The Nissan Pulsar GTI-R is a mini, manic Godzilla! 

It's a pulsar cosplaying as a gtr r32,which is very nice This car is underrated and deserve more attention

Owned one for 3 years! They have a heavy front end which make them understeer a lot. Expensive to modify, gearboxes aren't very strong strong but quite a fun car to drive.also note these sr20 engines come with an ITB intakes which is pretty cool.

I would own a Pulsar GTi-R over any modern hot hatch

The Pulsar gti-r was the first turbo car I drove when I was a mechanic. They're so under rated and the fact that they even made it past the concept car stage is just a bit crazy

I want one right now. Love Nissan's, love hatchbacks, all wheel drive and making around 20 pounds of boost, sign me up.

We got one in Jamaica that runs 8 seconds on the 1/4 mile

one of my most favourite cars of all time I raced against one in 1999 I'm my S2 FORD RS TURBO I didn't stand a chance it left me for dust I then sold the FORD and bought a NISSAN

I knew I couldn't trust a word this guy said as soon as he stated hes never heard of a transverse sr20..

I knew, these used to be popular in the UK so quite a few people know

I had one early 2000's (UK), tons of fun and very very quick. Didn't not like the handling though, I never knew where the limits were.But off the lights and buzzing around streets and around dual carriage ways it blitzed so many things and would still ruin a lot of fast hot hatches today. I never lost a race off the lights. I can still recall the day I took it to the tuners, took the 112mph speed limiter off, raised boost from .7 to 1.2, exhaust, filter, dump valve. The drive home is one I will never forget. This was the first proper fast car I ever owned so I will always love it.

Freind of mine owned one mid 2000s 300bhp very fast had a heap of problems but boy was it quick scary fast loved these little sleepers will be missed here in the uk for sure

The fact that's it's a hatchback, awd, 2.0 turbocharged engine and is super light is just insane

I can't figure out if your head is super tiny or your hat is super large.

It's crazy to think that the majority of you have never seen a pulsar in America, Not 12 months ago I saw four being sold in my home town in one week, Owners practically begging you to take them away. Now they have doubled in value, Thanks Murica lol

Pulsars getting on bad in the caribbean long time now seen a couple sick ones here in grenada over the years

Pulsars were and still are great cars today. In fact all Nissan cars with the SR20D or SR20DET engines were good cars.

Worth doing a search on youtube for "pulsar gtir rally car". These were Nissan's last hoorah in the WRC. It was also the most highly developed SR20det motor. Unfortunately, the top mount intercooler suffered serious heatsoak. Not an issue for the all guys doing front mounts though. Sad to hear the gearbox isn't up to the power though, although I guess WRXs suffer the same issues.

I’ve had two of these as daily drivers in the UK. My first was 1992 Nissan Sunny GTi-R which I lowered, had lighter wheels & updated brakes. I left the engine alone. Did 98,000 miles & it was wonderful fun. Then I traded it for a 1992 Pulsar GTi-R in black which I had resprayed Mini Cooper dark metallic grey. That was lowered. The 3rd gear is weak so I fitted a Quaife sequential gearbox (£8k) on these the clutch is only used on Ist gear, then the other gears just slot in up and down making for faster shifting. Other mods followed with a large Forge inter-cooler. Engine work, 390bhp. Bigger master cylinder & Ferrari 355 Brembo brakes. Etc!! It was very fast. Costly though. Could get down to 5mpg! I loved its understated unknown looks and ability to absolutely blow fast Ford Focus’s into a distant memory! I could wipe out most opposition. I got it perfect but keeping it in tune was troublesome & one day I had a good offer for it. That guy did well using it drag-racing until he blew it up! I’d buy another even as at 74 I like the same small fast cars & have a Fiat Abarth for fast fun!

I just bought one today! so excited to work on this little monster. :D

Pretty accurate description of the car though the shifter isn't that floppy in mine and neither is the car bouncy. Perhaps the bushes are worn on the one you're driving (it is 25+ years old after all). As standard they do understeer, the brakes are small and the gearbox is notoriously the weak spot (but if you drive them properly they'll handle around 350 bhp without problems), but they have a good engine and are light so you can have plenty of fun throwing them around. Also a good sensory experience thanks to all the turbo noise and pops and bangs from the exhaust. With a few relatively minor tweeks however, most of the problems go away (except the gearbox) and you'll have a very fast pocket rocket that's perfect for blasting around tight city roads.

I miss Nissan. growing up we were close, I loved her. Than we got older and she changed, we kinda went our seperate ways

little Godzilla 🙂

Polyurethane linkage bushing and a solid rear shifter mount really tightens up the shifter feel. Makes it a lot more direct and tactile. The transmissions are fragile, but you just have to be careful launching/shifting it and they will handle 200+awkw easily. Just requires more care than other AWD cars. Also the engines are good for 20psi bone stock day in, day out. Stock T28 only goes to ~18psi before running out of puff though. Great little cars, plenty around Aus, though most have been thrashed 'cus they are cheaper than their alternatives.

