Battle Magazine — March 1997
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116 available scans from Battle Magazine — March 1997, in rtl reading order. Original scans with English draft translations and searchable page text. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.All 59 provided PDF pages retained as 116 reader pages; completeness against a physical printed copy has not been independently established.
Page 3 — English draft translation
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This month: Put your own car on our cover!
MARCH
HASHIRIYA
Hashiriya Battle Magazine, March 1997. Published March 1, 1997 (Vol. 4, No. 3; issue 35). Price: ¥480 (base price ¥466). Published by Heiwa Publishing Co., Ltd., 1-46-6 Kanda-Jinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101. Editorial: 03-3291-0721. Sales: 03-3291-0895.
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Silvia (Kanagawa): “Hello. This is the S13 I loved. I’m planning to buy another S13 by 1997 and build it to exactly the same specifications. I look forward to it!”
Suspension setups revealed for victory
Who has the strongest drift?!
SPECIAL: Suspension for drift! A major feature on suspension that gets you fired up.
Contents
V Super Techniques
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No. 1 championship tournament
FINISH
Ask JIC, the coilover manufacturer, about suspension
Get your suspension dialed in!
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Selection & maintenance; useful new information
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New items for drift-ready suspension; take on the suspension challenge! Final installment: get your RX-7 dialed in. Maintenance for drift drivers.
Check out our suspension setups, too!
From adjustment to flush fitment—we’ll take care of it!?
Proud suspension setups of drift cars!
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Now the real event: circuit driving! Installing coilovers!
Street-level drift coverage
STREET
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Drift zone! A drift meet hosted by Ibaraki driving teams!
Enjoy the circuit to the fullest!
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At Ebisu Circuit
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Cool cars belonging to the Kanagawa experts gathered at OZ!
TEAM B’S ONE MAKE!
This time, a reverse-import AE86 makes an appearance!
MACHINE
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A lineup of the strongest tuned machines
A special feature on brakes—essential for driving!
AE86 one-make feature!
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Publisher: Shunichi Nakabayashi. Editor: Shinichi Takahashi. Editorial staff: Hideki Otani, Akinori Furubayashi, Carlos Morita. Assistant editor: Aya Numata. Photography: Yoichi Watanabe, Fumiyuki Mizuno, Kenji Sekine.
Writers: Kojiro Wakatsuki, Hideki Tanaka, Isaku Tsunoi. Illustrations: Masanobu Ando, Jun Uotani, Takanori Taoka. Layout: SUN ART / T-Borne. Cover illustration: Hideaki Yokoi. Cover design: Jun Uotani. Photo/film: Shinwa Co., Ltd. Printing: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. Reproduction prohibited. Heiwa Publishing Co., Ltd.
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