A Day at the Track with J Watson and His 1,600 Horsepower GTR

We spent the day at the track with J Watson, where he took his 1,600 horsepower GTR out for a spin. The car was running in rear-wheel drive mode due to a central differential failure, which made it only run on rear wheels, but that didn't stop Watson from putting it through its paces.

The first test of the day was a drag race between Watson's GTR and two other cars, one with 1,000 horsepower and another with 650 horsepower. The car with 1,000 horsepower took off slightly faster than Watson's GTR, but the difference wasn't significant. However, when it came to a rolling start, where the cars were locked in second gear from 30 mph, Watson's GTR was able to pull ahead initially. Unfortunately, this initial advantage didn't last long, and Watson found himself struggling to keep up.

Watson acknowledged that he may have "cheated" a bit during the roll-off, but it wasn't intentional. He explained that sometimes, when you're used to racing, your instincts take over, and you might jump the start or use the initial burst of speed to get ahead. However, this isn't what we're looking for in a proper test, so Watson promised to do things right next time.

The second part of the morning's testing involved another rolling start, but this time from 50 mph in third gear. The goal was to see how well the car would handle and if it had any issues with its braking system. However, as soon as Watson hit the brakes at full speed, he realized that his brake discs were badly warped. This caused a big shake in the steering wheel, which made the ride very uncomfortable.

In an emergency stop test, where Watson aimed to bring the car from 70 mph to a complete stop within a short distance, the wobbly steering wheel did indeed make its presence felt. However, as it turned out, the warped brake discs were the culprit, and Watson had to learn a valuable lesson about maintaining his brakes.

A strange smell emanated from Watson's car during one of the tests, which was described as "burning" by J Watson himself. Although he wasn't sure what caused the smell, it didn't seem too serious, but then another highly toxic smell appeared later in the test. This time, there were no doubts about its origin - it was definitely something wrong with the car.

After the testing was complete, Watson's attention turned to a new and exciting project that he announced would involve more than 1,600 horsepower. It seems like J Watson is always pushing the boundaries of performance engineering, so stay tuned for updates on this one!

In between all the high-speed shenanigans, we found out that Watson has a book of excuses for when things go wrong in his cars. He joked about having a big book of them and acknowledged that sometimes, there might be reasons why certain parts need replacing sooner rather than later.

As always, we ended the day by giving our viewers an update on some other interesting projects. J Watson mentioned a fabulous deal on an awesome sports car that he really liked, which can be found in the description below. Additionally, if you're interested in checking out some more videos of tune cars like this one, feel free to click on those windows and check them out.

