Nissan R390

[WBarnes]

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[Gianclaudio]

Funnily, we were talking about the R390 today, with one of my best buddies who now lives in Japan.
He went this Saturday morning to the Nismo museum and sent me a picture of it

 

[klier]

Funnily, we were talking about the R390 today, with one of my best buddies who now lives in Japan.
He went this Saturday morning to the Nismo museum and sent me a picture of it

Epic shot. Crazy race cars opposite of an ultimate EV shitbox

 

[Matski]

He went this Saturday morning to the Nismo museum and sent me a picture of it

40th Anniversary for NISMO going on at the moment.

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[KiwiRob]

It's a cool car and due to TWR developing it, it shares part of the tub with the XJR-15, which was developed from the XJR-9.

 

[WBarnes]

Didn't TWR have something to do with the engine too?

 

[KiwiRob]

Didn't TWR have something to do with the engine too?

The engine was sold to McLaren.

 

[WBarnes]

This 20-Year-Old Nissan Is The Origin Of All Of McLaren's Modern V8s

Every modern McLaren, from the 2011 MP4-12C to the P1 to the 720S is powered by a single family of twin turbo V8s. This engine didn’t come out of nowhere; it started life in a largely-forgotten supercar from Nissan.

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Nissan and Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) put the VRH35L together for their entry into the madcap GT1 category back in 1997 in the R390 GT1.

 

[Gianclaudio]

40th Anniversary for NISMO going on at the moment.

Indeed, that's the event my friend was attending.

A couple more pics of the R390, plus another one that I'm unsure whichever of the sport prototypes it is (Group C, Imsa GTP, All Japan, etc)

 

[klier]

Absolutely stunning.

 

[Matski]

another one that I'm unsure whichever of the sport prototypes it is

R92CP

 

[WBarnes]

A couple more pics of the R390, plus another one that I'm unsure whichever of the sport prototypes it is (Group C, Imsa GTP, All Japan, etc)

All Japan - JSPC.

 

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The bit at 11 minute mark finally clears up for me the TS020 luggage space inside of fuel tank story.