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@edwardfletcher77906 ай бұрын
Dude, I've been in the video industry for 30 yrs and the quality of your videos is FANTASTIC . I don't think your subs realise how incredibly difficult it is to get the old footage and details you use to create these gems👍 Thank you ! 😃 PS : It looks like the Zero R No.3 is here in Australia, it's got New South Wales number plates at 16:38.
@matthew-jy5jp6 ай бұрын
I don't understand why but I never get any notifications for your new videos. And you should complain to KZfaq because your channel is legitimately good
@Qimchiy6 ай бұрын
Correction for 17:15. The Zero R in Brunei is out in the wild running. TheFinalDrive has a video showcasing it and it's one of the top results.
@VeritasEtAequitas6 ай бұрын
You ALWAYS replace race engine oil every race. And rebuild the engine. What are you talking about? Sukuba, not Scuba....
@mikiyasgetachew40956 ай бұрын
❤@@VeritasEtAequitas
@DaleDriven6 ай бұрын
So initial D stage 5, Ryosuke’s arc battle with the zero r32 was based off of a real car 😱
@Mercman10106 ай бұрын
my mind went blank
@sakuya11856 ай бұрын
When was it stated? I mustve missed it.. :(
@toshisato266 ай бұрын
What? Isn't it Rin Hojo's 650hp r32?
@Tipo746 ай бұрын
Are you sure you haven't mixed up Ikeda's ZERO driving theory from team SPIRAL. Rin's r32 was bonkers fast though,so i can see why you would be thinking that 😂
@DaleDriven6 ай бұрын
@@toshisato26 that’s what I was thinking!
@michaelryan38186 ай бұрын
HKS didn't just become a globally recognized tuner/parts company, they are seen in every corner of car culture. You can pop the hood of any tuner/muscle/euro/rock crawler/swamp buggy and see HKS parts.
@SupraSav6 ай бұрын
Been a huge HKS fan ever since ripping the HKS GTR in Gran Turismo. Used their parts on my twin turbo BMW and never thought of HKS unless I was looking at the part - always worked flawlessly.
@shifty19276 ай бұрын
Thats awesome. Around 2000 me and my pops started building an e36 328. The first part we got that I picked out was an exhaust from HKS.(when they made stuff for the e36) By 06 it was the first 1000whp example and first to run 9s.
@philb65706 ай бұрын
That’s what I’m saying. I’m tired of these titles stating that we never heard about this car. They act like the 80 babies who were teenagers in the early 2000’s are dead
@TheDefinitiveCollector6 ай бұрын
We have a Zero R here in Australia, it gets taken out a few times a year. Incredible GTR
@bigbanana41116 ай бұрын
At 16:39, it has New South Wales plates on it. 😅
@kweigo79806 ай бұрын
I was going to say …. Australia does have one
@jarnbjorn45226 ай бұрын
super dope car, we have one here in brunei and the owner daily drive it. but it has seen better days.
@IpoopThere4IAM6 ай бұрын
I've seen it. I dropped my 32 into CRD for some work and it was on their floor. Didn't realize how rare it was at the time...thought it was a dodgy body-kit. Those skirts & bars are probably worth my car!
@MrThedoctor19726 ай бұрын
Lol he shows it in the video with NSW plates
@gordonchin55876 ай бұрын
I was the editor of a local car magazine called Borneo Tuner here in Sabah, Malaysia, neighbour to Brunei. Our magazine featured the Zero R many years ago. I would gladly look for the old copy for you and send over if you are interested.
@LittleLem0nJuice6 ай бұрын
Anywhere you can post that article for the interwebs to read as well??
@princesssolace43375 ай бұрын
Yeah .... I saw it in Brunei
@hmh10863 ай бұрын
Brunei got 1....my neighbors...
@user-zo1kn8ob7hАй бұрын
do it or ur mum
@v-specperformance94466 ай бұрын
We bought the Edition 3+ 😁 you showed video of it from our shop in Melbourne Australia. We love our ZeroR and regularly drive it
@OldTownRanch6 ай бұрын
If I ever made it to Australia I would absolutely love to photograph and document the car!! Such a unique piece of history!
@Agret6 ай бұрын
I'm in Melbourne too, you got an Instagram for it? How can I see it at a show?
@skunkhero6 ай бұрын
whooaa 😮
@r32juan6 ай бұрын
@@Agret go to their shop, its there
@albonfilms6 ай бұрын
Oh man we need to book a flight to Australia!
