Drift Tengoku — October 2003

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English draft translations are available throughout this issue. Unclear or unreadable OCR remains flagged; these drafts have not received full image proofreading. The archive retains 310 scan files, including two duplicate captures, representing 308 unique pages.

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Page 113 · English draft

Draft translation. Unclear OCR remains flagged; full image proofreading has not been performed.

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  1. Squelette
  2. Sta
  3. Why is a stabilizer necessary?
  4. Merely stiffening shocks/springs has limits for controlling a car as you wish.Stabilizers have become essential for supple,well-controlled suspension.Modern coilovers have improved,but making them bear too much responsibility for suppressing body motion lowers their limits(the same applies to factory-shape suspension).Letting stabilizers handle broad body-motion/roll control brings out the coilovers' inherent performance.At extreme cornering,to minimize changes in suspension characteristics and maximize capability,the stabilizer tries to keep a rolling body level when shocks reach their travel limits.This stabilizes posture and makes full use of tire contact/grip,giving suspension persistence near the limit.Better lap times/cornering speeds follow,so stabilizers are essential for a controllable,stable car. [OCR damaged;historical advertiser's technical claims]
  5. Good suspension requires reduced unsprung weight to make acceleration,cornering and braking effective.The advertiser describes stabilizers as mounted below the springs,and argues sufficiently strong,light hollow pipe is superior to heavy solid bars.Hollow pipe is presented as the best choice for optimal cornering without sacrificing either strength or lightness. [OCR damaged;historical technical claims]
  6. Why insist on hollow pipe?
  7. MEVNLVER
  8. Veloc
  9. The masters…
  10. 金子修司[reading uncertain]
  11. 山下広一[reading uncertain]
  12. 高橋博[reading uncertain]
  13. 古口美範[reading uncertain;OCR damaged];CBDriftContestGPwinner
  14. 吉元[personal name truncated]
  15. S
  16. 野沢巧[reading uncertain]
  17. BMChampionshipwinner [OCR damaged]
  18. BMCupHokkaido…
  19. …event winner
  20. DriftKingCup86championship winner
  21. BMCupTohoku winner
  22. 中…一弘[personal name corrupted]
  23. 板井輝明[reading uncertain;OCR damaged]
  24. CBDriftContestTohoku/Hokkaido winner
  25. 伊藤昭紀[reading uncertain]
  26. Ken Nomura
  27. IkatenYamanashi winner
  28. KatsuhiroUeo
  29. D1GrandPrixBihokuwinner
  30. V-OPTAll-Star event
  31. YasuyukiKazama
  32. BMCupTohoku…[result corrupted]
  33. CBDriftContestChubu winner
  34. Second event winner