D Car — November 2003
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About this issue
250 available scans from D Car — November 2003, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 83 — English draft translation
Captions and page details
2003-10-10
Menu
File
Cheap and easy! Let's do it yourself!
Engine bay
Dress-up
Cleaning up the engine bay is basic sport-compact style. We'll show you how to clean it, paint your own cam cover, and give it a mirror finish!
1
Lesson
Pages 84 onward
Sport-compact tires and wheels 101: learn the basics you were always afraid to ask about!!
Spot
Welded joint
Width
Center
Triangle
Diameter
Eight-hole diameter
Bolt-hole circle diameter / PCD
Valve hole
Disc
Tires and wheels are the only parts connecting a car to the road. That makes it important to learn the details. We'll also cover how to choose tires and wheels for a sport compact.
2
Lesson
Page 90 onward
3
Lesson
10
Nissan
Pages 96 onward
Machine
Purchase guide
Silvia buying guide
Thorough guide to sport-compact base cars, Vol. 13
The 13th installment of our sport-compact base-car deep dive looks at the Nissan Silvia. It has long been popular in Japan as an affordable rear-wheel-drive sports car. Now that drifting has caught on in America, the 240SX seems to be enjoying renewed popularity there, too.
…and learn something useful
Read, enjoy…
36–54
At our Sport Compact Academy, you can naturally build your knowledge while having fun.
There is no enrollment fee or tuition, so read along, learn something, and enjoy!
This month has three lessons: DIY engine-bay dress-up, sport-compact tires and wheels, and a Nissan Silvia buying guide.
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