Officially Gassed’s Jamie Talks UK Racing, Street Car Records, and Car Culture Evolution
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Officially Gassed’s Jamie Talks UK Racing, Street Car Records, and Car Culture Evolution
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Company
AMG
AMG is a special part of Mercedes-Benz that makes faster and more powerful cars. They take regular Mercedes cars and make them sportier and more exciting to drive.
Brand
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a famous car brand from Germany that makes luxury cars. They are known for their stylish designs and advanced technology.
Car
Mercedes-AMG A45
The Mercedes-AMG A45 is a fast and sporty version of a small car called the A-Class. It's made for people who love driving and want a powerful engine.
Car
Ford Escort
The Ford Escort is a small car that many people bought because it was cheap and easy to drive. It was made by Ford and was popular for many years.
Term
BHP
BHP means Brake Horsepower, which tells you how powerful an engine is. It's measured before any energy is lost in the car's systems.
Term
turbo engine
A turbo engine has a special part called a turbocharger that helps it produce more power. It does this by pushing more air into the engine, which lets it burn more fuel.
Car
Peugeot 205
The Peugeot 205 GCI is a small car that is known for being light and easy to handle. It was popular in the 1980s and 1990s and is often remembered for its sporty performance.
Car
Mini
The Mini is a small car that is fun to drive. The 2003 version is part of a newer series of Minis that became popular after the brand was relaunched.
Term
diesel engine
A diesel engine is a type of engine that uses diesel fuel instead of gasoline. Diesel engines are often more fuel-efficient and can provide more power for heavy vehicles.
Term
horsepower
Horsepower tells you how powerful an engine is. It's a way to measure how much work the engine can do, and it can be measured in different ways depending on where you check it.
Term
engine dyno
An engine dyno is a machine that tests how powerful an engine is. It helps people see how much power the engine can produce in a controlled setting.
Term
drivetrain loss
Drivetrain loss is the power that gets wasted as it travels from the engine to the wheels. Some of the energy is lost because of friction in the parts that move the car.
Term
hub dyno
A hub dyno is a machine that tests how much power a car's wheels are producing. It does this by connecting directly to the wheels, which gives a clearer picture of the car's performance.
Term
front wheel drive
Front wheel drive means that the car's engine powers the front wheels. This setup can help with traction, especially when the roads are wet or slippery.
Term
rear wheel drive
Rear wheel drive means that the car's engine powers the back wheels. This setup is often used in sports cars because it can improve how the car handles and accelerates.
Term
four wheel drive
Four wheel drive means that the car's engine powers all four wheels at the same time. This is helpful for driving on rough terrain or in bad weather, as it provides better grip and control.
Car
Honda DC5 Type-R
The Honda DC5 Type-R is a sporty version of the Honda Integra, designed for performance. It's known for being lightweight and fun to drive.
Car
BMW 335S
The BMW 335 is a luxury car that many people enjoy driving because it's fast and comfortable. It's part of the 3 Series, which is known for being a good mix of style and performance.
Car
BMW 325
The BMW 3 Series is a stylish and comfortable car that many people love to drive. It's known for being fun to handle and has a nice interior with lots of features.
Car
BMW M3
The BMW M3 is a fast and sporty car based on the 3 Series. The E92 is the coupe version made between 2007 and 2013.
Car
BMW 330D
The BMW 330D is a diesel version of the 3 Series, which is a popular car. The E92 is the coupe version made between 2007 and 2013.
Term
E92 chassis
The E92 chassis is the body style for the coupe version of the BMW 3 Series made between 2007 and 2013. It's popular for its sporty look.
Car
BMW M240I
The BMW 2 Series is a smaller luxury car that is fun to drive and looks great. It comes in both a two-door and a convertible version, making it a stylish choice.
Term
G-Series
The G-Series is the newer generation of BMW cars that started being made in 2016. It includes updates in design and technology.
Car
BMW X4M
The BMW X4M is a fast and sporty version of the X4, which is a luxury SUV. It offers a mix of performance and utility.
Car
BMW X4 M
The BMW X4 M is a sporty version of the BMW X4 SUV. It has a powerful engine and is designed for both comfort and performance, making it fun to drive every day.
Term
M packages
M packages are special performance upgrades from BMW that make their cars faster and sportier.
Term
M cars
M cars are special versions of BMWs that go faster and handle better than regular BMWs. They're made for people who love driving and want a sportier experience.
Car
BMW 335D
The BMW 335D is a more powerful version of the 330D, also using diesel fuel. It's known for having better performance while still being efficient.
Car
Volkswagen Golfs
The Volkswagen Golf is a small car that many people like because it's easy to drive and good on gas. It has been around for a long time and comes in different versions, including one that uses diesel fuel for better fuel efficiency.
Car
Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car that many people admire for its speed and style. The 997 Turbo model is one of the faster versions, and it's known for being really fun to drive.
Car
Porsche Carrera Gts
The Porsche Carrera GT is a very rare and expensive sports car that is known for being super fast and powerful. It's a dream car for many people because of its amazing design and performance.
Car
Audi R8
The Audi R8 is a super cool sports car that looks amazing and goes really fast. It's known for being luxurious inside while still being super powerful.
Car
Lamborghini Huracan
The Lamborghini Huracan is a very fancy sports car that is super fast and has a really cool design. It's known for being one of the best cars you can drive if you want speed and style.
Car
Mclaren 570S
The McLaren 570S is a high-performance sports car that looks really cool and goes super fast. It's known for being lightweight and having advanced features that make it fun to drive.
Car
Acura Rsx
The Acura RSX is a small, sporty car that many young people like because it's fun to drive and not too expensive. It's also known for being reliable, which is a plus.
Car
Nissan R33
The Nissan Skyline is a powerful sports car that many people love because it's fast and can be modified to go even faster. It's especially famous for its racing abilities.
Car
Renault Clio
The Renault Clio is a small car that is easy to drive and park, especially in the city. The five-door version has extra doors, which makes it easier for people to get in and out.
Car
Toyota Supra
The Toyota Supra is a powerful sports car that became really popular in the 1990s. It's known for being fast and can be modified to go even faster, which makes it a favorite among car fans.
Car
Dodge Vipers
The Dodge Viper is a really fast sports car with a big engine that makes a lot of noise. It's not very common in some places, which makes it special for those who get to see or drive one.
Car
Audi Rs3S
The Audi RS 3 is a fast and sporty version of the regular Audi A3. It's known for being powerful and fun to drive while still being practical enough for everyday use.
Car
Audi Quattro
The Audi Quattro is a special type of car that has all-wheel drive, which helps it grip the road better, especially in bad weather. It was really important for racing and changed how cars are made today.
Car
Audi A5
The Audi A5 is a fancy two-door car that looks great and feels nice to drive. It has a comfortable inside and is known for being a good mix of style and performance.
Car
Mclaren 600LT
The McLaren 600LT is a super fast sports car that is made to be really light and quick on the track. It's designed for people who love to drive and want the best performance.
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I'm your host, Tux.
And today we got my guy, Jamie,
all the way from the UK.
Let's go, bro.
So I didn't even know you were gonna be out here, right?
I was at FL2K this past weekend,
which was a fantastic event.
Love that event.
And I ended up walking down the staging lanes
and I saw you there.
And I was like, I had no idea you were even still here.
You know what, it's quite random.
And a lot of people said the same thing.
I'm just like, I think when they see me
all the way from England out in a place
that I shouldn't be, it's a surprise for everyone.
But you know, it was a welcome surprise to see you.
Cause we spent quite a bit of time together at Tux2K.
I think it was last year.
Yeah, we were talking for like quite a while actually.
For a while, for a while.
Same time this time too, same thing.
100%.
Good people in it.
Yeah, yeah.
To communicate.
So I reached out to you obviously.
And I didn't wanna bother you
because I'm like, I know you do features.
So I was like, I didn't wanna just like
intrude on what you had going on.
So I figured, you know what?
I'm not gonna bother asking him.
But I was like, you know what?
Worth a shot.
When I saw the message come through,
I was like, hell yeah.
Listen, we've been very busy.
Yeah, yeah.
Listen, when street out for contact you're broke.
You gotta make that time, you know what I mean?
So here we are.
Nah, so I appreciate you for doing this
and also, you know, for the Airbnb.
We're in the Airbnb right now
for where you're staying at.
Normally you guys see us in garages and so on,
but I think as of the last episode
we were in the tower at Tux2K.
So, you know, honestly,
you guys don't really care about location
too much anymore.
It's pretty cool.
So there's a lot to unpack with, you know,
what you do and who you are.
And also about the UK car scene
and car culture as a whole, right?
So I would say you've been doing this for about,
I don't know, maybe seven, eight years roughly?
Yeah, yeah.
About seven and a half years, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
So what even made you wanna get into YouTube?
Like were you a mechanic before that?
Like what was the...
Yeah, so I was actually a mechanic,
but a HGV mechanic.
So I used to work for London Fire Brigade,
fixing fire engines.
And although I wasn't at that company
when I first started,
I'd pretty much been on the tools for 16 years
at the time where I started my,
well maybe not 16 years,
there was a slight crossover period,
but I'd been on the tools for a long time.
And the thing that got me started with YouTube
is basically, so I used to follow a YouTuber
called Living Life Fast.
And at the time I wanna say
he had about 30,000 subscribers.
And I didn't watch a lot of YouTube
because seven and a half years ago,
I don't know, man,
social media has grown crazy quick, right?
So the way we consume it now,
potentially weren't the way we were consuming it back then.
Definitely wasn't the way I was.
I love cars, always love cars.
So I stumbled across this guy,
started watching his content for it was really cool.
He done features on cars.
And one day I bumped into him.
And it was at AMG owners meet.
I think it was New Year's Eve or something like that
at Mercedes-Benz like a dealership.
And I was like, hey, I've got a Mercedes-A45.
Have you ever featured one?
He was like, no, I think I had like a tuning box on it
or something like that, you know what I mean?
And he's like, let's get it done.
So we've done one.
I love the process, you know?
It was cool seeing what goes on behind the scenes,
what it takes to make a video like that.
And of course you're around petrolhead people
when you're driving your car.
Yeah, I loved it.
And basically when it comes to the end of the video,
putting out your first video,
you're always quite nervous to see
how people react to you as a person.
Because you don't know who's gonna be watching, right?
And so like, you're quite worried.
And I'm sure there was some negative comments,
but I saw a lot of positive comments.
So I was actually quite happy with that.
And I remember speaking to a guy,
his name's Ricky from Living Life Fast after.
And just in passing,
he said something along the lines of,
you should start YouTube.
And I was like, you know what, maybe I should.
Like, you know what I mean?
Like, it was just a passing comment
that you probably say to anyone who like, you know?
And yeah, I picked up a camera.
I had no clue how to edit, how to film.
And through trial and error, made my first video.
And again, through the creation of that video,
putting it out, seeing everyone's kind of thoughts in it.
I just loved the process.
And then it kind of just, it spiraled from there.
Do you, so one of the things that, you know,
when you pick up a camera and you start filming,
do you ever feel like you're just talking to nobody?
Like it's always awkward and uncomfortable
when you're just like recording
and even in public places too.
Do you still have that feeling like all these years later?
Do you know what the worst one is, right?
So you've got to try and not think
about what you're doing too much, right?
And I get it now and again.
So I'll have the camera out here.
And then I'll look directly into the lens.
And it messes me up.
I was like, it's like looking directly in someone's eyes.
When you speak to someone, usually like you're kind of,
so that kind of messes me up.
But now I'm cool with it.
Now at first, obviously it's an adjustment.
Like, you know what I mean?
But because you have generally editorial control,
it's like, look, if I mess up,
no one's ever gonna see it.
Like, you know what I mean?
So it was one of those ones.
But when there's people around, even now,
because you know, like especially when,
because people know who I am now.
I'm blessed to have quite a big fan base now.
I'm not fan base, viewer base, should we say.
So when I pick up that camera and I start talking to it,
it's almost like people stop and like, oh my God,
he's doing it.
So then it's, do you know what I mean?
So there's more pressure.
And when you think about what you're doing, you mess up.
But you know, it is what it's part and parcel
of what we do.
So yeah.
So you've gotten way more comfortable, of course.
And now you're also like, you started like going
into people's cars and doing that kind of content.
So I'm sure there's a lot more to even think about,
not just filming yourself,
but like you're driving somebody else's cars in times
and it can be kind of sketchy, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I want to talk about some of the earlier cars
that you've had, right?
So there's just this, what is it?
A Ford Escort or something like that?
Ford Escort, yeah, yeah.
So my first car.
So is it the same as like a US?
I don't know.
So this is the thing.
I think we use the same name.
I mean, the comments would tell us,
but I want to say it's very similar.
So it's essentially like a two-door coupe kind of Ford.
Okay.
Escort.
Is that kind of what you guys got?
Yeah, I think there's like a four door.
Sporty one was the RS turbo, right?
This wasn't, it wasn't really too sporty.
I could be wrong, but the Ford Escort,
I remember it was not sporty at all.
It was crazy, right?
So talking about sporty, like,
so even when I got it when I was 19,
it was a fairly old car.
And sporty back then is different to sporty now.
I want to say it had 140 BHP.
It's a 1.6 turbo engine in it.
That was my first car, but even for a first car,
it's quite a, it's like,
I remember a lot of people were like,
wow, I can't believe you got that for your first car.
If that makes sense.
How old were you? You said 19?
So I was 19.
Okay, okay.
So I used to ride bikes, like scooters and mopeds.
And then I moved on to gear to kind of
two stroke one, two fires and things like that.
I actually got a ban, like a driving ban
in the UK on my bike.
And I was off the road for like 16 months.
So I couldn't, yeah, it was a bad ban.
So I used to ride with a load of people.
And basically in a period where I was in a ban,
they all moved on to cars.
So by the time I was old,
so we can drive from 17 in the UK.
So I was on a ban throughout that period.
But yeah, by the time I was ready to get my license,
my driver's license, everyone had moved on to cars.
So I was like, all right, cool.
I need to make a bit of an impact to see what I could do.
But also insurance, coming off a ban for your first car
and just getting your license, insurance is crazy.
And it's actually quite a funny story with that.
I won't go too, too much into it.
But so in the UK and probably all around the world,
you've always got friends that can make things happen.
You know what I mean?
They can make things happen.
Whether it's above board or below board,
like against the law or not so.
But I've got a friend who basically said to me,
he can get any car I want insured for 500 pounds basically.
And I was looking at like 5,000 pounds
to get the car insured.
So I was like, this is the dream.
Let me get that.
Like, you know what I mean?
500 pounds.
Now I can get any car I want.
And hot on my kind of favorite cars
was a Escort RS Turbo.
So I grabbed the car and grabbed the insurance.
And I want to say about two months later
or something like that, the insurance just was voided
because it was all like, it wasn't legit if that makes sense.
So I was left with a car that I could barely afford to run,
but it's part of the game.
It was all right.
It was all right.
It's all I spent my money on basically.
Most people are probably wondering why I even brought that up
but that was one of your first cars, right?
Yes, yes, literally.
So did that inspire any of the other future builds
that you had or was just a car you had to get into
because you needed something or?
So you know what happened, right?
So after that car, I actually swapped that car
with someone else for a Peugeot 205 GCI.
Did you get them here in the UK?
What is it called?
So a 205 GCI, no?
Did you, is Peugeot a big thing?
How do you say it?
Peugeot or Peugeot?
How do you spell it?
P is it?
Oh, you're going to catch me on it.
No, no, it's something like P-E-G-O-U-T or something.
If Peugeot, P-E-U-G-O-E-A-T, I don't know.
Okay, I am familiar with the brand.
It's like a, yeah, I just don't know.
I never knew how to say that.
How do you say it?
Peugeot, it's a French brand.
French cars are terrible.
They're known for just falling apart,
but basically I swapped it for that.
That had a mad engine swap.
It was modified.
That car didn't last long at all
because it just like self-destructed itself.
And I was so annoyed with modified cars.
After my first two modified cars,
I went and bought a diesel.
I bought a diesel mini of all things.
It was like a 2003, that kind of shape.
Yeah, yeah.
So a diesel one of them.
That's one of the popular ones.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was popular, 1.4 diesel bro.
It had no power at all.
It had like 80 BHP, you know what I mean?
It was terrible.
But I felt nice because I finally was out of,
I didn't have to spend a lot on the car
just to keep it running.
It just ran itself like pretty much.
So yeah, there was a bit of a gap.
I kind of, before I got into my YouTube,
I was always dipping my toe in the car scene
and then back out because it got expensive.
Like, you know what I mean?
I was just an average dude earning an average wage.
Do you know what I mean?
Like, you blow up an engine, bro, it's game over.
Like, there ain't no rebuilds.
Like, you know what I mean?
That's me out.
So it's always been a case of dipping in, dipping out.
So I've had some cool cars leading up to the point
where I actually started YouTube,
but nothing mega, mega, if that makes sense.
So it's cool because, you know,
you were kind of in and out of the scene,
but you always came back to it.
100%.
And now I'm sure the way that you buy cars now,
it's probably more of an appreciation thing like,
damn, what car's in the past
when I didn't have it like that
and now I'm able to buy them
with all the work that I've done.
So a lot of people in the UK,
well, not a lot of people in the UK,
but some of my followers know that,
bro, I come from humble beginnings, like, you know,
like a lot of us, like, these things that I have now
and I'm lucky enough to do,
even being sat here, bro, in the States, talking to you,
is mad.
Like, before I started YouTube,
I could never imagine this kind of stuff.
You're throwing it around, bro.
You've been doing this long in a knee.
No, no, bro, like, I gotta give you your flowers
because what you're doing is right up there.
Like, you know what I mean?