A guy that lives down the street from me in scotland has one rotting away. He blew a hole in no1 piston and took engine out to fix and never did been sitting 10 year. Offered him some cash to sort it but said he would never sell it. Was a track toy for him. Running 350bhp on standard bottem end and a td05 turbo so he said. What a waste.

Love these cars, have come close to buying one a few times. Something to mention though the 4WD system isn't like the GT-R's ATTESA system. Those have a torque sensing system which is mostly RWD until it senses slip in the rear, and then will send up to 50% of the torque to the front tires. In the GTi-R, it's a full time 4WD with 50% of the power always split front/rear. For that reason these have a pretty big tendency to understeer on the limit. Good review though, nobody's really done a good review on these yet.

They're known as the "baby godzilla" and were quite common in New Zealand. Transverse SR20DET engines with the Atessa Awd also came in the Nissan Bluebird SSS albeit without the quad throttle bodies and larger lifters and more commonly automatic. Be careful though, the gearboxes are made from the same material as your toilet.... Porcelain. They literally shit themselves

OH MY GOD!! ....FINALLY someone gives this car the attention it deserves... i have a 1993 B13 Nissan Sentra SE-R and literally as i type this its getting a GT-IR motor swap!

Where I live in Trinidad there's some sick Pulsar Gti-rs.. One particular one roaming the streets with like 600 Hp..Caged..Scary loud & fast...Sick little car 😎 Great video Marcus... On another note.. I'd like 2 see you review a well modded R35 Gtr 🤔

I've had one of these rice rockets. Getting quite rare and expensive in the UK now. Mine was running a hybrid turbo and boot controller at 350 bhp. It was an animal!

The love child of a Silvia and a WRX hatch with a little GTR mixed in. Love it, so much want!

LOVE THE JDM CARS THAT HAVE BEEN BACK ON THE CHANNEL!

A guy locally got one of these and started autocrossing it. He's been consistently getting FTD or 2nd place every event (raw times). The thing is nutty! Always lifting a rear wheel wayyy off the ground around turns.

I believe the right term for it is not a mini maniac Godzilla but rather a Baby Godzilla

It’s 1am I work tomorrow and I found my dream car. Always been a hatch guy. Jdm is > Imma own one by the end of this year

I was asking for this car to appear here and You did it. I own a GTI-R for the last 6 years and still love it a lot. Many thanks and all the best:-)

Absolute dream car for me, nothing more than I want in this world is a black pulsar and to jack it up a little bit on bigger tires and put the Japanese rising sun on the hood

This is basically a mix between a gtr and and a Silvia. The best of both worlds. Also it's light so you can beat anyone with it

Your videos keep getting better and better Marcus. I love watching the progression of your skill as an automotive journalist. Outstanding.

I own 1 of these, running 1.2 bar of boost, standard turbo,so should be around 310-320bhp. At 1220 kg faster then mapped focus rs,stock golf r,stock a45 amg. So hard to find any good examples for sale in the UK.

That umbrella holder is classy as fuck. This thing is the real mans hot hatch.

I like this car, Skyline GT-R 4WD system and Silvia engine!

I had two in a row as Japanese Imports around 1999. Brilliant car.

I owned one of these, fuel pump, dump pipe, 18psi. It was dam quick ! Chucked a rear sway on to remove the understeer. 1230kg 240kw , these were impressive back in 06. I used keep up with new Evos and STIs and walk over stock or lightly modified wrxs. No A45s around back then!

Good you took my advice and checked out the Pulsar!

Been specializing in to Nissans since I was 15, started with k10 Micra, Cherry's, P10 sportdeck primera with sr20, build friends N14 Sunny with GA14DE & now working with p12 QG20DE.

The Juke R is the monster... a GTR .. this Pulsat has a beautiful umbrella

Sweet hatchback with Silvia engine and GT-R 4WD system!!

Bro for a second I though it was Tommy's Pulsar... (You will know who I'm talking about if you watch him.)

In fairness to the creators He means Sr20det transversely mounted obviously, and here in Canada a Det is often just referred to as a sr20 because they are often swapped into our s chassis cars. "Sr swap or sr20 swap" is common The drivetrain is similar to a GTR in the sense that it's a Nissan atessa system that transfers power forward and back depending on slip The owner, Me, is on his third transmission now, but that's not because they are made of "chocolate". Some people run pretty high HP through them, and like allot of cars the transmission is the weak point, but I can tell you I have driven very hard and the gearbox hold up very nicely. My second gear box was a dud . Great vid guys keep it up!!

