[Cris]

Great thread. Nice to see some decent info on the Group A GT-R's on the foum at last. Thanks for the info and pictures Alan :thumbsup:

+1 for me too. Nice to see this sort of thing. Exactly what the forum should be about.

:bowdown1:

 

[Sub Boy]

Mechanical fuel pump AFAIK

Yup thats correct.

 

[Madden]

Great thread. Love looking at the photos of the group A r32's

 

[RKTuning]

Feels like Christmas all over again
thanks Alan for all the pics and info
saved myself a trip to Japan armed with a camera, as everbody else i asked never took any.
was beginning to think it was top secret and and nobody was allowed to take pics LOL

I'm very happy now

Ron

 

[RKTuning]

....hard to take good photos of the parts actually on the cars.

Alan T.

Why is this car rwd only ?

 

[minifreak]

Eagle eyes there Ron!

 

[PS30-SB]

Why is this car rwd only ?

Because the owner prefers it that way. It's a time attack / track day car, built using an old race car as a base. It uses a lot of original GrA parts.

You wanted on-car front end shots. There are GrA components there.

 

[Sub Boy]

Because the owner prefers it that way. It's a time attack / track day car, built using an old race car as a base. It uses a lot of original GrA parts.

You wanted on-car front end shots. There are GrA components there.

Funny to carry all that weight, and for the small amount extra for a diff and some drive shafts....

 

[PS30-SB]

Funny to carry all that weight, and for the small amount extra for a diff and some drive shafts....

He's a privateer, and engineers / drives the car himself. He knows what he's doing, but - like many of us I'm sure - doesn't have the luxury of an unlimited budget and factory support. The car is a nice one, well built, and with an interesting history ( that 'interesting' history being the reason I was standing underneath it...... ). I certainly wouldn't kick it out of bed.

Some of the events he participates in have different classes for 2WD and AWD. He can engineer the car to move between classes fairly easily, depending on track / event / competition. Seems quite astute to me.

 

[RKTuning]

Has there been any lap times around tsukuba?
from a gpA 32

Are most of the cars with collectors in Japan now?

 

[PS30-SB]

Has there been any lap times around tsukuba?
from a gpA 32

I only have data for the in-period racing. I was at quite a few of the races myself. That's one of the reasons why I'm such a big fan of the cars....

Examples:

1990 JTC qualifying at Tsukuba:
Pole position went to the Reebok Skyline at 58" 218, with the Calsonic Skyline in second at 58" 401. Third was the Dunlop / Shimizu Sierra RS500 at 1' 00" 007.

1991 JTC qualifying at Tsukuba:
Pole went to the Calsonic Skyline, at 57" 733. Second was the Reebok Skyline at 58" 125, and third was the Taisan Klepper Skyline at 59" 090.

1992 JTC qualifying at Tsukuba:
Pole was the Calsonic Skyline at 57" 071, second was the Kyoseki Skyline at 57" 297. Third was the HKS Skyline at 57" 852.

1993 JTC qualifying at Tsukuba:
Pole was the HKS Skyline at 56" 933, second the Calsonic Skyline at 57" 971, and third the Kyoseki Skyline at 57" 417.

Most of the Tsukuba JTC rounds were between 140 and 150 laps in length, with obligatory driver changes.

 

[PS30-SB]

Are most of the cars with collectors in Japan now?

Well Nissan themselves still have two of the R32 Calsonic cars, and one of the R32 Reeboks. One of the Taisan Klepper R32s is in 'private' hands ( although I believe it uses some borrowed parts ) and there are others that come out from time to time, but the great majority of GrA R32s went on to be used in other race series in privateer hands and ended up getting split to the four winds...

I personally only know of three complete ex-GpA R32s in private hands, and one particular collection of just parts that is completely eye-watering.

There's quite a lot of bodywork hanging on garage walls too......

 

[RKTuning]

I only have data for the in-period racing. I was at quite a few of the races myself. That's one of the reasons why I'm such a big fan of the cars....

Examples:

1990 JTC qualifying at Tsukuba:
Pole position went to the Reebok Skyline at 58" 218, with the Calsonic Skyline in second at 58" 401. Third was the Dunlop / Shimizu Sierra RS500 at 1' 00" 007.

1991 JTC qualifying at Tsukuba:
Pole went to the Calsonic Skyline, at 57" 733. Second was the Reebok Skyline at 58" 125, and third was the Taisan Klepper Skyline at 59" 090.

1992 JTC qualifying at Tsukuba:
Pole was the Calsonic Skyline at 57" 071, second was the Kyoseki Skyline at 57" 297. Third was the HKS Skyline at 57" 852.

1993 JTC qualifying at Tsukuba:
Pole was the HKS Skyline at 56" 933, second the Calsonic Skyline at 57" 971, and third the Kyoseki Skyline at 57" 417.

Most of the Tsukuba JTC rounds were between 140 and 150 laps in length, with obligatory driver changes.

Thats great times back then
considering the garage saurus car only did 56 with about 800bhp !!
saying that it proberbly cost a 1/5th of the price to build

would love to see a gibson car or a calsonic at goodwood festival of speed
maybe someone could arrange it please!!!!!

love all this info
keep it coming

 

[Sub Boy]

Just looked, and all mine are from the back of the car....

 

[PS30-SB]

Some footage:

YouTube - Nissan - 1990~93 BNR32 Skyline GT-R Group A History(1)

YouTube - Nissan - 1990~93 BNR32 Skyline GT-R Group A History(2)

YouTube - Nissan - 1990~93 BNR32 Skyline GT-R Group A History(3)

 

[max1]

cool stuff there ,my gtr32 track car came fro japan with quantum suspension ,real good quality.nice to see all the old setups.

 

[Heku]

Does anyone have any measurements of Gp.A suspension parts like subframe(s), control arms, spindles and the like? This is something I might want to replicate on a long-term racing car project.

 

[fun123]

Does anyone have any group A suspension parts for sale?

 

[fun123]

Group A

Looking for Group A goose necks, does anyone know where some would be for sale or have dimensions for them?

 

[Sub Boy]

Looking for Group A goose necks, does anyone know where some would be for sale or have dimensions for them?

Check with Glenn, Yoda had some GrpA parts floating about.