where the group a cars required to run the 4 wheel steering (hicas) or where they allowed to get rid.the reason i ask, if it was removed then why did they persist with it on later models (road cars)

 

I cant vouch for the Jap spec GrpA cars but the Gibson (Aussie) cars had the HICAS removed, Fred Gibson spoke in an interview about it and said it was something they would look to develop later on but at that stage it was locked.

 

I've seen pictures of it still connected on the Grp A Calsonic car. All lines replaced with BMRS hoses.

 

I have seen the Calsonic car in person two months ago. It has a Hicas lockout bar installed.

 

So that was two months ago. I saw 'it' (there was/is more than one Calsonic Gr.A R32 GT-R) racing in period 26 years ago, and they were using HICAS.

 

Hi,

I work for a small motorsport engineering company based in the UK and we are building a replica of the Group A R32.

Good, reliable information about these cars is proving hard to come by. However after reading through this thread I can see that you guys hold a vast amount of knowledge between you.

As previously said in this thread, this is also my first real insight in to how the suspension was designed from looking at your pictures.

Would it be possible to find out more details? Or please could you point me in the right direction to help me with my research, it would be much appreciated.

Because these cars are really rare we are trying to make a faithful replica and a great tribute to the original car.

 

Hi mate. Who is the small engineering company and what is the aim with the project? It's possible I could have some info that would be mutually beneficial, but I'd like to know where you guys are heading with this first! How faithful is the replication? Casting your own Group A uprights faithful?

J

 

Like most factory race cars the specs changed and evolved constantly but somewhere I have some photos of stuff that may be of interest. I'll try and find them...

 

The company is called Ric Wood Motorsport and we are based in Manchester. We have the facilities and the resources to reproduce all of the cars components. However we can only be as accurate as the information I can find.

We are going to the extent of having the callipers, suspension components and all other aspects of the vehicle replicated as closely as possible so that the car can be assigned FIA papers. We have experience in building FIA eligible cars having completed numerous capris of various specs.

The more information we are able to collect, the closer and more accurately we'll be able to get the replica to the original car.

Thanks, I***8217;ll try to find copies of those books but they are proving hard to find. Also I have a copy of the FISA papers and you***8217;re correct the pictures really aren***8217;t very clear.

 

Thanks, I’ll try to find copies of those books but they are proving hard to find. Also I have a copy of the FISA papers and you’re correct the pictures really aren’t very clear.

You can buy the Racing Legend mook through Amazon Japan. Here's a current listing:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/R32-GT-R-R...e2f-dc88f5c2740e&pf_rd_r=S9VMAPY4XQFGE1MFQAF3&psc=1&refRID=S9VMAPY4XQFGE1MFQAF3

If you're going for an FIA HTP you'll have the 'advantage' that the inspector is - from my experience - very unlikely to know what he's supposed to be looking at...