Navara-R - 1000bhp VR41

Here it is..

The Navara-R 1000bhp VR41! Built by Paul Cheshire.

The VR38 4.1L @runbc engine, built by the amazing team at @pcheshire_ap with over 160 hours build time to complete this epic engine.

This is a real a perfectionists masterpiece.

With the build being handled by Paul Cheshire, we couldn’t have made it this far without all our incredible partners coming on board and supporting us with the Navara-R, and we thank you!

@supertechperformance valve train, Tomei camshafts, @arpbolts, @kingbearings, @asnu_fuel_injection inlet manifold, @samcosport hoses, @forgemotorsport intercooler & radiator pipework, @walton_motorsport custom made exhaust manifolds with full system using @vibrant_performance tube, holding up a pair of @garrettmotion G30 660 turbos with @knfilters & @turbosmarthq wastegates.

Alongside our engine release this week, we also had another monthly instalment of the Mission CTRL: Navara-R Livestream last night, catching the viewers up on the antics at UKDC Round 1, the VR38 engine build and some more weird challenges imagined by @ctrl_sport's Mat McCallum, for Baggsy and Ian to do whilst live!

If you haven't already, catch the stream in the video below.

Baggsy - "I can't be happier with the Navara-R engine build! Paul worked his magic and I just can't wait to hear it fire up for the first time!"

"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my amazing partners for getting us this far & we are very excited about the next few weeks"

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Navara-R - 2021 Update

It’s been a few months since our latest update on the Nissan Navara-R, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t forgotten about you all.

The truck has been out visiting SB Motorsport partners recently, so let’s give you an update with what’s been happening.

To start off the new year, we delivered the truck to Mike and the guys at @WaltonMotorsport for fabrication of the @Vibrant_Perfomance full exhaust system, @GarrettMotion G30-660 Turbo install with the @TurboSmartHQ Wastegates. All a custom layout to make the engine bay look as insane as it can, whilst still being fully functional, keeping reliability in mind.

The work these guys do is next level with all their manifold fabrication work, and with a short turnaround time it definitely made our lives at @SBMotorsport a little easier to get the truck to its next visit.

We had an unexpected call from Jay at @WheelPros_Europe to let us know that our new ‘Fuel Beast’ @fueloffroad_wheels had been delivered, all the way from the USA!

So Baggsy headed straight over to their warehouse to pick them up, ready to reveal on the next episode of our Mission CTRL: Nissan Navara-R livestream, which for 2021 is scheduled to be the last Wednesday of each month.

The next venture for the truck was the guys at @ForgeMotorsport in Gloucester for all the Radiator, Intercooler, Oil & Fuel cooler fabrication. Custom designing where all the pipework would sit and creating an awesome finished product. Even the heat sink fins on the Radiator are a work of art!

When we got the call saying they had finished within a few weeks, and us at SB seeing how awesome the engine bay looked, we were very pleased with the outcome! Alongside all the custom @SamcoSport silicone hoses mapped around the engine bay, this build is insane!

The engine bay almost looked complete with the @Asnu_Fuel_Injection inlet manifold and the @KNFiltersUK poking out the front of the truck.

But this was now time to remove the #VR38 engine from under the bonnet, and for Paul at @PCheshire_AP to work his magic for the full strip-down and rebuild. With a few upgraded internal parts, and a professional dynamic balancing process by Steve at ‘Vibration Free’.

More exciting info on the engine build coming very soon!

Let’s not forget that this build will have a figure of over 1000hp from the standard twin turbo Nissan GT-R V6 engine, a fully custom chassis using the original GT-R front and rear subframes and epic ST 3 way adjustable suspension.

AND all of this will be on the public roads! Thats right. A fire breathing, Nissan Navara with a widebody kit and 2-step will be breaking necks on the road this year, whether that be heading out to get the weekly food shop, grabbing a few D.I.Y bits from a hardware store or cruising to an automotive event.

You will definitely notice this in your mirrors!

Mission CTRL: Navara-R Livestream is back TOMORROW!
Wednesday 31st March!

We're rolling on the last Wednesday of the month in 2021.
So schedule us in, 7:30pm on the @BaggsyBoyUK
YouTube & Facebook page.

