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 46 · English draft

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

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  1. Eight years of dedication!
  2. Nobutaka Miyajima — SILVIA (S14) [name reading unverified]
  3. Getting the driving position right is the shortcut to accurate handling!
  4. Miyajima has used the same Nardi Classic for eight years. He likes its thin spokes. A hub spacer is essential for creating a driving position without compromise. [OCR damaged]
  5. ① No steering-angle modification. ② Neova (235/45-17). ③ マキシス hub spacer [brand OCR uncertain].
  6. ① No steering-angle modification. ② Neova (215/45-17). ③ Modified seat rails / clutch-pedal cover.
  7. Tomoyasu Kawakami [given-name reading unverified]
  8. SILVIA(S14)
  9. The cover is approximately 3 cm [comparative thickness wording corrupted] compared with the standard clutch cover. [fragment]
  10. IJ
  11. At the Ebisu Summer Festival, we asked 50 drivers…
  12. Kawakami is small in stature at 155 cm. With a full bucket seat fitted, he could not reach the clutch pedal, so the seat rails were modified to move farther forward and a thick rubber cover was fitted over the pedal. The commercially available cover reportedly cost ¥1,500 at Autobacs.
  13. Survey questions: ① Have you increased steering angle? If so, tell us the part name. ② What front tires do you use? ③ What parts do you use to improve handling? [OCR damaged]
  14. Survey questions
  15. Tell us your tunin… [heading fragment]
  16. …we asked!
  17. …g [continued heading]
  18. S-compound tires at the front are fundamental!
  19. Kazuaki Ogawa [name reading unverified]
  20. CEFIRO(A31）
  21. [Unclear: isolated character]
  22. [Unclear: decorative heading fragment]
  23. Expert secrets and parts tests should have made the path to better handling much clearer! For readers who now want to try it themselves, here is more useful reference data. We gathered it by approaching drivers at the Ebisu Drift Summer Festival. Everyone has quite specific preferences! [OCR damaged]
  24. ① No steering-angle modification. ② RE540S (225/50-15). ③ Rigid steering-shaft collar.
  25. Ogawa fitted S-compound tires at the front. With less-grippy tires at the rear, the car slides readily without understeer, allowing confident driving. He deliberately avoids increasing steering angle because he fears the steering might fail to return at full countersteer. [OCR damaged]
  26. Extended lower arms are extremely effective!
  27. Jun Yashiro — LEVIN (AE86) [name reading unverified]
  28. Summer Festival
  29. S04
  30. Yes, modified
  31. ① Chie no Wa. ② RE-01 (225/45-17). ③ No… [continued; OCR damaged]
  32. URAS
  33. Takahiro Uchikoshi — ALTEZZA (SXE10) [name reading unverified]
  34. …Mr. [name suffix]
  35. …particular parts. [continued answer]
  36. How is that? Quite an angle, isn’t it!
  37. NOTUL
  38. AD
  39. ① Yes, modified
  40. …gearbox and adapted GT-V knuckles. ② [tire model corrupted] (195/50-15). ③ Extended lower arms. [OCR damaged]
  41. GT Apex
  42. Uchikoshi uses URAS Chie no Wa to increase steering angle. “I cannot really feel the effect, but a drifter has to do it!” he replies cheerfully. His car has a Blitz bolt-on turbo kit and makes a maximum of 260 horsepower. [OCR damaged]
  43. Yashiro used Global spherical-bearing lower arms to move the front tires outward by about 50 mm. He says the wider front track feels especially good in the rain. His steering-angle modification uses the familiar combination of a GT Apex gearbox and adapted GT-V knuckles. [OCR damaged]
  44. Tomoyuki Baba [name reading unverified]
  45. LAUREL(C34)
  46. Lightness matters for the intercooler too!
  47. Baba adapted a factory intercooler transcribed as ECH33 for low weight [chassis code OCR uncertain]. He says intercooler weight noticeably changes turn-in. The engine is an RB26 bored out to 2650 [unit corrupted] with a stroke-increase specification. [engine displacement/specification OCR requires source verification]
  48. ① No modification. ② RE-01 (215… [continued]
  49. For contingencies, he also brings spare lower arms made by welding extensions onto factory arms. テツクト handles the welding [shop name uncertain], and so far there has been no trouble from the welded extensions…
  50. Adapted factory intercooler reduces front-end weight… [continued]
  51. …/45-17). ③… [OCR punctuation damaged]
  52. With lower arms extended this far, the tie rods apparently also need extension. The tie-rod ends were cut and extended by welding in steel rod. [OCR damaged]
  53. …no trouble! [continued]
  54. …reduction [continued heading]
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