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Originally Posted by allanfeldman  It was not a great racer initially in 1969 it was a pig to race and unfortunately cost the life of John Wolfe at Le Mans. Until the car was developed by having a Kurt tail and made more stable then it started winning.
Reagrds Allan |
Indeed. In 1969 it was beaten at the Japanese Grand Prix by the Nissan R382. Admittedly the factory support probably wasnt' there for the Porsche. + Nissan had 3 R382's to 1 917.
The car Nissan ran in 1966 (R380) was pretty much a copy of the Porsche 904 body based on a brabham bt8 chassis. The motor wsa twin cam GR8. It beat the Porsche 906 to the flag.
With updated bodywork (similar to 906/910) the 1967 R380A-II with the same motor came in second to the 906.
In 1968 the R381 with active wings rolled in with the win.
In 1969...
This car ran a Nissan 6L V12 (580ps) and was largely aluminium tube frame with central aluminium monocoque.
The GRX V12 had two turbos for the R383 putting out 515kw but the Japanese GP was canned and the car never raced.