Baggsy - "It's already been a busy start to the year with the truck, visiting a few of our partners involved in the Navara-R build and getting closer to that completion date."

"I just cant wait to drive it!"

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www.sbmotorsport.com

Navara-R - UPDATE

Three months, Three weeks. That's the amount of time we’ve been live with the SB Motorsport Navara-R Project. 27th May 2020, we launched this build to the public and its been a crazy few months!

In just 110 days since the release, SB Motorsport engineers - Corbin and Ian have been working non-stop on creating the worlds first Nissan Navara-R.

Work began all those weeks back by initially stripping the standard Navara truck, removing the bed and the body from the structure, and building fully custom front / rear suspension turrets to fit the original GTR subframes, with fully custom ST coilovers. Strengthening the frame chassis and making sure the original GTR VR38 engine will fit under the hood.

We are excited to be working with one of the UK's best design companies, Sterling Automotive for the Navara-R truck bodywork, with their first render seen in the images above.

Sterling works with many high-end vehicles, so it only seemed right to get them involved with the #NavaraR.

"Sterling Automotive Design was born from a vision to uplift vehicles to a luxury standard with bespoke detailing available for the discerning customer."

"Sterling has in-house designers and technology that allows us to 3D scan, design and print prototypes in an unrivalled time scale in the UK."

The largest brands in the industry who shared the initial build info include Monster Energy, Top Gear, Car Throttle, EVO Magazine and Fast Car Magazine.

 Four social media Livestreams with CTRL inside our very own SB Motorsport workshop in Southend, Essex. With a huge total of collective views over those three months, four livestreams and multiple social shares, we have definitely grown a strong following for our latest project.

The Navara-R has been born.

The overall statistics from the Mission CTRL Livestreams:

Facebook / Youtube

Views - 220k
Reach - 1.2M
Shares - 520

In the latest livestream we saw the team fit the brand new
ST Suspension setup, front and rear coilovers to the truck, completely live. With no issues, no complications, the #NavaraR was safely lifted onto all four wheels for the first time.

Were you as excited as us?!

Return to Driftenberg, our biggest video project from 2019.

This video has grown a massive audience already, and since the release of the Navara-R, the views have been insane. Over 3,100,000!

Future dates for the #NavaraR Livestream:
14th October
11th November
 
Don’t miss out!
 
www.youtube.com/user/StephenBiagioni/

SB Motorsport founder, Stephen “Baggsy” Biagioni says
“This project has always been on the cards for SB Motorsport, ever since our initial GT-R project. With racing currently on hold this was the break we needed to re-visit the idea and bring it to fruition. We have the best partners and they share our vision to create another great vehicle that will challenge the normalities of what’s possible, this is going to be an exciting mix of performance meets practicality.” - He continues “The Navara-R as we have already dubbed it, will challenge our in-house know-how. With this build, the aim is to keep the Navara road-legal, all the mod-cons of the vehicle, rather than creating a race-car chassis with minimal extras."

"I'm confident in our team here at SB Motorsport, and honestly excited to see the development and work alongside our partners, who happen to be the world’s leading experts in their respected fields.” 

www.sbmotorsport.co.uk

Navara-R - The Reaction

FOUR WEEKS on from the release of the #NavaraR and it’s been overwhelming with the amount of support we’ve had from everyone, with many brands sharing our epic project.

 This has been an idea of SB Motorsport Founder - Steve 'Baggsy’ Biagioni's for a while now and since the world has taken a step back from the events recently, it seemed like perfect timing for the build to take place.
 
The Stats:

On Facebook alone we had over 5,000 shares and 15,000 likes on our initial release, with a reach of over 250k.

Monster Energy also shared our build promotional video on their Socials gaining a reach of 58,000 views and 13,000 likes on Instagram.

Here’s a short list of just a few brands who shared the initial release info. A huge thanks to all who shared or commented on the Navara-R!

Monster Energy | ST Suspensions
Drift Allstars | Fueltopia
Unreel | Drift Masters European Championship
Tuningblog2 | AutoFestMagazine
British Drift Championship | TireStreets
PowerFlex | Stauff
K&N UK | Forge Motorsport
Snap On | The Sun newspaper UK/IRL
Top gear | Car throttle
Pistonheads | Autocar
Fast Car Magazine
Evo Magazine
Road and Track Magazine

We’re so excited to be able to show just how the build is going too, with regular updates on our SB Motorsport socials, and monthly recurring livestreams with CTRL. Don’t miss out, head over to Baggsy’s YouTube Channel and click the bell to get notifications on any new videos.
 
