What is the 32-year owner’s goal?

In the past, sports car enthusiasts took machines tuned to their heart’s content to the streets. The Nissan Skyline GT-R, known as the R32, was the most powerful sports car of all time, and it enthralled even the speed fanatics of the day. The man introduced here, Mr. Abe, was a young man who experienced the crazy street stage known as the highest speed in the Gulf at the time.

The R32 GT-R, the machine that was touted as the strongest

Cars only become interesting when they are tweaked. And the more you tweak it, the more appealing it becomes. When looking back on the golden age of sports cars, the Nissan R32 ‘Skyline GT-R’ was the first machine to be mentioned. Speed fanatics also loved the most powerful car of its time as a tuning base car, who tuned it up and enjoyed it in their own ways. Although voluntary restrictions imposed by the manufacturer limited the power, it was a machine that could be even more fun if the seals were released.

Mr. Abe fell in love with tuning when he was young and experienced the crazy street stages of what was then known as the highest speeds on the Wangan coast. And his beloved R32 GT-R was once again a legend on the motorsport stage, showing off its unrivaled potential in Group A and N1 racing. he bought the car new in 1992, when the GT-R was at its peak, and says that this year marks its 32nd year.

Mr. Abe, who was a tuning freak from the bottom up, really wanted an R32 ‘GT-R Nismo’ limited to 500 units, but it was not easy to get his hands on one, so he fitted a Nismo spoiler, which was available as an optional part at the time. The front bumper has since been changed, so there is no trace of it on his current car, but the rear is fitted with a Nismo-specific mini spoiler from back in the day.

After buying the car new, he took it to “Move” in Tachikawa, Tokyo, which is famous for GT-R tuning, to drive it through the high-speed stages that were popular at the time. There, the standard engine was tuned to bring out the limits of the stock turbine. In one top-speed test session, the car reached 280 km/h with the stock final gear ratio.

From there, he changed the turbine and wondered if he should go with the standard Nismo turbine at the time, but just then the GT turbine series from HKS was introduced. This turbine was the talk of the town for its use of ball bearings at a time when most models generally had full-float-type bearings. The performance of this turbine is also impressive, with a solid boost from low rpm and extends to high rpm without any sagging. I also fell in love with the pretense of superior performance due to low turbo lag.