1,300-HP Nissan Patrol Banned From Supercar Madness Meet
OG Schaefchen brought a Nissan Patrol with a claimed 1,300 hp to Supercar Madness in the Netherlands, parked it beside Koenigseggs and Bugattis, and left banned by the end of the day. The annual meet draws some of Europe’s wildest machinery, but on paper, nothing there made more power than the Patrol’s 4.8-liter TB48 inline-6.
An SUV crashing a supercar party wasn’t the issue, since plenty of the meet’s “supercars” were modified Civics and tuned Fiats pushing absurd numbers of their own. The trouble started once Schaefchen took his Patrol on track.
The Wet-Track Spin That Got Him Banned
On his YouTube channel, Schaefchen and his team ran a parade lap, then joined the rest of the field for hot laps. Rear-wheel drive, a wet track, and 1,300 hp proved an unforgiving mix, and the Patrol didn’t get far before Schaefchen spun it. Organizers pulled him and his crew on the spot for irresponsible driving, then banned both from all future Supercar Madness events.
Schaefchen had telegraphed his intentions before the event, telling his audience, “Whatever they tell me not to do today, I’m going to do. If they tell me to stop launching, I’m going to launch even harder.” That mindset rarely blends in at a car meet, and it’s exactly what got him shown the exit.
Why A TB48-Powered Patrol Was Too Much For A Wet Track
1,300 hp comes from a heavily tuned 4.8-liter TB48 inline-6 with a massive turbo running E85, and one of the most thoroughly developed tuning platforms in the business. Builders have spent nearly two decades refining its turbos, fueling, and internals, to the point where adding 500 to 1,000 hp is a well-worn recipe rather than a science project.
TB48 Patrols have also become their own corner of build culture, with plenty running four-figure power numbers. Nissan built an engine good enough to define Japan’s most famous sports car and turn a family hauler into something that out-powers half a supercar meet.
Still, a tall, heavy, rear-drive SUV with 1,300 hp on a wet track is a handful that even seasoned builders can lose control of. The 4.8-liter TB48 made the power easy to find, but keeping it on the road in those conditions was something nobody could tune around.
Supercar Madness still has the Koenigseggs and Bugattis it’s known for, but the talk of the event is the SUV that out-muscled the room and got thrown out before it could use any of it.
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