ever. Great Vid, do more of these!!

Remember watching these beasts at PIR in the early nineties. Pit visits and autographs. With extreme childhood bias, these are definitely the BEST sports car era!

was waiting for this one ! thank you :)

The cars of this era were insane. They were the definition of pushing the boundaries of what cars could do back then. Formula 1 rally racing and sports car racing was insanity during the 80s and early to mid 90s.

Trevor is the guy that you wanna drink some beers with and just talk about race cars all day!

The fact he's got Js on deserves respect in and of itself

You guys need to do more of these!! Great stories from this pioneer!

god damn, you guys keep on making videos about cars that fill me with nostalga.

It hurt when nads said that body on frame cars are the stiffest😂

Find myself smiling hearing Trevor telling the story behind every part of the car. Really cool.

Fantastic interview. Trevor looking into camera made it even more enjoyable. Also, Dean Martin called... Drop the cup 🤣

Steeped in history, technology and giving me goosebumps. Nice job H

I remember watching these races when I was a kid,These cars were in my dreams then lol,awesome car.

awesom car. awesome man. awesome video. thanks a lot!

my all time favorite racecar ever built next to the Nissan R91CK, the first time i saw this legend i was instantly obsessed by it.

These GTP/Group C/LMP cars from the 80's & 90's are just so cool.

I could listen to this man talk all day

This man signaling little parts of the car with his cane is so inspiring

Who knows this car from Gran Turismo?

Guys the VG30 is a seriously underrated platform. I’m building a stock bottom end VG30E with a GT45 turbo to 550ish horsepower with just cams, light ported stock a/b heads, big fuel, stock ignition, megasquirt ecu, and long tube headers converted to twin scroll headers. If you build the bottom end, well you’re going to get big block power from a 3.0 liter v6. I’m glad they’re so slept on because it keeps the prices cheap for us. All of this is being done under 5 grand. What other 1980’s platform can be built to 500 plus wheel horsepower for under 5k? Exactly. Definitely not your 7MGTE’s, RB, 2J.

Enjoyed listening guys Phenomenal race car The older I get the more I enjoy listening to pioneers in the field Hoonigan you guys are just like them Nitro Circus X Games Birdhouse etc You're institutions of innovation Super Cool

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

My motorsports professor was a design engineer for Electramotive in '89. He designed the adjustable roll bars on this very car! Went on to become the chief aerodynamicist for NPTi in '91 until their closing. A crazy story he's told was the NPT90 crashes at Road Atlanta in '92. The cars had come to have so much downforce that there was too much for the underdeveloped tires. Both cars flipped that race. Crazy stuff, so glad to see the history of the team get some spotlight!

I worked with Trevor at NPTI. A really great guy. Funny story about his drawings ... some of the official production drawings for that car were actually on napkins .. really. He really didn't emphasize enough how easy it was to change the gearbox and engine. It was just a few connections and maybe a couple hour job. I think it was even more like one hour but it has been a long time. What didn't come up was the evolution of that car. What you see is the final version. I was only at NPTI for a few months but in that time we changed the nose of the car completely, went from single turbo to twin turbo, 2 valve to 4 valve engine, and introduced welded axle assemblies. And that is just what I can remember. There were so many changes coming so fast that an edict came down from management to reduce costs of shipping parts, namely engines, overnight to the racetrack. I wish there was a group C car to look at too. That car made this one look like a poor mans toy. it was low, sleek and, if I remember correctly had a twin turbo V8. I have never even seen a photo of that car.

That was great!! The dev engineer of the car, awesome!!

I was at drivers school at watkins Glen. The imsa race was next week. Nissan came early unloaded and we could totally check that car out. It was amazing. Good times.

Anytime a legend shares his secrets and points them out with his cane, I’m all ears!! Beautiful car and engineering

Raced against these at the Daytona Historics in 2000. They are the total package! Kudos to Mr Harris.

I watched these cars race at Road America against the toughest competition in IMSA history. They were magnificent and some of my all-time favorites.

Nads is my favorite guy on this channel. I can relate to him. Love me a drink and I love me some old school racecars.

This series of the Nissan is one of the best of all of them

I'm just going to say it, Build Biology and John is the only reason why I'm subscribed to this channel! Love these!

That guy has such a nice voice,id love to listen to his stories

1985 to 1995 was the best decade in motorsport history. Great interview Nads (as well as the GTO car). You should come do a build bio on the 240rs Maxi :)

I could listen to this guy talk about his life and story's all day

Had a chance to get up close(including peaking my head inside) with this car a few years ago at Bruce Canepa's place in Santa Cruz. Such a fantastic racecar. I hope whoever buys it continues to run it at the historic's at Laguna...it deserves to be driven.

Great interview. Mr. Harris seems like he has a ton of interesting stories on and off track.

Awesome detailed video!!!!

Ok , those Nissan GTP cars look so fast,quick and glued to the track.