Drift Tengoku — October 2003

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  1. Team competition
  2. The team class attracted four teams at the Eastern Japan event and seven at the Western Japan event, although one of the latter withdrew. That was somewhat fewer than the individual class, which had nearly 100 entries. Teams competed on points in the east and in a knockout tournament in the west. But this is the class Drift Tengoku wants to develop! The rule calls for three people from the same school, so it naturally feels as though they're carrying their school's reputation. The battle to establish themselves as a renowned drifting school was intensely tense!
  3. 米川正紀 (Yonekawa; given-name reading unverified)
  4. Machine specifications
  5. Age 21
  6. 1992 PS13; M’s air cleaner; uprated actuator; Blitz ECU; unknown-brand muffler
  7. Kaaz limited-slip differential
  8. Muffler of unknown make
  9. Front: Cusco coilovers
  10. ORC clutch
  11. Winners: Shun Ishijima / Masanori Yonekawa / Takayuki Kawai. [Name readings require confirmation.]
  12. Ashikaga Institute of Technology
  13. Rear: JIC coilovers
  14. Front: RE-01 (205/60 R15); wheels of unknown make (7.5J × 15, offset +45); 5 mm spacers. Rear: …G II (205/55 R16); wheels of unknown make (8J × 16, offset +38). [Rear tire name and some OCR values need confirmation.]
  15. BRIDE seat
  16. Tires & wheels
  17. URAS Pineapple subframe inserts
  18. [Unclear: isolated character.]
  19. Close formation drifting that belied their first attempt! Determination earned the victory!
  20. Despite battling trouble…
  21. “We won thanks to my two senior teammates!” — 河合隆之
  22. We decided the running order after the day's free practice. We had also entered the individual event, and the other two had the ability to reach the top eight. So rather than me adapting to someone else, they would adapt to my driving… [Sentence continues; some OCR words damaged.]
  23. I can't believe we won!
  24. Takayuki Kawai, age 21. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
  25. Competitor's comments
  26. During the morning's free practice, we were driving really well, and the three of us said, “At this rate, maybe we can win!”
  27. Ashikaga Institute of Technology
  28. Nismo fuel pump / air cleaner / one-off front pipe / M2 Sales muffler / oil cooler / SBC… (boost setting: 1.2 kg/cm²) / suspension (front 10 kg/mm, rear 8 kg/mm) / front bumper and side skirts / Nardi steering wheel. [Several brands, component descriptions and boost-controller name are unclear.]
  29. 1992 HCR32
  30. Injectors
  31. Machine specifications
  32. Tomei metal head gasket
  33. GT2835 turbo / Nismo… [fragment]
  34. Blitz intercooler
  35. Report
  36. Shun Ishijima. [Name reading requires confirmation.]
  37. Age 22
  38. …follow cars he doesn't normally follow… Ishijima would… [The running-order description is too damaged to recover this fragment reliably.]
  39. 1993 HR33; RB25DET swap; HKS air cleaner.
  40. …radiator / A'PEXi Power FC / Blitz SBC-iD / ATS carbon clutch… [List crosses source fragments.]
  41. …fuel pump
  42. Machine specifications
  43. Lead muffler / radiator of unknown make… [Brand/OCR partly unclear.]
  44. Tomei fuel… [fragment]
  45. Close formation drifting learned on the mountain passes!
  46. Front: AD07 (205/60 R16); 7J × 16 wheels, offset +38; 5 mm spacers. Rear: G… (205/55 R16); 7J × 16 wheels, offset +25; 25 mm spacers. [Wheel names and rear tire model unclear.]
  47. Tires & wheels
  48. Advan Racing… [fragment]
  49. …so I led, with Ishijima behind me and Yonekawa at the back. Actually, my car developed trouble before the team competition. The engine would stop revving when I entered a corner. My LSD is a one-way type, so it doesn't lock unless I'm on the throttle; when the engine suddenly stopped pulling, I'd spin. I spun on every competition run. I wondered how to apologize to my seniors, but their minds seemed full of the individual competition and they apparently weren't worried about my spins. Between the team event and the results announcement, the individual tournament took place. I didn't think we could win… [Continues in the following region.]
  50. …carbon limited-slip differential / ECR33 factory transmission swap / suspension with front and rear 10 kg/mm springs / steering-angle modifications / modified factory bumper with Diamante lip / ER33 two-door factory side skirts / Aero Palace rear bumper / Recaro SPG racing seat / Nardi steering wheel. [Several component names and chassis identifiers unclear.]
  51. [Unclear: isolated grammatical fragment.]
  52. [Unclear: isolated logo fragment.]