To be rubbing shoulders with people like you,
it's big, it's big for me.
It's something that I didn't think I'd be able to achieve.
Again, coming from where I come from,
like a small town, like on the outskirts of Northwest London
and not really thinking too much of myself
in terms of what value I could give other peoples,
where I am right now and everything I've got, bro,
I'm blessed, do you know what I'm saying?
So I appreciate everything.
And yeah, it still comes as a massive surprise
when like, I guess what people will consider
looks normal now when I buy these lavish cars
or do crazy stuff.
But still, to me, it's just like,
I can't even believe I'm doing this.
Do you know what I mean?
No, it's beautiful to see a journey though.
Cause like, you can tell when somebody is first starting
to YouTube, if you go back to the oldest videos
to now, like, you know, people will become more polished
and they're more, you know, professional and so on
on camera, but it just seems like you kept,
you stayed true to your roots.
And it seems like a lot of your fan base
or viewers see that.
They say you're a very humble person
and you know, you keep, you keep at it
no matter what.
Do you know what it is, bro?
It's like, as I say, like I was on the tools
for those 16 years, the camaraderie
with everyone else in the workshop,
being happy with like who I was as a person.
I wasn't, sorry, I wasn't, I was 29, sorry,
when I first started YouTube.
So I had already, I knew who I was.
You know, when you like, you've kind of learnt yourself.
So just by me picking up a camera now
and getting some notoriety, I'm not the kind of,
I know some people do, but for me,
I'm just the same person who picks up a camera
like and just is doing cool stuff.
I'm the same person.
I don't wanna be anyone who I'm not.
And I think that might translate in videos.
You know what I mean?
And maybe that's why people like watch my stuff.
You find that later, like with YouTubers,
a lot of them who are in the like 30s,
they're just comfortable with who they are.
So it just comes across a lot different
and more genuine and humble too.
So there's this thing you keep saying
break horsepower, right?
You see BHP.
So I'm sure people are probably like, you know, confused.
Like, well, what is that even the horsepower, right?
So what is the difference between horsepower and BHP?
How you guys calculate it?
So you've got break horsepower and you've got horsepower.
BHP is now almost like as a running joke,
people from other countries kind of call it British horsepower
because no one else uses it.
Some people actually say bullshit horsepower,
do you know what I mean?
Because what essentially BHP is is the bigger figure, right?
So what horsepower generally is considered as
is what the car makes at the wheel
or the hub or the tire basically.
What BHP is what the car makes at the crank,
which is also what manufacturers quote, right?
So the reason they're able to do that
is because what they do at time of building the car
and working out how much power they're gonna put into the car
is they take that engine out of the car
or they have the engine out.
They put on something called an engine dyno.
And that gives you the correct break horsepower figure.
I don't know exactly how they measure it,
but it's something to do with using a break
of some description on the crank
to basically work out how much power it generates
or something along those lines.
Sorry if I'm butchering it.
Whereas when you're dyno in a car,
the tire or the hub of your car is attached to the dyno.
And at that point of contact
is where it's measuring the power from.
So essentially what we do or what BHP figure
or what a BHP figure is on a tuned car
running on like a hub dyno or a wheel, sorry,
or a normal dyno would just be a drivetrain calculation
of some description to find the BHP figure
via drivetrain loss, essentially.
So whether it's auto, whether it's a manual,
whether it's a front wheel drive car
and whatever might be in that driveline
that could potentially take away power.
Right.
Now a lot of UK dinos, generally not hub dinos
because hub dinos do read at the hub.
There's no way around it.
I've never seen a hub dyno give a BHP calculation.
So I kind of, I do a thing called the calculator of truth.
And I think I'm part of the problem with BHP, right?
Cause I always like to give the bigger figure.
And of course, YouTube, right?
We've got to grab people's attention, right?
So if I can give them a BHP figure
which looks a little bit bigger than a model,
you know what I mean?
You might click, right?
So yeah, that's kind of how it works.
But yeah, essentially it's just a calculation
that can never be correct,
but it's a calculation based on certain transmissions,
drivetrains to give you what it should be making
at the crank, if that makes sense.
But it can never be correct.
It can never be correct unless you put that engine
on an engine dyno.
Okay.
So a thousand horsepower car, right?
Let's just talk, cause you're not gonna,
10 horsepower is, you're not,
basically not existentals, right?
So a thousand horsepower car
would be how much brake horsepower BHP?
All right, cool.
Roughly, roughly.
So I'll give you a good example, right?
So, and also I'll give you a little bit of an example
of different drivetrains and potentially what calculation
or what drivetrain loss calculation
you'd add to that subtract.
So basically, usually for a front wheel drive car
with a manual gearbox,
there wouldn't be a major amount of drivetrain loss.
So you'd probably go for anywhere between 10 and 12%.
Okay.
A rear wheel drive car manual,
probably about the same.
Four wheel drive car manual or auto,
you'd probably be at about 15.
Okay.
Some people go up to 18%.
So it depends.
And then some people are cheeky, right?
So you can apply any drivetrain loss calculation
you want to and you'd make up a number
saying you put in a calculation or a loss.
But again, it's never right.
So going back to it.
So I've got a four wheel drive sequential Honda DC5 Type-R.
That made on the dyno,
last time we had it on a dyno,
which was a hub dyno,
it made 1,030 at the hubs.
Okay.
With my drivetrain loss calculation of about 15%,
makes 1,200 BHP.
So you added 15% to the...
Yeah, so the calculation, the way you do it,
so for instance, you'll put in 1,030 into the calculator,
then you'll go divided by 0.85
and then you hit the equals
and it will give you your figure.
Basically, yeah.
Okay.
And that's why I call it the calculator of truth.
So...
Because it's always a lie.
You know what I mean?
Now, when is there ever going to be a time
where UK switches over just to horsepower rather than BHP?
100%.
Now, pretty much all of my builders
are probably cursing me right now.
Cause every time I'm there with my calculator of truth,
they're like, what are you doing?
It's made what it made at the wheels or the hubs.
Why are you putting another figure onto this?
Like they all, like the serious guys in the game
in the UK, they're all talking about wheel
because it only really matters
about what it's putting on the wheel.
Like you know what I mean?
But there's a big culture within the UK
where we talk about BHP.
So I would say the less, not serious,
but the more kind of casual car tuners,
not tuners, car builders or enthusiasts,
they're always used to BHP figure.
The real guys will horsepower or at hubs.
Interesting.
So it's more just for like,
I guess on the content space,
it's more just because the numbers are kind of inflated.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But we call it wheelie waving.
You know what I mean?
We call it wheelie waving.
You know?
Wheelie waving?
You have a little shave, you find an extra inch.
Like, you know what I mean?
It's one of those ones, bro.
Like, you know what I mean?
We give out the big enough, you know what I mean?
Stop measuring from here.
Wheelie waving?
Okay, I'm like, wait,
I thought it was like some other hard turn or something.
A wheelie in the UK is a penis.
Like, you know what I mean?
Just show the people didn't cut an arm.
You know what I mean?
Okay, that's not really good to know,
but I guess it's-
Now you know.
You learn something new every day, you know what I mean?
Oh man, okay.
All right, so wheelie waving.
Got it.
All right, cool.
That's pretty good to know
because I've always been curious about that.
And a lot of people from the US who watch the videos
are like, well, what does that even mean?
And it's good that you bring it up
because most people will click the video
because of that 1,200.
Does that mean 2,000?
Does that mean it's 1,500?
So it is a kind of way to get the viewers
to kind of tune in more.
Early on, you seem to bounce back and forth
between BMWs, right?
335s, I'm not sure how many of those you've had, but-
Bro, I've had quite a few BMWs, you know?
I've had, gosh,
my first BMW was a 325, 325D, I think.
I think it was a 325D.
And then I got a 330D and then I had an M3
and these are all in the E92 chassis.
So like-
Which is like probably one of my favorite chassis.
Yeah, very, very good looking design, you know what I mean?
And yeah, then I had the F80
and then, well, what else have I had?
In fact, I've got a BMW M240i now,
which is obviously a G-Series,
and I have the X4M.
Yeah, they, yeah.
I mean, there's something about a BMW
and I don't, I'm not like a massive BMW fanboy,
but again, I'm lucky enough to hop in and out
so many different cars and drive so many different cars,
hundreds, literally no exaggeration, hundreds.
And something about the way a BMW drives,
it's got, I don't know, it's got like a level of refinement.
The, I don't know, it's like,
it's kind of like a sport,
like when we're talking about the sport models at least,
they've got a level of refinement
and a good, it's such a good feel
that I don't feel Audi or Mercedes
being the competitors of the European market can deliver.
So I always kind of go back to the, to the BMs.
Like, you know what I mean?
But I'm not, I'm not a massive fanboy.
As I say, I've got quite a few different brands.
Right, right.
I dip in and out, but it's, I must say,
my X4M is my daily.
And Matt, it's a pleasure to drive.
It's a pleasure to drive.
Like, you know what I mean?
Everything's nice to the touch.
It's built right, you know,
I would, I'd probably honestly say
BMW is only second and only not by much
support in terms of refinement.
Now, is that from a driving experience?
Driving experience, yeah.
Yeah, a complete driving experience.
Do you feel like an Audi?
Cause an Audi could be pretty close, right?
But do you feel like it's too,
like it caters more to the luxury market?
No, I think Audi is stuck in a weird position.
For me personally, like design wise,
I think they're the most on trend
in terms of the design shop.
It looks nice.
It's futuristic.
It looks, it's racy.
They, I think out of the big three,
let's talk about BMW, Mercedes and Audi.
I think they've got it dialed in
for the most sporty kind of on trend look.
Also, I'd probably say the materials that they use
and they fit and finish the quality is,
is probably the best too.
I'd probably go as far as that.
I think the drive of the Audi lets it down.
It's a little bit numb.
I've never had an Audi that drives
as well as much feel as a BMW personally.
And the Mercedes is a weird balance.
Mercedes is that luxury brand.
Well, they, they, that's what they try to do.
So the ambient light is always mad.
The material is, it's a movie.
You sit in that car, it's like a movie.
You know what I mean?
Listen, if you're picking a girl up
in one of the three Mercedes, right?
But a BMW is like a blend of both of them,
but with the best drive.
Arguably the most boring interior.
But in fact, on the G series,
I would say they stepped it up.
The F series, you know, an E series, very dead.
But the G series, they're all getting close to Audi.
I don't know how I feel about the,
the way they did the display on the G80s.
Some of them I think-
Oh, you're talking about the-
Yeah.
And I think it has a lot to do with the packaging nowadays.
It seems like they're starting to package up
their cars a little bit differently.
But I just felt like, you know,
they didn't really mold it into the dash,
which is kind of placed there.
It's a bit of an afterthought kind of just-
Right, right.
I think it's still cool because I think,
I believe Mercedes has a similar thing,
but it's molded.
It's part of the dash.
So I think that the interior on the BMW
has improved a lot just with that aspect.
I just think it wasn't as refined
as an Audi or Mercedes like you say.
So now with the BMW,
it's more of a, I guess it's more performance, right?
It's more of a performance kind of brand in terms
of the M packages and so on the M series.
Now you didn't have all M's.
You had some 335s and 325s.
Did you get the same feeling with those cars?
The drive, the feel, the kind of,
you know what is why?
The reason I keep kind of doing this
is because the feel behind the steering wheel,
you know what I mean?
Like, you know, even just the way it takes bumps,
you know what I'm saying?
I did.
However, bro, going back to the beginning
when I'm saying I'm dipping in and out
of the car community, bro,
anytime the badges got a D behind it,
that's when Jamie's hurting.
Like the D means economic Jamie.
You know what I mean?
The D stands for unbroken now
because the last mistake went badly wrong.
Like, you know what I mean?
So I dipped in and out.
And I would actually say my first like,
my first real like big boy car was my E92 M3.
And I had a manual on a 6MT, bro.
That was, that was a step that like,
that was like a big step for me.
That was like a really big step.
And driving that, that was like,
I felt like I was driving a race car.
That was my first proper car, bro.
It was the weight distribution.
I think it was close to 50-50.
So although I wasn't really like a driver like that
when it comes to rear-wheel drive,
when the arson stepped out, the control,
and like sometimes you felt like a hero
because the arson was swing out,
bro, I weren't in control,
but it might have looked like I was in control
because it kind of brought,
I kind of like flapped around behind a steering wheel
and it kind of brought itself back into line.
And then people behind me are like, yo.
And I'm like, yeah, that looked cool.
But it was one of those,
the car really, it was a very well-balanced car.
And it was then I knew that like, yeah, M's no joke.
Like, you know what I mean?
When you're into that real M category, no M lights.
When you're into that real M category,
the cars are serious cars, man.
Now with the diesels, right?
You can't make any power with those.
So you can, man.
And at 100%, like the diesels,
and again, I'm probably gonna get this wrong.
It's either the M57 or the N57
that come in the 330D and the 335D.
One's a single turbo, one's a twin turbo.
I think I've got that right.
And believe me, they are very, very tunable,
but to a level.
Like, you know what I mean?
They have a roof, they have a ceiling.
So with the diesel, let's say the 335D,
I wanna say they come out the factory
with about 270 BHP, with some hybrid turbos on that.
You could pretty much get that to about 420 BHP.
See, this is British horsepower again.
So you have to bear with me, people,
like get your calculator and work it out.
Maybe somewhere in the realms of 370 at the wheel.
But I would say as far as you're gonna go with one of those,
unless it becomes an all-out drag car
that is just undrivable because of the amount of black smoke
that they emit that you generally find
when you really, really tune a diesel,
you're probably gonna see no more than 550 to 600 BHP,
which might be, let's say, 500 wheel.
So they're tunable to a level.
But for someone who is a cash,
like times have changed, bro.
You know how quickly the tuning game has moved.
Like 10 years ago, bro, 1,000 brake horsepower,
you were the man.
Now 2,000 brake horsepower is like, all right, cool.
Yeah.
But you're not the man.
That's how crazy it's moved.
So 600 BHP or 500 wheel in one of those
is still enough for the casual kind of car like enthusiasts.
Do they build the diesels more stout
than I guess a petrol engine?
Is that what you guys call a petrol?
Yeah, we do actually, you guys call it a gas, right?
And it's quite weird because my YouTube channel
is officially gas.
Officially gas.
And we don't use that word.
So we, so that was a bit of a play on word
because we use the word gas for excited.
We're like, get him hyped up, like, get him gas,
get him gased up, like, you know what I mean?
Like gas and somebody up means like hyping him up.
That's right.
But then obviously it can translate to gas and petrol.
Kind of word after what I was doing like seven and a half
years ago with me trying to make up a YouTube channel name.
But yeah, no, essentially.
So a lot of these diesels also,
when it especially coming to the end,
talking about the engine we're talking about,
bro, they're still stock internals
because they're very, they're built different, right?
They're built to handle a lot of talk from factories.
So the rods are going to be bigger.
The pistons are going to take more abuse.
So a lot of these, not all of them.
And again, I didn't really,
I didn't go too deep into that tuning game.
This is just through things I've picked up along the way.
But as far as I know,
a lot of them is just like old ones, bro.
And they're making these kinds of powers.
We do also, so another big tuning platform
that people love in the UK and around Europe,
maybe in America, I'm not sure about,
is the PD engine, the PD-130,
which is essentially the 1.9 TDI,
which comes in like your VW Golfs.
I'd imagine some Audis and some other things.
They can make good power too.
They can make in and around the same.
Maybe up to, they like nitrous.
See, diesels like nitrous.
So you could probably get a little bit more
also on the BMWs with nitrous,
but the 1.9 TDIs, they love the nitrous.
So they make about 450 BHP.
So probably a 370-ish at the wheel
on the motor and the turbo.
And then a bit of nitrous.
Some of these guys run like 250 shots of nitrous.
Like, you know what I mean?
Yeah, yeah, so they'll rock up
in these little crazy little hot hatches.
All this black smoke coming out of the front
with a massive bottle of nitrous.
Like, you know what I mean?
They're pretty quick, they're pretty quick.
But again, there is a little bit of a cap
on how far you can tune them.
But it is a massive tuner scene when it comes to those
and they do build their engines.
They kind of upgrade them a little bit.
Now, you did a video, I think,
it was like a petrol versus diesel kind of thing.
Sure, yeah, yeah, just recently.
Yeah, so what did you experience between the two?
Like, what was the reason for even doing that?
So with me, again, when it comes to the OG battles,
which is for the people who don't know,
it's non-prep racing.
So I've got my own race series,
which is non-prep racing on a runway.
No prep at all, street cars, generally.
And again, some of them get a little bit spicy.
You know, like people say they're street cars
so they've still got a stereo, windows to wind up.
You can get like that, but generally street cars.
And I've done so many videos.
I think we're deep, like 200 different races,
maybe even more.
And it gets to the point where it's like,
oh, cool, we've done everything.
Let's just see what could be interesting.
And in the UK, you know, there is arguments
about what's better at a certain power level
between diesel and petrol.
Now, of course, diesel creates a lot of torque,
petrol, you know, generally you can tune them
a little bit higher, then rev a little bit higher,
so a lot of revs or whatever.
So I thought it'd be interesting to pitch the two
against each other at similar power levels
and see what happens.
And funnily enough, I don't want to give away too much.
People go check it out because it's quite cool,
but essentially diesel comes out on top
within that power level.
But the thing is, I got some comments saying,
all right, cool.
Well, if we put the heavy hitters from the petrol in
and the heavy hitters from the diesel in,
bro, the diesel ain't gonna stand a chance.
Like it's because the levels of petrol tuning,
like that is done in abundance at least in the UK,
the levels of petrol is way higher.
Like, you know what I mean?
But at a certain power level, like let's say 500 wheel,
diesel can put up a good fight.
