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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  1. New project begins!?
  2. September3,20:30 [OCR damaged]
  3. On a rainy night just before deadline,a small car rolled off a ferry from Tomakomai at Tokyo Ariake.The Starlet wore a proud4WDside decal.The man collecting it signed the receipt:Drift Tengoku editorial department. [OCR damaged]
  4. 4WDmeans EP85! Sorry for the abrupt story.It hardly deserved2pages,but here's our report:we bought a1991four-wheel-drive Starlet.Why now? Obviously,to remove front driveshafts and make it FR! We sought a cheap,unique,fun car and decided on4WDconverted toFR.
  5. A4WDmodel with plentiful tuning parts and a purchase price below¥100,000? Only Starlet! Cheap EPbody;convert theFF-based car toFR
  6. So at an auto auction,
  7. Look forward to it.It'll look
  8. And inevitably stand out!
  9. We asked a friendly Hokkaido enthusiast to find one,where4WDEPs are more common than Honshu.They found it cheap:¥…5,000 [leading price digit corrupted;compare opposite-page¥15,000].
  10. We want a drift car good to look at and drive.First suspension,differential andFRconversion,then turbo-engine swap.Appearance soon too;lowering should help.Eventually,original aero! If interested,why not buy aStarlet by next month? The modification project has just begun.Let's build anFR☆EPtogether! [OCR damaged;historical project plan]
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  13. AWD
  14. Starlet's Flex Full-time4WDuses a rotary triple-blade coupling in the middle of the propeller shaft to automatically distribute front/rear torque by driving conditions.Impressive,but we'll remove front driveshafts and lock the center differential. [OCR damaged;historical project plan]
  15. EP85four-wheel-drive system
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  21. Naturally aspirated,of course—and still carbureted!
  22. Bold prediction of the finished car!
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  24. A contemporary dress-up might look like this.We matched the body color to theCefiro.What a head-turning Starlet! Let's do it!
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  26. DRIFTTENCOKU
  27. Engine:4E-F,1330ccHigh-mecha twin cam.We expected injection,but it's carbureted! Catalog says82hp.Want to fit the135hpturbo soon.Lowest grade? No power windows,central locking or tachometer! We'll just say interior tuning will be fun. [OCR damaged]
  28. Manual window cranks…
  29. That's all we can do. [sentence fragment]
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