The GTiR is constant AWD 50/50 torque split. Under normal driving it's not just front wheel drive, not engaging the rear wheels. It's constant AWD. The 1989 R32 Nissan GTR for example is under normal driving conditions mainly rear wheel drive, when the computer detects traction loss, the front wheels via the front Diff kick in, to give the GTR more grip.

Ive had two of these in the uk. Black and grey, they have a far superior sr20 to the s14/15. There seats and front brakes are god damn aweful. One kool thing was it had a umbrella that popped out as u open the drivers door

I did own one, in the UK. Used to break clutches for fun, but it was running 10.3s ¼ mile times. It had a tendency to try and swap ends.

Cool, your first Pulsar GtiR review. For some reason you didn't seem too impressed like usual. Thanks for the feature either way. Waiting on an Ep82 Starlet GT review

Absolutely love the pulsar GTI-R

Production value on this channel is amazing. I hit the bell. Keep up this content, Do what you love.

They should have made the 1990 Nissan Primera Sedan a 4WD Turbo. The TE Spec went hard for what it was. Heaps of these GTi-R's in New Zealand. -Bonnet Swap -Front Mount Intercooler Painted Matte Black -Remove Wing -Swap Rear badge for the "X1" model. Sleeper perfection!

My son got one….almost original except for a front mounted intercooler…scares the shit out of me…100% analog driving experience…a rare thing today

One of my favorite hatches of all time. Still love the styling too.

I love your videos! Please please please say you were kidding when At around 2:34 in the video you said the AWD Systems in the R32 GTR were similar. Other than the fact they're both AWD the systems that drive them couldn't be more different. The GTR was using a Longitudinal layout with more of a Rear Wheel Drive bias it was much more robust and more sophisticated. Where the front drive axles were lined up with the oil pan and one axle actually goes thru the pan to keep the mounting of the engine as low as possible still. The Pulsar GTI-R still uses a very goood and effective AWD system but it's a haldex style awd like you'd find in an EVO, Mitsubishi 3000GT Twin Turbo, Galant VR4, Eclipse/Talon GSX/TSi Awd trims, Toyota Celica GT-Four Awd and etc, the systems in those are all front wheel drive based so it made it easy to convert a Economy car with a simple fwd layout into an AWD monster with a little more weight and tire wear. But the benefits are so great so long as the manufacturer has LSD's available for the rear and front so you can get more torque to all wheels more time. Most of the sporty systems did have this, even the most recent Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart turbo with the DCCT auto dual clutch awd has a limited slip rear diff. So it's a very awesome layout but my loooooong dragged out point was the systems are only the same as far as the name is involved but other than that they are opposite AWD systems. Still awesome video and awesome car. Keep up the great videos man, hope you didn't feel I was being condescending. I just wanted the public to know because I hear so many peoople confusing swaps that are easy with swaps that are possible but extremely difficult because one is transverse and the other is longitudinal. Love your content mate! See you in the next Vid! P.S. I thumb'd this one up.

The BEST sounding SR20 bar none.

The pulsar gti-r was originally designed for rally racing but unfortunately didn't make it far, that's why we never got to have them in North America and we never heard about it

My first car in Gran Turismo 1&2 🙂 used Pulsar GTi-R '91 in red color 🙂

in the netherlands this is called the nissan sunny GTI-R. collectors car worth 10.000 -15.000 € for a LHD originally sold in the netherlands

I had a 90's Nissan Pulsar T roof...never thought anything of it before I blew the engine up. Thats my first car with 5 speed 2dr 4 seater...

My high school maths teacher had a pulsar gtir, that had alot of money spent on it was a beast.

You need to try a N15 Pulsar/lucino VZR N1 with a SR16ve (or a sr20ve). They aren't awd but when the noevvl kicks in they sound awesome SR16VE N1 - Featured in the JDM Pulsar VZ-R N1, which was a racing homologation version intended to compete with the Honda Civic Type-R. Producing 200 PS (147 kW; 197 hp) from its 1.6 L SR16VE engine, it held the highest specific output ever for a naturally aspirated production car, at 123.125 hp/liter until the Honda F20C engine was released in the Honda S2000. The "Version2" (VerII) was introduced offering a few chassis and mechanical tweaks as well as an option orange trimmed interior with GTR Skyline front seats. N1's available in Black and White only.

I really liked this vid. I had one of these and it was easily the best car i've ever had. Although you did get some of your facts wrong. The GTiR is a fulltime 4wd and has a viscous system not electronic so it doesnt send torque to the rear wheels when necessary. The torque split is from memory 60/40. Also it is a really nose heavy car so has a tendency to sledge in corners if you try to power out too soon. Also on a stock T28 a 2" exhaust will provide better power than a 3"...but it doesnt sound as cool.