And especially rolling because torque is a great tool
to have when you're rolling.
When you're rolling.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
Make sure you guys go check that out.
I will be putting that down in the description as well.
So that's interesting because I know that overseas
it seems like diesels are a big deal.
If there's enthusiast and petrol heads around
or diesel heads or whatever you wanna call them,
people love to tinker.
They love to blaze or anything that runs, bro.
We wanna see how much power can be made.
Like, you know what I mean?
As you say in Europe, diesels and those two
kind of engine variants plus others are quite,
yeah, they're quite hot.
So you, with these videos, right?
You started doing these battles.
I'm not sure how early on you started doing the battles,
but it's pretty cool.
You just had one recently did with the GTRs,
which I saw on the internet as well.
Now there's this other YouTube channel
called Carwow.
Carwow, yeah.
So are you guys friends?
Like, cause what's the affiliation there?
Cause I get confused too.
Cause I'm like, wait, are they doing the same content?
They're at the same.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So it's really interesting.
Yes, we are friends, essentially.
We're not like friends, friends, like we'll call each other.
But funnily enough, I'm in a group chat with their
like producers and now on again, we do some bits together.
I've been on their channel quite a few times.
But essentially, yes, we do the same thing.
However, they're generally OEM stuff.
So they might get the newest Lamborghini Aventador.
Whatever it will reveal to,
whatever it might be and erase it against something else.
So they generally do non-modified stuff.
However they do, like funnily enough, like in recent years,
they've been doing a little bit more modified stuff.
It's like anything, content runs out,
you have to try different things, right?
Whereas I'm all modified, you know?
Everything is modified.
And of course, and again, maybe I'm wrong in saying this,
but I would assume that Carwow have a bit more
of a casual car following in terms of like
not the big, big, big enthusiast
into the tuning game watching.
So it's kind of just your average Joe
who would watch their channel that likes a little bit of racing.
Whereas you'd probably watch mine if you love tuning.
Like, you know what I mean?
But also these guys are 10 times as big as me.
I've got a million subscribers, they got 10 million.
Like, you know what I mean?
Their reach is much more vast.
Like, you know what I mean?
So I'm kind of the smaller channel.
They were doing it before me.
And our, although we both do drag racing,
no, it's not on the same surface,
our styles are slightly different.
But it's something good to be had from both, for sure.
Yeah, yeah.
No, that's cool.
I think it's cool that you guys can like work together.
You know, it's not like, cause it's so easy.
People will be like, why is this guy copying or doing?
Like, it's cool to see that you guys are,
cause I think I saw you in one of the videos, right?
Or our vice versa.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I've went there and smoked a couple of hypercars
in my Honda, you know what I mean?
So it was pretty cool.
I'm like, oh wow, okay, cool.
So there's no, they probably just, you know,
friends or something like that.
Yeah, it's cool, man, it's cool.
That's awesome.
So, what was the,
was that just an idea that you came up with one day?
And you were just like, yeah,
I want to get all these cars together and start doing stuff.
Like, what was the initial thought process behind doing this?
So it come about quite interestingly.
So believe it or not.
So it started about five years ago, four or five years ago.
And at the time, so me and my business partner,
we were like, we want to have a product of our own,
like a physical product that we can sell.
And we started looking at the dragging.
And we thought, man, these guys,
man, these guys are killing it.
Like, you know, with this little device here,
there's got a GP, I don't know what goes into it,
this, that, the other.
Surely we could do our own with what I do.
And at the time what I was doing is I was using the draggy
to measure my zero to 60s in my reviews.
So anyone who comes on with a car,
whether it be four-wheel drive, real-wheel drive,
a front-wheel drive, I had these little leaderboards,
there will be a segment in it where we see how fast
the car goes zero to 60.
Because also it's a measure that we can do legally
because our speed limit's 70.
And the road that I used to do it on was 60 miles per hour.
And we could talk about the speed
and people could get the metrics of the car a little bit
to just give them a bit of a deeper feel
to what the car's actually doing if that makes sense.
So I was using the draggy and I'm like,
why am I promoting draggy?
Like, do you know what I mean?
I could make my, oh no, they don't pay me or anything,
like, you know, I could make my own.
So my business partner was calling around
and he actually called, he just,
I don't know why he thought this would work
or be a good idea, like they'd give him any information.
But there's a company called RaceLogic.
So RaceLogic basically build the V-Box.
So the V-Box is like the OG GPS measure.
Before the draggy.
And a little bit more in depth.
Or the first one had a little screen
so you could do it all on a screen.
It wasn't, it didn't interface with your phone
or anything like that.
Whereas now they've got all that integration
and it's come on leaps and bounds.
But anyway, they're like the OG.
So we called them and he was like,
trying to get some details of how we could make that,
make our own product.
And to be fair to them, they did give some information
but then they turned around and was like,
well, why don't you just use our products?
You know, we'll pay you, like, you know.
And I was like, let's do it.
Like, you know, and they said on top of that,
why don't you use our runway that we have?
You can come down, you can race
and cause against each other
and you can show how our products work.
And I was like, hell yeah, let's do it.
So it kind of spawned off,
not even trying to start like a drag racing series.
And it kind of just, it blossomed.
We use their runway for a little bit.
Unfortunately, the runway was quite short.
So it wasn't long before the cars overpowered the track
and we had to move on to the next one.
But yeah, it was through that that it kind of got started
and just people, like, it was a new thing,
like in terms of for my channel and people are loving it.
You know, and I enjoyed it too, it was crazy.
So yeah, that's how that started.
So you're not using a drag, you're using what?
No, so we only use, we only use RaceLogix V-Bots.
RaceLogix, that's what I always see
when you guys calculate.
So essentially, I'll be honest to you,
it's, we don't use it to its full potential.
What we use is a V-Bots performance box touch
and it's actually a track tool.
So it's a circuit tool.
So it's actually to make you,
or it can potentially make you a quicker driver
around the track.
It can tell you where you're losing speed, gaining speed.
It has all the tracks around the world in fact,
like in its memory,
and it can give you any metric you want.
But it's essentially, you've got a memory card
and you take it out,
put it in a laptop and just get every metric.
We only use it for 100 to 200 KPH times,
zero to 60 and quarter mile times.
So we barely dip our toe in the water,
but it's a great product
and that's why we continue to use it.
So with that being said,
you're in a lot of these fast cars, right?
I think I'm at a best the other day,
but I can't remember what you had said honestly.
What was one of the fastest cars that you were in
or driven or either were passenger in?
So you know what, as you say,
I've been in so many fast cars
and I've been in so many fast, fast cars
to the point where like they all give crazy experiences.
Like, you know what I mean?
But what does happen is you become slightly immune to speed.
So it has to be, you're nearly dying
or it has to be a stripped out tin can
with way too much power
that you're just gonna make it feel crazy.
But again, being in so many different cars,
but one that just stands out so, so much to me
is basically a tuning company who I'm very close with.
Like these guys are my brothers,
they're called ES Motor UK.
They build the world's quickest and fastest Porsches.
And funnily enough, they own the world's fastest
or the owner of EMEA, sorry,
the owner of ES Motor EMEA,
he owns the world's fastest Porsche and quickest Porsche,
which is a 997 911 Turbo.
So it's kind of like a 2010 kind of model.
The car's got 2,200 wheel horsepower.
So it's got a lot of power, sequential gearbox too.
Is it rear wheel drive?
It's four wheel drive, but bro,
it might as well be rear wheel drive.
Because when you're trying to drive this car
in a straight line, it just wants to rotate on you.
It holds the current half mile record in Europe too.
Actually, sorry, I think it just got beaten.
But it held the current half mile record for any car,
but definitely for any Porsche it still holds out,
which I think is, I wanna say it's 230.
It might be 229, I'm not sure.
But bro, this car is just, it's so scary.
On my runway, we've got four lanes
and it feels like a big runway
until you're in that car.
And it's changing lanes
and using up the whole of the run.
It bro, it is mind blowing.
And of course, sequential gearbox.
You've got to drive it with one hand,
unless you wanna keep, you know what I mean?
You're trying to control this thing,
but it might as well be rear wheel drive.
When the boost hits, bro, it's no joke.
Like you feel everything.
The only way I can kind of describe it
is four wheel drive torque steer.
So you know in a front wheel drive car,
you put your foot down and it goes do-do-do-do,
and it might pull to the side.
It's kind of the same with this car.
Like you know big power GTRs,
how they kind of walk.
Yeah, this does the same.
And it's almost hazing all four wheels,
like down the whole track.
It's wild.
It's like one car that I'm like, what am I doing?
Why am I even trying to drive this?
Like, you know what I mean?
Yeah, that one really left a lasting impression,
but a lot of Porsches have done that to me,
believe it or not.
So now we were talking about this before
with the Porsches, right?
I am not a, I can't say I'm not a Porsche fan.
And you know what's funny about that?
The only Porsche I've ever driven might sound crazy.
The only Porsche I've ever driven was a GT2 RS.
I just flexed on us now, all right, bro.
I see only, and that was only because it came in,
if it was a customer's car at some shop
I used to film at in New York,
and we would take the cars and do videos and photos of it.
So I got to drive it, really fast car, a little scary,
but I didn't even know what I was in at the time.
Oh, it's the GT2 RS, all right, cool.
And then until later on, I found that it's a really,
like it's honestly a rare,
that's the one, bro, that's the one.
So that didn't really get me into Porsches at all.
I just thought it was cool,
but I never really looked into them.
I'm not really sure what the chassis codes are.
That's the biggest confusion.
So what is the breakdown for chassis codes for a Porsche?
So, all right, we'll go for them.
But first I will say, bro,
you're not alone when it comes to this confusion.
Okay.
No one, like unless you're into Porsches,
you don't know.
And the thing is also, it's an interesting one.
Like, you don't come across many,
many big, big, big Porsche enthusiasts,
because in my opinion,
the shape and design doesn't change much between generations.
So it's still a classic design, if that makes sense.
And for the money they cost,
what you could buy instead and look a lot more,
like you could look like you're balling in a Lambo,
or you could buy a Porsche and blend in a little bit more,
but the cars are kind of the same price.
So for the younger generation
to want to spend that money on a Porsche,
you've got to be an enthusiast.
You've got to know what you're buying
based on the stats of what the car can do.
But when it comes to chassis codes,
it gets very, very confusing.
So I can run through the turbo.
So like, when they first started the turbo,
the Porsche 911 turbo basically.
So it started with the 930.
That was the first ever 911 turbo.
And then it went to the 964.
It was the second generation.
And then it went to the 993.
The 964 for anyone who's watching
is the one that was on Bad Boys.
So after the 993, it went to the 996.
That was the first one
that didn't have the round headlights at the front.
Do you know the kind of, the one it looked like?
I think they call it like fried eggs.
It's kind of round and it comes round.
It's like almost the ugly duckling version.
Arguably the ugliest.
I think it's the ugliest of the bunch.
And then it, so that was the 996.
Then it goes 997.
They went back to the round lights.
And the 997 generation is the generation
I was just talking about.
The sequential gearbox around 2010.
I think they come out in about 2007,
but had it like a facelift.
And then after the 997, it went 991.
And now it's went 992.
And the confusing thing is,
they dropped the 993 after the 964,
then went 996,
but now I've went back behind the 993 with their coding.
So it's very confusing.
All these numbers are very confusing.
On top of that, you've got dot one, dot two, right?
In most of them, right?
So that kind of the facelift of all of them.
But then within these models now,
you have loads of difference.
You have the Carrera.
You have just the 911T.
Same chassis code though, right?
Same chassis.
So you have, for instance,
let's talk about a 991, right?
So a 991.2 GT3, you can have.
991.2 GT3 RS, 99.2 Turbo, 99.2 Turbo S, Carrera, GTS.
You've got all of these within that model code.
And then potentially within the newer model code
and so on and so forth.
So it can get really confusing
because it don't really make no sense.
So it's kind of like how BMW is a three series.
You have the M3.
So it'd be like an E90 chassis.
E92, E90, whatever four door, two door kind of situation.
But just from the Porsche.
Now, with those chassis codes, right?
You said 991, right?
So if there's a Turbo, a Turbo S, Carrera,
like what is it, what would,
somebody who's a car enthusiast
that wants a performance version of it,
what would they go for out of those?
So interestingly, after quoting those chassis codes,
they, and being for Turbos.
So Porsches used to be naturally aspirated,
but the Turbo model was there,
it's the Turbo, right?
It's the one with the most power.
But I want to say from, I think I'm right in saying
from the 991, which is like,
they came out in 2013 or 2014, I think.
Even a kind of entry level one was like Turbo.
I think it was a three liter T.
So the Turbo kind of that,
they're all turbo now.
So essentially the Turbo S is the top boy one.
If you want the refinement of a car
that you can drive on the road, it's four wheel drive
and just goes as fast as you like.
You go for the Turbo S or the Turbo.
The Turbo is nearly the same or a few things.
Like, you know what I mean?
Just about four.
Are they all?
It's all wheel drive, it's all wheel drive.
But traditionally anything that isn't a Turbo
or a Turbo S or a Carrera 4,
unless it kind of says it or a GTS 4 or whatever,
it'll be rear wheel drive.
So if you want the all out track car,
it's the GT3 or the GT3 RS or the GT2 being a top boy one.
And the GT2 is the Turbo variant of their track cars
because the GT3 and the GT3 RS
are both naturally aspirated.
Right, right.
And the two RS is Turbo.
Now, when it comes to the Turbo version
and the non-Turbo version, right?
Is there any difference in performance between the two?
Oh, 100%.
100%.
Well, obviously, but I'm saying like,
if you were to modify a NA1, would there be any difference?
Well, you're stuck.
Like any NA car gaining power on normal fuel
unless you've got a methanol or something crazy like,
you know what I mean?
A nitro methanol.
It's hard to get power out of.
So you're really stuck until you, again,
not a lot of people have done this, twin turbo them.
Supercharged them.
And there's been a few supercharged,
one, maybe two twin turboed.
So people basically don't do it with naturally aspirated.
They usually stage one tune and then exhaust,
leave it how it is, drive it around a track.
Sounds nice, not very fast.
Rear-wheel drive and it's a proper,
it's a driver's car,
arguably the best handling car out there.
Whereas the Turbo S,
whoa, bro, sky is the limit.
Sky is the limit.
So I've had a couple of Turbo S's.
I had the 991.2 Turbo S
and I also recently sold my 992.1 Turbo S.
My 992, bro, we were-
Is it the blue one?
That was the blue one.
That was the blue one.
So we were running 1,100 horsepower on a stock engine
on that car.
What?
11 stock, bro.
So these cars can take it.
And that was safe.
Like, safe.
Like, you know what I mean?
Like, that was safe enough for ES motor
to sell that as a package
that they can back up in warranty.
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah.
So the car was happy at that power.
That's just full bolt-ons.
No gearbox modifications.
Just a TCU tune.
Stock motor, turbos, intercooler,
methanol injection, good ECU tune
from Emrey, ES motor in Turkey
because that's where they originate.
And a few other little bolt-ons,
maybe intake.
Yeah, yeah.
That's it, bro.
We're making 1,100 horsepower.
And I'm telling you right now,
in the UK, although everyone loves to cry,
there's not a lot of cars.
I don't care what you're driving
on the street that are gonna be faster.
So then a Porsche?
Not necessarily my Porsche.
But if we wanna get into it,
like if you're talking stock motor cars,
I don't think there's faster.
If you're talking built motor cars,
there's built motor Porsches out there too.
And again, I'll bring that back on the street.
I don't think there's a lot of cars
running faster than a built motor 992 right now.
Okay, so how much does that car cost?
Yeah, so all right, cool.
So that's where you could, because of course, there's,
yeah.
Just curious, I don't know how much it costs.
So essentially in the UK,
if we're talking about the 992,
pretty much the latest generation,
right now, bottom dollar,
your buy 1,400 is about 130,000 English.
Turbo S.
Turbo S.
Okay, that sounds like R8 prices.
Yeah, for you guys,
we can pick up an R8 for 70 grand in the UK.
70, what year though?
So that would probably be one of the early ones,
70, about 15, a 15 plate.
That's still a nice year.
2015, yeah.
As long as it's not like an 09 or old.
No, no, no.
The one, the V10 platform,
every one to the turbo, yeah?
So 70 grand, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So dollars, I'm gonna say probably 160,
160-ish, right?
Okay, Turbo S.
Turbo S.
And then for my build with the full Boltons,
ESMOTOR retail that for around 35,000 UK, right?
So again, you've got about $50,000.
So for that car, you're gonna be 200 grand
before BuiltMOTOR.
If you want a BuiltMOTOR 992,
I'm gonna say, and apologies for the ESMOTORs
because I know now I mentioned their name,
they're definitely, they're always watching
because they're always supporting anyway.
So apologies if I get this wrong,
but I wanna say you're gonna be in 80,000 English.
So maybe a hundred grand kind of build spec
on top of that for a 1300 wheel horsepower car.
So a 1500 BHP car.
Wow.
But bro, they lay it down like stock.
They're just, they're like a stock Turbo S,
drives with all the refinements,
drives exactly the same, not laggy,
anything like that, bro.
But they go so fast
and you can physically drive them with one hand.
In fact, on the feature that I've done
with a couple of them,
I think we might have done it off camera
because it might have looked a little bit dangerous.
I can't remember.
But Rebase, they're kind of test driver.
He's driving it full throttle
from like second gear with one hand,
like 1500 brake horsepower on the road
and it's just straight as an arrow.
Like they're so easy to drive.
The way they lay it down, unreal.
You cannot beat Porsche's four wheel drive systems.
It's so good.
And does it have a PD, is it PDK?
PDK, PDK.