Follow BaggsyBoyUK & SB Motorsport LTD to be in the know.

TWO WEEKS on from our first livestream at the SB Motorsport workshop and we’re still hyped.
 
This being our first episode, Mat, Ian and Steve were able to discuss what’s been happening so far and to give the viewers a glimpse of whats to come. Showcasing the journey from picking the truck up, dismantling it and even a cheeky burnout in the yard when Corbin was asked to move the Navara into the workshop.

The Stats:
 
We had multiple brands share the livestream on their own pages, only a few of them are listed below. Big thanks to all who watched!

Powerflex | CTRL
British Drift Championship | Sunoco UK
ST Suspensions | Tire Streets
OBP Motorsport | Fast Car Magazine
UNREEL | Extreme
SamcoSport | Abbey Motorsport

Facebook:
21k views and 38 shares alone on Baggsys channel and at least 50k collective views on our partners channels

Youtube:
2000 views

This has had a collective reach of well over 100,000! 

Future dates are as follows:
8th July
12th August
9th September
11th November
 
Don’t miss out!
 
www.youtube.com/user/StephenBiagioni/

SB Motorsport founder, Stephen “Baggsy” Biagioni says
“This project has always been on the cards for SB Motorsport, ever since our initial GT-R project. With racing currently on hold this was the break we needed to re-visit the idea and bring it to fruition. We have the best partners and they share our vision to create another great vehicle that will challenge the normalities of what’s possible, this is going to be an exciting mix of performance meets practicality.” - He continues “The Navara-R as we have already dubbed it, will challenge our in-house know-how. With this build, the aim is to keep the Navara road-legal, all the mod-cons of the vehicle, rather than creating a race-car chassis with minimal extras."

"I'm confident in our team here at SB Motorsport, and honestly excited to see the development and work alongside our partners, who happen to be the world’s leading experts in their respected fields.” 

www.sbmotorsport.co.uk

Going Live! Nissan Navara-R

If you haven’t heard or you’ve somehow forgotten, the guys at SBMotorsport are building an epic 1000hp Nissan Navara-R, which will host the power plant and drivetrain from our original R35 GTR.

This build will be the worlds first Nissan Navara-R, with the fire breathing twin turbo VR38 and complete front and rear subframes from the GTR too. It’s a build not to be missed!

Now onto the media side.. SBMotorsport x CTRL are hosting an interactive livestream where fans can learn about the build, interact with the hosts and ask questions about what's being done and what will be done!
 
You may even have the chance to influence on how the truck turns out!

This will take place every month throughout summer 2020. First episode coming Wednesday 10th June at 19:30 GMT+1.

Following dates will include:
8th July
12th August
9th September
14th October
11th November

Make sure you don't miss it!

All you need to do is to head over to Baggsy's Youtube channel to watch, subscribe and click the bell for notifications on any new releases we bring you.

Tune in later TODAY (Wednesday 10th June) where we will be live at the SBMotorsport workshop with the CTRL team, and you can ask all the questions about the first ever Nissan Navara-R.

Hit the link below to set your reminder now, we’re live at
19:30 (GMT+1)
 
See you there.
 
https://youtu.be/_-tuaEZRC6o
 
www.youtube.com/user/StephenBiagioni/

SB Motorsport founder, Stephen “Baggsy” Biagioni says
“This project has always been on the cards for SB Motorsport, ever since our initial GT-R project. With racing currently on hold this was the break we needed to re-visit the idea and bring it to fruition. We have the best partners and they share our vision to create another great vehicle that will challenge the normalities of what’s possible, this is going to be an exciting mix of performance meets practicality.” - He continues “The Navara-R as we have already dubbed it, will challenge our in-house know-how. With this build, the aim is to keep the Navara road-legal, all the mod-cons of the vehicle, rather than creating a race-car chassis with minimal extras."

