Drift Tengoku — September 2004 · Page 297
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Complete suspension review; rear stabilizer changed to a … type . Second car entered; final drive changed to 4.0. Exhaust-noise measures: wastegate …, final drive 3.2.
Changed to an atmosphere-vented wastegate, final drive 3.2. … changed steering-lock parts to JIC …, final drive 3.9 . In D1's fourth season, this Vertex Soarer was the only JZZ30 Soarer to enter and score points. Keeping this heavyweight coupe, weighing 1.7 tonnes in stock form, at the front each season reflects extraordinary passion and effort.
Its exterior is still close to a street car, but underneath it has racing specifications rivaling GT Championship machinery. The crimson Soarer bearing the VERTEX name deserves to be called one of Japan's finest cars.
Captions and page details
D1 Grand Prix results and the car's development history
The 2001 model competed because setup was incomplete. Debut of the 2002–03 model; repeated electrical problems. … changed to F16/16 …
Eliminated in the second round
Fifth place
Unveiled at the Auto Salon
Round 1 (Bihoku) [venue inferred from abbreviation]
January
February
2002
Eliminated in the first round
Eliminated in the first round
Round 2 (Ebisu) [venue inferred from abbreviation]
Round 3 (Sugo)
Round 4 (Tsukuba)
April
May
July
Added washers to increase steering lock. Retuned suspension for new Neova tires. Changed turbo from GT30 Pro to GT3037S with external wastegate. Major alignment changes, including more caster. Changed arms to factory JZA80 Supra parts. Second car entered an exhibition match, with no points awarded. Final-drive ratio changed to 3.7, then 3.2.
Top 16
Eliminated in the first round
Eliminated in the first round
Round 7 (Nikko)
Round 6 (Sekia) [venue inferred from abbreviation]
Round 5 (Ebisu) [venue inferred from abbreviation]
August
September
November
Rd:2SUGO
Eliminated in the first round
Ninth place
Eliminated in the first round
Round 1 (Tsukuba)
Round 2 (Bihoku)
Round 3 (Sugo)
February
March
2003
VERTEX
Did not pass qualifying
Eliminated in the first round
Round 4 (Fuji)
Round 5 (Ebisu) [venue inferred from abbreviation]
April
July
August
Did not pass qualifying
Third place
Did not pass qualifying
Round 6 (Sekia)
Irwindale
Round 7 (Tsukuba)
October
November
Top eight
Failed to qualify
Did not enter the Odaiba round. Odaiba All-Star event. Round 1 (Irwindale).
January
February
2004
Failed to qualify
Top eight
Odaiba exhibition
All-Star match
April
TURBINE:UIKS GT3037S ENGINE:HKS VALCON PLUSV CAM KIT PROIN2GD CONTROL:F COnVpro EVC (WIAX BOOSTI.35kg DRIVE-TRAIN:ORC TWIN PLATE SUSPENSION:HIKS IIYPERMAXD BRAKE:(FPROJECTCALIPER (R)JZASO CALIPER TZERO TR PAD WHEEL RAIS VOLKRACING GTC TIRE:ADVAN NEOVI AERO:VERTEX(F S R) SARD GT WING PRO
Top 16
Seventh place
Round 2 (Sugo …)
Round 3 (Ebisu)
July
May
cm
GETRAG6SPCCd DEFTFORCE LSD
VERTEX
MAY POWER:170ps MAW TORQUE:60kgm WEIGHT:1380kg
CARMAKET&E
BEROE
EEA
RAY
NG
C
ADVAN
Neova
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