So again, stock gearbox, just Dodson clutches.
That's what you need at that kind of build level.
So how, the transmission, what is it capable of?
In terms of like-
I don't know, bro.
I don't know.
We're gonna find out, but I'll tell you what.
The 992, sorry, the 991,
which that platform being around a little bit longer
pushed a lot further.
In fact, shout out to AIM Performance,
which is a franchisee of ESMO over here
in the United States, AIM.
So I believe they own the fastest 991.
Yeah, it's a black one on it.
One, his name is Juan, I think.
Yeah, very far.
I think he just went into the sevens.
I might be wrong.
Seven, nine, he might have-
I think his name is Juan.
I could be wrong.
But Juan is, he has the black one.
Black one.
I think he has the GTR.
I think he has the GTR.
Yeah, he has a parachute in this car, right?
Yes, yes.
So that's the one, yeah.
A friend of mine actually knows him
and he takes care of that car out in New York,
but super fast car.
Very, very fast.
Very, very fast.
But it's interesting because when you come to the States,
the levels change.
So perhaps not considered very, very fast out here.
I mean, a seven second car,
a low eight second car is a fast car to me.
But when you're talking about some of you boys
with the GTRs running six seconds
and going like some of these,
again, what's a street car?
What's not?
But some of them running like low sixes,
some of the V10s, low sixes.
Yeah, things change.
But out in the UK, I mean,
like for a build of like a properly built 991,
bro, like there's nothing,
there's not a lot touching them on the road
or on the track to tell the truth.
So you're making this power on a stock transmission still?
Yeah, sorry.
See, I waffle and I lose my train of thought.
I'm glad you brought that back
because I knew who's going somewhere with that.
So the 991, so no one builds a gearbox for the 991.
No one.
So they break, but they might break at 1500 brake horsepower
or they might break at 1900.
You just don't know.
It's just one of those ones.
If you've got a 1700 brake horsepower Porsche,
about 1500 wheel, it's sadly,
it's probably not if it's when you might go two years,
you might go two pulls.
Generally, they're good, but they can break.
And I know that firsthand
because I had a built 991.
Mine was 1300 BHP and second gear roll.
I was on a half mile trying to do some half mile attempts
and the boost came in way too hard.
Gearbox didn't like it, blew a gearbox.
And I'll tell you what,
when you're talking about Porsches
and those kind of monies,
you don't want to be blowing gearboxes.
Do you know what I mean?
But unfortunately, no one does a gear set from them.
That's what they need.
They need to operate a gear set.
But that's still pretty impressive
that you can run that much torque.
Gosh, I'm not sure, man.
It's a lot of torque.
It's a lot of torque.
And to be fair to these gearboxes,
like when you're at that power,
bro, you're taking the piss out of stock internals.
Like you're really whatever's stock in the car,
like it's surprising it's lasting one pull.
But as I say, a lot of them are two years plus.
And I think now they've got a good supply
of a second hand gearboxes
so they can make it viable.
But yeah, it's something that unfortunately
is actually like a bit of a hold back
for how far you can push those cars,
is the gearbox.
No one makes a gear set from them.
Right.
Damn.
And so the Porsche was like your first,
well, I would say your dream car, right?
100%.
100% with your dream car.
Was it your first,
I don't even know if you would call it an exotic.
Is it an exotic?
Yeah, I mean, I liked it.
I mean, for me, it felt that way.
I spent 110,000 English pounds on it.
Most I've ever spent on a car by a country mile.
I want to say that's probably about 135 US.
So it was a lot of money for me.
And I think that's kind of,
you could kind of call it exotic money,
you know, kind of bottom of the chain.
What do you consider an exotic?
What would you consider an exotic?
So we don't really use the word exotic in the UK.
It's called super car.
We just use the word super car.
So something like what's super car,
entry level super car?
I would say just scraping into that category
is a V10 Audi R8.
Just, just.
And that's debatable.
Same here.
But essentially it would probably be
a Lamborghini Huracan,
a McLaren 570S,
that would probably just about get in there.
And then maybe a Ferrari 488
for them like the big three.
So that's kind of like entry level super car kind of,
that's what I'll call an exotic,
if that makes sense.
And then the Turbo S,
because it's Turbo S and it's got
as much power as the others.
And hit 60 quicker than all of the cars.
And in fact,
actually probably beats them in every metric.
Like, you know,
I would probably class that as a super car.
But again, biasly,
because I just bought one
and spent a lot of money.
Like, you know what I mean?
So.
Okay. So on the Porsche level, right?
There's different models, of course.
Yes.
You wouldn't consider all an exotics, right?
You wouldn't consider a Carrera, right?
No, no.
So that would be a sports car.
Okay.
So now a turbo,
on the Porsche scale,
a Turbo S would just be getting into there
or you would consider it?
I would say.
What about a GT3?
That's a tricky one.
See, that's a very tricky one.
That's actually a bit of a curve ball.
Now it's definitely super car money
or exotic money.
It's like 200 odd thousand pounds.
So yeah, I'm gonna say that's more of a,
I'm gonna take a side step
and I'm gonna say that's a track car.
If that one.
The GT3.
I'm gonna say that's a track car.
Okay.
A track purpose built track car, I would say.
An exotic track car.
Somewhere in between.
But yeah, if someone put a gun to my head
and said exotic or not,
I'll say exotic for sure.
Okay.
Cause I noticed that a lot of people now,
a lot of people get some money to run into some money
and you see a lot of people buying these GT3 RSs
and it seems like it's more of a flex car
rather than using it for what it's intended for.
100%.
So it's just interesting now
because is it considered an exotic or?
Yeah, definitely more so,
I would say with the 992 generation over the 991.
The 991, don't get me wrong,
like great cars,
but this 992, the way it looks,
it looks wild, bro.
The wing is humongous.
The arrow on the car is crazy.
The newest one?
The newest one, the 992.
992, 991, is it backwards or?
They're different.
So it goes 991, then 992.
Okay, so it's sequential for that?
Yes.
What model are we on right now?
We're on a 992.
Okay, 992.
Yeah, that's the newest one.
I think Adam LZ just bought one.
Quite possibly.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That one's sick.
Sick.
They look crazy.
And they are a showpiece, as you say.
It's a flex when they go down the road.
But realistically on the road is not where they should be
because they only shine on the track.
They don't drive brilliantly on the road.
For someone like me and you that drive fast cars,
they're not that fast.
They sound nice.
That's about it.
What about a turbo ester?
Turbo ester, fast as hell.
In terms of like driving on the street, you could...
Easily.
Bro, just as easy as your GA-EBMW.
Like, you know what I mean?
Just as smooth, like really nice.
But that's what they're creative for.
Four seats too.
Although backseat passengers have to be paraplegics,
they can just about carry four people.
They're meant to be at every...
In fact, this is what Porsche called them,
the everyday supercar.
Everyday supercar.
Okay, so it's a supercar then.
Secondly.
Now, what about all the other cars?
Like the hyper...
Like you guys have hypercars?
Hypercars, yeah, yeah.
Okay, so it's supercar, no exotic.
You don't say exotics.
Not really.
It's supercar and then hypercar.
Yes.
Right, there's no difference between...
No, no, no.
I mean, and again, it's arguable
where that crossover is.
Like, you know what I mean?
Is it money-based?
Is it power-based?
I'm not 100% sure.
Quite a point of argument right now
would be the new Lamborghini Ruelto,
I think it's pronounced.
1,001 brake horsepower.
You know, that's hypercar power,
I guess, out of the box, maybe.
But it's 500,000 pounds.
I'm not sure if that puts in
that hypercar money category.
So that's kind of like, for me,
that's maybe it is, maybe it isn't.
Like, you know what I mean?
So I don't know.
But hypercars for me, yeah.
It would have to probably be
a 1,000 plus brake horsepower
and cost quite a lot of money
and be extremely rare.
So none of the flips out of that, right?
Talking about exotics,
high priced items and so on, right?
Let's talk about the lower priced stuff.
Sure.
Maybe Hondas.
Hondas, bro.
See, this is the thing, right?
Going back to it,
I feel blessed to have had these porches
and I've come to the owner McLaren too.
But my heart is with the grassroots stuff.
The stuff that you buy and as slow as hell,
but you make them so fast,
they're just dangerous.
That's what gets me going.
Like, you know what I mean?
And I feel like the journey with a lot of those cars
is more rewarding than some of these cars
that already top tier cars that use make faster.
Taking nothing away from those top tier cars
because they're amazing.
And Hondas, again, I was never a big Honda guy,
but Hondas have become something that I just,
I'm like, I'm obsessed with, you know?
And that's only through starting a YouTube channel.
And I remember the first time I ever drove
a boosted Honda, bro, I was like, what?
What is this?
Front-wheel drive?
Front-wheel drive.
Front-wheel drive, bro, I got in this car
and it was an FN2 also.
So the one after the EP3.
I'm not sure if you've got an EP3 over here.
We have, yeah, we had EP3.
You had the EP3?
So it's the one after that.
The one that is the ugly duckling,
not everyone loves.
Came with a K20, but heavier body, same power.
So I'd heard that about the car,
never driven a boosted Honda
and I hopped into this car
and it was stripped out and everything.
And I want to say it was about 400 wheel horsepower.
And I'm thinking, I've driven 400 wheel horsepower cars before
and this is meant to be the slow one.
Bro, when that boost hit
and the steering wheel was doing that, bro,
I, well, what is this car?
Honestly, I never felt anything like,
it's because how aggressive they are.
I want to say he had like a screamer pipe to atmosphere.
So when it come on boost, the sound, I'm like, bro,
this is the most intimidating thing.
And it was like, literally at that moment,
I was like, this is the hype.
This is why.
You would have never got me to agree
or say a Honda is like a good car,
unless I had driven one.
And I get it.
I get people who watch these Hondas
and think they're rubbish and they look crap, whatever.
Generally because they haven't driven one
because when you drive one and you drive one in anger, woo.
Bro, and they always punch above their weight too.
So going back through it, that power there, right?
The caution had been moving how fast it was moving.
I could, it blew my mind how fast this car was
at the quoted power level.
And it was then I knew I need one of these.
Like, you know what I mean?
I just blew it up from there.
So it's funny because like the first,
so what was the first Honda that you had
that you debuted on the channel?
Was it the Integra?
Yes, it was my DC5.
So I've got two Integra's,
but I've got the DC2 and a DC5.
Right, which is to me is a pretty,
it's a pretty cool car to start with.
Because over here we have that.
Acura RSX.
Acura RSX, right.
That car, you actually got that car there
where you could buy it or you have to import it.
So, no, you're making me think now.
No, there's quite a lot in the UK,
but from memory, they're all imports.
They never actually sold them.
Okay, right.
So it's still a JDM car.
It's a JDM car.
It is a JDM car.
And of course, in Japan, they drive on the right.
In the UK, we drive on the right.
So it's just, yeah.
So that's your first car,
which is actually pretty, pretty cool, right?
Very cool.
And in fact, I was still,
so this is how you could tell,
I was still like a little bit unsure about Hondas
because the only one at that time,
now I've got a different love for them now
because I've just become such a fanboy,
but only like Honda, I like the look of at that time
was that DC5.
And that was kind of my in.
Like, you know what I mean?
Cause obviously K20 engine, I was like,
all right, cool.
So we can do some mad stuff to it.
Like, but it looks half decent too.
With that car, you ended up probably immediately
getting to work with it, right?
Like you do with those cars?
Yeah, or bro, here it is.
So when I bought it, it was actually supercharged.
So it came, not from factory, obviously,
but the previous owner had supercharged it.
So it had a Jackson supercharger on it.
No intercooler, made 300 horsepower.
And it made a good noise,
but I don't think it was any faster than like,
what a stock K20 would have been.
So it just made a good noise.
So it already was modified in a way,
but yeah, my whole goal, sorry, was to turbo this car.
And yeah, we got to work pretty quick.
So with this car, you've been through some ups
and downs, a ton of them with this car.
A lot of downs, bro.
A lot of downs, a few ups, a lot of downs.
It seems like every time you get it running,
it's something else happens,
but it's a Honda, it's kind of expected,
especially at the power that you're making.
What is it making now?
So right now, well, we've got a new build going on now.
So before I blew it up, it made 1,030 at the hub.
So 1,030 horsepower or BHP?
Wheel horsepower.
So you're American horse powers,
it made just over 1,000, like, you know.
But bro, the thing is, with that Integra,
the reason I've spent so much money,
and we talk about how much money I've spent on it,
and it's absolutely mind blowing,
but the reason I have done what I've done
and the reason it's been so many ups or so many downs,
a few ups, but not as many as downs,
is the fact that I originally set out to build
like a 500, 600 brake horsepower car,
and I kept wanting more.
Do you know what I mean?
I kept wanting more.
So we were leaning on these components
that were never meant to be taken
as the kind of power that we were for an A.
So it's kind of been a case of,
all right, so this is to set up,
let's push this power.
And they're like, Jamie, are you sure that's all you want?
And I'm like, that's all I want.
About a month into it, let's do more.
Like, you know what I mean?
Blow it up.
Then it'll be like, all right, cool.
Let's aim for this much power.
And they're like, Jamie, are you sure this is all you want?
It's all I want, I'll be good.
Month later, let's do more.
Blow it up.
And then we keep, you know what I mean?
And then there's like transmissions,
this, that, the other brake,
and so many breakages.
And it's just been a mad learning curve
because the guys who build it shout out to AutoTalk.
They're not like big Honda builders.
They kind of, they're more 4G63 kind of EVO stuff.
Which is pretty similar in terms of how much, yeah.
Yeah, four cylinder, you know.
They do a lot of RB stuff, new GTR stuff.
So that's their kind of thing,
but the owner's a really cool guy.
Wanted to do something with me.
And I was like, well, I want a four wheel drive
a Honda light.
And he's like, never done it, but let's try.
So for them, it's been a learning curve too.
Again, for my pocket,
not the financially most financial best decision,
but it creates a story, you know,
and it's been a hell of a journey
and I've learned along the way for sure.
Now, do you believe in overbuilding at all?
Because unless it's people like myself,
I overbuild because I don't want the headache
of having to go back and redo stuff.
I want to enjoy my car and kind of do what I got to do.
If I want to turn it up,
I can turn it up without having to worry about
if something's going to break.
Sure.
So did you ever have that mindset with the,
are you there now at least with the car?
Or you're like, I'm going to overbuild it?
I'm there now.
I'm there now, but bro,
I have never been there.
I'm always like, how cheap can I do this?
What can we get away with?
And I think especially when it comes to the K20,
like there's such a renowned engine, like, you know,
they can, English horsepowers here, so BHP,
they can quite happily do about 500 BHP,
which probably be about your 450 wheel horsepower.
You can beat them all day long.
So once you put like a set of rods and pistons in there,
you know, you're feeling invincible.
Like, you know what I mean?
But realistically, they have breaking points.
So it's like, how much can we push
on the least amount of money?
Which looking back now, bro,
if I could have overbuilt it, I would have overbuilt it.
Cause I reckon I could have built my car
for the same, like as you see it,
probably for half the price, I reckon.
So how much have you spent on your Honda?
So in terms of, yeah, it's a lot of money.
So dollars wise, I'd probably say I'm probably
in modifications in about $150,000.
US?
US, yeah.
And how many times have you broken the car?
I've broke it so many times, bro.
Like three or four engines, transmission rebuilds,
probably three times, but four wheel driving also,
and not doing it myself.
So this is probably at my detriment.
So for a shop that can do the work themselves,
greatly, greatly will minimize your costs, right?
But I'm paying labor too.
So that's included in this,
which is a great amount of that costing,
if that makes sense.
And a lot of labor goes into actually four wheel drive
and a DC5 type R.
I wanna say EGs, EKs, EP3s, and some other variants,
you can now get like bolt up kits.
You don't have to cut like transmission tunnels
and things like that.
But there's a lot of fab work that goes into
making a DC5 four wheel drive,
which is probably why you don't see a lot of them,
if that makes sense.
So that, yeah, that costed quite a lot,
but it's more so, I run a motorsport gearbox,
I've got a quay sequential gearbox in it.
That box is quite expensive.
You find the limits of the bell housing,
you find the limits of the transfer box housing,
you upgrade it.
Like, you know what I mean?
I wanna say just the gearbox on its own
with the breakages,
probably US owes me $35,000 just on a box, you know?
So it gets expensive.
Is that the most expensive aspect of it, you think?
Yeah, I'll probably say the transmission.
If you look at what I spent on it to buy US,
so for a quave transmission,
like without any billet bell housings
or anything like that,
you're probably looking maybe about $15,000, $14,000.
Once you start going billet bell housing,
billet transfer case and all that,
I mean, you'd probably be closer to $22,000.
I might be off with my estimation,
but yeah, it gets expensive.
My engine this time round,
we went for a pretty good solution.
Because the thing is,
one thing I tried to do with this car, right,
it makes $1,030 at the wheel,
which actually makes it in the UK
the most powerful K20,
which again, I know is not majorly impressive,
so I know you've got a massive US audience.
And also I want to say,
I don't want to be too soppy or anything like that,
but whilst I've been out in the States,
it's been humbling to see how many people,
especially in Florida,
have kind of come and showed love
and said they love what I do.
So I don't want to,
I want to big up the States,
like, you know what I mean?
But basically, you guys are levels ahead.
So a thousand at the wheel out here is kind of nothing,
but in the UK, like that's pushing the boundaries.
And the reason I stuck with the K20
was because it was a little bit different.
Generally when people want to go more power,
they go K24, more torque,
and they can hold power a little bit better.
And I thought it would be a little bit more unique
to say K20.
So I've done that.
And the problem with that is
you've got to run a lot of boost
to try and make power.
