- Can you feel that? Your heart rate is increasing. Your pupils are dilated. The hairs on the back of
your skinny little nerd neck might be standing on end. That's because you are looking at one of the most sought after
cars ever produced. Without this car, this
channel might not exist. It came from Japan. It's bad as *$%#
and they call it Godzilla. It's time to go bumper to bumper on the fan favorite Nissan the one, the only, legendary R34 Skyline GT-R V-Spec. Welcome to my new show. It's 2019, we got new shows. Up To Speed is still on
Thursdays, but this show is gonna be every Tuesday. It's called Bumper2Bumper. It's an in-depth look
at the features and tech inside of the coolest cars on the planet. I'm gonna show you everything
about your favorite cars. Old, new, stock, modded, inside, outside. Bumper to bumper. Eskeetit! If you're of a certain age
group, i.e. my age group, you grew up playing racing
games on PlayStation, watching the Fast and the
Furious, and you were absolutely obsessed with Initial D. In all three of those
franchises the Nissan GT-R plays a pivotal role. It was the best car in Gran Turismo 2. Paul Walker drove one in 2 Fast 2 Furious. And the God Foot was a
menace on the mountain. It was a huge deal. But in the U.S. one factor
is far and away the most significant aspect of Skyline GT-R lore. We never got it. But wait. If this car wasn't ever sold here, then how is this one here? Well if a car is 25 years or
older, regardless of origin, it can be imported into the
U.S. and sold as a used car. But James, this car is a '99 so it's only 20 years old, not 25. So what the heck? It's what you call show and display legal. That means it can be driven
on the road but no more than 2,500 miles a year. And technically, you're
only supposed to drive it to shows or to maintain it. This thing has been living
in a lab and pretty soon it's gonna be the only
California legal R34 in the entire state. ♪ California here we come ♪ The Skyline Gt-R wasn't the only Skyline. There are four-door sedans,
coupes, both naturally aspirated and turbo-charged motors,
but the top of the Skyline heap was the all-wheel drive twin turbo fast as *$%# GT-R which brings us to this. The R34 Skyline debuted in
1998 with a GT-R once again being the ultimate model. But this time, there is
something even more ultimate. This Skyline GT-R is GT-R V-Spec. Right of the bat, you'll
see the beautiful paint. This color is called Midnight Purple II. Very likely a nod to the
infamous Midnight Club Street Racing soon to get in Japan. The previous GT-R, the
R33, was the first Skyline to wear the special violet paint. But this one as like more
color changey stuff in it and it's really a trip
to walk around the car. At first it's like purple,
but then as you pass, it turns green. And sometimes if the light
is lower, it looks black and even gold. We did our best to light
it, but there's really no way that you guys can see
how insane this paint looks. There are only 282 Midnight
Purple V-Specs ever built, making this car extremely rare. Legend has it that all
Midnight Purple R34s sold out in 10 days. The GT-R styling is special as well. Unlike the R32s fairly muted appearance, the R34 lets you know right off the bat, "Aye, I'm different" "I'm the racing one!" The headlights upfront
are like a furrowed brow making it look like super angry. And the front grills look
like the mouth of a frickin' Bull Shark just swimming through the waves looking for kooks to bite in half. Oh are you on a paddle board? (grunts)
Not today! The rear fenders bulge
out like the laurels of the buffest horse you've ever seen.
#buffhorses And to top it all off, is this
adjustable dual-element wing. You can have Thanksgiving
on top of this thing. It's *$%# sick, dude. The fact that it's dual-element
reduces drag and increases potential down force. This thing was designed
to be driven at the limit. The rear of the car also
has another feature that we're not used to seeing
in the U.S., a fog lamp. This right here is fog
lamp which makes the car easier to see from behind in dense fog. It wasn't required for sale
in Japan, but European laws mandate that every car come with rear fog. Which also means that Europe got this car. You know who else got it? New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore. In Singapore, they don't
even let you chew gum. You know who didn't get it? Us! It's f*#$%# b*#$@%! Now you can't talk about
the R34 without mentioning (boom) the brake lights. They say simplicity is the
ultimate in sophistication and these lights definitely
make a great case for that being true. You know for lot of people,
these lights are the most memorable part of the car
'cause it's the last thing they see as it rips by them. Faster than the speed of
sound on the Shikoku highway. (car engine roaring)
(man shouting) There's rubber deflectors
right behind this wheel that when air is sucked in
through the front scoops, it pushes it to the
center of the brake rotor and because of the action of
the rotor, it sucks all the air and cools the metal from the back. This keeps the brakes cool
and prevents fade during long drives with a bunch of heavy braking. The V-Spec also comes
with stiffer suspension to keep the car planted in the turn. And all R34s have this neat
little front splitter up front. This limits air from going
under the car and helps push it over it, pushing the front
off the car towards the road. In the rear, the V-Spec
specific carbon fiber diffuser speeds up the air leaving
the back of the car creating a low-pressure
zone under the rear instead of behind it which puts more
weight on the rear wheels which increases grip. GT-R rides on 18 inch
wheels and is brought to us stock by 324 millimeter
Brembo four piston brakes in the front and two
piston brakes in the back. Enough about the outside. Let's check out the inside. First things first. I cannot believe that I
am inside of an R34 GT-R. Guess what freshman James? You made it! First thing you notice, this
is a Japanese sports car from the 90s so the interior
is very very very sparse. There's not a lot going on. As far as creature
comforts go, there's none. But that's to what this car is for. This car is for driving and driving fast! (car engine roars) It's go harness cutouts
in the freakin' seats, for God's sake. These bolsters are huge
too, so you'll rip around the Toge, embarrassing
Takumi without sliding around or making your legs all tired. The cluster is very
driver-focused and super simple. And one thing that I find
