Tenrai Xylem LM

The **Tenrai Xylem LM** is a GT1 appearing in *MotorStorm: Return to the Wild* and MotorStorm: Transylvania Unleashed created by The Cherrybomber. Upon unlocking the Tenrai Xylem VI at Rank 9 alongside the Gyoza Zuko and the Chrono Super Sport, where the player can convert their Xylem VI to a Xylem LM at the price of $250,000.

## Details

Seeing Chrono and Gyoza were keen in participating in the 1995 24 Hours of LeMans, Tenrai needed an immediate counter to Gyoza's Zuko LM and Chrono's Super Sport LM, where the car was built by the Solomie Tenrai Works in England, while being funded by Tenrai, seeing they were known as the initial designers of the Xylem HF Aerosolomie and Aero C Turbo. It took a good six months to build two chassis of the car, which were #22 and #23, sponsored by Advantage, Clarinet, and many other sponsors. The car had specialized racing slicks made by Advantage, as well as specially designed lightweight alloy seven spoke bolted wheels.

The car's engine wasn't the default 2.6L Inline-6 seen in the regular Xylem VI, but was a supercharged 2.8L Inline-6, mated to a five-speed manual transmission and dog cut gears, while the wheelbase was lengthened and the drivetrain was converted to rear wheel drive.

When it came to the bodykit, a bulky but streamlined and stylish fiberglass aero kit was fitted, complete with Advantage racing slicks, complete with lightweight alloy racing wheels, with reverse mounted bolts.

The car had a 70/30 rear brake bias, with a front rake, making the front higher than the rear, with four wheel steering, despite being a rear wheel drive car. There was also a specially welded differential on the rear wheels, which was sort of like a limited slip differential, in the sense that the wheels would spin at different speeds when turning.

On race day in 1995, The car was able to fend off the two Magnum Constrictors, and a Bluebird Tantive while finishing in 10th place, though Gyoza's Zuko finished a position above, while Chrono's Super Sport LM managed to finish just behind the five Cougar Mecum GTs, a Mirage LX7 and a Gyoza Colta.

Tenrai was quite disappointed in the results that Gyoza and Chrono did remarkably better. However, there was a chance at redemption, as the car raced once again at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1996, against Gyoza's Zuko and Chrono's Super Sport and Ozutsu's Blacksun, with assistance of two Tenrai Xylem HF Aerosolomie race cars, and the three Xylems managed to defeat the Zuko, Blacksuns and Super Sports in the GT1 class, finishing first in class, as the two Cougar Mecum GTs had DNF'd, one due to mechanical issues, and the other had caught on fire.

Later that year in the 1996 24 Hours of LeMans, Tenrai had unveiled the Xylem LM's bigger and faster brother, the Tenrai Azure. The two Xylem LMs raced with the Azure against Gyoza's new Millennium, as well as the Patriot Trident GTR, Enthusia Auspicibale and the Cougar Mecum GT, where the two Xylems and the brand new Tenrai Azure managed to score a 1-2-3 finish.

A homologation model for the Xylem LM was produced to comply with regulations, in the form of the Tenrai Xylem GTX.

## Trivia

* It is based on the Nismo GT-R LM LeMans racer.