Finally, we asked our viewers what they thought - would you like to see more tune car videos, or are you over them? Let us know in the comments below!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi Matt Watson here from carw so I'm sitting in a Nissan GTR that's been tuned to 1600 horsepower next to me is another Nissan GTR that's been tuned to 1,000 horsepower and next to that is a Nissan GTR that's been tuned to 650 horsepower why the heck are we doing this drag race well what I want to do is see how much extra performance you get from tuning the cause and how much extra speed you get for how much you spend right explain why you see this particular car I'm sat in here it's a lot spent on it over £100,000 I mean everything's been done it's got a 4.1 L V6 engine instead of the normal 3.8 it's just been like bowled out and rebuilt and blah blah so much it's also got lot of torque 1600 Newton met of torque it's add a built gearbox to cope with all that power it runs on ethanol it's crazy but it's expensive however you could spend quite a bit less than get 1,000 horsepower so that one next to me cost £35,000 in terms of upgrades on top of the price of the GTR as a result as well as 1,000 horsepower you got 1,150 newton meters of torque now they achieved that by doing things such as fitting hybrid turbos to the car they had to strengthen the gearbox they changed the rods and the Pistons so they could coat with extra power but the engine block still the normal 3.8 L V6 that you got from the factory next to that though is the most basic car so all that's had done is an ECU remap it's had a new intake and a new exhaust that's it but that has liberated an extra 100 horsepower so instead of the standard 550 it had from the factory it's now got 650 and 840 newm of torque instead of the usual 620 Newt M the GTR has from the factory right I think I got all the stats right there's probably some more information about the cars but you don't really need to know it what you do need to know is that I've been lent these cars by J Imports who builds them also a chap called rain who Tunes them and this particular car is been lent to me by one of James customers a chop called hammed so thanks hammed for Lending me your car now if you want to find out more about these cars and the people behind them put a link in the description with all the Instagrams and stuff now before we get on as ever please make sure you subscribe to the car CH and if you haven't already hit the Bell icon to turn your notifications on and finally when you follow me on Instagram @ Matson cars once again Link in the description big shout out to me buying a new car then head to carwow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price carwow your One-Stop car buying comparison site ignition on this is hammed he's going to show me how to start his car cuz it's got a immobilizer yeah press this one four times will people now know how to steal your car yeah I'll change it don't worry okay right that one yeah four times 1 two three four one more Co so five times theak it's on the brake and then start so shall we do the sound check now know how to actually launch this thing right are you ready guys I'm going to rev up this Beast of a machine yes that sounds amazing but it smells Dreadful oh my God anyway let's hear the thousand horsepower car oh it's nice it sounds quite different to this one actually doesn't it yeah it's got a small exhaust on this one I think it's a 3.5 in 3.5 in that isn't going to please anybody is it let's hear the last car the 650 horsepower one it actually sounds more powerful than the th horsepower one the uran M this is an old build done six years ago and that one's a more of a modern build so that one runs a 4 in titanium exhaust oh he's got 4 in rather than 3 and a half okay fair enough a bit more you know it's handy to have is say anything I need to know about launching this Jurgen just make sure that you go in manual mode and make sure you've got all off in this settings like I showed you yeah um once you're in manual mode in firstly hold the brake fully down slam the accelerator build the boost up for about 3 seconds and then pin it when we're ready to go and then hold on okay let's do this wa it got really hot in here the temperature's at 30° for some reason something else was wrong like it was on fire who has the bling airon at 30° oh Hamed okay that was scary it just started to drift and sway you just got to be brave and keep it going straight I think I won you're G what happened to you I wasn't as quick as you guys off the late but we'll go again right let's have another go this I felt like a better launch but the car sort of like didn't like it towards the end it was like might short shift so then what exactly happened well the 1600 horsepower GTR 1 unsurprisingly completing the standing quarter mile in 9.2 seconds the 1,000 horsepower GTR came second with a standing quarter mile time of 10.3 seconds and the 650 horsepower GTR took 11.3 seconds to cross the line unfortunately after we'd run our drag races the central differential in the 1600 horsepower GTR failed so it was only running in rear wheeel drive mode which was a bit sketchy so we had to retire it okay so I've jumped in the, Horsepower car interestingly this was tuned like 6 years ago and it's never broken some 30,000 Mi on the tune still fine so it shouldn't break today unless I'm cursed let's not be cursed okay now we're going to a rolling race the cars locked in second gear from 30 mph and I'm going to count it in 3 2 1 go he took off better than me it's all over now what kind of leak can I get the half mile that was really interesting Sam so you took off quicker than me obviously on booze quicker you're ahead for a little bit and then you weren't ahead at all and then you got smashed I was well ahead of you at the half mile I might have cheated a little bit not intentionally I could have jumped at like two and a half I don't think it really makes a difference though does it well let's