F1 KERS, Rear Steer, and a 4.2 NA VQ in This Hybrid Electric 350z 

What is your outro song?

I am so glad you're passion leads directly too the things I am passionate about. You ask great questions. You make what I feel is automotive ART. An to see it as you gone threw the years has been worth every second, sound,an car for me.

@@ethanwild3301 I also want to know this.

We were all hoping for some outside footage of the car on track! Please arrange it

Wished he made it looked like the need for speed understand 2 car, just needs that lil nug.

Facts! It sounds so nice

@@iraqifoodcart8447 take a look at this video, no words, only the sound of this car on track and onboard ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V2Hub3VHCVM.html

still sounds like a trumpet

@@ReJaggrd No it doesn't

Compression doesn't have that much to do with sound/tone of an engine, lol.

@@FukU2222he has a stepped exhaust

@@FukU2222it can if it is a dramatic enough shift in compression ratio it can. It’s just most of the time it doesn’t cause a dramatic enough change in sound to notice

The big thing is equal-length headers with a spike merge collector into an equal-length single exit exhaust. You can do this on any Z. The duals into single y-pipe needs to be dual 2.5 into single 3.5 and needs to merge roughly right where hypothetical collecter extenders would end and remain merged as long as possible before you split it back into duals if you wanted the dual exhaust look.

And filmed? Where might one find some of these films? & or documentation? As I've only come across 1 previous small "feature" along with mention & photos. Would love more technical in depth information/specifications/history/build process etc you name obsessed with this build

@@JP-gd1ln If you search youtube for "Onpoint 350z" you will find loads of videos on it

I still remember his headers being discussed on the my350z forum probably 10 years ago or more, man time flies!

@@YowserUK Speed Academy has a few videos on it if im not mistaken

@@26b I thought so

We call him Mr. Anis

Definitely

Thanks

Same, I remember seeing this Z making GOOD na power way back then and I couldnt believe it.

Please convince Larry to arrange some footage of the car on track. It so deserves it

I kno right soon as a read 4.2 vq I was like o shit it's that green itb z

What I love with racing hybrids is that they exist partly for efficiency in the case of F1 and LMP cars, but in the case of Time Attack cars they exist to keep your minimum speed up by giving you giant bursts of acceleration, and idea I'm toying with for my final year uni project is trying to design one to go in the front axle of the MX5 I use for Time Attack here in the UK, it's tech that absolutley fascinates me and if I can make it I absolutley will go for it. This 350Z is totally one of the inspiration pieces for it, such an awesome bit of kit, it exists in this weird vacuum in time attack where most cars in TA basically boil down to having a very high power to weight and strong aero, effectivley brute forcing good lap times, this car gets them by integrating all the systems to become a cohesive unit and it's awesome to see a really different approach to normal. Love that it's getting shown off like this

@@jameswhitehead03 glad to hear it man!!! These innovative technologies like hybrids are really beneficial especially in motorsports like these!! It improves every aspect of performance and efficiency as well!!! I was really inspired by his build to be honest and I'm kinda planning of doing this kind of thing to my own TA car someday (probably do it with the EK or EG Civics, or any lightweight track capable vehicles that you could ever find like Miatas which is your current platform, or maybe even the same current platform as this guy has which is the Z platform). And also, about the aero kits, I wish that aftermarket companies like HKS, Varis, Pandem, RWB or any companies would develop track oriented widebody kits for specific vehicles like GR86, New Civic Type R, GR Corolla, and the 400z (including other vehicles whether it's modern or old school models). Anyways, I'm rooting for your MX5 project!! Hopefully it'd be a successful one and would definitely rip the tracks!!!

