A Very Special Porsche 911 - /CHRIS HARRIS ON CARS

Recipe to make a Tuthill 911 historic rally car: Take one donor shell, add 3.5 liter motor, extract 365hp. Remove weight to 1000kg, add dog-gearbox. Then have as much fun as you can in a car.

[@butrint904]

Absolutely lovely car. Truly astonishing. Always loved the Passat.

[@deanpesiri9676]

A few years too late but this made me LOOOOL

[@Montague_]

Ferdinand Porsche just passed away. Sad day. Thank you for one of the greatest automotive lineages the world has ever seen.

[@swmiller944]

That moment when you find one of these episodes that you missed, for whatever reason, and it's better than Christmas.

[@MalcolmRowley]

I loved the lifting inside front wheel at 8:52. I really miss watching the old 911 race. Thanks, Chris.

[@roggerfrogger2]

Just when I thought Chris couldn't get any cooler, he bought a Passat! Great choice for a work car, 50mpg on a run tons of space and cheap to buy. Ultimate lad.

[@trumanhw]

If Chris hadn't told us what it were and you closed your eyes and merely listened to the sound of the engine, the speed of the shifts, and the quickness to which the pitch changed you'd think this were a modern pikes peak car.

[@ik04]

The sound of the cogs "thumping" into gear made this video worth watching! The setup of an original 911 with the light rear bar and the inside front wheel in the air is classic! What fun it must have been to drive this awesome machine...

[@iBrisk]

still one of the best videos on KZbin - raw driving at its best!

[@OnkyoGrady]

awesome review. Love the way you guys edit these, we get to watch the weight transfer and throttle transitions instead of the usual flash to rear wheels/cockpit/other cheap gimmick I see on most driving shows. Doesn't hurt that I think Chris Harris is the best video format reviewer online.

[@Shift4g]

I think there is a single Top Gear viewer who tunes in for their driving abilities, which you'd be surprised to know they do have (more than the average person with a license). Each show/presenter has their place in the world that is car enthusiasm.

[@JoeCfb]

i love the sound of the gearbox almost as much as the engine noise. straight cut gears sound so awesome when you get on the throttle

[@uptheorg]

Never lift. I have heard that for years. I am on my fifth 911 and this one is a 1973 RSR recreation with a 1997 varioram engine making 300rwp in a 2200lb car. I've taken a couple of DE's, but I am 54 years old and still haven't quite gotten it yet. I have watched this video several times the past few months, and I just got it! If I don't lift and I am going hot in a corner, the inside wheels will come off the ground! Don't know if I really want to do that at this point, but I get it. I GET IT!

[@rjs15570]

Chris....finally a car that suits your driving style...SIDEWAYS. Glad you saved your resources to drive one for us! The heck with pdk & electric and 4 wheel steering.

[@Simey2wheels]

Legend, Chris needs to be on primetime TV! Makes the Top Gear goons look like a bunch of amateurs!

[@MindDezign]

Chris always,Always most entertaining! So many have copied Chris is Style. But Chris is like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix. Nobody was doing what they were doing before they came along. Now EVERYBODY does what they do and calls it their own !

[@RumblestripDotNet]

The gears have been faceplated, or the dog rings modified so that you can upshift and downshift without the clutch. It's a standard gearbox, it maintains the "H" pattern, it's what we had before sequential gearboxes were commonplace.

[@bnmcmhn]

Got the tone just perfect

[@alinz2005]

The suspension looks really well set up. Easily 3-wheels round corners but isn't too harsh. Great vid Chris

[@maxilos1987]

911's of that era are such good looking cars, better even then the current version. they sound better too.

[@Gavin756]

I agree, I was surprised how neat most wrc drivers are aswell. I assumed that it was all big skidz in rallying but it isnt. Yes sometimes it is beneficial to have lift off oversteer through bends, but they are super neat on the exit because they have to find the traction from somewhere.

[@AngelFloyd27]

Incredible that Porsche, simply amazing.

[@Buttnut105]

Love seeing that inside wheel lift up when he starts to fling the tail out. Awesome.

[@lowievanderheeren1786]

I've seen this car a lot of times and it's quite a legend here in belgium!

[@mitchvoll]

So there it is. This is what did it for me, ever since I saw my first chris harris car review I new he would inevitably be my favorite auto journalist. But this was it, this is the one that put him there...

[@limolee007]

Looks more than bloody good fun!

[@MrMillenium67]

I have an 03 Passat Chris and I love it. It is the TDI 130 but I don't have the heated seats like yours. The only thing I would like that my car doesn't have is the multi-function steering wheel. It has a great engine which is ideal for the motorway. I never thought I would buy a diesel car but I wish I had done years ago. Great video as always...please keep on doing what you do so well!

