Man I wish I could have some of these cars!

http://www.twinturbo.net/net/v...79707

http://www.datsun510.com/photo...age=5

Does that mean they only made 5 VRH35L engines?

There must be a few more VRH35Z engines floating around, according to the group C listings on wiki, Nissan entered a ****load of cars into group C, but obviously they would have had a range of engines... probably some pretty hi-po VG30DETTs in the mix too I'd say.

We should track down a VRH engine (if possible) and put in a NICO group buy to get it, and someone can carefully disassemble it and photograph/measure/model every single component in it! (And then send it to NZ so I can slap it in my HR31)

This one says road version was never sold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_R390_GT1

This one says only ONE road version was required to be sold, but does this mean one model or one unit or...
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com....html

Others say it was very rare and expensive and only found in europe. I have no idea

Hmm, it's possible that two were made and one sold, because there's those pictures floating around on the net of one with an official numberplate "R390 NIS"... but that may just be the same car, plated for the photos?

I imagine if you owned such a rare and exclusive car (considerably more exclusive than the typically coveted enzo), that you wouldn't really want a lot of people knowing about it.

I wish the boys from Top Gear would do an article on this car. Anyone know how to contact them?

I would loveeeeee to go there someday.

I think that you will find that there was 1 only road car that was painted red in 97 and then blue with updates in 98 and never sold (nor was it really intended to do so) Total production was more than 5. There where 4 or 5 race cars for the 97 le Mans (not saying that they all raced) and perhaps another 2 or 3 added for 98.
I have built 1 new tub since then for the designer (yes please read again) and now that the tub of R5 has dropped into my lap I guess that I will have to have a very serious search for parts. Any ideas? body work to start with. Also need to get a cage.... the pic of the one in the 97 car looks like a work of art in its own right.

Check out the difference in the tail on the 1997!

1997:

1998:

The 1997 model was, as you can tell, the "short tail" version and the blue 98 model the long tail. They lengthened the tail to get more down force. From what I can tell, the simply changed the tail section itself, it appears as though you could swap the short tail and long tail themselves.

I have a 1998 Road and Track magazine with the only R390 article I can find anywhere. The guy got to test drive it and... just reading it got my adrenaline pumping.

I'll get it scanned and posted on here asap. Its an awesome read.

I believe in that same article he said that Nissan would sell the R390 if you wanted one. You were to contact Nismo and they would get one built for you for $1 million, something along those lines.

If you need any large items shipped like engines or even front clips, I can help you out. Just go to AssociatedShippers.com and get a quote.

Most transaxles I've found, say like the very popular Porsche G50, have the outputs near the bell housing. Going by the pictures I've found of the R390, the output are closer to the rear of the transaxle. Here are all of the pictures I've been able to collect so far:

http://www.machzracing.com/R390

Be sure to check out the 1997 Technical folder... that's where a lot of the under body goodies are.

I mean, who needs a McLaren F1 when you can just turn up the boost in the R390 & make 1000HP The Mclaren just wishes it had a VRH35L :p

Pics where great; now I know I have 3 of the rear wing frame jobbys in my loft upstairs! Guess they got mixed up with the XJR14 stuff.

Here it is! Not the greatest quality but big enough to read the small stuff. http://www.machzracing.com/R39...k.pdf

Would love to see what you've got!