Touge Racer: JN15 Nissan Lucino VZ-R - SR16VE (Pulsar/Almera)

Hard to believe but this is the first video where I get to ride shotgun in the feature car. That car being the top grade Lucino VZ-R, powered by the SR16VE, and from what I hear, rival to the Honda Civic.
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[@dawge30]

So glad you got to ride in that car! I know the style of that car isn't "wasabi" per se, but the owner's enthusiasm (and yours) is what makes the car hobby (obsession) so damned great. Wonderful video, and as always; take care.

[@nicmarshall9243]

Just pulled my factory '97 original out of storage . has a little over 100000km. Amazing vid. Good to see people love them. Two thumbs up.

[@boxermeister3321]

Best sounding Almera in the World

[@datsunalzheimer]

Hmm, you havent heard the SR20 ones?

[@RussellBooth1977]

That's the same sort of model & colour of Pulsar sedan my cousin used to drive. It was a 1996 model N14 Pulsar which wasn't anything special, it was only powered by a 1.6 litre automatic powertrain. My cousin hated it so my auntie took it off him (she bought it for him) & sold it after he reversed out of the driveway on a sort of a slope with the door open. The door dug into the front lawn & pushed the front drivers side door into the front quarter panel. It actually pulled the front pillar that the hinges bolted onto out of alignment & stuffed the threads up that the hinges bolted onto. I actually needed to pull the front pillar out with a slide hammer as it got pushed in,I had to tap the 8 millimetre threads out to 10 millimetre s & fit oversized bolts. It was a nightmare finding rust free parts through a wrecker as most of the N14 Pulsars have rusted out now, he had to scour Australia for a door & a quarter panel. They didn't supply me with hinges & the old ones had been pulled out of shape by the force so a fraction of a millimetre of play in the hinges caused something like 10 millimetres of misalignment of the door. I was at my wits end about what to do so I scoured around the shed to see what I could find, I found some slightly harder 8 mm stainless steel rod so I welded up the holes where the old brass bushes were then drilled them out then made it so the stainless rod was almost a press fit into the holes. I bought some 8 millimetre washers from Bunnings to space the inner & outer parts of the hinges to fill the gaps then I drove the pins in then spot welded either end. I got the door gaps & alignment near perfect,the front quarter panel needed a bit of bending at the tabs so that the front headlight lined up perfectly. Once the door closed perfectly, I left it alone as I looked at how it lined up with the old door rubber,it was 1 millimetre away from where the old door lined up - close enough !!!! They had the car for a year before selling it & I saw the new owners drive it,the door was still snapping shut a year after they bought it !!!! I haven't seen the car for a while so I'm not sure where it is. I'm an electrical fitter/mechanic by trade but my skills include gardening, cooking,etc & I've done small automotive, welding & carpentry courses at tech. No one has wanted me in the electrical trade & I'm not sure why a local company wants me to start working in their laboratory as I wasn't that bright at high school (academically average). No one would've thought that I was smart enough for that role in 1996 after I left high school as it was as if I wasn't smart enough for the electrical trade !!!!

[@wasabicars]

Well done on the repair work, and lab work. :)

[@kevb5448]

N15 Pulsar SSS owner here - enjoyed seeing this Daniel!

[@wasabicars]

Hey, thank you, Kev. Glad you enjoyed

[@ek4_vzr]

取材して頂いてありがとうございました！

[@jouruji]

No, thank you for being an awesome dude!

[@YouTubeSupportTeams]

I Love Japan. From the UK

[@abracing199]

Good lord that's the gnarliest vtec switch over I've ever heard and it doesn't even have vtec.

[@christopherjohnston6343]

It basically does have VTEC, except a two stage switchover at like 6000rpm and 7000rpm but the cam profile change at 7000 is the most obvious audible change.

[@__Lento__]

These are SUPER common here in Finland. At least the shittier spec models. Love the wheels on this one.