And on a four cylinder K20 to litre,
it lifts heads.
So that has been something that I have been battling with
for maybe two or three years.
Now, in my opinion,
my car has been an eight second car
for the last two years.
I've just never done an eight,
whether it be the 60 foot,
whether it be up top,
but something is always stopping me.
It's had the terminal.
You know, my car was trapping
at about 900 horsepower,
I was trapping 160 mile an hour
at about 9.2.
So the terminal speed is right up there for an eight second.
But I'll be running a 9.2 with a 1.660 foot.
Like, you know what I mean?
So again, and then as we could speak about that,
I won't go too much into it,
but the prep in the UK isn't the same.
But also I run that car non-prep.
I run that just straight on the street.
I want people to know
when they watch my channel,
when they see me run a time,
if you say anything about your quicker,
just know I'll run this time on you.
Like, you know what I mean?
I don't have to be on the track.
That's what I want it to be.
I want it to just know
that anything I'm running right now,
you can get it like that.
Like, you know what I mean?
So that was kind of my thing,
but at my detriment,
because again, running non-prep,
it brings up other things.
Like, you know, you can really shake the transmision,
you can hurt the transmision,
and you know, it's probably not the best.
So yeah, it's been a big, big fight,
lifting heads and yeah,
luckily the last time I lifted a head,
I've got a Cybex ECU.
So Cybex.
Oh, you're in a Cybex.
So I run a Cybex,
which again is very left field
for what people use on Hondas.
But Cybex is actually a really good ECU.
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I mean, for people who don't really know much about Cyvex,
it's probably your mo-tech equivalent,
like, you know, with functionality and what you can do.
So I've got a Cyvex again,
another expensive item that's on the car.
And then, you know,
once you start talking about how many sensors
and so on and so forth.
But what we do have is a coolant pressure sensor.
So we can tell when the coolant pressure spikes.
And what we have is a safety on that.
As soon as it sees X amount of pressure,
it'll cut my ignition.
So it will hopefully save the engine.
And it has, but what it does is it blows a gasket,
might chip a little bit at the head.
Maybe we can skim it and do a new solution.
We've tried O-ringing it on our last attempt.
I run a two K20 Rammi racing sleeved O-ring block,
or that's what I was running.
We thought that would be able to hold the power.
It did until we tried to run 55 pounds for it.
And it lifted the head, but again, we caught it.
So now my new sealing solution.
And you know what?
Shout out to, want to get this right.
I think it's Boosty built.
You might have heard of him.
He's from the States, Boosty built.
He runs like, he runs a couple of Hondas,
all wheel drive Hondas, big pal,
like 1300 wheel, I want to say.
And I know he's built some cool cars.
I hope I'm getting that right.
Boosty built, or the Boosty,
I think is his name on Instagram.
I'm not familiar, I don't think I'm familiar.
Anyway, shout out to him.
I hope I got that right.
And he out of nowhere after he saw my last break,
he just reached out to me and he goes,
hey bro, I've been seeing the problems
you've been having with your car.
Have you thought about this?
Like we've tried everything and this is our solution.
And I also had problems with my viscous coupler,
which is the thing that transfers power
from the front to the rear.
And he was like, this is the guy to take it to
and so on and so on.
So he just out of nowhere.
Like this is, this is where you really like the community.
Cause there can be toxicity in the community, right?
But this is where the community comes together.
He, he didn't have to help me.
He don't have to tell me a secret.
You don't have to, do you know what I mean?
But he kind of wanted to see me win.
Like, you know what I mean?
He told me, we need to do this.
We need to do that.
And again, shout out to Trusfab.
He built my, my viscous coupler.
I sent it all the way to the States
cause I wanted it done right.
We have loads of problems.
And he also then put me onto a ceiling solution
by Bullet Racing.
So have you heard of Bullet Racing?
They do bullet blocks.
They do RBs, they do RBs, 2J blocks.
Yeah, that's right.
So we went for their fire ring set up,
which is essentially now like a special groove
like this kind of machine into the top of the bore
to receive like a,
I want to say it might be copper, but it might not be.
I think you can do copper or I had a brass in mind,
but copper, brass or stainless steel.
It might be, it's one of them.
And then it's kind of built to receive a copper gasket.
So that is basically the solution that they say
they've run crazy PSI through
and this is the only thing that works.
So that is the new build of the engine.
Still on that Rummy Racing block.
And hopefully that will take the power.
We've actually went up a size in turbo now too.
What are you guys running?
So we were running, so shout out to Precision
because Precision sponsored all of my builds.
They've been a great help
and their gem free turbos are just mind blowing.
How much of a jump they are over the Gen 2s,
but also how far ahead they are in my opinion
of other turbo brands right now.
I feel like anyone running the Precision,
they're the ones breaking the records
for the most part.
So we were running a gem free 6870
and it was pretty much on the limit,
I would say at 1,030 wheel on the K20 at least.
And so this is the logic
and now there'll be people here
because again, I know stuff
but I'm not the most mechanically minded
but this is the logic and it seems to make sense
that we had to run 55 pounds through that
to basically make our 1,030 at a wheel.
If we go up in turbo size,
we can run, sorry, we can run less boost pressure
and make the same power.
Hopefully making less cylinder pressure,
hopefully not lifting the head so much.
That's the idea.
So we've went up to a 7275 next gem
with the idea to make around the same power
but at less boost.
So that's the idea because it's so quick spalling.
However, we used to run a Garrett GTX 35 84 RS
and the spool on that made my integrity deadly.
Like as soon as you're on the throttle, you're gone
especially with a sequential.
Like that's what made me hard to beat.
You could come with like two, 300 brake horsepower more.
I'm gone, you got to try and chase me
and usually by the time I'm at the end of the track,
you ain't caught up enough.
Like, you know what I mean?
Whereas when we went to the 6870
although the spool was good,
we did notice there was a little bit more lag
before the boost came in.
So going up a size again in turbo,
now we're like, how is it gonna hit?
We're revving, we can rev the car to 10,000.
Is that what you rev to now?
So we were, I think on the last build,
we revved it to about nine, seven.
We haven't went all the way to 10, but it's got 10 in it.
Do we need to though?
Because of the turbo?
We might need to.
We might need to.
With the bigger turbo?
With the bigger turbo.
We might need to go there.
We might need to revs because look,
if it's coming on that,
and I'm not saying this is where it's coming on,
but just saying it might,
if it's coming on at six,
we need some, we need to revs.
Like, you know what I mean?
So we might think about nitrous too,
just to get it spooled,
but bro, like I've just explained
how much money I've spent on this car.
I'm not trying to break it anymore, bro.
You know what I mean?
I'm trying to do it properly once and for all.
So my goal now is to get this,
like shout out to Javier from TRC.
So he's another like one of my guys
who have like really helped me out
when it's coming to the States,
put me in the circles I need to mix with
and point me in the right direction
and also helped me with my DC5
because he had a RSX.
He had one, yeah, he had all the drive.
It was crazy.
I had had my DC5 for like a year,
four wheel drive it.
He's asking me questions.
He gets his breaks the world record,
sells his, and bro, I've still got mine.
I haven't done no eights.
Mine's always broken.
I'm like, he just came in, killed the game,
got the mic and left, you know what I mean?
But yeah, shout out to him.
So basically I actually, when he sold his car, I bought it.
Let's get it.
Bro, that's a lie, bro.
Yo, I was like, wait, what was that?
Bro, that was scary as hell.
I was like, what the?
All right, cool.
We leaving that end?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh my God, bro.
I thought the ghost were here.
Cool, so anyway.
Yeah, so I bought his Bellax off him
and his tire set up.
Oh, okay.
So him and Real Street set up.
So I've got his set up, I've got his tire set up.
So what I'm gonna be doing is, once it's rebuilt,
I'm gonna try and make the same power on that turbo, right?
Okay.
I might make a little bit more.
It might happen.
Who knows?
Let's see what it does, right?
I'm gonna go to the track, I'm gonna run at eight.
Yeah, I don't care if I gotta turn it up to 11
to run at eight.
But I reckon if everything hooks up,
it should do it like a nice mid eight.
And then after that, bro, I'm turning it down
and I'm just gonna run at exhibitions.
I'm just gonna put it away, mission complete
and just keep it there.
Do you know what I mean?
I don't need to run at two spice.
That's where I'm at right now.
Bro, I'm hurting.
This car has cost me, literally, it's super car money.
You know what I mean?
It's super car money in months.
150,000, yeah.
You know what I mean?
So I wanna see it do the numbers
and I just kinda wanna complete that chapter.
Not to take the car off the channel or anything
because that car is my baby
and I think a lot of people watch the channel
to see that car, especially the way I drive it.
Because when I'm driving it, bro, I'm driving it and I'm pulling
that sequential like my life depends on it.
Like, you know what I mean?
And I just feel like that car represents everything
that makes or gives me my buzz from cars.
You know what I mean?
That's my addiction right there, like bottled.
Like, you know what I mean?
So yeah, that's the one that will always be there.
I'll never get rid of it.
It's funny because one of the biggest things
that I guess a lot of people gravitate towards
with your content is when you're driving a car
and how intense it is a lot of the shit.
It's crazy, bro.
So that sequential definitely plays a big part
in your channel.
It does, bro.
And do you know what's crazy?
So again, this has been like for the people watching
who are coming on this journey with me through motoring,
like through the different levels of cars
from starting like the say 400 brake horsepower cars
all the way up to whatever we might be at now
or experiencing this, it's been a journey for me too.
Because I haven't always been around those kind of cars.
I'm learning on camera.
Like, you know what I mean?
And I remember the first time I ever drove a car
with a sequential gearbox, I was like, what is this?
I was like, bro, I didn't, this is crazy.
The ignition cut between gears,
it feels like you're pulling like a lever in a factory,
bro, like it's mechanical.
Like, you know what I'm saying, bro?
Like, and if you're a petrolhead
and you like growing gears,
but then you got a sequential,
it's almost like you still got involvement,
but it's faster.
Like, you know what I mean?
You're quicker with it.
It's more dramatic.
And again, arguably you can still get load cell
dog box H-Pattern cars, like, you know,
which you're actually gonna be H-Pattern.
So I'm about yanking back on that lever, bro.
It just gets me excited.
And yeah, when I first drove it,
the first car I drove was an R33 GTR.
It's like a thousand horsepower.
Like never driven a sequential in my life.
Was the silver one?
The silver one.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The guy came down, it was like, it was crazy because-
That video actually,
I think that's one of the first videos I saw
on your channel.
I don't know if it was that one.
That was, it was a big moment.
It was like, because as I say, people are learning with me.
The amount of people who didn't really know about,
like, again, like, it's you,
like you attract people who are kind of,
or people are attracted perhaps to me at the time
when they subscribe because of my mindset
and my knowledge levels, right?
And they gravitate towards it
because it's the same as them.
So a lot of them didn't know about Sequentials Eva.
So the first time they see me in this car doing that,
they're like, what?
Like, you know what I mean?
It's now bucket list for like everyone
like watching that.
But yeah, the 33 was definitely,
was a milestone in the channel for like, okay,
so this is what people are doing.
This is what's available.
And yeah, it changed everything.
Can shout out to the guy who brought his car down
because it was a last minute feature.
And sometimes these are the best.
It wasn't planned.
It was someone else pulled out
and it was probably like a 500 horsepower car.
I can't even remember.
And I think I put something out on my Instagram
as anyone got a car they weren't featured.
And someone messaged me and was like,
yeah, my friend's got this car.
It was a sequential gearbox.
I didn't even know what sequential was.
So he's pulled up and I'm looking in and I'm like,
right, that's a big gear lever.
Like I didn't know.
And I learned on the job, like, you know what I mean?
And yeah, it was a magical moment.
And after that, it's like everything
has got to be sequential.
And it's got to just,
I don't know, the passion comes out with a sequential.
So did he give you a crash course on it real quick?
Tell you what to do.
Real quick though, he's like,
so basically we were sequential
and this mostly, right?
So let's talk about like your normal street car
or even if it's a drag car for the most part.
When you're driving it slowly,
you use the clutch, right?
So it's basically you shift sequentially,
meaning you can only go one, two, three, four, five,
or one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, five, six.
You can't jump a gear and then it's back down.
So sequentially up or down the gearbox.
When you're down shifting,
use the clutch generally every time.
Sequential gearboxes can downshift without a clutch.
It's not good for them.
But generally, or not generally,
but when you're on full load shifts,
if you have a load cell on the shifter,
meaning basically it senses when you're about
to grab a next gear, a strain gauge.
What it does is it momentarily cuts the ignition
so it doesn't ignite the fuel going into the cylinder
and it takes just enough strain off the drivetrain
to allow you to pull the next gear.
So you don't need to touch the clutch.
You basically keep it pinned
and just pull that lever the whole time.
And usually you can tell if the shifts are set up
real crispy when you get that loud snap
between gears, the ignition cut, you know what I mean?
Nothing you know is done right.
And again, it adds to the drama.
Like, you know what I mean?
You pulling it, it's almost like letting off a shot
on a cannon.
You know what I mean?
Like, I don't know.
Like being in a tank or something, bam, bam, bam.
That's how it feels to me, bro.
So yeah, man, that's basically it.
So now between, obviously between H pattern and sequential,
do you feel like all cars should have a sequential in
or there's some cars we feel like H pattern should be,
like is a part of that car character wise?
The good thing about sequential in a race environment
is you cannot money shift it.
Do you know what I mean?
You can't do a one, two, one.
When you do a one, two, one,
bro, you're lucky if you don't blow up your engine,
but you're probably going to blow up your gearbox.
Sometimes both.
So it can be very expensive.
With a sequential, you can't do that.
So again, that's going to alleviate that.
The only difference in my opinion, right?
Cause shift speed is the same.
If you've got a load cell on that H pattern dog box,
shift speed is pretty much exactly the same.
All you have to do though,
is that second to third shift, which is the hard shift.
That's the hard shift.
First to seconds back, fourth to fifths back.
All it is, is that third to fourth.
But that's where it can go wrong.
Like, you know what I mean?
Or, well, it can go wrong, basically.
You can pull a wrong gear.
But realistically, you are still rowing gears.
Like, you know what I mean?
So I kind of understand it.
I would say if you're a race car
and you're trying to chase times
and you're in danger of money shift and go sequential,
but if you don't, I know cars got lockouts too.
So you can't money shift.
So I guess if you want to row gears, H pattern,
and you kind of want to be as fast
or nearly as fast as the sequential,
because there might be something in it,
but it's minute, bro.
It's hundreds, it's hundreds, if that, maybe thousands.
Then go for the H pattern.
They're going to give a different driving experience.
Maybe if you've got a road car, go for the H pattern.
Because then you're going to be able to row gears.
Like, you know what I mean?
It's going to give a bit more,
I don't know, theater driving on the road.
But if you're trying to go fast
in a straight line, sequential all day.
You feel like the sequential on street.
Like on the street is like kind of annoying
to have to go through gears back and forth.
It isn't it ain't like, you know, like,
if you've got a car that's a sequential,
you're probably not going to be daily in it.
So when you're going out for spirited drives,
it's just part and parcel of the drive.
You know what I mean?
It just adds to the drama.
But again, if you want to go from a four to two,
you can't do that.
You've got to go down, down, down.
You know what I mean?
Right, right, right.
It's just quick, kind of.
That's true, that's true.
Have you ever tried the paddles
or air shifted on the sequential?
So I have, yep, yep.
Again, even, so this is where it starts to become,
all right, now you're driving a DCT car.
Like, you know what I mean?
Cause there's nothing in it.
And also what you can do with, in fact,
you don't even need paddles to do this.
You can do this with sequentials.
You can get air shift that is RPM based.
And with the right ECU, you can get
to change gear for you.
Right, right, right.
So you can have a sequential gearbox.
It changes gear at 8,000 RPM,
hits the shifts perfect every time.
Is it manual then?
No.
It's a robotized manual, I guess.
Because you're commanding it,
it's still got a clutch and everything like that.
But it's not a manual.
So there is a fine line and some gray areas.
But yes, a sequential with paddle shift.
Again, it's savage, bro.
I was driving one the other day
and in front wheel drive too.
It was a, it was a Renault Clio.
Now I don't think you get those over in the States, right?
A Renault, another French car,
another piece of crap, pretty much.
But this one had a K20 engine in it.
Really?
With a Katoch seven speed sequential gearbox.
Think it was seven?
It might have been a six speed sequential gearbox.
But yeah, it was paddle shift
and it was hydraulic shift.
So it wasn't even air shift.
It was hydraulic, like an F1 car.
So ultra, ultra quick.
So it's basically done on like a hydraulic pressure
and all this kind of stuff.
It's crazy.
But again, although you're in a race car
or a bit of a race car,
it does start to take away from the feel of driving.
Like properly driving.
At least with a stick here, you're pulling something.
But then arguably,
a lot of people now are doing ZF swaps.
Not into Hondas, but into other cars.
Seen them in 2Js, RBs, like you know.
Yeah, I just saw one this weekend, yeah.
And they're cool, bro.
And again, you can get a shifter that pops out
like a sequential shifter.
So you're actually still yanking on a stick
and it's almost like a computer game version
of a sequential that kind of gives you the same feel,
which is a quick box too.
We all know how well they can do with the right build.
So yeah, I guess it comes down to preference
and what's right for the purpose of the car.
100%.
But for me, as I say, maybe biasly,
after that first experience pulling that,
bro, this car was wild, man.
It was like one of the fastest cars I've ever driven.
You know what an RB sounds like.
You're an RB man yourself too, right?
And I'm an RB man over a 2J too.
Like it's just for me.
I just, the sound and something about it.
So having that power mixed with that gearbox.