@baconmurderer37016 ай бұрын
There’s a video Larry Chen made about a dealership in Japan where they mostly sell JDM legends, GTR, NSX, EVO, etc . And the guy that works there mentioned his boss (owner of the dealership) had a Zero R but then sold it not too long ago, he also has an R34 Z tune and and R33 400R, he mentioned he regrets selling the Zero R.
@carloc.4556 ай бұрын
i remember he did a vid too a while back but i forgot whether he was somewhere in thai , Malaysia or Indonesia, it was a white ZERO R though
@gavinr91076 ай бұрын
I am glad to know of the 'Zero R' a long time ago. In Australia we used to have a magazine 'High Performance Imports' that I had a subscription to. They published an article on the Zero R model, that would have been close to twenty years ago.
@TheOnlyDamien6 ай бұрын
Funnily enough according to the top comment one of the only Zero Rs to exist is in Australia!
@RtistiqSkubie6 ай бұрын
@@TheOnlyDamienthe shop that owns it actually responded in the comments
@tenofhearts995 ай бұрын
I feel like putting that 'Legal Muffler' on my 2000 Civic Sedan would be a heavy flex to absolutely no one but you reading this and myself.
@izzatsufian27966 ай бұрын
10:43 One of Japanese racing that went nuts
@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious6 ай бұрын
These HKS paint schemes are just awesome, DAMN
@pustekuchen89566 ай бұрын
Ain‘t no way the S stands for sigma 💀
@Andrew_the_A3 ай бұрын
Σ is sigma in Greek so they kinda "translated" it ig
@nikolai77692 ай бұрын
Yeah, before this generation messed up the word
@TaylorGroat2 ай бұрын
Sigma was a normal word untill tiktoc
@pustekuchen89562 ай бұрын
@@TaylorGroat Interesting! I'm not native in English so I didn't know.
@MrBrandonLauАй бұрын
@@TaylorGroat before TikTok? Do you mean kinda like those “10 signs you are a sigma male”videos? 😂😂😂 they are hilarious
@chanm016 ай бұрын
What a legendary story. It kinda feels like HKS isn't as mainstream anymore (compared to where they were in the early 00s, and compared to other Japanese brands like GReddy). But in my head, that logo, with the 3 capital letters, will forever be synonymous with JDM.
@jacobasuncion31326 ай бұрын
Another incredible story hope you guys talk about Greddy, Blitz, Cobb, Veilside, or Apexi next
@andrewcena6 ай бұрын
Great summary, I never knew how extensive the history of HKS was and how involved they were in pioneering the aftermarket tuning industry.
@MuscleCarLover6 ай бұрын
Whenever Japanese tuning companies are brought up, literally the first name that pops in my head every single time is HKS
@davezaffina19836 ай бұрын
I bought hks turbo timer, intake, ssq blow-off valves, and several other parts for my z32 300zx TT 2+2 back when I swapped a jdm engine into the chassis in 2004. I loved everything they sold and all their parts worked flawlessly on my Z.
@derekhobbs11025 ай бұрын
My old boss was an HKS agent here in South Australia in the 80's. Most of the "factory fitted" turbo Bluebirds came from Reynella Datsun where he worked.
@izzatsufian27966 ай бұрын
Nissan GTR family line is one of the fastest JDM car of all time and 1989 GTR R32 is the greatest GTR of all time and the car revive the GTR line after its hiatus in 1973 and won JGTC in early 1990s and the HKS did the car pretty well
@shifty19276 ай бұрын
Around 2000/2001 my dad and I started modding an e36 328. I got to pick out the exhaust so being a gran turismo/tokyo xtreme racer kid i picked the hks exhaust. And thanks to tokyo xtreme racer 0 having the trailer to the original Fast and furious we went to opening weekend with the car. Had been 5 speed swapped, m3 cams, chipped and exhaust by then. I felt like the coolest 13 year old ever.😂 By 06/07 it was the first to make 1000whp and to run 9s. And it all started with an hks exhaust. Makes me glad I grew up in the garage, dyno rooms and at the drag strip. Especially during what i consider the best era for car modification.
@jamesrichards56016 ай бұрын
Brilliant video, the fact you even managed to find some of the footage of this car is incredible.
@zochiang5 ай бұрын
12:25 The new livery adds more horsepower. 47bhp to be precise. Also reduced the weight by 19-22kilograms.
