{"id":10231,"date":"2020-06-19T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=10231"},"modified":"2021-06-11T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:43:00","slug":"nissan-r390-gt1-32-spark-pw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/nissan-r390-gt1-32-spark-pw\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan R390 GT1 #32 – Spark (pw)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1998 Nissan R390 GT1<\/strong>\nPilots: A. Suzuki, K. Hoshino, M. Kageyama\nTeam: NISMO Nissan Motorsport \/ TWR<\/em>\nRace: 3rd overall (GT1) at Le Mans in 1998\nSpark (pw) - HACHLM05 (diecast)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 06\/19\/20<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When FIA and ACO created the GT1 class in 1994, Nissan promptly adapted its current R33 Skyline<\/a> for the new class. But as impressive as the R33 GT-R LM <\/strong>was, it wasn\u2019t a purpose-built race car. By 1996 big names like Mercedes-Benz<\/a> and Porsche<\/a> were taking full advantage of loopholes in regulations. It became obvious that Nissan needed something new and on par with other manufacturers. So, developed by Nissan\u2019s NISMO, the R390 GT1<\/strong> had just one objective: win at Le Mans. NISMO contacted Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) to help in the development of the new car, and they had three cars ready for the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em> of 1997. And of course, they also built one additional street-legal car for homologation purposes. For the engine, NISMO resurrected the VRH35Z<\/a>, a 3495 cm\u00b3 V8 from the old R89C<\/a> Group C car. The chassis was a full carbon fiber monocoque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Despite NISMO’s big team, that was not enough to beat Stuttgart in 1998.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
With three cars ready, off to La Sarthe they went. However, after scrutineering, officials demanded a few modifications. And those caused overheating problems, forcing two to abandon and relegate the third to finish in 12th. For the following year changes were necessary, especially to satisfy ACO\u2019s demands of a bigger “luggage space”. That being so, the rear bodywork was extended and the car received a new rear wing and rear diffuser to improve downforce. And for better odds, NISMO built a fourth car for the race. And the effort paid off: all four R390 finished the race, in third, fifth, sixth and tenth. The R390 GT1 #32<\/a> here managed third place, behind the winning duo of Porsche\u2019s 911 GT1 98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The R390 was a supercar for the streets and track.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
As usual, ACO and FIA never leave regulations alone for long, and by 1999 the R390 GT1 was no longer legal. With that, we haven\u2019t seen beautiful cars like the GT1 cars anymore, replaced by the too-futuristic LMP1 cars. And that\u2019s why everyone (especially me!) is so anxious to see the new LM Hypercars class\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Blister pack, TA screws, generic base – your typical pw model. But with fine details.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Gorgeous car and all, but what about the model? Well, this is one of the newer \u201cdiecast Sparks\u201d, sold as a pw model by Hachette. Without a doubt it isn\u2019t as good as a regular Spark, but it\u2019s still very nice for the money. Think of it as an improved (diecast) Minichamps from 10 years ago\u2026 Furthermore, the other option for this model is an old Ixo, so if you add all that up, this is a quite nice buy. No, not perfect, but nice buy nonetheless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1998 Nissan R390 GT1 Pilots: A. Suzuki, K. Hoshino, M. Kageyama Team: NISMO Nissan Motorsport \/ TWR Race: 3rd overall (GT1) at Le Mans in 1998 Spark (pw) – HACHLM05 (diecast) Published 06\/19\/20 When FIA and ACO created the GT1 class in 1994, Nissan promptly adapted its current R33 Skyline for the new class. But … Continue reading “Nissan R390 GT1 #32 – Spark (pw)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10231"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12146,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10231\/revisions\/12146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}