I can't remember if it was a PPG or what it was,
or a Hollinger.
I think it was a Hollinger, but it was insane.
And that just left a lasting impression
that I had to repeat in my own cars.
It's funny because you just said you're a RB guy too,
but it seemed like when I went to Australia,
it seemed like the 2J Supra wasn't really that popular.
I'm not sure if it's like a US thing
that the 2J is glorified, but what is it like in the UK
when it comes to the RB versus 2J kind of situation?
So interestingly, I'm not too deep
into the 2Js in the UK.
I do know the 2Js do make more power in the UK.
They've pushed them further.
How much further?
I'm not too sure, but I'm pretty sure
we have had a couple of 2,000 horsepower plus ones.
No, nice.
In the UK, Abys, I'll be real with you right now at least.
I don't think there's anyone making more
than about 1,200 horsepower, so at the wheels.
Yeah, I noticed that on your channel
is a lot of 1,200 horsepower stuff,
but nothing really too, which I wonder why,
because it's not like they don't have the money to do it.
No, it's insane actually.
And shout out to a guy who's come on my channel
quite a few times, super, super humble guy.
His name's Ibrahim.
You seen him?
He was on Carwell too and things like that.
So I don't want to say too much right now,
because it is a bit of a top secret build.
It's not top secret, but the final spec's ain't out there,
but this car's going to be right up there,
Australian spec kind of crazy build.
As far as I'm aware, I might be getting this wrong,
but from what I remember him telling me,
it's going to be up there.
He's got the budget to do that kind of stuff,
you know what I mean?
And also shout out to Andrew Hawkins,
because he's another guy that I agree with.
He's a great, you know,
if you know Andrew, you know Andrew, right?
And he's a great guy too.
And he's the king of the GTRs.
And you know, he comes to the UK and he's like,
this is cool, but come on, man.
Like, you know what I mean?
He's just so far ahead.
But that's not to say that, you know,
the RBs still ain't putting in the work.
Like, you know what I mean?
And RBs generally, well, they are in the GTR,
four-wheel drive, two Js of rear-wheel drive.
We've run a lot of non-preps.
So you can come with all the power you want
and you're two Js, if you can't put it down,
you're getting gaps, you know?
That's just how it goes.
But yeah, as you say, in the States,
it's a different story.
I've actually filmed with Cody Phillips Racing.
I'm not sure if you know who that is.
That sounds really familiar.
He's big in a two J game.
He's got a Supra.
The cars you're watching him go is a different level.
When you see like a really, really big power Supra,
I want to say these are out 2,800 horsepower,
all the right setup, it's mind-blown.
I've never seen an RB go like that.
Although I do know that in Australia,
they're quite close.
They're closing the gap now with the two J times.
I want to say an RBs went into the fives now or no?
I think it's been in the fives,
but it was like a pro-mod situation.
Five seconds, I think it was Zeus,
you're getting there.
Do you know what, I spoke to someone in the UK
and they're a tuner and he's like,
look, as much as like they also love the RB
from a tuning standpoint and working on standpoint,
they said the two J is superior in every way.
That's what I heard.
Although I'm still an advocate for the RB.
And again, I don't own an RB car,
so I have no reason to be chatting,
but just to drive and feel like, you know what I mean?
We love the sound of a two J too, don't get me wrong.
For me, there's something about the note of an RB.
And in fact, my favorite sounding engine of all cars
probably is a one J.
So I am like, this has come from a biased angle.
That's close.
That's a second.
RB first, one J sounds similar to an RB.
Like it's very, very close to an RB,
but I like a one J, one J sound great.
When it comes to the UK racing scene
or the UK car culture, what is it like over there
as opposed to the US?
So my first year in the US, it was a bigger eye opener,
which was 2022 at TX2K.
Straight away, you realize how much further
you guys have pushed pretty much all platforms,
especially the GTRs, the V10 platforms.
We don't get vipers in the UK,
but seeing the vipers and everything like that,
there's no vipers in the UK?
You don't get vipers?
Never.
Nobody ever imported one of them?
Yeah, they might have imported a couple,
but again, they're gonna be imported.
They're gonna be imported and not tuned.
Do you know what I mean?
They're imported just to be imported, like nice cars.
The levels, all I can say is it's like,
you guys have been,
it almost seems like you guys have been doing it longer.
The infrastructure is here
and it runs through your veins
a little bit stronger than it does in the UK,
if that makes sense.
Also, it seems like you've got a bigger community,
which are potentially egging each other
on a little bit more to push further.
Does that make sense?
You've also got so much more tracks.
We've got one track in the UK
in terms of proper drag strips.
Shout out to Santa Pod actually,
because Santa Pod is our proper raceway out there.
And it's actually world-renowned.
There'll be Americans that like big like,
is it NHRA guys?
Yeah, NHRA, yeah.
They'll probably know the track.
The infrastructures,
the same as something like Texas Multiplex,
it's big, it's big.
But it's our only one.
So we only have that, you know?
And again, we're a small island,
like, you know what I mean?
In the grand scheme of things.
There's not a lot of us.
So we can only push each other so far,
like, you know, unless we travel over into Europe.
And then again,
there's only a couple of tracks in Europe.
Whereas over in the States, bro, I was blown away.
I think it was last year at Texas 2K.
I was filming with Dre.
And I remember we were at TX2K at Texas Multiplex.
And he's like, yeah, I'm 10 minutes away.
Come check me here at this other track.
I'm like, what?
I went 10 minutes down the road.
There was another drag strip road.
And I had another of it.
I'm like, what?
Like, bro, like, this is just Texas.
We're talking about like, you know what I mean?
XRP, I forgot what the hell I needed to say.
I'm not sure.
I forgot, damn.
But just like the amount of tracks you have.
You know what I mean?
It allows you guys to push.
So I saw that.
Also, like,
and I don't want to take anything away from the UK
because I hold the UK very dear.
That's where I come from.
It's all my knowledge, like, you know what I mean?
And you know, like, it's what I know.
But I'll just say, we're not on the same level.
We ain't on the same level.
Like we're catching up in some or we're catching up
that we can battle it out on the same kind of grounds.
We probably ain't going to win,
but like we're coming up to a level
where we can actually come in a little bit competitive
on some things.
Maybe X58 platform, B58 platform,
kind of getting there.
When it comes to V10s, GTRs,
we're just miles behind.
Just miles behind.
Street racing, brah, is a different level.
Like, out here, you street race.
In the UK, we mess around.
Now, there's people in the UK
who probably think they street race.
They've never been to the States and seen street racing.
Why do you say that?
Is it because of the way that the street racing
is done in the UK or is it just because of the cars?
So it's, again, it's in your veins.
In the US, street racing is a proper thing.
Like, it's almost like a well-organized business,
if that makes sense.
You guys lock off roads, close down a road.
You'll prep the road.
You'll have people at the end monitoring it properly.
At the beginning, you'll have a man
who just comes and does the torch.
That's what he does best.
You know what I mean? That's his talent.
Like, you know what I mean?
Or however he drops that.
Do you know what I'm saying?
Like, everything he's set up,
like there'll be money on it, big money.
Like, you know what I mean?
You guys do this or you'll go to a location
way out in the middle of nowhere.
You guys are prepping it
and you'll be running like eighth mile times
that are mind-blowing.
Like, you know what I mean?
Like, people can't even do one of like a prep strip.
Like, we don't have that in the UK.
So what we call street racing
is essentially what you guys
have probably called a little bit of role racing.
Like, you know, you'll meet up on the highway
and you do some pulls on the highway.
Even then, when we're doing it, it's disorganized, bro.
It's like, and this ain't taking anything away
from the guys in the UK that do it,
but I'm just letting them know.
Like, they probably ain't been to the States
and seeing how you do out here.
I'm just letting everyone know,
we don't do it like them.
Like, you know what I mean?
So what they're pretty much doing
is meeting up at a location in the car park.
There might be a couple of rivals or whatever,
or maybe three or four people
and like, they'll just do a role race
on the third beat and they'll go.
And like, you know what I mean?
And that's UK street racing.
If there's ever been a race environment
where they have locked off a road,
prepped the roads, put money on it and raced,
bro, I've missed it because in my opinion,
or not in my opinion, in my lifetime,
I've never heard of it happen.
So that's how far off we are, if that makes sense.
You guys do this, we have some fun.
Do you know what I mean?
That's what it is.
And then out of the track, our track culture,
again, isn't like yours.
Like, what I've realized is the amount of street cars,
far street cars that really wanna push at the track too.
In the UK, you either mess around on the streets
or you've got a drag car and you go to the track.
It's only been in the last few years now
we're starting with our far street cars
to really chase times on the track.
And it also, it probably goes this way in America too,
but there's a lot of dodging races in the UK.
Like no one wants to line up with each other.
You know what I mean?
Everyone's talking about got the fastest this,
got the fastest that.
It's like, all right, you know what?
I've actually got a track
because I've run a runway.
I try to get them together.
They never wanna race.
They all talk.
There's a lot of talk.
You know what I mean?
So what is a popular platform
that people are most likely street racing with out there
that you see more?
So you're gonna see the X58 platform.
The B58s, S58s.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's mostly gonna be that kind of stuff.
The Dazzars, you know, you get the RS3s, the TTRSs.
They'll probably be out there.
The Porsches are active in the UK.
They're the cars to beat.
No matter what anyone tells you,
cut bro, I see everything.
Like you know what I mean?
I'm lucky enough to be in a position where,
you know what I mean?
I am part of the racing culture in the UK.
I see everything.
The Porsches, the car to beat.
On the street.
If anyone tells you different,
it's because they're upset that they got beat by a Porsche
or they want a Porsche, but they can't afford a Porsche.
No GTRs?
So the GTRs, honorable shout out to the GTRs.
On the track, you can't beat them.
You can't beat them with the right prep,
but they got to be on Slicks
or the big Mickey Thompson's or whatever
with prep to go fast.
On the street, to tell the truth on a street tire,
like half of them have to turn it down to a point
where they can't, do you know what I mean?
They're traction limited.
So they can only really put down,
I don't know, maybe 1500 wheel is gonna be the absolute most
and even then you're gonna be changing,
you know how to drive.
You're gonna be fighting it.
Whereas a Porsche, like I was saying,
while you're fighting bro,
that Porsche is straight as an arrow and it's gone.
And very, very, very rarely will you see
a 1500 horsepower GTR on the road,
but a Porsche is active.
Yeah, it's mad.
Only car that's coming close right now
would probably be some B58s, some S58s.
They're getting close, they're getting very close,
but I would still say in abundance,
the Porsches are the street kings out there
and it's the ES Porsches too.
So do you think a lot of the BMWs being in the streets
has any like influence from the culture over here
as far as the BMW racing in the streets here?
Most certainly, most certainly.
Again, what I feel like a lot of our car culture is,
especially when platforms are kind of used out here
quite frequently, is a bit of a trickle down.
So if you're doing it,
we're probably gonna see it six months later
and try and check.
So a lot of what you guys are doing out here
is inspiring what we're doing in the UK,
if that makes sense.
And big up to RIP, Rest in Peace, One Stock.
He was, I think he had quite an effect
on a lot of people in the UK.
Worldwide.
Worldwide, yeah.
Worldwide.
Did he inspire you to get your M240
or because it's a similar color?
I wouldn't have a M240 I without J.
So interestingly, so when I came over to the States in 2022,
I think it was the first time I came over
and I see what you guys are doing with the Supras,
the Mark V Supras.
Bro, I see them popping wheelies off the line.
I couldn't believe what I was saying.
I'm like, I didn't, what are you guys doing?
Didn't like, that was mind blowing, right?
I think I'd only seen a few in the UK,
let alone popping wheelies like running low eights
at that time, whatever they were doing.
So I've seen this and I'm like,
no one's doing this in the UK.
Let me jump on.
Let me do this, get ahead of the curve.
I know they're doing it in the States,
so it could be good.
Let me jump on it.
So I went home and I bought a Mark V Supra
and the build wasn't brilliant
and my audience didn't really gravitate towards it,
unfortunately, but I think it was also
some of my energy towards the car.
I didn't really mesh with it.
I didn't know if I really liked it.
So anyway, it didn't really go too well,
but also a lot of, this is where I found out
how toxic it felt like the B58 or the S58
or the BMW community actually was.
And again, I stay out of politics, I'm very busy
and I'm lucky enough to have many different platforms
or cars, many builds that I can just jump in and out
because I'm building loads of different cars, right?
But I felt with that one in particular
around a B58, it's very toxic.
So on top of the car, not performing well
for the channel, the build not going to plan
and the toxicity, I was like, I don't need to.
I sold the car, never am I getting another BMW
on this platform or, I know it's not BMW,
but B58 or whatever.
So I was done with it, went on about my way.
Anyway, 2024, I was at a TX2K
and these times, you know, one stock is known.
Like he's very well known.
He's making noise on the street.
We know what he's doing, what he's doing, man.
Honestly, it kills me, honestly kills me,
but he was doing what I'd never met him before.
But I see him and like, I'm not too shy
to go up to people who I admire, you know what I mean?
And just shake their hand and just say,
yo, like I see what you're doing, like good to meet you.
And the perspective that I used to get of Drain
was it, you know, from what I was seeing,
it wasn't that positive from my perspective,
just watching these videos.
And again, I didn't watch everything he'd done,
but when I would see a little clip,
it would usually be torn in someone
or something like when the money on the bonnet or whatever.
So I didn't know how he was gonna be.
I just wanted to just say, yo, I see what you're doing.
Like, you know what I mean?
I like what you're doing.
Bro, he was the nicest person I've ever met.
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, he was.
I didn't expect it.
I didn't expect him to be so warm, so full of joy.
Like so full of any, like he was the, he's the party.
Like when he's there, the vibes are there.
Like that's how it felt, right?
And I was like, I didn't know this guy was cool.
Like, you know what I mean?
Like I was sick.
And instantly, I don't know who said it.
If it was him, if it was me, or if it was like,
both of us fought it.
It's like, we got to get a feature on this car, you know?
So he was like, hell yeah.
So we filmed the initial bit at TX2K when we had the talk
and he was competing that year.
I want to say you might have been out at this point
or you might have still been in.
I'm not sure.
I think he's wondering about the way.
I think it was two years ago, right?
This was last year.
Oh, last year.
Last year.
Last year, March.
So I can't remember what was happening,
but anyway, he was like, yeah, let's do it.
So finally enough, going back to it.
Remember I said, he called me.
He's like, he's at the other track.
So after we had done our filming at TX2K,
he went and done his thing.
I think he was testing or doing something
at the other track.
He's like, come meet me at the other track.
We'll do the feature from there.
So yeah, man, we've done a feature.
There was no seat in his car.
There's no passenger seat.
So I'm sitting on the floor like, you know what I mean?
But I'm like, bro, how am I going to drive this?
He's like, bro, I want you to drive this.
And I'm like, what?
You want me to drive this?
And you won't even see him.
He's like, bro, you're going to be all right.
It was crazy because he just trusted me.
You know what I mean?
It was such a crazy car.
And of course, I've driven some wild cars,
but the fact that he just threw me,
the first time we met,
like we'd probably been speaking two days at this point
or whatever, threw me the keys, drive it, man.
And it's full power.
I want you to feel full power.
He's saying all this.
So I'm like, okay, that's mad.
You could tell me what power this car was running, right?
But I would never expect it to move the way it moves.
I thought I drove fast cars at that point.
I put my foot down in this car and bro,
I did not know BMWs could move like that.
Honestly, like anyone wants to go back
and watch that video, my expressions, bro.
It was scary fast.
The only thing that I could assimilate it to
at the time was like one of these really high power porches
or a big power GTR.
And it felt like that.
And I'm like, he's doing this in a 240.
And I guarantee it didn't cost nothing
like what the GTRs cost to build all the porches.
I'm like, this is crazy.
So I've done a few pulls in it, bro.
The car's moving around.
I'm trying to drive it.
Obviously steering wheel on the wrong side of the road.
I'm just, and also it started, believe it or not,
it started drizzling.
And I've looked at one stop just before we got there.
I said, bro, it's going to be all right.
Like, hey, I'll be all right, man.
I'm like, bro, what the hell?
So I drove it.
It was a bit sketchy,
but I tell you what, that left like another milestone
moment where it's left an impression in me now.
Making me forget about all the stress I had
with my last BMW 50.
I was like, I've got to do this.
And again, no one really doing it in the UK, right?
So he's like, bro, listen, believe me.
And again, part of this was actually caught on camera,
but this is the conversations
that were going on off-camera too after was buy one.
I'm going to help you build it.
Him and Merrick and Powerhouse.
We're going to make you Europe's
or UK's fastest M240i.
We're going to do it, bro.
I'm going to tell you everything you need to do it.
And yeah, man, it was after that.
Flew back to the UK.
Connection was made.
We kept in contact.
Shout out to Chris from Osprey Performance.
He came on board as the builder.
You know, he was here with us, FL2K.
He's just flown home today.
And we all jumped on board and the build begun.
And interestingly, it's quite interesting
because you know, this car started as a build
alongside one stock, if that makes sense.
But now almost feels like it's a build for him.
That makes sense.
It's in his name.
And interestingly, when I drove his car,
he had a black one, which he crashed at the track, right?
And then he got the purple one.
So some people think I got the purple one after him,
but I had the purple one first.
Then he crashed his back when he got a purple one.
So we both had purple.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm not trying to say I had it first.
I'm just saying that's kind of like the timeline.
And yeah, I was out in SEMA.
And I just remember like waking up early in Las Vegas.
You were at SEMA?
I was at SEMA.
Yeah, but you know?
Oh, yeah.
You know?
I dipped in and out.
SEMA is not really my thing, man.
I dipped in, looked at the bills,
done about a day and a half there and I was out, bro.