@Raothiru6 ай бұрын
The Brunei sultan’s version that you mentioned “The public will probably never see” is in this video. The White R32 Zero R. The public saw, thanks to you.. Awesome content bro.
@wolfpac5505 ай бұрын
I’ve always loved HKS. Now I have a S2000 and want to do a HKS build. Can’t wait to get the supercharger
@rideepicdriveepic6 ай бұрын
I still dream of a GTR beside my Z in my garage.
@TheDrAkira6 ай бұрын
Brooother!!! ;_;
@VincentViolence6 ай бұрын
Sell the Z, buy a GTR. If you have a GTR you need no other car.
@censtg6 ай бұрын
@@VincentViolenceyou surely dont know car guys enough
@619366 ай бұрын
What Z you have
@619366 ай бұрын
@@VincentViolencewhy have 1 cool car when you can have 2
@MasterOfSelf5 ай бұрын
I had an HKS Hyper exhaust on my car in 2009. Sr20 powered s14 with many toys. Ordered the motor from Japan and pulled it down the street to the hobby shop with a pallet jack.
@Formula1-Dave6 ай бұрын
This the first time in my youtube life I see an interesting advert which I didn't skip forward 😂😂😂
@wizard101H4X0R6 ай бұрын
12:50 Lol the subtitle 💀💀
@SanHydronoid5 ай бұрын
Loved seeing the unedited captions, it's like a little easter egg of extra content
@philipwilliams34276 ай бұрын
I knew about the zero r, the type m, tommy kaira and other hks models back in the 90's. I used to hang out at my cousin's friend tuner shop, we watched option videos while i fixed my 96 civic hatchback. I was in college during that time and the tuner scene was exploding😎. Greddy aka Trust was breaking records and showing us americans that japan was here with a vengence!😎
@Agret6 ай бұрын
Something about that 90s JDM scene that was just magical, the cars coming from all those companies in the gentlemens agreement were something else.
@JAMESYQ246 ай бұрын
@@AgretThere definitely was, especially all the shop cars at the time and the mystery behind them, before every shop had the same 1500hp Gallardo or GTR over and over again
@Agret6 ай бұрын
@@JAMESYQ24 Funny enough it's the Porsche in Japan now that have wild shop builds. Hidden in unassuming back alleys you will find the craziest little tuning shops.
@anhtunguyen1116 ай бұрын
I see anything about HKS, I like.
@zvkvhs381824 күн бұрын
I remember in the early 2000s Japanese tuning shops all around SoCal in small commercial warehouses where you could always catch a glimpse of something special coming or goin. Now you can barely find anything special driving on the streets. I’m glad I got to experience that. The fast and the furious definitely helped propel that scene shortly after.
@jdh87276 ай бұрын
Your implication that HKS “started the trend” of OEM turbocharging is hilarious. I especially like the subsequent B-roll of a Porsche 930. Porsche had that car on sale in the mid-1970’s…
@sdry6 ай бұрын
great video. Allways glad to see just 3 super intelligent guys starting out from scratch whit no endless dad money and make it big..
@luke-xz1gb6 ай бұрын
the greatest tuner of all time. I admit this made me shed a tear. amazing video. HKS for life.
@philipwilliams34276 ай бұрын
Don't forget that Autec made 4dr GTR's😎🔥
@NexuJin6 ай бұрын
Yes! Always wanted to know more about the history of the HKS brand as a JDM fan. Looking forward to more of these videos related to JDM.
@bradjordan69846 ай бұрын
just in the first 2:30 in, and i see all the mk3 supra love haha. can't wait to watch the rest!!, every other upload you made has been fire!!!
@talalesmail6 ай бұрын
I love the FlexiSpot add. Oh and the video is good too… 😂
@67fordmustanglover6 ай бұрын
As someone with a Carbon TI on my Supra, that comment was super accurate 😂
@takumifujiwara139546 ай бұрын
The Zero-R in Brunei is not bought by the Sultan of Brunei. The owner drives the car around often.
@KSwapTheWorld696 ай бұрын
What an awesome video my guy, thats why i keep watching them!😁
@glitchingwiththethugz84006 ай бұрын
You know, it's remarkably simple how things work. Albon uploads a video, I click. Excellent content as always.