Why do other much less quality youtubers have so many more subs. For real. Streetspeed/vehicle virgins/superspeedersrob/tjhunt/thatdudeinblue/solomondron or however that's spelled/schmee/stradman they all have decent content but nothing like the quality videos/films this channel puts out. RU-vid has zero taste as proven by jake Paul lol. Keep up the good work. Imma support ya

Black Ops Performance actually has a red one for sale right now. That's crazy because I just learned about this car a week ago and now I see this video.

im luky i got one . 1992 jdm pulsar gtir with 82k milles

finally an ad that actually speaks to me. good stuff

Nissan Sentras had SR20 transversely mounted

My friend had one a while back. Fun little car and the umbrella in the door was a touch of Japanese weird and cool. And the NX2000, Sentra SER and Infiniti G20 had SR20s in the US.

Marcus, a couple cars in NA had a sideways SR20. S13 Sentra SE-R, S14 200SX SE-R, S15 Sentras of some trim levels, NX2000, Infiniti G20 too

GTiR's are more likely to "pop" when they're cold. That car is a damn maniac! "Wants to play with you" is a PERFECT explanation! And YUP (from experience) sr20's handle about 400 whp before they're prone to breakage. With aftermarket cams, valves, springs, rings, crank arms, and gasket kits, along with aftermarket aircraft aluminum pulley kit, around 600 daily driver horses reliably. After that the iron block starts to stress and can crack. Full race build and tune on the sr20det has a (hypothetical) top chp of 800, anything more and the block blows apart. Also never seen more than 600 irl. Only reasonable builup specs, that made alotta sense, for 800... And a subsequent pressure test on the iron block that blew it apart with the necessary compression. SR20 guy since 2000. Can build an '91 Sentra SE-R, chasis up, from parts, blindfolded (Fonzy style) LITERALLY, and your best bet for the SR20? Like I said, aftermarket internals on a red top, ECU tuning, 400 daily horses. Anything more and the engine wont last...

This is one of those cars that will only increase in value. Great video and an awesome looking car!

I used to love this car. Was looking for it couple of years ago.....then someone told me just to get Ford RS. Newer Car. Newer Tech. Faster. Little More Fuel Efficient. He was a dream killer. Killjoy. I don't wana be friends with him after that LOL

Best winter car I ever had. Bytheway, still gets better gas millage than an STI..

Cool review - thanks. I had a Pulsar GTi hatch (Jap import to NZ). Didn't have the turbo, just the SR18 motor. Great car though - fun to drive. Fun to drive fast. Economical. And the nicest cockpit. I'm 6' 4" and this car had more head and leg room than any other car I have ever driven. And that big long door meant you didn't have to climb around the pillar to get out. But I had to get the gearbox rebuilt after only 100,000 km, and apparently the GTiR went through gearboxes even quicker. For all it's great qualities, funny how the first thing I remembered was the umbrella in the door. Ha! And it had this huge big factory speaker system that covered the entire rear parcel shelf. Marilyn Manson's beautiful people had just come out, and you could turn that up, make your ears blead!

I had a 81' Pulsar as my first car, here in the states. It was completely different than this one, but I still loved it.

The way that umbrella slides out is slick! I want it!

20 psi out of a t28... Talk about working overtime!

I've been lusting after these since the early 90s when I spent a winter in the UK, saw one up close. Mad little car. Where's my lottery ticket again...?

finally this car gets some recognition

240sx + GTR = Pulsar!

Thought this was a Tommyfyeah video

One just came up for sale in my area. I'm probably going to move on it today. Thanks for your great review!

my friend had one his had a T4 Turbo with 40lbs of boost, launch control and everything does 10 seconds on quarter mile drag here in Jamaica

host : "we will try launch control", Me: "FUCK NO! DONT!" , Ive had to replace these transmissions and transfer cases, its not fun, they are like the mazda 323 turbo's, they are glass gearboxes...

I remember my neighbor had one of these in Winnipeg back in like 2007 or 8 .. I was so confused as a kid

I love my gti-r. 275awkw on 27psi and e85. best 1/4 run of 11.8sec. In the workshop now spending another 20k on few bits :)

the mid 2000s sentra(before the boxy one) 2.0 trim is a transversely mount SR20, although it was NA only so was the Infiniti G20

This is probably the only JDM car I'd actually buy.

4:50 that was a nice clean launch

If anyone is thinking "Hey, it's a Pulsar. I'll pick one up for cheap" No. Like the man says, these are rare homologation cars that, if you can find one, go for Skyline GTR money.

Little known fact. These were on sale in the uk could be bought brand new from Nissan. Was called the Sunny GTI-r. Gearboxes were made of chocolate though.

Aye fucking rights buddy. A Canadian car RU-vidr. Great camera work some of the best quality I've seen in a while

It's an iconic car. I should have bought one when they were cheap

13.1 standing quarter mile stock in 1991. Very impressive. I love these things but getting very old now, would be hard to find a good one.

A person from alberta that can drive!!!! Wow I've seen it all!