HKS 300E Formula 1 V12 Racing Engine Japanese Promo Video

In the early 1990's Japan's premier performance products company, HKS, set out to design, engineer, manufacture and test a Formula 1 spec V12 racing engine. Displacing 3.5 liters, the 75 degree, 5-valve 300E (as it was named) produced 650 horsepower at 13,500 rpm. It was track tested at Fuji Speedway in the back of a Yokohama/Advan shod Lola T91/50 F3000 chassis in 1992, but was never used in competition.

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• HKS
• Formula
• F1
• V12
• 300E
• Racing
• Engine
• Fuji
• Speedway
• Webb
• Yokohama
• Advan

[craigio1806]

The sound of this V12 engine is amazing. Too bad theyv'e put music in the background. What's worse is that the music fucking sucks too. The sound of the V12 by itself would much more beautiful than the music!

[avfcmatt1982]

What an amazing sounding V12 engine, shame it never got to race in F1. F1 engine from '89-'94 sounded incredible, especially V12's.

[Miskojones]

love the music... i wanna know some cds of that music to enjoy in my car... omg

[PoweredByNamahage]

本当にいい時代だった

今の日本は何も作れない

[jonndol]

Judging from the hp figure stated, it could not even matched another V12 engine from another Japanese F1 engine manufacturer, Yamaha (let alone Honda V12)which produced 700 plus hp (compared to the 650 plus hp that the HKS engine produced). In 1991, it could still potentially running as midfield performer had it found a suitable team that wanted to purchase the engine. But it wasn't to be. Certainly, a very interesting 'what if' scenario..

[GTR34B0Y]

Sound like music in sega gt2002 or porn music. Lmao.

[waterpolodan]

@craigio1806

Welcome to the horrible world of music from the early 1990s.

[YukiNekoPrincess]

I really like this cheesy music! XD

Does anyone know who the driver was?

[crv26]

agreed!!! lol...the V12 is the greatest sound ever...to bad it was not as functional as the V10.. : (

[xpidf1]

dunno, but it might the cause of the FOCA or HKS itself