D Car — July 2004
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246 available scans from D Car — July 2004, 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 49 — English draft translation
It has the dramatic, aggressive presence of a silhouette-formula car from the past or a modern GT racer. D-Car believes this kind of wide body is the next big thing. A wide body does more than make a car look good: it enables much wider tires, improving grip. A wider track also increases cornering speed, and thoughtful airflow design can more effectively vent heat from the wheel wells, helping brakes resist fade. Better cornering and braking let the car handle more engine power. The result is a faster, better-looking car. Isn’t this the next trend?
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Developed from JGTC race cars—performance features and style, all in one!
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D-Car’s top pick for a wide-body look is here! If you’re going wide, you want to do it right. Here are two FDs with blister fenders and an S13 with overfenders as examples. What’s the difference between blister and overfenders? Turn the page and see.
How’s that for presence?
What can we say? It’s simply cool! This FD was built by Racing Service Feast in Ehime Prefecture…
A wide body’s benefits go beyond appearance. It lets you fit wider tires for more grip and expand the track for higher cornering speeds. It can also channel hot air out of the wheel wells more efficiently, helping to keep the brakes from fading…
…so cornering and braking improve by a full grade. That makes room for more engine power, too. The whole car becomes faster as well as cooler-looking. This is the next big thing!
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Two RX-7 FD3S models fitted with original wide-body kits!
What is a blister fender?
Rear wide-body line
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Original body line
Front wide-body line. This FD uses blister fenders to widen the body. The flare follows the original body shape, allowing the car to grow wider while preserving its lines.
What is a GT car?
NGK
GT cars are the model for wide-body builds. What exactly is a GT car? It’s a race car that competes in the GT Championship. Still not sure? It’s that series with all the race queens!
This is a GT Championship race. The modified monsters compete in the GT500 class, while production-based cars run in GT300.
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