"I'm confident in our team here at SB Motorsport, and honestly excited to see the development and work alongside our partners, who happen to be the world’s leading experts in their respected fields.” 

www.sbmotorsport.co.uk

Navara-R

NISSAN NAVARA GETS 1000HP GT-R HEART AND SOUL - WORLD EXCLUSIVE

SB Motorsport, the company behind Europe’s wildest Nissan GT-R Drift car build are taking full advantage of workshop downtime and using it to plan the launch of its most challenging build to date - a GT-R powered Nissan Navara. Nissan’s workhorse is about to meet its flagship engine product, The VR38 twin-turbo GT-R engine as the team will replace the standard diesel option for a performance punching engine package from the infamous GT-R sports car, cultivating a pick-up with over 1000hp on tap.

No stranger to undertaking big challenges, Essex (UK) based, SB Motorsport have a proven track record in outrageous builds and delivering products to global recognition. Their previous Nissan GT-R drift car (#LSXR35) claimed worldly accolades and has been seen in multiple online videos racking up millions of views since its launch back in 2017.

SB Motorsport founder, Stephen “Baggsy” Biagioni says “This project has always been on the cards for SB Motorsport, ever since our initial GT-R project. With racing currently on hold this was the break we needed to re-visit the idea and bring it to fruition. We have the best partners and they share our vision to create another great vehicle that will challenge the normalities of what’s possible, this is going to be an exciting mix of performance meets practicality.” - He continues “The Navara-R as we have already dubbed it, will challenge our in-house know-how. With this build, the aim is to keep the Navara road-legal, all the mod-cons of the vehicle, rather than creating a race-car chassis with minimal extras.

I'm confident in our team here at SB Motorsport, and honestly excited to see the development and work alongside our partners, who happen to be the world’s leading experts in their respected fields.” 

The Nissan Navara will maintain as much of a factory finish interior as possible. However with nearly 1000bhp, the chassis will use all the GT-R suspension set up for superior handling to its forecourt counterparts.

KW & ST Suspensions (Germany) Chief Executive Officer, Klaus Wohlfarth says “The new Nissan Navara-R build is an impressive project. We are looking forward seeing this crazy pick-up soon in action and we are very proud to be supporting this project with all of our technology and trust SB Motorsport to build something very exciting once again”

SB Motorsport is taking fans along for the ride with a series of interactive “Mission CTRL: Navara-R” Livestreams, on Baggsy’s YouTube channel. The live, interactive shows will be packed with features and will include lots of special guests, exclusive behind the scenes access and a chance for viewers to interact and influence on how the Navara-R turns out.

https://www.youtube.com/user/StephenBiagioni

Be sure to look out for the first show on June 10th and the 2nd Wednesday of each month over the summer.

For more build updates follow Instagram accounts:
@BaggsyBoyUK & @SBMotorsport

SB Motorsport founder, Stephen Biagioni, is a European Drift Champion competing in global drift events. He was also the first English driver to compete in the Japanese D1 series. 

The Nissan #LSXR35 has stared in many video series such as
Monster Energy’s 'Battle Drift 2'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ6K0Ec6l0g&t=150s
and Stephen Biagioni’s own drift video series -
'Driftenberg' & 'Return To Driftenberg'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Fa50-F77k

Seen below.

ST Suspensions:

Part of the company group KW automotive GmbH are besides KW suspensions also the brands ST suspensions. KW suspensions is market leader and innovator of individual suspension solutions for the street and racing applications. Sporty drivers rely on KW coilover kits with its five damping variants, as well as on the Nürburgring Nordschleife tested KW Clubsport coilover kits, which are street legal and have a technical component report. Worldwide successful racing teams rely on the patented valve technology of KW Competition suspensions, the seven-time overall winner of the 24-hour Race Nürburgring (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018) winner of the 24-hour Race Dubai 2017, ADAC GT Masters 2018, ADAC TCR Germany 2018 and the Bathurst 12-hour Race 2019. With its large portfolio of suspension kits, modern production technology, development- and test center, KW has been succeeding for more than 20 years in markets around the world. The delivery program of ST suspensions with springs, sport dampers, sport suspensions, coilover kits, wheel spacers, lift kits and anti-sway bars combines leading KW-technology for the road with the best price-performance ratio. World-wide, the company group has more than seven international subsidiaries in the most important markets like China, Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan and the US.
www.st-suspensions.net