do it properly come on get level ready you level don't cheat this time 3 2 1 go okay so from that Sam I don't think you cheated a little I think you might have cheated a lot it does jump a little bit better than you though doesn't it just on the initial bit it does seem to are you ever able to just go yeah you know what you are right I have a big book of excuses he does my car is now making a very strange smell and it's not coming from my bottom I've never smelled the smell before but it's not a good smell it's like a burning smell a burning smell from a tuned car I've never heard of it I might just go and ask the owner if the smell is familiar y gun this is yogun from J you heard him before on the radio smell that I haven't just farted by the way yeah is that all right smell yeah it's all right yeah okay that's normal let Co again GTR smell GTR smell probably very very bad for you smell right Sam what we're going to do this time is 50 mph third gear roll on you good y copy copy right no cheating 3 2 1 go nuts what I do at the half pile yeah that's enough 170 oh very shaky steering wheel I think this guy needs some new brake discs they're clearly warped which is Handy cuz of the next test we're going to do right let's do a brake test 70 mph line full emergency stop you another drill you another drill let's go do it there comes the line and Frank I think my wobbly discs did make a difference a big difference by the look of it listen if you're watching this and your steering wheel wobbles when you break get your brakes changed all right it could save your life anyway I hope you all enjoyed this video there's another strange smell coming there I don't know what this one is it smells highly toxic just like the other smells but different toxic in a different way maybe this is the one that will make me BL mind rather than death anyway hope you all enjoyed the video if you want to find out more about these cars and what happens to the next because that orange car is having something insane done to it it's going to have more than 1,600 horsepower make sure you follow the guys such as hammed by logging on to their Instagrams it's in the description wave my hands about a lot cuz I'm forgetting what I'm supposed to be saying also if you want to check out a fabulous deal on an awesome sports car that isn't tuned through carw click on the pop out B up there put a link to a really good car that I really like that we found a great deal on so make sure you check that out as well and as ever follow me on Instagram and I Watson cars anyway I hope you all enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me know some other tune cars you like to see in the comments below or if you'd like me to stop doing tune cars tell me go Matt they're rubbish they keep on breaking let me know it's up to you also if you want to watch some more videos click on those windows and if you click on that box there you can see how these cars 7/4 miles times is that even English you can see these cars standing quarter mile times compared to all the other cars we drug raced over the years thanks for watchinghi Matt Watson here from carw so I'm sitting in a Nissan GTR that's been tuned to 1600 horsepower next to me is another Nissan GTR that's been tuned to 1,000 horsepower and next to that is a Nissan GTR that's been tuned to 650 horsepower why the heck are we doing this drag race well what I want to do is see how much extra performance you get from tuning the cause and how much extra speed you get for how much you spend right explain why you see this particular car I'm sat in here it's a lot spent on it over £100,000 I mean everything's been done it's got a 4.1 L V6 engine instead of the normal 3.8 it's just been like bowled out and rebuilt and blah blah so much it's also got lot of torque 1600 Newton met of torque it's add a built gearbox to cope with all that power it runs on ethanol it's crazy but it's expensive however you could spend quite a bit less than get 1,000 horsepower so that one next to me cost £35,000 in terms of upgrades on top of the price of the GTR as a result as well as 1,000 horsepower you got 1,150 newton meters of torque now they achieved that by doing things such as fitting hybrid turbos to the car they had to strengthen the gearbox they changed the rods and the Pistons so they could coat with extra power but the engine block still the normal 3.8 L V6 that you got from the factory next to that though is the most basic car so all that's had done is an ECU remap it's had a new intake and a new exhaust that's it but that has liberated an extra 100 horsepower so instead of the standard 550 it had from the factory it's now got 650 and 840 newm of torque instead of the usual 620 Newt M the GTR has from the factory right I think I got all the stats right there's probably some more information about the cars but you don't really need to know it what you do need to know is that I've been lent these cars by J Imports who builds them also a chap called rain who Tunes them and this particular car is been lent to me by one of James customers a chop called hammed so thanks hammed for Lending me your car now if you want to find out more about these cars and the people behind them put a link in the description with all the Instagrams and stuff now before we get on as ever please make sure you subscribe to the car CH and if you haven't already hit the Bell icon to turn your notifications on and finally when you follow me on Instagram @ Matson cars once again Link in the description big shout out to me buying a new car then head to carwow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price carwow your One-Stop car buying comparison site ignition on this is hammed he's going to show me how to start his car cuz it's got a immobilizer yeah press this one four times will people now know how to steal your car yeah I'll change it don't worry okay right that one yeah four times 1 two three four one more Co so five times theak it's on the brake and then start so shall we do