[@kanggoo57]

Theyre common in finland, but the best gt models come with Sr20de engines in finland :P

[@datsunalzheimer]

VZR ei oo suomessa vaa GTitä ja nuhapumppu malleja on

[@SvenQ45]

Finnaly it´s N15 time! JN15 GA14DE driver here. She´s turns 20 this year. :) Yes those SR16VEs (N1) are rare today. Sadly. :( Oh and I´m not alone. One person in my neighbourhood has als a N15 (SR20). That´s also very rare here! :)

[@wasabicars]

Yeah, it took me a while. So hard to find interesting example though. Thanks for your comment, Sven

[@chrisdooley6468]

Great video Daniel. My ‘skill’ is that I learn new languages at an incredibly fast rate. I worked in intelligence/security for private firms for about 15 years and because of that skill have been sent to actual full time immersion language schools. I’m completely conversational in seven maybe eight languages. Hell, i lived in Kobe City for a time! Anyway love your videos mate👍🏻

[@MORC]

Great video, I love this rarely seen format of ride along with friendly owner. Answer of the day- my skills are master Honda/Acura technician, amateur beer brewer and amateur race driver. Also I’m pretty damn pro at KZbin commenting!

[@charleyharris1381]

had a red one the same back end rotted out .still have the Nissan headlamp covers

[@wasabicars]

Dang. If all that's left is headlamp covers, that's some serious rotting ;-)

[@Sheptunofff]

A friend of mine used to have one back in the days. Nice car!

[@wasabicars]

NIce

[@_chipchip]

Was gonna say still a few of these kicking about in NZ.

[@NZJacobNZ]

And I manged to pick up one of them!

[@Kaesk3]

Yup I just purchased my first one, exactly like this one with the sunroof aswell but mine has the sr20ve. Great little pocket rocket car, love hooning around lol

[@null-sweat]

Awesome car! Those wheels are one of my favorites.

[@wasabicars]

I can't say I see those SA3R's too often

[@taunusv4power]

there are few of these around here, but they are rare too. i dig the wheels a lot for some reason. i'm starting to like 3 spoke wheels now since i saw the enkei EK84 that my uncle had in his familia turbo back in the 90's. also how nice you found a nice owner. it always feels nice when you find somebody eager to talk about their hobbies :) question of the day: i'm very skilled fixing old electronics, but i think you know that already haha

[@nowaydudehuh8145]

Cool car! Love them old skool advans as well! Would love to drive on sum Japanese touge passes for sure! Maybe one day.we all can dream! Skills- auto body and paint! Do a little mechanics but wouldn't call me a mechanic! And love driving the touge passes northern California has to offer! Im practically a race car driver man!! Jk!LOL! Good stuff as always!!..😎👍✌👊

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

I live in Nor Cal as well. We do have some awesome roads here!

[@vinspilner61]

That VVL sound OMG ❤️❤️❤️🇵🇭

[@deigima]

I own a serie vzr in moody blue, so stoked to see a big channel notice the chassis, it always goes unnoticed! Few of your details were a bit off, particularly the brakes. The factory brakes are the same model caliper and same diameter disc as gtir, but different spacing. So effectively gtir but the way you daid it implied he had upgraded to gtir brakes. These cars are somewhat hard to find in aus, and in high demand but not impossible. I can almost list 10 off the top of my head.

[@wasabicars]

I'm no authority. This channel is literally my journey of learning about Japanese cars. Had zero clue/interest until 2012. Never will I be able to offer the detail and accuracy that so many crave.

[@haafunimienaikedo]

That was nice of him to share his car with you and your audience. Forgive my ignorance, but does a loud muffler appreciably increase performance? I love fast cars, but since I turn down my music when I stop at a light, I honestly can’t fathom why anyone would want to make their car LOUDER on purpose.

[@blingking501]

Was know as the primera over here in the u.k and the biggest engine we had was the 2.0 sr20de. Rare care now most have rusted away!

[@datsunalzheimer]

Primeras are P-chassis and bigger cars. Almeras/pulsars are N-chassis

[@blingking501]

Ramen Jesus Yes I said primera instead of Almera, my mistake.

[@SteadyRise]

Those body style are called Nissan Almera in the UK. They were very common and they all came with boring engines. In the US I think they were called a Nissan 200SX and came with a non turbo SR20.

