Developing a Champion: The Electramotive Nissan GTP Story

by Chris Willes

As a young engineer hired right out of college in 1986 by Electramotive, Chris Willes experienced the innovation, creativity, and passion the team used to successfully transform this car into a multi-time champion. 

Going back to the drawings and files saved from that period, and collaborating with many of his co-workers at Electramotive, Willes has chronicled the challenges faced and the solutions used to go from a mangled heap of metal to champagne-soaked celebrations in one of the most incredible periods of time in motorsports. 

This book contains:

• The beginning of Electramotive's racing history in 1975 with the Datsun B210 and 280ZX race cars.

• The design and development of one of the first Electronic Engine Control Processors.

• The full description of the 1/7th-scale moving ground plane wind tunnel.

• The design and build of the Nissan 300ZX V-6 race engine.

• All the IMSA race storylines from 1985 to 1989.

• Professional photos and never seen before in-shop photos compliment this 12-chapter, 400+ page, 9" x 12" coffee-table style book.