R32 Skyline GTR Electric Godzilla Conversion - Love or Hate

[@ajwright5512]

I met you at Fully Charged 6 years ago just after the birth of my first child - you were a legend then you're a legend now. Genuinely top bloke, really pleased to see you're living the dream, couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Subbed.

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Thank you so much means a lot.

[@rjung_ch]

I haven't met you but second this statement, Glad you are so passionate and into this world, a real enjoyment.

[@jeromeandre4915]

Awesome to see Skyline builders meet across the Pond. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Skyline friends

[@urbanstrencan]

Love it this is my dream EV conversion ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Hazell_Nutz]

It’s such a nice build.

[@GreenTV.]

Great build! Thank you!

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Glad you like it! There is so many more to come.

[@tommeaden8219]

Love it, let's see more!

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Thanks

[@ScuzzySera]

Awesome! What a solid conversion.

[@Hazell_Nutz]

He did a great job

[@DD-DD-DD]

Oh boy here we go🔥🔥🔥

[@natldn5578]

I love it, did it properly… the Teslina was a pioneering piece of brilliance

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Done properly way better than what I did all those years ago

[@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος]

Heck yes!

[@nixter1nixter1]

When discussing performance cars, the only thing that truly matters is performance. If a larger turbocharger makes a car faster, then by all means, go for it. However, a peculiar gray area exists where anything electric is met with suspicion. Ultimately, enthusiasts should remain loyal to the essence of fast cars: if it’s quicker, it deserves consideration. Factors like the vehicle’s exhaust note become secondary when the primary objective is to cross the finish line first. Imagine two high-performance cars side by side at a traffic light. When the light turns green, they both accelerate. The car with superior performance emerges as the winner. In the final analysis, who cares about the power source? As battery technology and electric motors continue to evolve, it won’t be long before electric vehicles dominate the racing scene. Whether we like it or not, the future favors new technologies over the old.

[@Hazell_Nutz]

So well said, We have been looking at more race based EV builds but keeping thinkings cold as well as finding a battery that can output the continues power is hard but they will be available in the next few year.

[@nomeru_0]

the gray area exists because with electric motors you're playing a completely different game. It would be like comparing race cars to race horses and saying people shouldn't be into horse racing because cars are faster. Like you're missing the entire point. If all we cared about was speed, we'd be racing jets or something. It's not all about speed, the competition is more important. Also if you cared about speed, an R32 is not the most aerodynamic chassis in the world so what is the point?

[@nixter1nixter1]

@@nomeru_0 You make sense, my comments are primarily aimed at performance enthusiasts who value straight linee acceleration above all else, the hemi, drag racing crowd where the first to cross the finish line wins. In that scenario, as things stand today, electric motors deliver enormous amounts of torque and horsepower, things that you want for that type of racing, but those same people are also saying, never electric. That's their call, but they are running out of options as gas burners are being slowly phased out. Ten years from now things will be very different and purchasing a high acceleration vehicle will offer limited choices. Either pay half a million dollars for a V12 ICE hypercar, or choose an affordable electric. As batteries become more powerful and lighter, ICE tech will be relatively archaic compared to state of the art vehicles.

[@unkindled6410]

Lol, youre delusional and havent actually caught up with the news if you think batteries are objectively superior to ICE in every way. The true ultimate performance would be achieved with hybridation, if all you care is numbers like some e-sports tryhard, but then again not only does EVs have cons that ICE doesnt have in the same way the opposite is also true as defenders of this trash like you only mention so one sided, true performance test which is track lap times, unrestricted ICE cars (notably unrestricted F1) do better as they can be lighter, dont lose any performance when lower on fuel unlike electrics do when batteries start running low, and suprisingly keep their range better on higher RPMs than electrics, who gloat so much about the energetic efficiency of the motors, but waste much more of their range by flooring the pedal a little bit more than what ICE cars do.

[@unkindled6410]

Oh and about options in the future; the whole zero emission zealotry and the EU agreement BS is falling apart slowly but surely as not only people figure out how overly crunched both the cars and the infrastructre required for them are, but also figuring theyre not eco friendly at all, even if their tech were maximized, most of the worlds grids is still fossil and both the mining and factory building operations cause massive destruction to fauna and flora even more than ICE because they dont use near as much rarer metals and are also much easier to recycle. And dont even mention the extreme depreciation as the EV cars being basically rush delivered technology thats still under overly accelerated development, because an EV from last year is considerably outdated by one from this year, and updating it might as well be buying a new car with how expensive and how much needs to change.

[@williamclark6466]

Awesome!!!!

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Thanks!!

[@austenchevalier917]

I'd have that in a Stagea (basically a Skyline Estate) with an R34 front end conversion and sprayed metallic blue.

[@Hazell_Nutz]

That would be cool

[@blackettphotography]

4WD, FWD or 1WD for burnouts! 😬🤪

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Only think it can’t do it reverse the front motor full power well having the rear still going forward.

[@Dr_Mario2007]

I wasn't surprised that someone converted the Skyline to EV - it was a matter of time as older Honda Accord and Civic got converted to electric, sometimes it was more for fun, ie. how fast can you outrun somebody at the drag racing. Hell, even Kei cars which is outright crazy, even there's a few electrified Kei cars on KZbin, of a handful few with crazy launching performance.

[@Hazell_Nutz]

I did one back in 2017 but was not as high end as Erik’s car.

[@Diffascopes]

Really curious why it was stupid to put a battery pack in the backseat instead of the trunk of the car?

[@Hazell_Nutz]

From a weight balance point of view the back seat was the best place which is why I did that on mine. But from a safety point of view the boot is better incase the worst was to happen but then you could argue the most likely crash is to be hit in the rear. So maybe back seat was the better option 😂

[@Diffascopes]

@@Hazell_Nutz Hahah yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. Thanks a lot for the response!!

[@CussCuss16]

Looks like it needs an LSD to sort out some of his traction issues. 'More powerfull than any RB26, quadruple the power'? Not even in the UK, let alone Australia.

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Yep it does need LSD fitted and we did discuss that. I did one in the Uk back in 2017 was my first conversion

[@HandyC]

leaving a 1 instead of an 11. Depressing start to the video TBH

[@Hazell_Nutz]

At the moment yes but he is fitting LSD’s very soon

[@jeffcraymore]

Eh, he blew the motor so it's a whatever on swap. I think about swapping a electric setup in a nissan pickup and why I follow. But there are always trade offs and those trade offs matter more. This guy has how many skylines? so he did it more for show than say a daily driver so....

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Eric only has that skyline from what we know but does have other Jap cars. His day job is performance upgrades and tuning of ice cars.

[@fire_stick]

Needs a quaife¿

[@Hazell_Nutz]

Yes it need an ATB

[@djreb15]

Bro ill still choose the original, you cannot call that converted e-skyline a godzilla. Sorry.

[@Hazell_Nutz]

😂

[@panzerxy]

sorry bro i cannot accept cars that were converted into EVs they lose a soul and the sound that they made from their engines which gave them a soul and a life which EV doesnt have most of JDM cars in japan that i have seen arent EV powered all of them have gas powered engine and the smell of it just reminds how much dear it is for car community fans but switching to EVs is basically killing the car community itself as we know it

[@GarryFleming-ob3gx]

😂 why didn’t you just build another RB26 🤯😂 🤮

[@ro63rto]

Blasphemy !!! Get thee behind me satan!

[@thelifeandtimesofteddywint5396]

There should be an 11th commandment "Thou shall not electrify a skyline"

[@Hazell_Nutz]

😂