[@wasabicars]

Cool. Thanks for the info

[@iDHype]

In the US, the S-chassis is called the 240SX (with a 2.4L KA24DE), where it is called 200SX in EU (with 2.0L SR20DE/T). The US 200SX was a B14 as @Hobby mentions, with the SE-R trim getting a non-turbo SR20DE (other trims got the GA16)

[@datsunalzheimer]

Fuck me, I have been into almeras for about a year now and I didnt know that. I feel dumb now

[@swiftxvenom4498]

Great video, NZ does have alot of parts in terms of body and interior but the N15 "pulsars" as they are called in NZ do not come with SR16VEs and the supporting platform and transmission parts.

[@wasabicars]

Thank you. For the info too :)

[@swiftxvenom4498]

My pleasure, love to see go pro footage of that guy delivering tofu.

[@kevinrdee9273]

Lol i had a black vzr . I took the engine & box out of it too do a conversion into a saloon almera. Never came to pass. There a quick car!!!

[@banpeinet]

What a fantastic car! The engine note is fantastic and it looks great! And such a friendly owner this time! 👍 You literally stumble over this generation Almera (as it is called around here) everywhere, especially the neighborhood I work. Not sure if those are the doors btw... QOtD: I have way too many skills. If I would be a WoW charter I probably would have maxed out years ago! 😂

[@gomy95]

Sounds so much better than my unmodified 4 door sedan vzr. If you think the 3 door hatch is rare try finding a 4 door sedan. I’ve not seen another in person

[@CommanderGoon]

Find one with crazy hornet body kit. Love those Lucino rear lights on this one.

[@D-Troxx]

Oh wow, never thought that this car would be rare somewhere in this world. In the Netherlands its a common car.

[@datsunalzheimer]

The VZ-R is rare. The other ones are common

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

I hope you get to go on more ride alongs, Daniel. Besides driving a semi, I build all different kinds of models.

[@wasabicars]

I do have some ride-along footage of a Eunos Cosmo 3-rotor. Such a nice car. Won't upload to soon though.

[@abe9112]

BRO WHERE CAN I FIND A GRILL LIKE THAT??🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@wasabicars]

NOt sure. Maybe New Zealand. That tends to be a place where cool, old Japanese cars end up. I'm being serious too

[@kaadesubrattee59]

that vvl kicks in real hard... I want his cams lol. Great spot.

[@wasabicars]

Thanks

[@ronald6756]

looks amazing, we see heaps of these shape pulsars in Queensland (probably all over australia), in fact theres a lovely grey 4-door sss version around the corner from me which i believe is the sr20de. but none with those tail lights, they set it off to be honest.

[@wasabicars]

Yep, I saw more of this generation Pulsar last August in Brisbane that I've seen in Japan ever.

[@peterc1232]

Were these vzr Nissan's any good or even reliable ?

[@stiliqn007]

my skills...well..more of a hobby i guess. Painting. Whatever I can paint on my car, I do it, rims,body panels (that are in need of paint) and different stuff. Small things here and there, like yesterday I wetsanded my lugnuts all the way to 3000grind. Polished them up and now they're pretty shiny.

[@wasabicars]

Awesome. NIce work

[@Designandrew]

Love this video style though dude, great work.

[@rossdixon5050]

im looking into buying a pulsar vzr sr16ve, so impressed with the engines, luckilly i live in NZ so there are a few around.

[@wasabicars]

Nice

[@christopherjohnston6343]

Do it. They are cheaper than you'll ever find an equivalent SiR Civic for and are otherwise pretty bullet proof. Community is pretty good around these too.

[@NZJacobNZ]

Whereabouts are you in NZ? I have a VZR SR16VE in Nelson I might be looking to sell within the next year or so

[@modomofo]

Thanks kindly for treating us to a slice of 90s glory, now that Nirvana is considered classic rock it must be OK to broaden the definition of wasabi cars to include the odd 90s chariot ;) QoTD - I'm fairly handy at junkyard/shadetree mechanics, "how did you achieve without ?" is a question I never tire of answering

[@will16vuk]

Thanks for this video Daniel, the car has a very nice sound, what muffler does it have?

