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 90 — English draft translation
The differences are shown here. The big ones are that, although it’s called a Corolla, it has a Trueno face and early Levin taillights—a rare combination in the street-racing scene. The large grille makes the Trueno front obvious. The car naturally comes with a five-speed manual, power steering, and air conditioning, but the windows are manual. It combines features from different Japanese-market trim levels. The fuel system uses L-Jetronic rather than the domestic D-Jetronic. The engine is said to deliver torque smoothly from low through high revs. However, because it is L-Jetronic, computer tuning may be more difficult than on the Japanese-market version.
…and, with its factory red body and white ADVAN lettering on the sidewalls of the left-hand-drive tires, it still has a distinctly West Coast American vibe. Suzuki imported this Hachiroku for himself, but if any reader wants a reverse-imported one too, he says he can arrange it. Budget around ¥1.5 million, including provisional inspection but excluding other fees. It may take some time, but a left-hand-drive Hachiroku isn’t a bad idea. For inquiries, contact T&S Garage at 204-672-20428 .
Captions and page details
▼It may be hard to see in the photo, but the passenger-side mirror is wide, and its warning text is printed on the mirror surface.
A detailed look at the export-spec car
Export specification
What’s different from the Japanese-market version?
Exterior
Front end: Because it has pop-up headlights, you could call it a Trueno face, but the construction is a little different. In particular, there is more depth between the bottom of the headlights and the bumper. The grille also seems larger than on the Japanese-market model…
T&S Garage
…and has a larger appearance.
The indicator lenses have been changed to units for the 180SX. Rear: these are the early-model Levin taillights. They still look great today…
…don’t they?
▲The rear bumper appears longer than on the Japanese-market car. This Hachiroku measured 4,280 mm overall—80 mm longer than a late-model Levin and 65 mm longer than the corresponding Trueno. It also has side markers.
▲The radio antenna is here. It can be removed by hand.
▲The rear-hatch wiper is the same type used on models from after the early version’s minor update.
Interior
▼Naturally, the driver’s seat is on the left. The white box in the passenger footwell is the radio…
▲The speedometer shows miles, with kilometer-per-hour markings added inside the scale. They go all the way to 240 km/h!
▲The side windows are manual. Unlike the Japanese-market car, the door pockets expand to provide more storage capacity.
▲As on other imported cars, the turn-signal lever is on the left. The headlight and wiper switches are also arranged on the opposite sides from the Japanese-market version.
The seats have the early-model design, and the upholstery seems different from the Japanese-market version. The rear seat belts are pretensioner type, another difference.
▲The driver’s seat is a full bucket seat, of course fitted afterward.
Engine bay
▼There’s a major difference in the engine bay: first, the master cylinder is on the opposite side from the Japanese-market car, as expected for left-hand drive. With L-Jetronic, you can also see an airflow meter in the left-side intake area, which isn’t found on the domestic model.
▼An oil cooler is also standard at the front of the radiator. The hole in the core support was actually a mounting hole for the oil cooler.
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