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Specifications
2 units built, 1 converted from Nissan R86V, and 1 from Nissan R87E
Nissan/Electramotive VG30ET, V6 (60o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
3223cc
8.5:1
aluminium alloy block and head
forged steel crankshaft with 4 main bearings
SOHC, 2 valves / cylinder. Inconel exhaust valves
aspiration: 2 x Garrett TO3 Turbochargers, multipoint electronic Fuel Injection
turbo pressure, 30PSI to 45PSI
firing order 1 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 3 - 6
5 stage pumps dry sump system
March 85T, 5 speed gearbox
aluminium monocoque chassis
front suspension: double wishbones, coil springs over shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
rear suspension: double wishbones with Rocking-arm, coil springs over shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
rack and pinion
brakes: ventilated steel disks all around 356mm diameter with 4 piston calipers
Length 4794 mm / 188.7"
Width 1985 mm / 78.1"
Height 1094 mm / 43.1"
Wheelbase 2671 mm / 105.2"
Track (fr/r), 1602 mm / 1553 mm (61.1")
wheels, front 13Jx16", rear 15Jx16"
Tires, front 300/45R16", rear 350/45R16"
850kg
Results in WSCC
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | ||||||||||
| Jerez | Jarama | Monza | Silver stone | Le Man | Brno | Brands Hatch | Nurbur | Spa | Fuji | Sandown | |
| Team | 800km | 360km | 1000km | 1000km | 24h | 360km | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | 360km |
| Italya Sport Team Le Mans, 86G-8 | #85, eng ine | #85, eng ine | |||||||||
| Italya Sport Team Le Mans, 87G-1 -> 88G-1 | #86, eng ine | #86, over heating | |||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 4/0 | 2/0 | 2/0 | |||||||||
| Driver | Team entries and car number | ||||||||||
| Italya Sport Team Le Mans | |||||||||||
| Danny Ongais | 85 | ||||||||||
| Michel Trollé | 85 | ||||||||||
| Toshio Suzuki | 85 | 85 | |||||||||
| Akio Morimoto | 86 | 85 | |||||||||
| Lamberto Leoni | 86 | ||||||||||
| Anders Olofsson | 86 | 86 | |||||||||
| Takao Wada | 86 | ||||||||||
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