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 65 · English draft

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

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  1. Interior styling
  2. White gauges with correction fluid!
  3. ER32 Skyline — Yuya Morinaga (Nakanihon Automotive College) [reading unverified]
  4. #
  5. 36
  6. An ultra-cheap drift handbrake knob! Cefiro
  7. #40
  8. A31
  9. Kazuki Kobayashi [reading unverified]
  10. (Kochi University of Technology)
  11. You do not need a special drift knob: after removing the spring, simply stop the factory knob from sinking in too far. I screwed a five-yen coin in place as the stopper. [OCR damaged]
  12. Impressive that you did not just think, “I can buy one for about ¥1,000!” It shows you understand what tuning parts do. [ending clipped]
  13. TRENTAQUATRL
  14. BRMD
  15. spookys!
  16. Adapted an Apex seat!
  17. The markings still light up!
  18. Buying a drift handbrake knob would be a waste, wouldn’t it?
  19. I modified the factory gauges to resemble white-face gauges using correction fluid. The markings still light from behind, so visibility is fine. I covered the gauge panel with carbon-pattern vinyl. [OCR damaged]
  20. …you cannot tell. Making the coolant and fuel gauges white too would be even better! [OCR damaged]
  21. Correction fluid is a very student-like approach! The finish is neat; at a glance, it does not look homemade… [continued]
  22. Bicycle grip on the handbrake lever
  23. It fitted with minor modifications!
  24. RPS13 — Hiroyuki Ando (Japan Aviation University, name as OCR) [reading unverified]
  25. 180SX
  26. I will keep using it!
  27. #38
  28. #39
  29. KP61
  30. Starlet — (Hiroshima advanced technical school, name as OCR) [name continued elsewhere]
  31. 照宜 Iwai [given-name reading unverified]. I threw away the worn factory seat and fitted an AE86 seat on the passenger side. It is not bolt-on, but the modification is simple: slot the front-right bracket and use a homemade bracket at the rear-left. It is comfortable too! [OCR damaged]
  32. This is apparently a standard swap among KP owners. It is surprising how naturally the AE86 seat matches the interior! [OCR damaged]
  33. Coordinating the colors is fun! [OCR damaged]
  34. A Supra part fits perfectly!
  35. This panel is apparently an Aero Craft KAZE product. It fits the 180SX so well that it looks model-specific. You are lucky to have such a friend! [OCR damaged]
  36. RPS13 — Hideo Tsuruta (Meijo University) [reading unverified]. I fitted a blue bicycle grip to the handbrake lever to match the roll-cage padding and steering wheel. Drift Tengoku showed the method, and it works well! Using the handbrake is fun!
  37. 180SX
  38. When I drove a JZA70 Supra, a friend gave me this gauge panel. I wanted to keep using it after changing cars, so I placed it on the dashboard, and it fitted perfectly. [following wiring passage interleaved]
  39. Gauge wiring passes through a hole in the dashboard from behind. [OCR damaged]
  40. 180SX
  41. But the ste… [clipped fragment]
  42. Suspension and body rigidity improvements
  43. The interior is styled in blue. The handbrake grip matches so well that it does not look like a bicycle part! A shame we cannot show it in color. [OCR damaged]
  44. Crossmember welding improves solid feel!
  45. #41
  46. Homemade roll cage!
  47. AE86
  48. 亮 Fujimori [given-name reading unverified]. I heated steel pipe with a torch and bent it to make a roll cage! It is a little uneven, but padding hides that, and rigidity seems higher. A homemade cage! We tried it in this month’s Drift Samurai too, but bends developed wrinkles and it was difficult. How did Fujimori’s bends turn out—any wrinkles? [OCR damaged]
  49. …(Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University)
  50. Levin
  51. #
  52. 2
  53. Bent by hand!
  54. It is a homemade roll cage!
  55. Welded reinforcement costs no money—great!
  56. 直責 Kobayashi [given-name OCR uncertain]. I added welds to reinforce the rear crossmember and painted it blue. It takes time, but costs no money, so welding is great! [OCR damaged]
  57. C33
  58. Laurel
  59. (Aichi Institute of Technology)
  60. True—welding skills are useful in many ways. The crossmember is not merely welded; details include rigid mounting at the front. [OCR damaged]
  61. He seems to have reinforced every area that concerned him, so rigidity may have improved considerably…
  62. S13
  63. Shoichiro Nakao (Nissan Kyoto automobile technical school, name as OCR) [reading unverified]. Welding directly gives the same effect even without a roll cage. Doing it this boldly makes it effective! [OCR damaged; historical owner claim]
  64. Silvia [clipped]
  65. 43
  66. …the vinyl tape shows concern for appearance—charming! [preceding fragment missing]
  67. …perhaps?
  68. Just one area… [fragment]
  69. 63
  70. I really am considering rigidity!