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By LotusGTR,
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I discovered that someone has signed the back of the sun visor on the driver's side. Wondered if anyone had seen something like this before. Perhaps my car was owned by a Japanese celebrity? Image attached.

That's really funny actually...but why would a Japanese celebrity sign their own car lol? More than likely a fan who got the celebrity's autograph. Maybe it's the Japanese Peter Brock? :(

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That's really funny actually...but why would a Japanese celebrity sign their own car lol? More than likely a fan who got the celebrity's autograph. Maybe it's the Japanese Peter Brock? :(

I dunno, I was just being silly. I suppose they might think they were putting their mark on the car and some lucky person might realise the provenance of the car they had just bought (i.e. me!).....Now I've written that down it does seem silly.....

Now you mention it I think it does say Peter Bwock.

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Car is running great. New gearbox was perfect, as was the rebuilt driveline.

Went out with an ex touring driver Kent (don't know surname - help, Kevwrx?) who was brilliant. He took 5 seconds off my PB.

Previously i did a 1:30, one of the timed laps was 1:25.5

Super stoked. The water never ran hotter than 85 deg, oil below 90 deg. No oil surge, but this time I was running road tyres instead of semis.

Hooked again on the track!!

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LotusGTR

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Car is running great. New gearbox was perfect, as was the rebuilt driveline.

Went out with an ex touring driver Kent (don't know surname - help, Kevwrx?) who was brilliant. He took 5 seconds off my PB.

Previously i did a 1:30, one of the timed laps was 1:25.5

Super stoked. The water never ran hotter than 85 deg, oil below 90 deg. No oil surge, but this time I was running road tyres instead of semis.

Hooked again on the track!!

Great result. 1.25 on road tyres is pretty good. I did 1.25.20 on semis.....but no touring car driver tuition for me!

You runing an oil cooler? I am, and my (admittedly OEM) gauge says I'm running into the early 100s....My water temp never moves. I guess oil and water temps eventually match so if water good then oil good too.........Fingers crossed.

Gearbox brand new or re-built? Other than not having a spun bearing how do you know if you're getting oil surge?

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Nice ride, I just sold my R34 GTR and got a 32. I've now owned all 3 in the last 2 years.

Its very easy to tell that only the 32 was released during Group A racing. The 34 was sensational, but the 32 is much smaller, lighter and raw. The 33 was very comfortable.

I dont mean going by the numbers, it just feels more focused, I love it.

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Lotus i'm seeing exactly the same numbers as you with respect to temps. I'm guessing he has an oil cooler :) a good investment by the looks of things. Also welcome to 2x 32s in the garage, good feeling isn't it :). I feel my solution is better though :) 2x 4-doors but only one has a 26 in it :) gotta love 20s for puttering around town. Then again who am I kidding if I could have 2x 26s I would in a flash, grats!

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Nice ride, I just sold my R34 GTR and got a 32. I've now owned all 3 in the last 2 years.

Its very easy to tell that only the 32 was released during Group A racing. The 34 was sensational, but the 32 is much smaller, lighter and raw. The 33 was very comfortable.

I dont mean going by the numbers, it just feels more focused, I love it.

Interesting as I've never driven a 33 or a 34 but kind of felt what you've said would be true. To me the 32 has heritage and is an engineering milestone. Mass produced, affordable contemporary rival to the Porsche 959. Quite an achievement. The fact that the basic engineering package did not change that much through all the iterations says a lot about how advanced the 32 was at launch. Anyway, each to their own, but 32s FTW.

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