There weren't no actions, so I was out.
But I just remember one morning, I couldn't,
if it felt like the night, I woke up, I couldn't sleep.
And I don't know why I couldn't sleep.
And I'm one of those people who like,
when I'm waking up in the middle of the night
and I feel like it could be getting close to the time
I need to wake up, but I still wanna sleep.
I don't wanna look at my phone.
Just in case it says I've got 12 minutes
still I need to wake up.
Cause you fall back asleep.
Sometimes you don't know,
you might have slept and I might as well.
You know what I mean?
I'm just not looking at my phone.
So, you know, I'm tossing and turning for so long.
And I'm like, let me just look at my phone
and see what time is.
And I've looked at my phone.
My phone's always on silent.
And bro, I've got like 50 messages.
I'm like, what?
And the first message I see says,
I'm so sorry for your loss.
And I'm like, for my loss.
And I'm thinking I've lost someone in my family
or something like this.
But why is all these random people messaging me?
I was so confused.
And then I had one of the other messages was a video.
And it was one sock.
And I was, I couldn't believe it.
I just, I was still now it's baffling.
I was like, I was speaking to him like a couple of days ago.
And we just built this friendship.
And now he's gone in something that's like, it's so crazy
because it's weird because I know he,
he loved to do what he was doing when he died.
You never want to lose someone,
especially someone that you had grown to like
and you know who they are.
You know how much of a nice guy they are.
So that really, that really threw a spanner in the works.
Yeah, it just, yeah.
I don't know, man.
It was, it's hard because when I speak about him,
I don't speak like I was his best friend.
And I'm never trying to say that.
But it was, I could call him kind of a new friend.
You know what I mean?
We weren't best friends.
And I'm not trying to clout chase
of saying I knew everything about him.
But within a scene, within a cult,
he was a new friend who was helping me.
And so to see such a bright person
with such a, such potential,
we already knew in his short life,
like, you know, how many people he touched
or inspired to see that go overnight.
It was crazy.
It was crazy.
So yeah, my BMW now is, I guess,
and it's added a pressure to it
to try and do it for him or in the name of him.
And we get in there, we're not right yet.
We just, we've had some issues.
You know, I blew up an engine, believe it or not.
I lifted the head at the end of the track
and we're on a new build now.
And we were going to try and fly our 240 out to FL2K.
But due to a few things, it didn't happen,
but we'll be going out to the States next year.
And hopefully, man, hopefully we're gonna be out here
rubbing shoulders with the big boys
within the category.
And as I say, hopefully do the community,
the UK and Dre proud.
A lot has changed since he has passed
in terms of just the community
and in general the inspiration
in terms of who's buying these cars now
and what they're doing with them.
But like, yeah, when he was around,
it inspired a ton of people to get into that platform.
And even racing too, like a lot has declined since that.
It's tough.
No, it is very tough.
And going back to it, like you saying,
like he was inspiring the racers too,
what was really cool is to see the crossover
because he predominantly raced on the street, right?
But then I think he was getting calls,
people saying he can't race on the track,
his car's not fast on the track.
So he brought his car to the track
and just shut everyone up
and maybe opened an avenue for people
who wanted to get off the street.
That, you know, running on the track was quite cool too.
But yeah, as you say, man,
he's inspired a lot of people
and I think he made enough of an impact
to leave a lasting memory
and a lasting impact on the car culture.
Right.
You know, it's crazy you said that too.
Like it's funny, when you get big enough
in anything you do pretty much,
let's say at least in the car world
and your street racing,
the only way really out of that
is to continue to do things like that,
like go to the track.
Because once you get more eyes on you
in terms of like sponsorships and so on,
a lot of these companies
are not going to want you to be street racing.
No, of course, of course.
So if you get to that level where let's say,
you know, he was at that level already.
He's worked with a ton of sponsors and so on
and they were still even sponsoring him
knowing that he was street racing.
But when you get out of the streets
and you go to the track,
that's kind of like your way out, you know,
because technically if you have a big sponsor
that's sponsoring your build
and they tell you, look, we don't want you street racing,
that's your way out.
100%.
And again, like, don't get me wrong,
street racing, it's within the culture.
Whether it's what we do in the UK
or what you guys do here in the States,
that's what we call real grassroots
because you can't really get a love for racing
if you don't have a few tear ups on the road.
Like, you know, how do you know you like it?
That's where it starts, right?
That's where it starts.
But realistically, the safe way forward,
especially with the cars, bro,
like 1,500 horsepower cars on a road,
what, and you don't need a separate license
to try and be able to drive that car.
You can just hop in it if you've got the budget.
That would be easier.
You know what I mean?
Like, people out here with crazy horsepower cars
and no talent, like take it to a track,
the worst, not the worst that's going to happen,
probably the worst that's going to happen,
you're going to hit the wall.
You know what I mean?
You might ride your car off,
but you're not going to kill someone.
You probably won't die
if you've got the right safety equipment, probably.
And it's just a lot, it's a safer environment
and your car's going to go faster too.
You know what I mean?
But again, a lot of people see it as inaccessible
because you might have to pay a little fee
to sign on to race of the track.
It's not on your time.
You've got to go when a track opens, when it closes,
there's rules, there's regs to a certain extent.
So it is hard, but again, from a marketing standpoint,
yeah, man, I mean,
that's where you're going to get the sponsors.
They don't want to sponsor you
when you're going and crashing into someone else
and potentially risking life to you.
You know what I mean?
So on the track is where it's at really.
Or on something like I do,
it's a bit of a kind of a best of both,
which is non-prep on the runway, you know?
You run your street tires,
your car will run as it runs on the street, you know?
No prep, run your car.
Like, whatever it is off the street
is probably going to be better,
but I've got to appreciate the culture.
I've got to appreciate we've all been there
and this is how it started.
So yeah, it's a tough one.
I wish we had more like airships,
like how you guys have over there.
There are some in Florida,
but I don't see them being used too often,
I guess for like the bigger events,
but it'd be cool to do something like at a airship like that.
Because you have all the space on the sides
just in case something happens.
100%, 100%.
Like, you know, on my runway,
so luckily we barely have people go off or crash, right?
But we had one car go off, it was a super,
a big power super actually, it's like 1500 horsepower,
or maybe 1200 horsepower, but you run 1500 on kill.
And these went off the track and he skidded
and all that happened is it skidded for a long time
and then the wheels dug in into the grass
and the car nearly went over,
but then it come back down.
That's as good, that's all as bad as it's got,
should we say.
And again, there's nothing to hit, you know what I mean?
So it's you're lucky if the car rolls,
sorry, you're unlucky if the car rolls,
but apart from that, you know, it's a lot safer.
But what I do wanna do, one thing I massively have
in my head to do is to come over here
and do some of my style racing over here.
I wanna do the OG Battles Florida
or the OG Battles US, get some of you boys
like running no prep, running down an airfield.
If we can find one to do it,
I'll even do it at Drag Street, I don't mind.
I just wanna bring that,
I just wanna mix the two cultures over, you know?
Right, yeah, that'd be cool.
Put some more kind of spotlight to what goes on over here
and your level of builds back to the UK,
and likewise crossover, you know what I mean?
Right, that'd be sick.
There was another story early on
when you had bought an Audi, Quattro.
Quattro, yeah, Quattro, yeah, yeah.
So you bought this Audi
and what, I wonder that happening with that.
So interestingly, this is actually before
I bought my first diesel BMW
which we touched on right at the beginning.
So in the UK, we've got a place called Car Giant
and it kind of is what it says in the name.
It's just like a massive forecourt
that sells hundreds of cars.
And my kind of, my draw to Car Giant was...
What is it?
Like, what do you mean?
What is it called?
Car Giant, like as in like a giant.
Oh, giants.
Giant, sorry, it's the English accent.
Car Giant is probably my terrible English too,
like, you know, my slang.
Car Giant, okay.
But yeah, so my draw to Car Giant was the fact
that you could go there in the morning,
pick a car and drive away with it in the afternoon
without having any money pretty much.
All you need is like a 200 pounds deposit
and you can finance your life away pretty much.
But they can get that finance deal
like over the line in a number of hours,
like they can make things move really quick.
So almost zero deposit and then you can have
as much as you can afford monthly to pay, you know what I mean?
And I loved how quick you could do it.
Like, I'm very impulsive, you see.
So if I went somewhere and I had to wait a week to get it,
I might change my mind.
If I can buy it that day, let's go.
Like, you know what I mean?
So that was my affiliation with Car Giant,
but there's always stories or was stories about Car Giant
of not having the best reputation
for the cars being in the best conditions
or things being checked over properly.
Okay.
So anyway, I saw this Audi A5,
two litre TDI Quattro that I just, I fell in love with.
And again, this is, it was a diesel
and this is on a down moment where I've kind of,
I want to get out of the car scene because I'm home.
And it's just like the perfect all-round car.
And it was quite funny because I'm driving this car
and I remember driving it in the snow
and I remember having that Quattro badge on my car
and I'm like, I've got the Quattro.
And I'm like, it's so crazy, bro.
Because in the snow, this car was moving well
through the snow and I'm like, the Quattro, baby.
I remember even on my private account,
I even done a post, I was like, snow, zero, Quattro, one.
Yeah.
And it all makes sense why you're laughing in a second.
And I remember I was at the lights once, a race one guy
and I went off the lights and he was like,
yeah, man, you beat me out.
He goes, your front wheels are spinning like mad.
It's crazy.
And I was like, okay, that's how it must go.
Like, you know what I mean?
And going back to it, obviously being a mechanic,
diesel mechanic, I thought one day, let me,
let me service the car, let me drop the oil out
or check over underneath the car.
I can't remember what I was doing, it was years ago.
So I pulled this car over the pits
and went, I'm looking around and I'm like,
hmm, four wheel drive cars usually have something
that connects the front of the car
to the back of the car.
Like, you know what I mean?
Some way of transferring the drive
from the front to the back.
And I couldn't find it, bro.
And I was like, maybe it's in an up above
the exhaust pipe or something like,
bro, you transpired this car,
didn't have four wheel drive, bro.
It was not a Quattro, but you know what's crazy, right?
So I've went home and I've looked at the log book.
Now it's got the Quattro badges on it, right?
I've looked at the log book
and I'm not sure what you, the title,
you might call it out here.
Yeah, the title, yeah.
So the official papers of the car.
On the official papers, it says two litre TDI Quattro.
So I'm like, what has happened here?
Like they've sold me something
that they thought was a Quattro,
but essentially I've been sold something.
I've been, what'd you call that?
It's false advertisement, right?
To a certain extent,
it's got to be classed as false advertisement.
By this time, I think I'd put like
three, 4,000 miles on the clock.
Like I've been driving the car around
like a long time before I'd found it out.
So here's me think, like, again, I'm impulsive.
Here's me thinking, all right,
what I could probably do
is I could bring this car back,
they give me all the money back
and I buy something else cool, like, you know.
So I went back there, they took the car in,
they inspected it and said,
you know what, you're right.
Don't know how this has happened,
but as you say, it says it on the log book,
it says it on the title.
So how are we to know like, you know, we don't,
it just, it's just got missed.
And I was like, all right, cool.
Just give me my money back and we're fine.
It was like, you've done 4,000 miles in this car.
It's not worth what you paid,
or we can't give you all the money back kind of thing.
So they went away, they said,
let's see what you can do, we can do.
They come back and they said,
the best we can do is give you 500 pounds
to cover the difference.
I was like, what 500 pounds?
And they're like, yeah, the difference
between a Quattro and a front wheel drive
is only 500 pounds, it's probably like $750.
And I was like, ah, then I was like,
you know, beggars can't be choosers.
I've got the car already.
I'm pretty happy with it.
So I spent that money on getting the car remapped.
And that was it.
But a year later now,
I've went back to car giant
because I've seen something I like.
I've rocked up and I've went,
like went, wanted to do a par X.
Said, what you got to par X?
I said, I've got this shiny,
two litre TDI Quattro here you might want to buy.
And I'm like, okay, cool.
And you know what?
They took it back off me thinking it was a Quattro.
So I made the Quattro money back in the end.
Someone right now is probably driving that car around.
You know, if you're not a mechanic
and you never went under the car,
you probably never find out like, you know,
someone probably driving that car around right now,
not even knowing that it's not a Quattro.
They don't even know or care about it.
They probably don't even care.
They don't even know what Quattro probably is.
You know what I mean?
So yeah, it was a kind of a, yeah.
Full circle moment there.
Oh, that's great.
That's crazy.
That's funny.
Damn, so you've had, after that,
I'm probably sure you've always checked
under the car to make sure you were correct.
Do you know what?
I think my knowledge, you live and learn.
You live and learn.
People are telling you your front wheels are spinning
when you're pulling off the line and things like that.
Like you kind of live and learn.
And also now, you know,
I know what a four-wheel drive car should be doing
off the line, but yeah.
Now it was definitely a learning curve, you know what I mean?
So from those days, you know,
you went from those horror stories of cars
to now picking up a McLaren, right?
Got a McLaren, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So now McLaren's are,
I'm not sure if they're still known
for having electrical problems with these issues,
but hearing all this stuff about these cars, right?
Is that something that you thought about
prior to producing or more of a flex thing
where it's like, you know what?
I want a McLaren, this is the car I want,
I don't care about what the problems are,
I just want to own a McLaren.
I think it was a bit of both.
It's, I'm very hard headed also.
So if I like, I might ask people's opinion on the car,
but I'm getting it anyway.
It's like, regardless of what you think I'm getting a car.
So I went into it knowing,
obviously it's a British brand, right?
So we have quite a lot of them over here in the UK
and I know the horror stories.
I know everything that can go wrong
and does generally go wrong with the cars,
but for me, it was like,
and also the interesting thing is,
it's not only the problem is to build quality
that people talk about to the fit and finish.
Right, right.
And this is coming off the back
of only two 911 Turbo Ss or a 911 Turbo S
and then another 911 Turbo S
and then moving on to the McLaren.
And Porsche refinement and build quality
is second to none in my opinion.
I would honestly go as far as saying
that is like Porsche make the best fit and finish
and all round cars out there personally.
So I'd say.
And then in my head, I'm thinking,
all right, now I'm gonna move into this uncharted territory
that I could possibly have a car that goes wrong
and so on and so forth.
I knew it was there, but I was quite hard headed.
But at the same time, couldn't buy another Porsche
because I had done it twice over
and I wanted to do something else
and just wanted to change.
And a 600 LT was something
that I hadn't seen a lot of people tune in
and the UK at least.
So I thought, you know what?
I've got, hopefully, if things go wrong,
I've got a support structure around me
that can make things right.
Let me just go for it.
Hard headed, like, you know what I mean?
And, you know, I've had the car,
I wanna say about six months
and up until about four months ago, no problems at all.
I was always everyone crying about, like, you know what I mean?
And a fit and finish is pretty good,
but you've got to know what you're buying.
Like, if you go into it thinking
you're gonna get Porsche refinement and quality,
it's not that.
You're pretty much buying, like, a bit of a track car,
a bit of a race car.
And they're built for a purpose.
They haven't got all the bells and the whistles,
but they're very race car.
They come alive on the track, like, you know what I mean?
You feel like you're in a super car, like.
Okay.
But yeah, I mean, I had the car drop back to me
because it was getting some updates done to it.
And when it was dropped back to me,
I went to open the passenger door
and the passenger door didn't open.
So I was like, oh, unlock the car to the person
that was in the car.
And they're like, it's unlocked.
And it just wouldn't open.
I thought, what the hell's going on?
So I've kind of went in the car,
they tried to lean across, open it.
And the car's not opening from,
did the car open from the inside?
I think it opened from the inside.
I can't remember.
But basically, the button on the outside wasn't working.
So that's a bit strange.
But anyway, I'll have it looked at.
Anyway, so I've hopped in the car
and I've went to reverse it.
And my drive's quite steep.
So I have to use the lift to get it up,
otherwise it bottoms out.
So I've went to press the lift,
but the dash isn't working.
Like the dash is like not frozen,
but no commands are working on it.
So this is very strange.
And then I've went to turn the AC on.
AC's not working, bro.
And then it just got deeper and deeper.
Like nothing was working on this car.
So I'm so annoyed.
I'm like, here we go, McLaren problems.
How much is this gonna cost?
So anyway, I brought it to ESMOTO,
the guys who basically built my Porsche.
They've got some knowledge with McLaren's too.
And they took the battery off for half an hour,
put it back on, cars back running perfect.
Absolutely fine.
So that's pretty much the only problem I had,
but it come out of nowhere and went away just like that.
What made you want to choose the McLaren
that specific model over something else?
So again, it was, what will people,
what will people jump on board with?
If I get a Lamborghini,
everyone's gonna think I'm an idiot.
Everyone's gonna think I'm flossing.
I'm trying to be someone special,
but also I must say,
based on my personal preference too,
what I like, like, you know what I mean?
Also going back to Lamborghinis,
if I'm buying a Lamborghini,
you know I've got to tune it, right?
That means I've got a twin turbo it.
That means I've got to chase big power
to be someone to make headlines in the V10 game.
How much power do I have to make?
Like, you know what I mean?
I don't want to spend that kind of money.
Like we know like these guys out here
spending half a million dollars
like trying to get these cars fast.
So essentially, I call, I might get
1,800 horsepower V10, all right, cool,
but it's in the grand scheme of things.
You know one at that power.
Like, it's a cool car, fast car.
You're not one of the big dogs, like, you know what I mean?
So it's thinking about what's gonna work for content,
what I like, what people are gonna gravitate towards it.
But Lambo was on the list of maybes, like.
Then there was Ferrari.
I was looking at the Ferrari 488, Italia.
Cause again, not a lot of people tune those.
