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 153 · English draft

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  1. Installing the GT wing reportedly took five hours! All that effort getting the position right paid off: it looks great. Among four-door sedans, the Altezza really suits a GT wing.
  2. ALTEZZA
  3. Turbo setup on its second engine
  4. ATEDZ
  5. 1997 model [year as OCR]. Purchase price: ¥3,300,000. Tuning cost: about ¥4,000,000. Imaichi, Tochigi Prefecture.
  6. SXE10)
  7. Takahiro Uchikoshi [name reading provisional].
  8. Age 25
  9. A proper front-mounted intercooler raises its fighting potential! His team, ADC (… [OCR damaged; continuation follows].
  10. Owner’s comment: The engine blew half a year ago, but undeterred I am going all out with another turbo setup. My wife may get angry soon, so I will try to handle things well. If anyone drifts an Altezza in Tochigi [place name damaged], shall we drive together? ★ Amazing! So there really are committed Altezza drifters. Visually, it looks almost finished already, right? The stock naturally aspirated engine was short on power after all. Opinions differ, but how well does the turbo conversion and extra power suit drifting?
  11. Team: SK’P & ADC [continuation OCR damaged]. Drifting experience: six years.
  12. …turbo conversions are apparently spreading there too.
  13. Actually, it is naturally aspirated and automatic!
  14. IRIS
  15. SKYLNE
  16. A serious black setup
  17. ET
  18. 1999 ER34. Purchase price: ¥1,300,000. Tuning cost: ¥700,000. Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture.
  19. A serious build focused on what is underneath. Lowering it a little more and bringing the wheels flush with the body would make it look even sharper. The GT wing and [muffler description damaged] show excellent parts selection. How about adding spacers to bring the wheels flush?
  20. This month’s
  21. [Unclear: isolated “イ”.]
  22. Naoki Takahashi
  23. Team: unaffiliated. Drifting experience: one year.
  24. Age 33
  25. Grand prize
  26. [Unclear specification list: readable items include Blitz SUS Power, GT wing, GTO GT canards, Recaro SR III, water-temperature, oil-temperature and oil-pressure gauges, BEO/ar.S-03 wheels, and Neova AD07 tires. Other brand/model names are heavily damaged.]
  27. Car specification
  28. Fujitsubo Legalis R muffler; SARD sports radiator; Nis… [list continues].
  29. Sileighty with an S14 front end
  30. Owner’s comment: It has been a year and a half since I bought a stock 180SX. I converted it to a Sileighty and built it up this far, concentrating heavily on appearance. Since getting married I cannot spend as much money, but I want to keep looking after it. ★ The sharp late-S14 face suits the 180SX. There is a theory that our own Nakanishi was the first to do this conversion, though probably nobody knows! He used to own a 180SX and bought the parts to combine them immediately after the late S14 was released.
  31. Owner’s comment: I improved the cooling system to deliver stable power and prevent engine failure. The GT wing, GT canards and aero hood also improve airflow. I want everyone to see how far even a naturally aspirated automatic can evolve. ★ Rumor has it used ER34 prices are rising thanks to Nomuken’s success, but an NA automatic is still rare in the drift world. Perhaps you did not originally buy it for drifting? [Fragment follows: it looks sharp and cool!]
  32. 180SX
  33. 1996 model
  34. RPS13)
  35. Purchase price: ¥1,000,000. Tuning cost: over ¥2,000,000. Hachioji, Tokyo.
  36. Yusuke Oya [name reading provisional].
  37. Wide rear fenders, a GT wing and the now-rare one-line taillights: an appearance-focused build with no obvious gaps! Try a power upgrade while your wife is not looking! [OCR damaged; adjoining fragments complete the comment.]
  38. Or is it a deliberate preference?
  39. Black really makes it look tighter…
  40. Team: unaffiliated. Drifting experience: not supplied.
  41. [Unclear: isolated “名”.]
  42. [Unclear: isolated “や”.]
  43. Age 21
  44. Car specification
  45. In future, your wife… [fragment continues elsewhere].
  46. Next issue’s Great Modify grand prize will receive a shift boot [OCR damaged] provided by Car Make T&E! Drift Tengoku supports drifters who like driving but love modifying cars even more. Photograph your car from the front and rear, its interior and [additional view damaged], and send the pictures to the editors with plenty of information: address, name, age, car model, chassis code, year, purchase price, tuning costs, team, drifting experience, modification details and comments. Among the selected submissions, the car that really catches our eye receives a deluxe prize!
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  48. HKS Power Flow, Hi-Power muffler; [intercooler/valve brands damaged]; KTS front pipe; [coilover brand damaged]; Ings front bumper; VeilSide side steps; M Sports rear fenders; Ganador aero mirrors; KTS GT wing; Yokohama [wheel identifier damaged]; one-line taillights; [wheel model damaged], F 8J-17/R 10… [continuation follows].
  49. Yashio two-layer radiator; Bli… [list continues].
  50. J-1B), etc. [Identifier reproduced from OCR.]
  51. Send to
  52. 151-0051. Everyone’s Car Showcase Section, Drift Tengoku Editorial Department, 3-26-5 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
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  54. This is no ordinary Sileighty!