650Hp Nissan Micra V6 Twin Turbo || Mid-Engined & 4WD Swap

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4 жыл бұрын

The outrageous Nissan March of Glenn Hodges was once again at Leadfoot Festival, now faster than ever. Converted into a 4WD, Mid-engined Monster, the VQ35DETT powered machine is now producing 650Hp/700Nm to all 4 wheels, capable of a 0-100Km/h sprint in little over 2 seconds, despite still using a H-pattern Gearbox. Driven by Touring Car Racing Legend Paul Radisich, this was the 11th Fastest Car at the event, narrowly missing the final Top 10 Shootout.
For those unaware, this is a creation of Glenn Hodges of The Lab Limited in New Zealand, a former Aircraft Technician, who set out to transform the innocent Nissan March into a Group B of the Modern Era. Using mainly Nissan parts for all the project, we have here a 350GT Skyline engine aided by a pair of Garrett GT2860RS turbochargers. Power is then transferred to the 4 wheels through a late model D22 Navara five speed gearbox, with brakes from the 370Z and much more. You can find much more about the build and Mr. Hodges projects on his own Channel right here:
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@TheLabLimited 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, a bit less than two weeks before we stretch her legs on a full open circuit! :D

@PSPMHaestros 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing car! Love that it has a manual

@ianjobernsdrivinginstructor 4 жыл бұрын

Did someone like RML originally build a Micra with the Nissan Super Touring running gear?

@johnsmith-nl3js 4 жыл бұрын

fucking top.motor mate!

@kiwijzx9475 4 жыл бұрын

@@ianjobernsdrivinginstructor I think he was on a skid factory episode and said seeing that car was what made him see it could be done

@TheLabLimited 4 жыл бұрын

@@kiwijzx9475 Yip that's correct, a mate and I had already discussed in detail various options for the build. I had come up with VQ35DE+TT in the back transverse mounted RWD OR longitudinally mounted 4WD. Had a wee Google search and found it had been done by RML in RWD. Researched some details, got it done, blew gearbox twice, converted to 4WD :)

@marcobrancorsini2479 4 жыл бұрын

And it's a MANUAL... That's gotta be a handful to drive.

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

For proper drivers for sure ;)

@versag3776 4 жыл бұрын

You should add a pneumatic paddle shifter to the steering column.

@koettfaers 4 жыл бұрын

Ofcourse its manual

@mrmidnight32 4 жыл бұрын

Especially with how small those fucking gears are this could be done in most 3rd gear cars. Dude was going 1-4 on this small track

@DrewRallye 4 жыл бұрын

@@koettfaers Why do you say of course it's manual?! It could quite easily be sequential, in fact I'm surprised it's not. Faster gear changes. Fact. And if you use paddles, then hands on wheel all the time. Better. Don't get me wrong, I love a manual, but in a micra with 650bhp, there's no way I wouldn't go sequential with paddle shift. My opinion.

@mikkelbagterp8074 4 жыл бұрын

The coolest thing about this is the H-pattern gearbox

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

Little, way too powerful, wide and H-pattern... a proper driver´s Race Car ;)

@creepydutchman 4 жыл бұрын

@@HillClimbMonsters yup H-pattern and it squeals like an angel

@HandSolitude 4 жыл бұрын

The drivetrain is from a "pickup" called Nissan Navara

@PSNcharlie97 4 жыл бұрын

@@HillClimbMonsters Definitely takes more than a couple of seconds off your times, though.

@Luca_S_8 4 жыл бұрын

When the turbos spool for good this car moves FAST. Like, REALLY FAST, IT'S SCARY.

@chuckyboy6977 4 жыл бұрын

This mighty micra would destroy the Goodwood Hill at the Festival of speed. I’d love to see this V6 Micra go up against the Aston Martin V8 Cygnet or an old school 6r4.

@cupidstunt22 4 жыл бұрын

Metro 6r4 lives on in spirit with this amazing car

@DrewRallye 4 жыл бұрын

205 T16 trumps the 6R4 in my book, although they're both insane and I'd happily have either! Or both!

@cupidstunt22 4 жыл бұрын

DrewRallye me too

@AlexanderGee 4 жыл бұрын

I swear driving a stock nissan march feels like this because it's right at the edge of it's abilities taking a gentle curve at 100kph on SH1

@TheLabLimited 4 жыл бұрын

HA ha ha ha!!! often the most fun is had in a slow car being driven at a moderate pace, fast cars become boring at normal speeds :)

@victoriagale4090 4 жыл бұрын

Barely 1/4 throttle used . I’d like to see this car on a track using wide open throttle. Impressive driving keeping that thing rained in .