And of course, the 600 LT.
And I actually made a little bit of a series
where I was like picking a car
and I went to Test Drive, drive each one, sorry.
And just kind of give the pros and cons
and my feedback and the feel on the cars.
And I've got to say, the McLaren gave me
the best feel and feedback.
It felt the most super car-ish.
The Ferrari was a little bit soft.
The Lamborghini was great.
Like I went out in a Huracan Perf, yeah?
And it was like, ah, this is hard not to want.
You know what I mean?
That's like, it's like a Gucci product.
Like, you know what I mean?
That's the one that makes the girls take the panties off.
Like, you know what I mean?
That's the one you pull up outside the club.
Like, you know what I mean?
I've got to look at the bigger picture, as I say,
and like, what's right for me.
And I don't think it was the right car.
So out of the three, the McLaren made the most sense.
And my target was to tune that McLaren
to like a thousand wheel horsepower.
This is kind of where my mindset was at.
And people are probably right now
who have kind of been following this journey,
which has been a little bit quiet for a while.
I'm probably thinking, why am I saying was that?
And it might even be news to them
for me to say that I wanted
a thousand brake horsepower, wheel horsepower, whatever.
But the longer I have this car,
so it's stage two tuned by now.
Sorry, it's stage two tuned now.
And it's 775 brake horsepower.
I think it's like 680-ish at the wheel.
Bro, the car's fast.
The car is fast.
And it's such a capable car.
And I wonder, will I ruin it with more power?
And then I think back to all these other builds I have,
thousand plus brake horsepower cars
that we'll be able to put the power down to.
And I'm like, do I need another potential headache?
Like, you know what I mean?
It'll be cool to say I've got that power,
but what am I building with a 1,000-wheel horsepower
600LT, because it's not a quarter-mile car.
Could be a half-mile car,
but it's gonna be faster half-mile cars.
Street car, all it's gonna do is spin
when I try to put the power down.
Cars we're full will drive maybe half the power,
gonna beat me to the eighth easy.
So what am I trying to do?
I've got all these things going from my head right now,
what I really wanna do with this car.
And again, bro, I'm indecisive as hell.
Like, my head changes and my mind changes,
like the weather, like the English weather,
which is all the time.
I might tell you this now.
My next video might be,
look at my 1,000-wheel-horse power, Claren.
However, right now my mindset is,
let me just keep it like how it is for a while.
Just mesh with the car, see what it does.
It runs pretty strong times too, like, for what it is.
Let me just see what it does.
I might keep it how it is, for now, for now.
When you guys stay stage two, is that,
because I noticed that-
Down parts in the tune.
Okay, because I know obviously you're not,
people will question your knowledge based off of that.
So I guess it depends on the car, technically,
because when you're in exotics,
you stay stages, I guess, technically, or no?
How does that work?
You know, I'm not a massive advocate for stages.
And I know stages can be interpreted,
so is that a word?
Interpreted, yeah.
People can interpret them differently.
So I think stages work to a certain extent.
And what my ideal of stages are,
or what I believe stages are, let's say a Golf R, right?
So stage one would be no hardware, just a tune,
ECU tune, right?
Stage two would probably be full bolt-ons,
but no turbo chain.
Okay.
See, this way it gets hard.
I'm gonna go with one.
So full bolt-ons, but stock turbo.
Okay.
That would be a stage two.
And then stage three would be turbo, also with that.
That would be class to stage three.
That's generally kind of within that community.
I think I'm right in saying what the stages are.
When it comes to different cars, it changes.
But generally, I would say anything where you've got
to change hardware like the downpipe,
you're moving into stage two kind of territory.
Okay.
After that, when it goes like,
when you start building the engine,
stages go out in the window
because you're now into built-engine territory.
You know what I mean?
Your things change.
I don't think that can be staged.
There's no stage here.
You've just got a built-engine and whatever else you've got.
But with the McLaren, downpipes and a tune.
Because I guess with my logic,
you could just have stock hardware on a McLaren,
stock exhaust and a tune.
So the next stage, which would be the stage on,
which is stage two, downpipes and a tune.
So what's the highest stage
you would go to technically in your head?
So, yes.
Oh, man, I don't know.
He's going to open a can of worms,
but no, it would be stage three.
I wouldn't go any higher than stage three.
Okay.
Four click bait.
Four click bait.
Back in the day, I think I did post
someone's car being a stage four.
Okay.
I might even went stage five.
I don't know.
Who knows?
But no, that's definitely not right.
No, stage three.
And within those categories that I've said.
Which is upgraded to a bow and pretty much anything.
Yeah.
As soon as you're building your engine stages,
in my opinion, go out the window.
Interesting.
It doesn't have to be exotic.
It could be any type of.
Anything.
Anything generally, generally.
I mean, look, if it hasn't, like,
for instance, a naturally aspirated car,
I don't think stages work
because you can't gain the same power
in stages like you can off a turbo
or a supercharged car kind of thing.
What if you did cams?
People, because that's what I mean too.
What, naturally aspirated?
Stage one, stage two cams.
You could, because yeah,
you stage one, stage two cams.
And again, this is what I mean.
It opens a massive can of worms.
It's like, where do you go?
But within a naturally aspirated world,
which I don't have the most amount of knowledge in,
I do have a K24 DC 200,
which is naturally aspirated,
but I've never heard people talk about
naturally aspirated cars in stages.
I think it's kind of a,
it is a modern phenomenon
of people talking about cars in stages.
And also perhaps a little bit
of an uneducated terminology too.
It's crazy because back then,
stages were big with clutches.
So it's like now it's like,
if you say anything stage related with anything,
whether it's clutches, performance,
it's like you don't know what you're talking about.
Look, I think there's a right time and place for stages.
And I also think sometimes
it's easy for people who are deep in the game,
like ourselves, like when we go for these big,
crazy builds to kind of look down
on people who talk about stages
because they're not really in this life like we are.
Like, you know what I mean?
And we're out here going crazy
and stages are like,
are you talking to some baby food there?
Like, you know what I mean?
That's light work.
And then again, like,
it's usually older generations saying that kind of stuff
because there are people with more money
and or potentially the people who've been in it
are going to build these kind of crazy cars.
And yeah, I don't know, man.
I just feel like, yeah,
stages are a little bit of like a,
yeah, I won't go too deep into it,
but they have their place, not always right.
It'd be cool to see a Lambo with 2,000 horsepower.
See, we got a stage 26.
But that's the thing, you know,
like with something naturally aspirated
and then you turbo it,
there's no, it can't be a stage there.
You know what I mean, bro?
So yeah, in some applications, it works.
So now you do all this content, of course, right?
You've been filming for about,
I don't know, six, seven years, right?
Roughly.
So doing content is tough.
Of course, you're traveling,
you're doing features and so on, right?
Where do you see yourself in the next five years
with what you're doing?
It's interesting you ask that.
And it's actually interesting
because just yesterday at dinner,
randomly, my friend James,
non-car guy, he asked me that question.
And I'm like,
and I have been asked that question before,
not for a while.
And I feel like someone who's kind of,
got the kind of following that I've got in YouTube
and is moving at a good pace,
should really have a five-year plan.
I'll be real, I don't.
I don't, but what I do wanna do
and what I always will continue to do is push on.
Push on, up the levels,
whether it be quality of the content,
quality of the production,
quality of the builds,
it's to continue to push on.
Now, within YouTube,
now I don't know,
I don't know how drastically I can change what I'm doing.
I could definitely take a,
quite a left turn and try something different
or right turn and try something different.
But we know if you change too much,
your OG content,
sorry, your OG subscribers,
like the content they're used to,
it might not gravitate with them
or they might not like it
and you might actually kind of take a back step
trying to do that.
So it's always quite hard.
So I'm trying to do what I'm doing
but just make it feel fresh moving forward.
Where do I wanna be?
Do I still wanna be doing YouTube?
I think so.
I think YouTube is becoming TV
or what we used to look at as TV.
Like it's taking the place of TV.
I only think it's gonna get bigger.
I don't think it's a bad space
to spend a lot of time in as a career.
I just think it's,
I think it's got a bright future.
So I always wanna do it.
Do I wanna work as hard as I am right now
in YouTube five years from now?
Probably not.
But I think that's just me trying to work smarter
and not harder.
And maybe aligning some things a little bit better
and just making things work a little bit more smoothly.
I've got some businesses.
We have Gaston Track,
which I'm wearing a T-shirt for right now,
which is a big event we do in the UK at Silverstone.
Which is kind of a celebration of automotive culture
where it brings your drag races together,
your circuit races together,
your drift races,
your show in shine.
It's everything.
It's literally bringing everyone together in one place.
It's action, action, action.
It's got something for everyone.
And we see that really, really growing.
We're two years deep.
Actually, we're more than two years deep,
but two official years deep into it.
We've done some smaller ones before.
So we've got a really good recipe right now.
And we see that growing massively.
So within the next five years,
that would be something that I'd love to see blossom.
I'd love to see double, triple the footfall
that we get currently.
Silverstone's like the home of British motorsport too.
So it's the right venue for growth.
I'd love to see that grow.
And right now there does seem like there's great potential.
So if I could say anything I plan to happen,
I want to see that grow.
I want to see that free ex if we could.
And yeah, really pushing on in that.
But bro, I love cars.
And I'm always going to be pushing a boundary,
doing mad stuff.
So within the next five years,
yeah, people can expect more basically, just more.
So yeah, man, I mean, this has been great.
I think we're at two hours.
Oh, we're at two hours.
Bro, that is crazy.
Because you know what a crazy thing is.
I told you, bro, camera, once you get me going.
But it didn't feel like that long.
No, it did not.
But do you know what, I always get this.
When you're speaking passionately
about things that you love, it's easy to talk.
And it's easy to get into conversation.
Because you're interested in it.
That is absolutely incredible.
I can feel it in my throat though.
Because you know what?
As I say.
You got to pause it.
You got to be honest.
You got to be bro, you have to edit that out.
But yeah, as I say, I'll start fumbling and mumbling.
That's how I know I've been going for a while.
Cause I start fumbling and mumbling my words.
We've had a good conversation.
This is great, man.
I think it's great because I posted that photo on my story.
And then some people had commented replying to the story
saying, oh, that's your twin.
Cause I guess we're both, we're both light-skinned.
I got that too, bro.
We're both light-skinned dudes wearing a hat.
Like Chinese people, we all look the same, we all look the same.
But there's people who say like,
oh, I love watching both of your, you know,
your content.
I'm obviously on a podcast channel
and you're, you know, you do like reviews
and car stuff.
So it's pretty cool.
It's a good, and also we're, we're, you know,
we're probably people that came
from a similar background as well.
So it's cool to see that, you know,
we're like my individuals doing the same thing.
Do you know what?
This is the thing I've realized.
Being lucky enough to travel the world and to the States.
Bro, like we're all the same.
We're all the same.
And especially if you're talking about a passion,
we speak exactly the same language.
Terminologies might be slightly different,
but bro, like when we're talking about the things
we hold dearest, man, we are all the same.
Like, you know what I mean?
So, and that makes it a lot easier.
And just going back to it, like,
and I'm just so happy that people in the States
are with me, are backing me.
Like, you know what I mean?
Flying 400, sorry, four and a half thousand miles overseas,
sometimes you don't know what people are gonna be like.
Like, you know what I mean?
Like, how would they receive you?
But it's been nothing but love since I've been here.
So, yeah.
No, I'm happy you're here, man.
Happy you're here.
So you leave in two days, right?
Two days, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So you're gonna go to Disney?
Enjoy Disney?
So I've got my business partner here.
You can't.
You gotta hit Disney if you're in Florida.
We're going to Disney.
I kind of want to go Disney.
Why he wants to go Disney?
Bro, like, it's crazy.
So yeah, we're going to Disney tomorrow.
We're gonna explore that.
We've been to Universal.
We're only, like, we had one, like, off day
in these two weeks so far.
And we went Universal.
So we've done that.
We're gonna do Disney and we're gonna chill.
Yeah, awesome.
Well, hopefully you guys enjoy your time there.
Thank you.
Disney is awesome.
It's perfect time of this, around this time of the year
because of the weather.
So you should be all right.
You should be okay.
Good, good, good.
But even though it was hot in FL2K in Tampa,
it was pretty hot that day.
I think you might be fine
because you said you never experienced
this kind of weather, right?
Bro?
Bro.
I've been to the States, yeah.
I've felt Texas-y.
I've felt California-y.
I've felt Nevada-y, right?
But it's something about the heat here.
It's like, it's thick.
It's humid.
I could almost swim through it.
You know what I mean?
You could cut it.
That's what it feels like, bro.
The heat hits me differently.
And it's quite funny because people look at me
and they're like, oh, you're black.
You should be able to take this kind of heat.
Bro, I'm black, but I'm from England.
Bro?
Like, if we had a normal day in Florida, in the UK,
that's on the news, bro.
People are dying.
There's weather warnings.
It's wild.
Like, so I weren't ready for the heat.
The heat's mad.
I love everything about this place,
but the heat might just be a little bit too mad for me.
Yeah, it is.
Sometimes it could be overwhelming.
But you'll be all right.
I mean, I'll be all right.
So if you can let the viewers and listeners know
where to find your content
and where they can keep up with anything you have going on.
Sure.
So it's officially gassed on all platforms.
You'll find me officially gassed on Instagram,
officially gassed OG on YouTube.
And I think it's, I said all platforms,
I think it's Jamie, OG, officially gassed on TikTok.
That's pretty much it.
Awesome.
So I will have his content in the link below
in the description as well to his channel.
So you guys can check out all of his content,
everything we spoke about, a lot of the races and so on
and a lot of his builds,
which you guys will see more of in the future.
Thank you so much for making this happen.
Thank you so much for your time and the hospitality
of giving us a place to film.
My pleasure.
We appreciate that.
So happy you came to Florida and also to America,
once again, be a part of the culture.
And hopefully one day I can make it over to UK.
We got you when you come, bro, we got you.
And we got a big love for Street Alpha in the UK too.
But you're doing big things.
I appreciate it, man.
I appreciate it.
So thanks again, man.
I appreciate your time.
If you guys are listening and watching,
make sure you guys head over to shoot out for that code,
a copy merch and also hit that like button and subscribe.
We'll catch you guys on the next one.
Peace, peace.
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About this episode
Jamie from Officially Gassed joins the Street Alpha Podcast to discuss his journey through the UK car culture, including his experiences with street racing, project cars, and the evolution of automotive content creation. He shares insights on the differences between UK and US car scenes, the challenges of building high-powered vehicles, and the impact of notable figures like One Stock on the community. Jamie also reflects on his own builds, including his Honda Integra and McLaren, while exploring the future of his content and the automotive industry.
AMG
BHP
diesel engine
drivetrain loss
E92 chassis
engine dyno
four wheel drive
front wheel drive
G-series
horsepower
Acura RSX
Audi A5
Audi Quattro
Audi R8
Audi RS 3
BMW 2 Series
BMW 335
BMW 3 Series
BMW M3
BMW X4
Dodge Viper
Ford Escort
Lamborghini Huracan
McLaren 570S
McLaren 600LT
Mercedes-Benz A-Class
Nissan Skyline
Peugeot 205 CTI
Porsche 911
Porsche Carrera GT
Renault Clio - 5 doors
Toyota Supra
Volkswagen Golf
Original notes
In todays episode we sit with Jamie from Officially Gassed to talk about the UK racing scene, the fastest street cars in the UK, and what really makes UK car culture unique. From BMWs and Porsches to McLarens and Hondas, Jamie breaks down his builds, wild experiences, and lessons learned in the scene. This episode dives deep into tuning, street battles, and the future of Officially Gassed.
Jamie Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officially_gassed
Officially Gassed Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCd-uUDcz6syV0f2fR3l0u8w
00:00 Intro with Officially Gassed
02:34 Why Jamie Started YouTube
06:18 Jamie’s First Car
09:06 Peugeot 205 GTI Story
09:57 The Diesel Mini Days
10:57 Jamie’s Humble Beginnings
13:22 BHP vs HP Explained
19:37 Why Jamie Loves BMWs
21:15 Thoughts on Audis
22:12 Mercedes Experience
22:33 BMW Interiors Talk
23:36 Are All BMWs the Same?
25:14 Diesel BMWs Discussion
27:49 TDI Engines Explained
28:51 Petrol vs Diesel Debate
30:57 CarWow Collaboration
33:07 How OG Car Battles Started
36:37 Fastest Car Jamie’s Been In
39:09 Tukes Drives a Porsche
40:02 Porsche Chassis Codes
43:04 Best Porsche for Performance
44:35 Turbo vs NA Porsche
45:27 Why Porsches Rule the UK
46:49 Real Cost of Owning a Porsche
49:01 Porsche PDK Limits
52:35 What Counts as an Exotic
53:28 Which Porsche Is Exotic
56:42 Jamie’s Thoughts on Hondas
59:07 DC5 Integra Type R
01:02:56 Overbuilding Cars
01:04:01 Cost of Jamie’s Honda Build
01:07:13 Inside the DC5 Build
01:16:05 Sequential Gearbox Setup
01:18:52 How to Drive a Sequential
01:20:45 Sequential vs H Pattern
01:22:24 Paddle vs Stick Shift
01:24:53 RB vs 2JZ Debate
01:28:16 UK vs US Car Culture
01:33:53 UK’s Fastest Street Cars
01:35:38 1Stock’s UK Influence
01:49:13 Racing on Airstrips
01:50:31 Buying a Fake Quattro
01:56:12 Jamie Buys a McLaren
02:00:04 Why Jamie Chose McLaren
02:03:46 The Stage 1 2 3 Tuning Trend
02:08:02 The Future of Officially Gassed
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