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. Instructor: a body-reinforcement expert from Michinoku
  2. Oginome
  3. I decided to reinforce the body so the suspension would move properly and deliver sharp response!
  4. Excelent Worl
  5. Secret techniques
  6. Improving body rigidity
  7. Ercelent Werks
  8. JoD Astendtie Tuhady
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  10. BHRIDE
  11. Excelent Works
  12. Excelent Works
  13. Technical shop
  14. NIDAMPER
  15. H.Oginome
  16. JDISPEC
  17. LPL
  18. IMPEOWEMENT
  19. POWER
  20. NIGN
  21. Ogura Racing
  22. Ωmega
  23. Clutch
  24. J&D Antometieies
  25. トョッ Shiroishi shop [company name OCR uncertain]
  26. Do Co Mo
  27. …even with them fitted, a low-rigidity body flexes and reduces the parts’ performance. Here we introduce a car reinforced beyond commercially available reinforcement parts to improve handling… [OCR interleaves adjacent columns]
  28. …even after fitting spherical-bearing arms and coilovers to improve handling… [continued]
  29. …to improve feel, the bo… [clipped fragment]
  30. …cuts the parts’ performance in half. That is why body reinforcement is needed. We introduce this thoroughly reinforced 180SX, built to improve handling. [OCR damaged]
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  32. Drift cars
  33. Essential!
  34. Handling
  35. “For sharp response, each suspension arm needs to move smoothly as the suspension works. But if the body, which forms its foundation, flexes, I do not think you can get the setup right no matter what you do,” says Oginome. In other words, handling… [continued]
  36. Secret techniques
  37. A body that does not flex is essential for proper suspension movement! Starting with a six-point roll cage, custom bars transformed it into an 18-point cage. The body also has extensive additional spot welding. Though built like a racing car, this 180SX is mainly used for drif… [continued]
  38. …improving handling and emphasizing suspension movement led to this body construction. Widening the track and body is especially popular lately. But widening the track increases the distance between the tire and the arm pivot… [continued]
  39. …and undoubtedly increases loads on the body. The goal is to dramatically increase body rigidity and obtain the full performance of the parts. Concentrating reinforcement in just one area can shift the burden onto unreinforced areas… [continued]
  40. Toe
  41. Photography: Kazuhiro Komatsu [name reading unverified]
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