@@jameswhitehead03 and speaking of hybrid powertrains, I don't exactly know if this is true but I believe that recently, Ford performance have already did this kind of hybrid technology to their rally race car and I'm not sure if it's their Focus or Fiesta model but regardless, that was really cool to hear that!! Idk if this is already a thing years ago or what but I really do never heard anything like hybrid power to this extent. And also, I'm looking forward to AMG's F1 Hybrid technology that'd be adapted to their new upcoming road performance vehicles. Hopefully this would be a new opportunity for big aftermarket companies to develop new parts like AMG are doing (for example, their Hybrid technology to F1 car by using the turbo to separate the hot and cool side compression which improves spool time and reduces turbo lags). Sure it'd be really expensive to develop that kind of tech but it'd drastically improve your vehicle's performance and efficiency especially when it comes to track/time attack racing!! This would be revolutionary if it's gonna happen but hopefully it will (whether sooner or years to come)

The rally car is based on the Puma actually, which still strikes me as a strange choice and I imagine it's a marketing one. It's a pretty new thing, I believe new for 2022 season for rallying, I think it's a spec unit in the back of the car per regulations. What AMG do on the F1 power unit is really impressive, a lot of the power unit engineering from all the teams is to be honest. Agree with you on the aero kits, would be nice to have them be properly functional, a lot of racers tend to end up making a lot of their own bits aero wise aside from the rear wing typically as aero is so chassis specific, would be nice to see it with some proper data though from the aftermarket going "Hey it helps aero and looks cool too". Thanks for you support for the car! Should get really quick as developed, we're a tiny little student team but there's a lot of knowledge so we're hoping to be able to get some proper pace out of it as we get the funding to do so.

@@jameswhitehead03 I see, so that rally car is based on the Puma. For me, I really find it as an impressive move coz again, it improves efficiency and performance-wise. The aero kits tho, honestly, the only aftermarket company that I know that sells a full track ready widebody aero kits besides the RWB (for Porsches to be exact) is the Garage Mak which is a Japanese tuner shop that specializes for Silvias like S15, S14, other S-chassis (if I'm not wrong), also Z platforms (you can search it on Google if you want to get a more info about them but basically, they're specialize it for Tsukuba Time Attack events or Suzuka Time Attack events I guess. I've just found it on Narita Dogfight's website or page if I'm correct). I hope they still do the same thing to the modern Japanese vehicle platforms especially for the modern enthusiast who are really dedicated to compete on time attack racing!!! Oh, and don't forget about J's racing, Voltex Suzuka Racing (correct me if I'm wrong about the exact name), C West, Amuse, RE Amemiya (a dedicated tuner shop for RX-7s and RX-8s), and Garage Saurus (another aftermarket tuner that makes a track ready aero kits specifically for R32 and R34 GTRs). Spoon Sports and Mugen are already starting to develop these track/street oriented kits for their upcoming Honda models especially the new Civic Type R which is really great to hear besides the suspension, brakes, and engine mods!! Nismo on the other hand, they should also develop the 400z as well to spice things up for their hardcore Nissan fans and enthusiasts!!! The hybrid part, hopefully that AMG would pave a way for many aftermarket companies to develop a widespread products for hybrid conversions of different platforms of vehicles someday (especially to those people who are really into motorsports) but I thinks it's kinda 50/50 chance for me due to big car manufacturers that pushes full EV to a production which is a mixed feeling for most enthusiast (but for me, I don't really mind as long as they still make an enthusiast car even they're pushing this kind of new technology). Anyways, whatever your take would be on this one, I'd definitely respect it genuinely!! But yeah, again, for me, I hope they still do their tuning thing as they used to be on 70s to early 2000s to this modern era despite of the dying breeds of ICEs. I know that there's still a glimpse of hope for that.

it isn't enough to make up 2 seconds at a track like Limerock

@@JT-ow3hq I’m sure you are correct, the rest can be regular video game variation. The owner did say that they modeled the car in Assetto Corsa, I’m sorry but that’s just a video game. If they modeled the track correctly from scratch then it will give reliable results, however you can’t expect vid game creators to visit and model every track in the world, that’s crazy.

I think by-wire front steering could be potentially very useful. Obviously there would still need to be a mechanical backup, but removing the direct connection between the steering wheel and the front axle could allow you to make dynamic steering ratio changes based on each individual corner on each individual track, 1,000+ times every second slide corrections (before a human would even notice) and potentially better integration with the rear steering.

Woot!