Time for a little more Nissan goodness from the archive as I post up a few of the track-tuned Skyline GT-R's I've spotted at Tsukuba Circuit over the past year. There is no place where a GT-R is more at home than running around a track like Tsukuba. It is surely one of the best places in Japan to see tuned GT-R's at their best. The car has stood the test of time and even the oldest BNR32 GT-R models are still found in abundance at Japan's racing circuits. Nearly seven years after they disappeared from the market, the original RB26-powered GT-R is still one of the quintessential Japanese performance cars....

The Nissan Skyline R32 is a car that has a large following from car enthusiasts around the world. It was the first Skyline that had the iconic RB26 engine fitted. In no time all the major tuners in Japan jumped on this car and started making aftermarket parts for it. The R32 started its life back in 1989 and it it is still a car that is very much sought after by people around the world. These days there are enough import companies that can help you in finding a nice and clean example straight from...

I’m a great fan of Garage Saurus. In the past they have build some really outstanding cars, like their R32 Drag R that ran consistent 9 second runs on the quarter mile. They even have a race team called 884 Racing. Some of the top contenders in the Japanese Drag Series are in that team. One of those cars is this Skyline R32. It was built by Garage Saurus for a customer that wanted to race it on the circuit and on the drag strip. For the quarter mile it recorded a time of 9.167 seconds. What...