@TheLabLimited 4 жыл бұрын

Here ya go mate, last session in this video I opened her up a bit more, only running 14PSI boost in this video, bumped it up after resolving a couple of minor set up issues in the tune. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdFmjMl139rMfmg.html

@victoriagale4090 4 жыл бұрын

The Lab thanks for the link I’ll defo check it out 👍

@Jay-cp8rl 4 жыл бұрын

The ONLY Nissan micra in the world that isn’t embarrassing to drive

@samusaran7317 4 жыл бұрын

A person driven by ego than I guess that "may" be the case for you. 😂

@sopuli420 4 жыл бұрын

@@samusaran7317 stfu

@3.9L_V8 4 жыл бұрын

This is the definition of madness. Amazing driver and car!

@joe125ful 4 жыл бұрын

Micra GTR:)

@nopsFU 4 жыл бұрын

This would make the perfect commuter, just add a child seat in the back!

@jihadjoe 4 жыл бұрын

On top of the engine?

@nopsFU 4 жыл бұрын

@@jihadjoe whoops...guess not.

@bigcheeezzz7135 3 жыл бұрын

nopsFU yeah if you prefer your children well done 🍖🍗

@Mat99TN 4 жыл бұрын

I've been following The Lab channel for quite some time, really pleased to get and enjoy his beast even on yours with your quality. Thanks!

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

Our Pleasure Mattia ;)

@Dubb1000 3 жыл бұрын

I use to own a 160SR, such a fun little car, wish there was more tuning options through.

@matarua 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, after seeing the super duper widebody bambinas on Hill Climb Fans I always thought the micra would be the perfect widebody beast to do the same to it. Awesome!

@arthurp5317 4 жыл бұрын

The first nice micra that I have seen.

@marvinlinnarz5856 4 жыл бұрын

Would rather Take the Micra than a stupid modern supercar.

@verttisyrjala2897 4 жыл бұрын

@@marvinlinnarz5856 Why :D

@marvinlinnarz5856 4 жыл бұрын

@@verttisyrjala2897 because it has still more Soul than those Terminator Like Cars from today.

@MrHardtime21 4 жыл бұрын

This is such a beautiful piece of work! Not even near full boost and it's just asking for more! Wow...... This Micra is Insane!

@klammi85 4 жыл бұрын

Grandpa's first choise for Hill Climb.

@jamesowen5492 4 жыл бұрын

When just been on tick over sets the car alarms off....another beauty of a video

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks James ;)

@FirdausIdros 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant machine! Will be great on track as well

@arisaga822 4 жыл бұрын

That shouldn’t be allowed! Ridiculously badass. Bravo.

@boatymcboatface666 4 жыл бұрын

Silly Kiwis! Bloody awesome ae! From a country that gave the world McLaren, Britten, now this. I use to buff floors of shop that Paul's fuel tech owned , only in NZ 🤣

@TheMec1978 4 жыл бұрын

Excelente! Muy bien filmado. Saludos desde Argentina.

@LUNCHMONEY4numbers 4 жыл бұрын

They achieved the impossible. They made a Micra cool

@Vincenzo-wn1or 4 жыл бұрын

Nissan must be kicking themselves for not releasing a limited run of these and not entering WRC. Great job!

@nikolav5824 4 жыл бұрын

Damn this monster sounds so brutal

@user-cg7tn2gs5d 4 жыл бұрын

This build is impressive, I wrapping a v6, tr os and the 4wd layout to that tiny ass body, and still making it look cute.

@martiniv8924 3 жыл бұрын

Mighty Atom ! 💪🏻..... got to be one of the coolest hill climbers yet 👌🏻

@Gentlemen_london_ 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a weapon! 👍

@felixf5211 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a car!

@CarFrequency 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like it is very fun to drive. 👍

@kurtsandberg7188 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a mental micra my daughter drives a micra 1.2 lol so wish she had this one

@zeph5225 4 жыл бұрын

That must be fast.That small car man!

@Pickchore 4 жыл бұрын

The new Nissan MICRAAAAAAAAAAH!

@crsteixeira1865 5 ай бұрын

thats a dream boat!!!!!!!