[@272flashlites]

Unlike Clarkson, Hammond, and Mays - Chris Harris can actually drive! That makes his segments a pleasure to see. Instead of someone sliding around an airport runway screaming "POWER!" He actually has good input and can demonstrate excellent car control. In a classic 911 mind you albiet a rally 911; but a 911 still! Which is why I enjoyed Tiff Needell on 5th Gear. Yes 5th Gear is a Top Gear rip off; but Tiff had actual car control (being a racing drive he should). Keep the rubber on the road

[@Unojimmy]

Normal gearboxes have helical gears to make gear shifting smoother. Dog gearboxes have straight gears. They're mostly used in racing.

[@Daveorz]

Chris - you should really do half an hour shows! with some reviews and stuff like this thrown in. Makes fantastic watching please keep it up!

[@Sparkplug98P71]

i love the long throws of the shifter in the classic porsches

[@edwardweeks1555]

I’m surprised you haven’t noticed,Chris YOU DID WIN THE LOTTERY.

[@SS-bk2zb]

By getting the Top Gear gig? I imagine it's worth a few million in the long run.

[@DavidePrc]

Glenn Janssens' 911! lovely car to see in de Belgian Historic Championship

[@danelio]

1:55 that is the coolest shifter knob ever.

[@Svensson81]

It's a straight-cut dogbox with normal shifting pattern. So instead of synchromeches it works with dog-clutches, yet still has the "standard" H-shifting pattern. As with a sequential dogbox, it is possible to do clutchless upshifts with this gearbox too, but Chris chooses to use the clutch to reduce wear on the dogs. This video goes into more detail on these gearboxes: -fA94Sxiu4c

[@Retrobeemer]

No idea how I missed this but very happy I found it today. Now that's a pukka 911.

[@xbladetm]

One where reverse is where you'd expect 1st, 1st is opposite reverse; and 2nd and 3rd are a straight shift. it's better because it's faster to shift from third to second, and 1st isn't really used that much in racing anyway. btw, it's usually called a dog-leg gearbox

[@Spiffybeefcake]

Chris Harris is the Morgan Freeman of auto presenters. Great job mate!!

[@HighTQCummins]

i love how that thing leave the front tire dangling when it's slammin through turns, awesome

[@silvias13freak]

Give this man his own show now!!!

[@elnachooo]

Proper race car, fantastic footage!

[@switch46]

dog boxes don't have a synchromesh but have longer teeth, called dogs. Different way of engaging the gears, it is quicker but you need to shift quickly so the ref difference between the engine and the wheels is not to big, a synchromesh does that for you. The wining noise is partly due to the fact that the teeth are often straight cut, however, you can have that is a normal, synchromesh, gearbox as well.

[@wilf81]

I can fully understand why Chris Harris left Evo as he gets to make videos like this weekly which can only be a good thing for all concerned. Keep it up Chris!

[@topbanana188]

I had a Passat diesel year ago. I put crappy tyres on the back and it ended up balanced pretty well!

[@FlamerK6]

good job, love your style. i actually enjoyed this one more than top gear these days. they've gone way over the top. this is down to earth yet very entertaining. well done, lads

[@dampaul13]

I love the way it lifts its front right paw off the ground going into that tight right-hander. If I won the lotto I'd get something like this too, but I'd also have to get someone to teach me how to drive properly.

[@Sleepy.Time.]

Chris has the best job on earth.

[@shafro1]

why is chris not on tv he is the best, we need a car program with chris harris and harry metcalf it would be way better than top gear.

[@bentobox238]

First gear is where second gear would be on a "normal" manual, 2nd is where third is, 3rd is 4th, etc. Since in racing you do more 2 to 3 and back shifting than shifting to 1.

[@SaaifAli]

Chris Harris could drive anything

[@BluDragon76]

if you have a regular 5 speed manual, reverse is below 5th, in a dog box, it is where 1st usually is and all other gears are moved up one place in respect to a regular box's placing. Therefore, it is advantageous for a driver to be able to switch easily between the second and third gears. Because most race cars rarely use 1st gear.

[@Surestick88]

That's a dog-leg gearbox I think. A dog box does away with the syncros and uses square "teeth" (dogs) that engage with a slot in the gear. The dogs engaging is the clunk or "thock!" noise you hear with each shift. Faster shifts and, if you know what you're doing, they can be done without the clutch with more reliability than you could with syncros. Motorcycles use dog boxes.

[@ravenstylea2]

Chris Harris is the man!

[@urmomisfineinbed]

because everyone else is clueless. having driven one i will explain. a dog box can have either helical or straight cut gears. but it does not have a synchro that will speed the gear being shifted up to speed before it is engaged. because the gear will not be pre-sped up during shifting the driver must engage the gear quickly to avoid shredding it on the moving gear. that is why it is not used in normal cars, it's impractical. thumbs for best answer.

[@pesoff]

Now THAT is one funny car to drive, real deal of drive experience!

[@cyprex]

It sounds so sweet.

[@Archibalt3000]

Love these vids! Also nice to see some respect and love from professionals for our Belgian rally scene.

[@keunartist]

He looks like Richard Burns!!... WOW !

[@joeracer302]

Nice air at @6:29

[@zalsentzer]

6:26 all four wheels. Looks like a beast!

