The NISMO GT-R LM was based on the R33 GT-R to compete in the Japanese GT championship (currently Super GT) with a limited number produced as a one-off to race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Race regulations required production vehicles to comply with public
The NISMO GT-R LM was based on the R33 GT-R to compete in the Japanese GT championship (currently Super GT) with a limited number produced as a one-off to race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Race regulations required production vehicles to comply with public road specifications to enter, so the GT-R base was equipped with suspension from the GT machine and the body widened by 100mm (lights were also changed to European standard). However, even though this was a homologated model, it wasnt used for racing so the engine was near standard 305ps/38kg-m with no roll cage etc. On a side note, the reason it wasnt called Skyline was because of a rule that prevented a car from being entered if there was a 4-door model on the same chassis. The main difference to the production car was in the undercarriage and the suspension mounting position (changed from multi-link to double wishbone) which moved to the inner bottom, so the look of the engine compartment is slightly different. The NISMO GT-R LM was intended to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with two cars over a three-year period. After finishing 10thin the first year and 15ththefollowing year, the pure racing machine R390 GT1 designed for the challenge was ended before its time.
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