@BAE51C6 ай бұрын
my hat goes off to the 3 great visionaries
@RC-qo6pg6 ай бұрын
Is that a Shelby patch on the founder's left jacket sleeve? If so, cool to see the respect across JDM/American community lines long before cross-pollination was as common as it is now
@izzatsufian27966 ай бұрын
1:03 Sigma mentioned
@MahadShahzad086 ай бұрын
⭕⭕ ZERO-R ⭕⭕
@sacredgear6 ай бұрын
I remember seeing one these Zero Rs for sale for like 30k 2-3 years ago. Most people thought the car was ugly as sin lol.
@NEWAOTSFAN3576 ай бұрын
“But I HAVE heard of it! 🤔 “
@Thatdavemarsh5 ай бұрын
Such a great vid - I really enjoy your enthusiasm and how you build excitement with the narrative. Great work.
@thugmetalproductions5 ай бұрын
At 2:51 the way he shakes his head when saying a four syllable Japanese name 😂😂😂. Sorry, it's 4 in the morning
@ThingsAnStuff5 ай бұрын
4 or 5 of the unreleased zero r’s made their way to Australia
@Pupixario6 ай бұрын
If you buy a 400k one of a kind Zero R you are a collector. If you race it on a track in front of fans you become a legend. I wish we had more legends.
@bigbanana41116 ай бұрын
At 16:39, the car has New South Wales plates on it, so obviously, it's in Sydney, Australia.
@siralfredofhorsiii6 ай бұрын
Hot damn, that was immense. I'd be interested to see something like this on spoon and some of the other tuning companies. That's insanely rad. Awesome video, good work
@ronarmadiibrahim82116 ай бұрын
The Zero R sold to the Sultan was sold to a local. You can see the Zero R at 9.10 in your video.
@ethereal746 ай бұрын
AYYYY FINALLY A NEW VIDEO FROM ALBON! PLS UPLOAD MORE BRO LOVE YOUR WORK!
@thesillypig7856 ай бұрын
Shoutout to all you folks first hearing about HKS in Gran Turismo 2 with the HKS R33!
@lindenatdawn6 ай бұрын
Alot more and more zero-Rs have been spotted in Japan recently with a degree of mods too from an aftermarket hood or wheels, to a returned engine making 800hp, to one with full alpine audio systems inside and in the trunk So eventually they did sell more than 4, and people weren't afraid to mod them
@re_negado5 ай бұрын
19:48 I hope this doesn't sound insensitive or exgaggerated, but my head immediately clicked the same note that it did when Satoru Iwata: fading away just before seeing their company afloat again. Well, admittedly, Iwata had a terminal sickness then, rendering him an absolute hero, but... anyways.
@BauregardSenior876 ай бұрын
It's amazing the passion and effort that goes into cars and tuning companies or at least used to, yet so many people today are so devoid of passion and joy in their life that a car is just another appliance to consoom.
@downsouth4205 ай бұрын
Interesting and well put together. So nice seeing all the old school footage.
@SuperMyacc6 ай бұрын
Man, this was more than just a video. Like a love letter to Japanese tuning manufacturers. Subbed.
@Darkslide2AR-FE6 ай бұрын
I have so much respect for the legacy of HKS they really pushed the limits of the cars they built and always improving the products they created. Their parts may be pricey but it's very well worth it.
@histandard316 ай бұрын
Glad you guys ordered a new front lip, I didn't think it looked that good either... With the other black trim pieces, I think it will look better in black than white
@BestKiteboardingOfficial6 ай бұрын
Dude, seriously, what a story, what a tale telling. Haggarty are looking over their shoulders
@blacklabelholsters16356 ай бұрын
Awesome video! I don’t care how old I get or what vehicles come out, the R32 GT-R will always be my favorite. Especially in the HKS and Calsonic liveries for race cars and the Veilside R32 as the ultimate.
@WebbRacingdotcom6 ай бұрын
The HKS story is one worth telling. I was fortunate enough to work for HKS USA in the early-to-mid 90s and it was a wonderful era for Japanese tuners in Japan and abroad. HKS products were legendary, and their reputation for performance, quality and reliability was well deserved. I was glad to salvage some old video footage from my time there, and to snap the photos of the Zero Rs at the HKS Co. Ltd. facility when I visited there in 1993 during my trip to the Tokyo Auto Salon.
@spidey01235 ай бұрын
Lol. I’ve heard of the HKS GT-R a lot especially back then. Was a bit surprised w/ this vid’s title.
@Carstuff1116 ай бұрын
The first time I saw the HKS R32 in the oil spill scheme, that became my favorite car out of everything they have built.