[@SmolSnake]

You might also look up "dog-leg gearbox". You'll see that 1st gear is at the bottom left of your gear lever, traditionally top left. This moves second to the top center, 3rd to the bottom center, and so on.

[@cikoleko]

Just amazing. Pure driving nothing to say

[@theodricaethelfrith]

A brilliant video as always, Mr. Harris.

[@Acidicheartburn]

That looked like INCREDIBLE fun. Man, I'd absolutely love to (be good enough) to do that!

[@Vampirebear13]

I collect shift knobs & I agree with you. I want 1 of those knobs too.

[@HarryWilsonWils95]

Chris is the reason I subscribed to drive :D

[@fluffykittynoodles]

i love the three-wheel action.

[@jeromefoster3230]

I'm wordedly dumb founded... As an S2k guy... A 911, oh boy a 911 (993 in particular) is calling out loudly!!!

[@NanoDex]

@6:26 ALL 4 WHEELS OFF THE GROUND! That things a riot!

[@chengteh]

That 911 sounds absolutely Gangster!!! Great Video! Superb Driving!

[@Antilagmike]

love it lifting the front wheel up in the air

[@babyhuey6342]

Love that hollowed out shifter

[@cmanclan101]

ive got to be honest, your driving is pretty damn good... 365hp without electronics would make me look like a fool if i got behind the wheel.

[@CaptTurbo]

A great appraisal of the 911. You stay on top of things or you will find that things are on top of you. If you back off, the back end will pass you and if that happens ... well, it isn't good.

[@gregalanbell]

I love the transmission whine!

[@matto9734]

They just built the ACS together with Singer... Godmode Stuff!!!

[@ed981cayman7]

Awesome classic driving experience

[@shahano]

Chris harris should have his own show.....

[@giosoccer20]

they are straight cut gears, the teeth are not angled for smoother shifts like a normal manual. They last much longer for performance driving, have no synchro's, and require revmatching

[@Mazotheman]

I was going to sell my Passat but then Chris said "It's a very nice car". Also my Passat has 170hp.

[@maxxweber4336]

It is rubbish. sell it.

[@DoctorPetrol]

Even if Chris Harris did a review of a Suzuki Alto I would still watch it with pleasure!

[@Archibalt3000]

Never seen a tarmac rally? ;) The turning cicle of a car and the relatively high steering ratio make it slow around really tight hairpins, that's why it's advantageous for drivers to use the handbrake or scandanavian flick around these corners because then they can make the car turn around it's axis and thus turn faster. What you're trying to say is that race cars on a circuit are faster around not-so-tight hairpins when they don't oversteer.

[@autodraw01]

Looks like prodrives handling track,great vid as ever.

[@Samson518]

Fantastic

[@pex3]

unless you're going around really tight hairpins, there is no need to oversteer (other than to correct a mistake)

[@g.w.7893]

03:00 - Holy hell. I'm sold.

[@cleanunderscoreme]

Haha beautifully said! I was always trying to think of a proper analogy.

[@jesselee4405]

4:55 great editing. That was hilarious

[@sebasvoegeli1476]

great harris

[@xXHEELTOEXx]

Nothing wrong with that. lol It's like living in a "small"(800-1200Sq Ft) house, but having a garage, and owning a ZR1, and DD'ing a Aveo. If cars are your passion...It's always nice to have the dream mobile...Even if you have to "sacrifice" what other people think you SHOULD have to go along with that supercar.

[@JonoWestySavage]

basically a dog-gearbox is a box where the clutch doesn't need to be used while shifting gear, due to very boring and technical reasons that have been explained previously, hope this helped :D

[@deancostello14]

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video, I want a rally 911 for Christmas. Santa Plz.

[@ahpadt]

Sounds -AWESOME-!

[@yukiotakata]

and chris harris NEED to find a channel to present his content,he have charisma and talent enough to be in a TV show like fifth gear and such.

[@cheapo911]

Great video!!! God i love that car.

[@Archibalt3000]

Practically always true yeah. But check the link, if you want to keep that car in check at all time you're going to have to underdrive it and you lose time. You really have to balance these old porsche rear engined chassis through the corners. I didn't mean you have to drift it.

[@yirgachef]

That's why Top Gear is so popular.. it's not primarily a car show, it's an entertainment show. So you need three goons who fool about for an hour and can entertain people who don't know anything about cars and don't want to either. Chris Harris is a brilliant entertainer, but the very fact that he's so expert means he will only ever pull a smaller audience.

[@gillanjag]

Best vid so far chris!! Would love to see you have a go in a modified tarmac rally-slag mk2 tho, maybe next season eh??

[@DBSMotorsport]

Awesome.

[@hemiratmotor]

this is chris harris at his best. rally mk2 now please

[@DiedrichKnickerbocker1783]

Love this video. More videos like this.

[@pjkf01]

Forgive me, it is in reference to the shift pattern. Look on wikipedia, it has a good explanation of it. And even explains the nomenclature.