WSC60 Nissan R380 II

3d Model Conversion by: MacedoSTI The R380 was a racing car built in 1965 by the Prince Motor Company which, after the merger with Nissan, became Nissan R380-II (also known as R380 Mk.II) to compete in the Japanese Grand Prix racing. For a powertrain, Prince would use the same G series engine, but modified it specifically for the R380 racing project. A twin cam straight six displacing 1,996CC (121.7 CID), using 4 valves per cylinder, and being equipped with triple Weber DCOE carburetors, the new GR-8 made 194 BHP and 172 Nm of torque. Transmitting that power to the rear wheels was a Hewland 5 speed manual gearbox. Prince finished the R380 just in time for a race that never happened. The Japanese Grand Prix was cancelled in 1965. Prince decided to use the cars for land speed record breaking and testing high speed aerodynamics. The R380 set new speed records in 1965 and 1967. First, on October 6/14, 1965, the R380-I established 5 world records. Then, on October 8,1967, the successor, – Type II (modified type II) – set no fewer than 7 international records (50km, 50 miles, 100km, 100 miles, 200km, 200 miles, 1 hour) on a course in Yatabe, Ibaraki. However, since the cars were no