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 64 · English draft

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  1. Ultra-low-cost idea modifications [OCR damaged]
  2. It really worked!
  3. Cooling improvements
  4. BEST 50 — Student Championship
  5. #31
  6. Turn the electric fan on with a switch!
  7. Naoki Kawabata [reading unverified]
  8. Cefiro
  9. A31
  10. #
  11. 30
  12. Extended the shroud after an SR swap!
  13. (Tokyo science/arts technical school, name as OCR)
  14. In summer, keeping it on is the starting point!
  15. S14
  16. Silvia
  17. After swapping in an SR engine, the fan shroud was too short. It did not seem effective, so I extended it with aluminum sheet and rivets. It worked, and coolant temperature became less prone to rising. [OCR damaged]
  18. Shingo Sato (Tottori University) [reading unverified]
  19. I extended the electric-fan relay wiring from the relay box so I can switch the fan on and off from inside. At this time of year I keep it on; coolant temperature seems a little less prone to rising. [OCR damaged]
  20. A clever idea! A modification that makes use of the fan’s ability. The factory shroud deserves respect! [OCR damaged]
  21. Coupling… [fragment]
  22. …seems to have… [fragment]
  23. Extend the wiring from the relay rather than directly from the electric fan. The switch beside the hazard switch also looks convenient. [OCR damaged]
  24. Washer spray [OCR damaged]
  25. The Primera electric fan cools well!
  26. I do everything I can!
  27. It looks as though it will cool well, doesn’t it?
  28. S13 Silvia — Shoichiro Nakao (Nissan Kyoto automobile technical school, name as OCR) [reading unverified]. It is still in progress, but I am cutting the hood’s inner framework and making ducts with a grinder. To prevent overheating after driving, I moved the washer nozzle ahead of the radiator. A GT-R electric fan is effective too. [OCR damaged]
  29. #
  30. The hood duct is still being made, but removing so much framework should save weight. The wipers moved when the washer spray was activated; perhaps simply unplugging the wiper connector would solve that? [OCR damaged]
  31. Removing condenser fins cools the radiator! 浩平 [name/institution fragment corrupted]
  32. S14
  33. Silvia
  34. #
  35. Kohei Suzuki (Kanazawa Institute of Technology) [reading unverified]
  36. A31
  37. Cefiro
  38. #
  39. 亮 Nakatsukasa (Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University) [name reading unverified]
  40. I saw Fukuda do it in Drift Tengoku and have done it since my previous 180SX. Cooling performance is good too! [OCR damaged]
  41. It is a trick I have used for a long time. Combined with an adapted Cedric radiator, cooling measures are well covered. [OCR damaged]
  42. Many people adapt electric fans, but this S14 also removed the viscous-coupling fan for a fully electric setup. Engine response seems good as a result. [OCR damaged]
  43. Removing this many condenser fins is bold! Apparently the air conditioning still works properly even with so many removed. [OCR damaged]
  44. Used an aquarium thermometer!
  45. A31
  46. Kazuki Kobayashi (Kochi University of Technology) [reading unverified]. It is an aquarium unit. I removed the factory coolant-temperature sender and sealed this sensor in with caulk. The drawback is that radiator internal pressure cannot be raised… [OCR damaged]
  47. Cefiro
  48. Everyone in our group does this!
  49. An original coolant-temperature gauge!
  50. #34V
  51. His idea surprised us—installing this gauge with caulk! It has no backlight, so an LED lamp illuminates it. [OCR damaged]
  52. …that is the drawback. [continued]