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 63 · English draft

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

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  1. [Unclear: corrupted heading]
  2. People spot it pretty quickly!
  3. Made it look like NISMO!
  4. HCR32 Skyline — Kazuhiro Sasamoto (Takachiho University) [name reading unverified; school ending clipped]
  5. I put NISMO stickers on M2 Hanbai DT-05R wheels. They almost look like LM GT4s, don’t they? The stickers are genuine and cost ¥1,000. [OCR damaged]
  6. Rear bumper converted…
  7. …into a rear underspoiler!
  8. [Unclear: fragmented rear-part heading]
  9. #20
  10. nsm
  11. #
  12. 18
  13. Even poor-fitting parts can be made to work!
  14. RPS13 — Tomotaka Saito (Kokushikan University) [reading unverified]. Cheap aero parts fitted so badly that I could not install them properly. I cut off the lower half and used it as an underspoiler for the factory bumper, and it fitted perfectly!
  15. 180SX
  16. Nice idea! Reducing the spacing between the sticker letters shows skill. From two meters away, no one will notice! [OCR damaged]
  17. Four headlamps illuminated together!
  18. 25
  19. Many people struggle with poor-fitting aero parts. Keeping the well-fitting factory bumper and turning the other part into an underspoiler is a bold…
  20. ECR33 — 俊 Ishijima (Ashikaga Institute of Technology) [given-name reading unverified]. Wiring changes and a relay allow the high and low beams to illuminate together. Four lamps at once increase visual impact during drifting. [OCR damaged]
  21. Skyline
  22. …idea!
  23. A relay makes it possible!
  24. With a relay, this is an easy modification. Converting not just the low beams but also the high beams to HID might be good too. [historical editorial comment; OCR damaged]
  25. Trouble prevention
  26. Ultra-low-cost BEST 50 — Student Championship [heading damaged]
  27. HCR32 Skyline — 摩利 Mizude [given-name reading unverified]
  28. No wiring-related trouble!
  29. [Unclear: isolated fragment]
  30. Wiring treatment is perfect!
  31. [Unclear: isolated character]
  32. This oil cooler is for a Zephyr 400 motorcycle, but its pipes match the power-steering pipe diameter, so it works as a power-steering cooler. Using the metal reservoir cap from a BCNR33 also prevents overflow. [OCR damaged]
  33. (Kyoei University)
  34. #
  35. 27
  36. Some people use motorcycle oil coolers for power steering, but changing the reservoir cap too is a new one to us! All his friends do it, so it must be effective. [OCR damaged]
  37. #
  38. ADVAN
  39. RPS13 — Junichi Inuzuka (Tottori University) [reading unverified]. I unplugged the cabin fuse-box connectors and relocated the wiring into the engine bay. I divided the wiring bundle into five groups to address the clearance problem. [OCR damaged]
  40. 180SX
  41. Otherwise the hood would no longer close… [continued]
  42. Drift Tengoku has covered wiring relocation repeatedly, but a finish this neat is perfect. He says there has been no wiring trouble at all. [OCR damaged]
  43. [Unclear: isolated character]
  44. 2
  45. This solved the problem!
  46. [Unclear: corrupted participant/university fragment]
  47. A31 Cefiro — Koichiro Sakanaka [name reading unverified]
  48. Bathroom caulk is surprisingly useful!
  49. I bought expanding urethane foam spray at a home center and filled it. That alone makes a substantial difference in strength. [OCR damaged]
  50. Urethane reinforcement to prevent cracking seems effective, though the foam looks rather like poop to us! [OCR damaged; editorial joke]
  51. [Unclear: isolated character]
  52. Zephyr oil cooler plus GT-R cap: a thorough remedy! It works very well against power-steering-fluid overflow. [OCR damaged]
  53. Essential for snow drifting!
  54. Hirotaka Hasegawa (Asahi University) [reading unverified]. I cracked the oil pan in qualifying. With nothing to lose, I sealed the crack with bathroom caulk and the oil leak stopped! From now on it will be a regular emergency-repair item in my toolbox. [historical owner quotation; OCR damaged]
  55. A31
  56. Cefiro
  57. 61
  58. Amazing that bathroom caulk worked on a cracked oil pan! Glad you could drive then. Have you replaced the oil pan yet? [OCR damaged]
  59. Preventing bumper cracks!