@andrehooker32296 ай бұрын
Ahhh the oil spill paint job is my favorite paint job of any vehicle, following close behind that is the late 90's Camel Joe paint schemes that made Honda CBR's my favorite motorcycle.. I just love the color purple blended well with like color's 🔥🔥🔥🥵😎
@justinsu72415 ай бұрын
excellent work, i really enjoyed the video and your research, 6 years car journalist here
@dennisonseeto6 ай бұрын
The coolest thing the one that was sold is at V-Spec in Melbourne Australia! They have what is probably the best GT-R collection period!
@pfunkle6 ай бұрын
I bought an HKS exhaust for my little shit box Honda and it's easily the best part I've gotten for the thing! Heavenly sound without making my Honda sound like an angry lawnmower.
@jzx_kiwi89085 ай бұрын
IN 2019 I was at HKS and i saw both of the remaining two that were / are in Japan. one of them was the silver one and the other was Red... the Red one was getting work done to it to get 950HP and i was told that this was that owners second R32 ZR
@karthikreddy94166 ай бұрын
Wow, this is the coolest Mitsubishi Evo I've ever seen
@vincentgraffeo90306 ай бұрын
Every single one of your videos is absolutely engaging and interesting thanks to your research and delivery. As usual great job!
@VenIMouSFLX6 ай бұрын
Wake up, Albon just posted
@projektjokr81136 ай бұрын
The HKS Zero r in Brunei belongs to a local. You can see it by searching HKS Zero r Brunei and the chanel that's covering that topic should be galleri kerita where it tells the story about that gtr.
@heinschroder38285 ай бұрын
The R32 and the R33 did Not have a RB26 block but a RB25 block which means they were a 2.5L straight six. The RB26 only started in the R34 Skyline
@corpsenugget4556 ай бұрын
I don't think the Sultan of Brunei still has thr Zero R. He has let a few different cars go and there is a Zero R in Brunei that isn't owned by the sultan, you actually showed a clip of it in this video
@Xonz1025 ай бұрын
So, what kind of engines do you make? Yes. S..sir, which type of vehicle? Yes.
@HomieJeans6 ай бұрын
I love how in the ad, sciatica guy was watching Chrisfix lol
@BlazeRodPepsi5 ай бұрын
Mostly unrelated but I own an is200, my dream car is an altezza and hks along with trd have inspired me so much
@Zerofightervi6 ай бұрын
A friend of my brother's owned a Toyota Chaser that was an ex HKS demo car here in the UK. This was before the Chaser jumped in value. He bought this car for an absolute steal. No idea where it is now. His cars had a habit of being "stolen" when he got bored of them.
@augosyxАй бұрын
The one in Brunei isn't exactly owned by the Sultan. Just a regular civilian with an interesting backstory. The one where you put GaleriKereta portion in your video was of the very Bruneian himself.
@tgwt11866 ай бұрын
The Zero R is at V Spec Performance in Melbourne. Literally seen it on display when they had a car meet there
@ReynardDeJesus5 ай бұрын
We have 1 here in our house..this is really a poweful and fast car ZeroR is a beast..
@BlenDeR6196 ай бұрын
First video I’ve ever watched from your channel. Liked and subscribed 👍🏽
@AyaxRo6 ай бұрын
What a great mini doc. Thanks!
@dermetzger6 ай бұрын
4:15 - Hey, neat! There's an 84 Pontiac Fiero Indy in the background. They only made like 2000 of those. They should probably park it in an area that's not susceptible to fire damage tho, just in case...
@patrickhell225 ай бұрын
I feel lucky to have gotten a few HKS parts for my MKIV supra. Trying to build it to era specs and HKS is the way to go. The Carbon Ti exhaust sounds amazing btw.
@chug21385 ай бұрын
Holy Ship, pound feet of torque. I haven't heard it spoken correctly in a while. well done, and... AWESOME VID!! Holy SHIT GOOD!!
@michaelb53306 ай бұрын
Please do some research on Gibson motor sport regarding Nissan GTR development and how influential there were in making the Godzilla reputation a reality
@sugoi49832 ай бұрын
Most HKS Turbos put out are MHI, Mitsubishi not Garrett. Only recently they finally came back with a few Garrett models.
@gamespost12266 ай бұрын
“Hey guys Chris fix here” 😂
@totevpesho6 ай бұрын
Epic day when you see Albon makes a video.
@aspiceronni44625 ай бұрын
I used to watch Donut for content like this but they haven't been the same the last couple years. Great informational video.