Nissan R383

The Nissan R383 was a racing sports car Nissan built in 1970 for use in the Grand Prix of Japan. It replaced the Nissan R382 last year and should be the last racing car, the Nissan built until the mid- 1980s.

Development

They wanted to improve the chances to win the R382 and R383 as the successor took over many of the details of the CanAm series of Group 7 formula from the USA. The R383 was awarded the GRX -3 V12 engine from the R382 with 5,954 cm3 displacement, but a higher output of 700 hp ( 515 kW).

Nissan, however, focused on improvements in aerodynamics, and there, above all, to the output, the the car should produce. The air intakes on the nose of R382 were completely omitted, so that the nose of the R383 turned out perfectly flat. This meant that wandered the radiator of the car on the side of the vehicle and the doors had large cooling air openings. Also the inlet of the V12 has been redesigned aerodynamically and now came the roll bar to be what the rear wing gave more Anströmluft below it. In addition, he has been moved from the center of the cockpit, so that did not block him, the driver with his helmet. . The R383 was tested with a turbocharger to the V12 machine, thus achieving an increase in power to 900 hp ( 662 kW).

Racing history

The R383 should be used in the Japanese Grand Prix in 1970 against fierce competition from Porsche, Toyota, Isuzu and others. The race was canceled by the Japanese Automobile Federation ( JAF ), whereby the R383 was used in any single competition. Nissan announced shortly thereafter on the R380 program, without leaving the R383 ever run in a race.

2006 restored a Nismo R383 functional. The car is currently touring with other cars of the R380 series of exhibitions throughout Japan.