[@kestermaingot3006]

Nice to see a pulsar review....

[@wasabicars]

Well, nice to see a Pulsar. I don't see too many, and then even less interesting ones. I'm sure in just one day in Australia I'd see more Pulsars than I've even seen in Japan.

[@havico95]

Nice one, ask him for a ride up in the Saga touge :P

[@jcflores7121]

sr16ve powahhhh!

[@nyo_nyosupra1059]

Another great video I must say (and my skills as for that I have the ability to make things happen).

[@stopspin]

Yes i have a black one sedan. The car in the vid is in a vary poor condition, sad. We have heaps of these in New Zealand except the N1 pulsar VZR only a few are found. I think most of the rare N1 VZR pulsar models are found in the UK. The base models (blue top sr16ve) are mainly found now in nz . They came in various options also with the Autech body kit both in four door and two door kit . The two door Lucino came in a vzr option but not as many made. 2.0L converions are also popular. You can buy the N1 VZR pulsar parts off ebay and various aftermarket online stores. So no need to go searching for a rare N1 pulsar vzr , just use the base model blue top as a starting point.

[@douglasholloran6513]

i like this ride along and proud owner wish more understood we like the car with its dings and battle scars also not a scout for car theft ring .we just like your car

[@wasabicars]

Totally agree! 100%. So disheartening when I go car spotting.

[@reicuni7875]

when the sr kicks in...

[@Martinnc30]

Wow cool car cool owner ! Me and josh aka Bhong666 owned a Nissan Almera 2door SRI 1.6 in red uk spec car we sold it just before your youtube came around and i have NOT seen another one here in the uk to date seen a few GTI sr20 ones but no SRI, QOTD my skill Im a lexus parts guy i buy and sell parts and keep cars alive!

[@wasabicars]

Nice. Good stuff, but yeah, disappearing older cars is worrying.

[@lorollinls]

Loving this vid style!

[@wasabicars]

Thx. I do hope to do it more. Still very light on action footage at this stage though.

[@gred_cz]

nice one :D we used to have a bunch of them too but you dont see them too often anymore, most of them rusted to death by now lol

[@wasabicars]

Maybe I should get over there and start up EuroSabi

[@831V]

favorite video so far! keep it up

[@wasabicars]

Thanks

[@mikkosha]

I can cook quite well :) Also I'm good at wood and metal working, can use PTC Creo quite well, EPLAN P8, SISTEMA (software), my English is not too bad :D I do speak a bit french and I've been working on my Japanese for over a year now :) I was also told that I'm great at explaining languages to other people :)

[@detective3728]

Called Nissan Almera in Europe.. We didn't get that Engine or the Coupé version... Instead we got a GTi with 130 bhp from a 2-liter and the very rare 150 bhp Turbo version too...

[@wasabicars]

Thanks for the info, Chrisian

[@tipins6457]

I own a n15 sss this is awesome

[@wasabicars]

Awesome. Thanks for checking the video out

[@SM-mk9kl]

Sounds almost as good as mine 😉👍👌

[@wasabicars]

Noice. Got any pics of it online?

[@accalarentia4029]

Lovely video! In Italy was called Nissan Almera..and Lucino it s an Italian word lol

[@marioskunchev9855]

What exhaust does he have I want one for mine to sound like he's also found ur channel subscribe

[@wasabicars]

Hello, here’s his Twitter account. Try send him a message twitter.com/ek4_vzr?s=21

[@bag2963]

Hey I recently discovered this car, so isn’t the 2.0 one to get?

[@wasabicars]

Sorry, not sure. I enjoy car spotting. Anything and everything (not actually), but spec levels, etc... just don't interest me

[@bag2963]

@@wasabicars np thanks

[@MyHairyChin]

Sick ride!!!!

[@kikin69l]

Great car and video 🙂 tha whas a 1968 corona 🙂

[@srarcade]

This looks so much like a eg civic but I think that little dohc vvt would edge out a b16.

[@wasabicars]

I don't know specifics, but that's what's I'm hearing.