super interesting about the cluster is the speedo only goes up to 180 kilometers an hour. Now that is about 110 miles per hour. I know that because I'm a math boy. Needless to say, it goes
much faster than that. So a popular upgrade is like
a Nismo cluster which goes up to 320 which is about 200 miles an hour which makes a lot more sense
for a car called Godzilla. The R34 also got a six speed
transmission as opposed to the five speed in the R32 and the R33. And just like running
through the gears with this thing parked, it's amazing. This is me starting the car. (car starts) (giggles) (chill music) The center console is super minimal. It's a Japanese car from the 90s. It's got climate control. One feature that's very
foreign to me because I'm an American is this
headlight height controller which lets you adjust the
angle of the headlights depending on the conditions. If we had headlight adjuster
controllers, I think America would collapse in about
17 days because everyone's a stupid (beep) and already,
we got bro dozers shining blue lights into your eyes. (eerie music)
(screaming) (chuckles) We just can't handle it. Right above the super
simple center console is the jewel of the R34's interior. The multi-function display or MFD. A feature that was light years
ahead of its time in 1990 just like The Matrix. And frankly, one of the most
underrated parts of the R34. The MFD is this LCD screen
with a digital read out of critical engine functions
like boost pressure, gas pedal position, fuel
injector duty cycle (chuckles) oil temp, water temp, exhaust
temp, intake/intercooler temp. These are all super useful
at the track and super fun when you're just driving around town. It also as a shift-like
function that flashes red to tell you, "Aye, shift!" Now this next thing is
probably the coolest thing I have ever seen in any car,
especially one from the 90s. It's a TV button. It says TV on it and if you
have this special Nissan radio, you could watch
TV in your freakin' dash! Stuff like the MFD are super
common placed in cars today but remember, the R34 is 20 years old! Next year it can drink! We're throwing it a party! We're taking it to New Orleans! (cheering) And at the time of the GT-R's
release, the MFD was seen as revolutionary fusion of
digital and analog technology and just a glimmer of what
the future had to offer. (deep bass music) Oddly enough, the most
V-Spec stuff about the V-Spec is underneath the car. One of those things is
the Atessa ET-S Pro all wheel drive system. That means that not only
can the car selectively send torque from the front
or rear wheels depending on driving conditions, but
the V-Spec also has an active limited slip differential
meaning it can control how much the rear diff locks
up depending on the power being sent to it. So, if it's open, it's real easy to turn. Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh.
(car engine roaring) If it's locked, then you get skids. Err err errr err.
(car tires screeching) the more power being sent to the rear, the more locked up it is. This makes the V-Spec
extremely capable on sketchy mountain roads like Mount
Akina which are often covered in water and dirt. This thing was made 20 years ago, dude. Another really exciting
thing under the car is a system called Super
HICAS which helps the GT-R get around turns. Essentially, the system
uses electronic actuators to turn the rear wheels one
degree in either direction helping turn the car at low
speeds, the rear wheels turn in the opposite direction
of the front ones, which rotates the car faster. But at high speeds, the
rear wheels turn in the same direction as the front
which keeps the car stable during fast lane changes. Now a lot of modern
sports cars do have active rear steering, but
these early systems were a little bit unpredictable. I had it on an S13 and I
(fart noise) took it out. So much has gone into this car. Fender flares, big brakes,
air ducts, splitters, spoilers, computer screens,
and TVs in the dashboard. None of that stuff means anything. In fact, it would be kinda
lame if this car wasn't fast as (fart noise) and this
car is fast as (fart noise). (deep bass music) (laughing) Now the R32, R33, and
R34 GT-Rs are all powered by the legendary RB26DETT
in-line six engine. In Catholic school terms,
the looks and all wheel drive are the father and the
son which makes the RB26 the holy spirit. Without a doubt, the engine
is the soul of the R34. This six cylinder mil
uses two parallel turbos. Meaning, each turbo is
powered by three cylinders and they work independently of each other. The Twin Garret T28
turbos have a ball bearing and a lighter ceramic exhaust wheel inside which allows them to spool up super fast. The result is one bar
or 15 pounds of boost. The RB also gets major
street cred with it's individual throttle bodies which is unique to the RB engine family. The RB26 has a cast engine block making it super strong straight from the factory. This made it a tuner's dream. And it's not uncommon to
see GT-Rs making 600, 800, or even 1,000 horsepower with
a tune and upgraded internals. (car engine roaring) The Skyline GT-R is a living legend. The R34 literally, no
hyperbole, birthed an entire generation of automotive enthusiasts. This is one of the first
cars that I thought was cool and a lot of you probably think the same. It's really important. (explosion) Thanks for watching our
new show Bumper2Bumper. Every Tuesday. I'm gonna have another car. And I'm gonna take you through it and tell ya everything about it. You like JDM legends? Watch this episode of our
other new show Prestado. It's in Spanish but it's for everybody. You wanna learn more about
the history of the GT-R? Check out this episode of Up To Speed. Follow me on Instagram @jamespumphrey. Follow Donut @donutmedia. Smash that like button. Dude, let's get this
new show trending guys. Let's make this (voice
reverberating) bigger than Up To Speed, alright? It's 2019. I'm a grown man. I have a girlfriend now
and I wanna buy a house. I love you.
Thank you for this video and thank you to the entire donut team who make awesome videos!!!
Donut is killing it these days. Production values through the roof. Waaaay more interesting than any bullshit on TV.
I really enjoyed the new segment. It felt like a more refined version of the "Up To Speed" series. Helluva car to start with, too!
Definitely dig the new show. Pairs with up to speed perfectly, like French fries and Milk shakes.
Please a 2004 Subaru WRX STI ep. Also amazing new show. Love all you guys.
I have the same pioneer head unit in my JDM import, and that really surprises me for some reason.