the sound check now know how to actually launch this thing right are you ready guys I'm going to rev up this Beast of a machine yes that sounds amazing but it smells Dreadful oh my God anyway let's hear the thousand horsepower car oh it's nice it sounds quite different to this one actually doesn't it yeah it's got a small exhaust on this one I think it's a 3.5 in 3.5 in that isn't going to please anybody is it let's hear the last car the 650 horsepower one it actually sounds more powerful than the th horsepower one the uran M this is an old build done six years ago and that one's a more of a modern build so that one runs a 4 in titanium exhaust oh he's got 4 in rather than 3 and a half okay fair enough a bit more you know it's handy to have is say anything I need to know about launching this Jurgen just make sure that you go in manual mode and make sure you've got all off in this settings like I showed you yeah um once you're in manual mode in firstly hold the brake fully down slam the accelerator build the boost up for about 3 seconds and then pin it when we're ready to go and then hold on okay let's do this wa it got really hot in here the temperature's at 30° for some reason something else was wrong like it was on fire who has the bling airon at 30° oh Hamed okay that was scary it just started to drift and sway you just got to be brave and keep it going straight I think I won you're G what happened to you I wasn't as quick as you guys off the late but we'll go again right let's have another go this I felt like a better launch but the car sort of like didn't like it towards the end it was like might short shift so then what exactly happened well the 1600 horsepower GTR 1 unsurprisingly completing the standing quarter mile in 9.2 seconds the 1,000 horsepower GTR came second with a standing quarter mile time of 10.3 seconds and the 650 horsepower GTR took 11.3 seconds to cross the line unfortunately after we'd run our drag races the central differential in the 1600 horsepower GTR failed so it was only running in rear wheeel drive mode which was a bit sketchy so we had to retire it okay so I've jumped in the, Horsepower car interestingly this was tuned like 6 years ago and it's never broken some 30,000 Mi on the tune still fine so it shouldn't break today unless I'm cursed let's not be cursed okay now we're going to a rolling race the cars locked in second gear from 30 mph and I'm going to count it in 3 2 1 go he took off better than me it's all over now what kind of leak can I get the half mile that was really interesting Sam so you took off quicker than me obviously on booze quicker you're ahead for a little bit and then you weren't ahead at all and then you got smashed I was well ahead of you at the half mile I might have cheated a little bit not intentionally I could have jumped at like two and a half I don't think it really makes a difference though does it well let's do it properly come on get level ready you level don't cheat this time 3 2 1 go okay so from that Sam I don't think you cheated a little I think you might have cheated a lot it does jump a little bit better than you though doesn't it just on the initial bit it does seem to are you ever able to just go yeah you know what you are right I have a big book of excuses he does my car is now making a very strange smell and it's not coming from my bottom I've never smelled the smell before but it's not a good smell it's like a burning smell a burning smell from a tuned car I've never heard of it I might just go and ask the owner if the smell is familiar y gun this is yogun from J you heard him before on the radio smell that I haven't just farted by the way yeah is that all right smell yeah it's all right yeah okay that's normal let Co again GTR smell GTR smell probably very very bad for you smell right Sam what we're going to do this time is 50 mph third gear roll on you good y copy copy right no cheating 3 2 1 go nuts what I do at the half pile yeah that's enough 170 oh very shaky steering wheel I think this guy needs some new brake discs they're clearly warped which is Handy cuz of the next test we're going to do right let's do a brake test 70 mph line full emergency stop you another drill you another drill let's go do it there comes the line and Frank I think my wobbly discs did make a difference a big difference by the look of it listen if you're watching this and your steering wheel wobbles when you break get your brakes changed all right it could save your life anyway I hope you all enjoyed this video there's another strange smell coming there I don't know what this one is it smells highly toxic just like the other smells but different toxic in a different way maybe this is the one that will make me BL mind rather than death anyway hope you all enjoyed the video if you want to find out more about these cars and what happens to the next because that orange car is having something insane done to it it's going to have more than 1,600 horsepower make sure you follow the guys such as hammed by logging on to their Instagrams it's in the description wave my hands about a lot cuz I'm forgetting what I'm supposed to be saying also if you want to check out a fabulous deal on an awesome sports car that isn't tuned through carw click on the pop out B up there put a link to a really good car that I really like that we found a great deal on so make sure you check that out as well and as ever follow me on Instagram and I Watson cars anyway I hope you all enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me know some other tune cars you like to see in the comments below or if you'd like me to stop doing tune cars tell me go Matt they're rubbish they keep on breaking let me know it's up to you also if you want to watch some more videos click on those windows and if you click on that box there you can see how these cars 7/4 miles times is that even English you can see these cars standing quarter mile times compared to all the other cars we drug raced over the years thanks for watching\n"