[@backyardvelo5473]

Yep. The Pulsar/luchino Nissan is everywhere in New Zealand. To the point where they aren't actually worth anything. $500-$1000. The older n14 is probably more popular here still.

[@wasabicars]

Lol. I suspected as much ;-)

[@christopherjohnston6343]

VZR's still runs significantly higher than $1000 lol.

[@藤野奨平]

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[@joshsymons1984]

My skill is protecting my couch so it doesn't run away!! 😂 Thats also why my 323 is still not driveable after 9 years 😅

[@wasabicars]

Ha! Maybe stick the 323 badges on the couch and call it a day. ;-)

[@wasabicars]

Btw. I finally sent your prize the other day. Keep an eye out

[@ianinc420]

Damn in Sydney I've seen them go for 15k plus

[@wasabicars]

Damn

[@cozzm0AU]

There is one for sale for 6K right now...

[@ianinc420]

cozzm0AU where at? The cheapest one in Sydney is 7800 with rust and 190k. I've seen mint ones go for around 14-15k

[@cozzm0AU]

Private sale on Pulsar Group Australia facebook page.

[@19chucki74]

Nice little Nissan, too bad we never got that here in the States. As for skill, I think I've found it, as I'm doing more automotive engineering like designing bodies and suspension setups, and I have some mechanical skill as well.

[@wasabicars]

You've got some cooking skills too, right? ;-)

[@19chucki74]

WasabiCars you know it, did some catering back in the day, worked with chefs too.

[@cerberus1981]

Out of curiosity, what is the text on the inverse rising sun motif? Shi… bi… ?? (My talent: bike enthusiasm! Profile your MTB for us sometime :D )

[@wasabicars]

シビク. Civic? My bike is nothing special. It's a 2nd-hand GT Karakoram.

[@j.barrett9424]

Vvl 😊

[@wasabicars]

That's it

[@IsopropylRecordings]

Nice video! My Skills? I'm good at talking a lot, does that count? I know, I'm pretty useless, but people find me nice because of it.

[@andrewsmyth8615]

Skills! Wheelnuts Alloy Wheel Refurbishment. No.1 in N Ireland! Sorry you did ask.

[@timjrvine]

Hey man just found your channel. Sooo good. Subb'd fellow aussie

[@wasabicars]

Awesome. Thanks, Tim

[@RobertOlddude]

Skillz...Lovin' on people, does that count. I can also construct from words in the comments atomic love bombs that don't go off until the intended recipient reads the whole thing. Rapid connections with like minded people are a thing. I'm just beginning to work on a new skill...one related to money and how I perceive it.

[@Ioselash]

Advan Trispokes are fucken cool. What is that face on the sun? I keep seeing it. Is it a meme or something?

[@wasabicars]

Not sure. The guy said it was parodying something. That thing, I don't know.

[@thatsthatsgbh]

My skills are ugm... being a JDM connoisseur

[@abatsekki]

didnt know people paint those war flags on cars in Japan also

[@gerijokub7737]

Technically, it's not a war flag. Yes, it was ADAPTED by the the imperial army during the invasion of Asia, but the meaning and the origins of that flag/symbol is quite different than its war-time intention. Also, afaik, there are no international sanctions or laws that would prohibit the use of that symbol and it's even used today as the naval ensign in JMSDF.

[@Hike_Bike_Explore]

I have mountain biking skills. ;)

[@sonikslash9719]

Такая машина у моего брата!

[@zhemin]

Nissan Vtec :D

[@netmatrix75]

This engine is actually more powerful than B16 VTEC. Same 1.6L capacity but way more power. Neo VVL is no joke back then.

[@TheBb6prelude]

netmatrix75 the b16b is 185 crank hp

[@TheBb6prelude]

Zhemin Lin later model b16A has 170 hp

[@Barnaby_bo]

lmao @ 4.05

[@wasabicars]

Yeah, an attempt at dealing with people's expectations.

[@Designandrew]

Lol I always thought nissan pulsars were so shit...

[@081588101]

nice car, nice video! the only real skill i have is to be able to drive a car faster on a windy track than probably 99% of the rest of the population in the world. that cant buy me anything though.

[@藤野奨平]

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