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 77 · English draft

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

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  1. D1
  2. GRAND PRIX
  3. This is all the Drift Tengoku team’s equipment: a set of hand tools and a jack; spares consist only of tires and tie rods. It is extraordinarily minimal. They even drive to D1 under their own power. Could they be taking D1 a little too lightly? [OCR damaged]
  4. Rd.5
  5. EBISU
  6. 8.8-9
  7. 2003
  8. cova
  9. Here is the Drift Tengoku team’s complete equipment!
  10. Extra edition: the Drift Tengoku regular duo shine! [OCR damaged]
  11. DATA3
  12. Qualifying entrants (red indicates those who qualified). Names retained in original OCR spelling; many characters/word boundaries need image verification: 予選参加者ス卜（赤字は予通過者） 内海影乃/末永正/三木電二/户谷教刷/丸 田敏正/食口满/手缘强/風阁靖章神本寿 由所義文/上野高広/高欣通湾/齐藤哲也/富 久田俊一/村真医/時田雅/出水田裕橱 春山隆/平岡郎/久保知之/山下広一/前田 级/古口美赖/描田浩司/大久保征宽/潮婚城
  13. Entrant names, continued [OCR spellings retained; verify]: 获野目久/精潮道/若松康史/中源司/板井 拜昭黑井敦史/杂庭公范出浦史郎平野浩 量池田昌弘高田良二/明和也林田和也 正福太郎/星野孝明鈴木智哉/永家尚幸吉 川松井有纪夫与那国亨茂木武士/林
  14. Entrant names, continued [OCR spellings retained; verify]: 山本聖刚佐久間達也松井隆行水烟力
  15. Wet setup means changing tire pressures only! They used Neovas again. “They are good in the dry, but you appreciate them even more in the wet. Even while aquaplaning, you can feel a little of what the road is doing!” … [speaker/remaining phrase corrupted]. They previously used …-width tires, but switched to 255-width tires from the last round. The idea was to be able to stop even after charging in fully sideways. [OCR damaged; earlier width unresolved]
  16. Entrant names, continued [OCR spellings retained; verify]: 烟页人/田中裕司野沢巧/友兼村田
  17. Entrant names, continued [OCR spellings retained; verify]: 郁雄箕輪慎治/平岛昭彦/ド外待/田部井 宏史福住昌憲/福垣务己/土屋英雄志和地 康之村上满久松健二/增子清孝永市智也
  18. Entrant names, continued [OCR spellings retained; verify]: 三上広美/星野浩孝/柴田裕成掛水優/伊藤 智戸崎功二/高橋博/愈永智英/松田久 佐藤幸榭/阿島哲哉/伊藤昭纪
  19. Entrant names, continued [OCR spellings retained; verify]: 吉田贵德藤野秀之小烟仁宏/廣田友和
  20. As for the finals…
  21. Drift Tengoku Cefiro, Round 5 setup: ADVAN Neova tires, front 235/40-17, rear 255/40-17. Tire pressures cold: front 2.0, rear 2.2 [unit transcribed キロ]; after running, … only adjusted to 2.4 [which axle is corrupted]. Front toe: one turn of the tie rod toward toe-out at the circuit. Boost: 0.8 kg/cml [unit OCR damaged]. … rate unchanged [spring label corrupted]. Shock damping: maximum front and rear. Changes since Round 4: LSD replaced, from an R31 factory unit with extra shims to Nismo GT LSD Pro … [OCR damaged; ending truncated]
  22. DATA 2
  23. Completely beaten on a dry track! At the limit of the car’s performance!?
  24. Well, as usual, we were eliminated in the first round. The judges said … [comments corrupted]. But I think this is the limit with our … boost/setup [OCR damaged]. …people are charging in with everything they have… [fragment]. Our rivals’ cars have been improving with every round, after all. [Several clauses unresolved; do not reconstruct]
  25. After the second, nearly dry practice run: “The water temperature is worrying—it reached 106 degrees.” The newly fitted Nismo LSD worked without problems, and changing from a 2-way to a 1.5-way seemed to help. A reassuring relief. [OCR damaged]
  26. His all-out charge astonished the judges!
  27. VAN
  28. DRIFTTENGOKU
  29. ADVA-
  30. DRIFT TENGOKU
  31. JVAN
  32. DRIFTTENGOKU
  33. DRIFT TENGOKU
  34. DRIFTTENGOKU
  35. The Samurai had been nervous all morning, saying, “Rain is scary,” but after qualifying he said, “The Cefiro has …! Even in that rain, it never felt dangerous! The suspension, differential and tires were all perfect! Rainy Ebisu is the best!” Before long he was in … mode [phrase corrupted]. Keeping his foot down even while going off the course—that is impressive. [OCR damaged]
  36. DR
  37. DRIFTTENGOKU
  38. TENGOKU
  39. DRIFTTONCORU
  40. wrw.v-opt.ct.ia
  41. Drift Tengoku Cefiro with Drift Samurai: qualified for the D1 Grand Prix for the second time!
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