@jendrus423 4 жыл бұрын

Great race .

@RowdyEnt. 4 жыл бұрын

That thing is nutty 😍

@qwertyazerty2137 4 жыл бұрын

that sound... second best sounding v6 after stratos

@samurai_nasty7796 4 жыл бұрын

This car is a litle monster i love nissan 💓👍

@byEssIX 4 жыл бұрын

This has to be terrifying

@Jukelikesgames 4 жыл бұрын

Things a beast

@fl674ol 4 жыл бұрын

Nice car 🤗🤗🤗

@medhikaman4880 4 жыл бұрын

is it necessary : NO Is it cool : YES

@jmowens69 4 жыл бұрын

He's barely getting into it. This car must be insane at wot.

@richardbaron7106 4 жыл бұрын

That's O for Oarsome! Finally a VQ engine that sounds mean AF - now if only I get get my 21 year-old Maxima to sound the same...

@Pat80s 4 жыл бұрын

That's for sure the hearth of the GTR R35... V6 twin turbo 3.8 liters... What a sound...

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

No, the engine of the R35 GT-R is the VR38DETT. This is the VQ35, as used on the 350Z, here with 2 Turbos added ;)

@Pat80s 4 жыл бұрын

@@HillClimbMonsters thank you for the information! It sounds amazing!!!

@MarcosPaulo-131 4 жыл бұрын

Monster. Greetings from Brazil.

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

Sempre bom ver público Brasileiro a apreciar HillClimb Racing ;)

@fanisgelis9980 2 жыл бұрын

makes me feel better about my nissan micra

@bigcheeezzz7135 3 жыл бұрын

The way it looks in the turns, the weight ratio must be spot on

@TheLabLimited 3 жыл бұрын

About 618kgs on the rear axle and 600 on the front, might have changed a little with some minor tweaks it's had but it wont be far off that.

@googleuser6440 4 жыл бұрын

I did my driving test in one of these :)

@rumpl3d488 4 жыл бұрын

I wish the vq35 in my car sounded this good

@bingobango4281 4 жыл бұрын

Raise that front spring set n drift up those tiny hills

@berkeuslu 3 ай бұрын

I would love to engine swap my K13 Micra but I could not find what engine would be best for a small car.

@scoobyking555cm 4 жыл бұрын

Epic 👍👍👍👍👍👍🏁

@rustydoorbill6967 3 жыл бұрын

Nissan micra will never have more than 27 BHP . Its a dream

@leandroribeirocorrea4 4 жыл бұрын

Pikes peaks sound. Escudo... :)

@baconfister 4 жыл бұрын

Intense! If Nissan ever made a teensy car like that with 1/2 the performance of the car featured in the video, I would buy one; in other words, I will not bloody likely ever buy a post-2003 Nissan (thank you Carlos Ghosn).

@nishanpokhrel0217 4 жыл бұрын

Which engine did you guys use for this

@1rinny 4 жыл бұрын

Wooooooooo My God!

@marcelsjrossignol2056 4 жыл бұрын

Are thy going to bring this car as street version with the 109hp 4 cylinder motor. I like this 2door wide body look.

@yarisTSk 4 жыл бұрын

we love.

@user-pd9vm9ts1o 4 жыл бұрын

DAAMNN !!

@DSP990 4 жыл бұрын

It's like back in the days in Gran Turismo when you tune some regular car to unreasonable power levels just because you can and it's fun.

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

Hillclimb Racing is good for all Automotive delusions of grandeur one might have ;)

@TonyGellaDrums 6 ай бұрын

How to add power to my k12. 1.5 diesel?

@wolfie5777 4 жыл бұрын

car looks weird but man does it sound good

@hendrikschuch 4 жыл бұрын

oh my goodness

@sircefiro 4 жыл бұрын

First k12 anyone ever liked? lol, Awesome job

@yujiin9850 4 жыл бұрын

Basically a R35 GTR swapped, Mid-engine Micra/March

@bakaakuma9288 4 жыл бұрын

Nebulacore98 its a 350z engine tho

@sufianseth Жыл бұрын

Noob here, is that whining noise a supercharger?

@ziosamsamsam 4 жыл бұрын

Micra GT-R

@loleklolkowski2197 4 жыл бұрын

I have micra K12 but I would like to have this one :)

@owleeva 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, impressive! What do you think of a sequential gearbox?! I bet it'd be much easier (and therefore more fun) to drive! Great job mate!