  53. [Unclear: isolated grammatical fragment.]
  54. …so if my seniors hadn't still been in the individual tournament, I'd definitely have gone home! This is just my own guess, but despite my spins, perhaps we won because the three cars were closer together than the other teams. I'm really grateful to my two seniors!
  55. Front: AD07 (215/45 R17); wheels 8.5J × 17, offset +33. [Wheel name unclear.]
  56. Tires & wheels
  57. Were fuel-starvation symptoms causing the spins?
  58. …driving… [fragment]
  59. 2 [isolated numeral]
  60. …kawa [name fragment]
  61. …Kawai [name fragment]
  62. [Unclear: isolated symbol.]
  63. 20 mm spacers used. [Clipped specification.]
  64. Rear: AD07 (215/45 R17); wheels 9J × 17, offset +24. [Wheel name unclear.]
  65. The engine stopped pulling when the fuel sloshed to one side. Kawai himself knew this, but the pump fuse sometimes blew too, so fuel movement alone probably wasn't the cause. He says he drove the team competition anxiously wondering when the fuse might blow. [OCR partly damaged; source review pending.]
  66. The three of us will enter again next year! Third place
  67. Only a tiny margin behind the winners! Second place
  68. Eastern Japan event
  69. Sato (佐藤裕). [Given-name reading requires confirmation.]
  70. Kanagawa Institute of Technology
  71. JZX90
  72. Nihon University
  73. The Kanagawa Institute of Technology team had to change a member at short notice the day before the event. They approached the competition intending to drift close enough to bump one another. But none of them—including Sato, who had won the previous event—had driven Nikko Circuit before, and they apparently couldn't commit fully. Since Sato will be repeating the academic year, they look set to practice hard for next year… [Closing line continues elsewhere.]
  74. Sawada (澤田太). [Given-name reading requires confirmation.]
  75. Yasushi Iwanaga (岩永康史). [Name reading requires confirmation.]
  76. Age 21
  77. Age 21
  78. Age 19
  79. HCR32
  80. HCR32
  81. SPORTS
  82. Kawaguchi, age 21 / Yukihiro Ueda, age 22, PS13. [Kawaguchi's given-name fragment and name readings require confirmation.]
  83. Takashi Kondo (近藤崇). [Name reading requires confirmation.]
  84. Age 21
  85. PS13
  86. S14. [Chassis-code OCR partly unclear.]
  87. …it seems. [Sentence ending.]
  88. …so it's disappointing!
  89. We were aiming to win again this year…
  90. “Maybe our third-gear handbrake entries didn't have enough impact…?” Fourth-year student Kawaguchi offered that as the reason for defeat. Of this year's members, only third-year student Ueda can enter this event again next year. We hope he'll train the younger students and achieve the victory his seniors couldn't!
  91. We thought we could win…
  92. …but…
  93. 米川正紀: front RE01 205/60-15 tires, unidentified 7.5J×15 wheels offset +45 with 5 mm spacers. Rear Grid II 205/55-16 tires, unidentified 8J×16 wheels offset +38.
  94. 石島俊: 1993 HR33 with RB25DET swap; HKS air cleaner; Tomei fuel pump; Lead muffler; unidentified radiator; A’PEXi Power FC; Blitz SBC-iD; ATS carbon twin clutch; KAAZ LSD; ECR33 factory transmission swap; Racing Gear V Stage coilovers (front/rear 10 kg/mm); modified tie rods and increased steering angle; modified HR33 front bumper; Diamante factory lip; ER33 two-door factory side steps; Aero Palace rear bumper; Recaro SPG Racer seat; Daytona steering wheel.
  95. 石島俊: front Neova AD07 215/45-17 tires, Zeit 8.5J×17 wheels offset +33, 20 mm spacers. Rear Neova AD07 215/45-17 tires, Modena 9J×17 wheels offset +24.
  96. 河合隆之: 1992 HCR32; GT2835 turbo; Nismo injectors; Tomei metal head gasket; Nismo fuel pump; Blitz intercooler; M’s air cleaner; Boss exhaust manifold; one-off front pipe; M2 Hanbai muffler; Earl’s oil cooler; Ikeya Formula ECU; Blitz SBC-iD, set boost 1.2 kg/cm²; Nismo Copper Mix clutch; Kei Office coilovers, front 10/rear 8 kg/mm; Live Sports front bumper and side steps; Nardi steering wheel.
  97. 河合隆之: front Neova AD07 205/60-16, Versus 7J×16 wheels offset +38, 5 mm spacers. Rear G Grid 205/55-16, Advan Racing 7J×16 wheels offset +25, 25 mm spacers.