@TheLabLimited 3 жыл бұрын

We have talked about a sequential box, there are a few reasons why we haven't but really the big one is the money involved, we do have good support from sponsors but this car is essentially privately funded. Our biggest sponsor supplied the gearbox it has off their shelf and I think in some ways even though it could go quicker with a sequential box it's probably more fitting to use an OEM Nissan unit. (at this stage) :)

@hitmaniak1737 4 жыл бұрын

Little Godzilla👍

@bigfootjustkilledyou 4 жыл бұрын

You cant say it isnt unique!

@coolguy1309 3 жыл бұрын

I wanna do this to my micra

@smashyapasty8791 4 жыл бұрын

That's fucking RAPID

@Aristocrafied 4 жыл бұрын

that's quite the slow shifting but that shifter looks reluctant to go anywhere..

@TheLabLimited 4 жыл бұрын

It is literally a truck gearbox (small pickup/ute depending on your country) so high speed shifting isn't a great idea, while it MIGHT work most of the time, if it rejects a shift and you end up needing to put power down but can't select a gear ..... not going to end well. It's the same family of gearbox as the R32 & 33 GTR, the Z32 300ZX and the RB25DET powered Skylines, none are well known for high speed shifting.

@Aristocrafied 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLabLimited so they hold the power but you lose some time , check

@pierremaillet2099 4 жыл бұрын

Superbe cette micra à moteur de gtr , enfin je présume! J aimerais tomber sur une Citroën bx 4tc préparée comme polytechnique en coupé disputer une course de côte! Merci HCM!

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

Our Pleasure Pierre ;)

@pierremaillet2099 4 жыл бұрын

Merci le plaisir est partagé Mr HCM! :)

@bernardsimmonds 4 жыл бұрын

A Kiwi car! No way

@GewelReal 4 жыл бұрын

It really wants to stretch its wheels out

@DovahkiinAgera 4 жыл бұрын

Vr38dett ?

@mcanzy 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, whats the frame work on this car? Enyone who know the car can get me a little intel.

@TheLabLimited 3 жыл бұрын

Jump over to our channel mate, plenty of details to be found there :)

@alextureac9280 4 жыл бұрын

Can we get Nissan micra No we have nissan micra at home Nissan micra at home:

@romiarkan450 4 жыл бұрын

The only time a Nissan Micra actually will attempt to kill its driver

@deanm6095 3 жыл бұрын

And cute too.

@ridhobaihaqi144 4 жыл бұрын

Just like Renault 5 turbo, small body with powerfull engine.

@RockSolitude 4 жыл бұрын

How about a video on that monster behind it at the start?

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

Time will tell...

@cyclingschannel 4 жыл бұрын

Sound's like volumetric compressor +turbo ,are you sure that is just double turbocharged??

@HillClimbMonsters 4 жыл бұрын

100% sure ;)

@Manufalket 4 жыл бұрын

Like 👍👍👍

@h.a.martin958 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, kool

@amorecontromano9110 2 жыл бұрын

😍

@jethrox827 4 жыл бұрын

A box with a motor

@johntomas5170 4 жыл бұрын

I remember a similar micra was built a few years ago ,just like this 1 by a group of students as a project ,I wonder is this it ?

@TheLabLimited 4 жыл бұрын

Nope, this is 100% our creation from start to finish. Nismo UK had one built by RML that was RWD in east west config and with no turbos but that's the closest thing to this one I know of. there was a black one built with Mitsubishi EVO running gear that is probably faster but deff not as cool :)

@johntomas5170 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLabLimited yeah the nizmo car ,that's the one, i think it had a btcc primera engine in the back of it ,I don't think it was half as developed as this though It's a beast !

@TheLabLimited 4 жыл бұрын

@@johntomas5170 Yip started life with a four cyl BTCC eng and sequential box, was a bit hard for media to drive so they pulled that lot out and fitted a VQ35DE with six speed manual H pattern box. HUGE money went into that car as I understand it, our car not so much money but a lot of time and effort :)

@h.a.martin958 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLabLimited I have 2004 Nissan March; would love to do a mod like this with it....any advice?

@TheLabLimited 4 жыл бұрын

@@h.a.martin958 if you just stuck with the RWD conversion like RML did for Nismo it's actually not all that complicated. Buy a Maxima, chop the entire front end out of it including strut towers and subframe mounts etc and then graft it into the back of the March. adjust spring rates etc to suit.