Drift Tengoku — October 2013
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188 available scans from Drift Tengoku — October 2013, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 38 — English draft translation
Relocating the A/C panel isn't simple. I extended 35 wires in total, with a combined length of 25 meters! At upper left is a Defi boost gauge, next to a Blitz turbo timer and a Trust boost gauge. Below them are Daytona motorcycle water-temperature and oil-temperature gauges. They only cost 3,000–4,000 yen, but they don't look as cheap as Auto Gauge units, do they? The sensors are Auto Gauge, though. The right toggle switch controls the wipers; the left one controls the license-plate light!
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Interior
The spirit of modification
Great idea!
BRIDE
A bicycle bracket…
…fits perfectly!
Yuki Oni
Fukuyama Dental College
Ami Tanabe
Daido University
Tetsuya Kume
Dental hygiene school
Silvia (S14)
(S14)
Silvia
With this…
It locks in place!
An extended lever made from a modified tower bar!
The hose is secured with a hose clamp…
I wanted to extend the handbrake, so I had a Skyline tower bar bent and made into an extension. It's secured only with hose clamps, but it doesn't wobble. I added a foam grip, so it feels comfortable in the hand too!
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…it fits perfectly when you attach it.
It's not just the angle and diameter of the bend; the strength…
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That must be it. The plastic pipe seemed like something for a bicycle.
It's annoying when an air-gauge hose gets tangled or bounces around in the trunk, right? So I turned a bicycle link holder I found at a 100-yen shop into an air-gauge holder! It fits perfectly without any modification, and you'd never guess it was meant for an air gauge!
The air hose is…
…too!
…a 12 kg/cm² model
…it does.
Hisato Yoneuchi
A bracket for recording drift…
Laundry
A clothespin works best!
A towel stands in for a headband!
Yamagata University Graduate School
180SX
（RPS13）
I was extremely picky about choosing the clothespin!
…I have to show it off!
I'm representing my school, so…
I made this camera mount myself for recording drift. It was hard to find a clothespin strong enough to hold a smartphone or digital camera. It can't be too weak or too strong. The one I found at Komeri is just right, so I really recommend it. The materials cost less than 1,000 yen, and it's a huge help for reviewing my driving!
Wataru Sato
Nissan Yokohama…
Automotive College Silvia (AE86)
0r
He just attached it with mounting tape, but…
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It's great that he promotes his school even on the day of the event. Teachers at the school, maybe make some original stickers for the students to put on their cars?
I attached an Izawa Opt wide-angle adapter to my iPhone and filmed with it. I fixed it firmly to the roll bar…
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There wasn't time to make a headband, so I attached an original school towel instead. It's just the right size!
…is better because it absorbs impacts and prevents the video from shaking.
Relocating the A/C panel consolidates the functional controls!
…put to good use!
I'm making use of motorcycle gauges!
Rissho University
Ryo Tsunoda
A
（S14）
Silvia
San
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The wiper switch had broken, so repairing it made sense; the license-plate light switch wasn't necessary, but he installed it anyway…
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…saying, “What's wrong with a dummy switch?” He even made the switch work, which is admirable. The Monster Energy can beside the A/C panel is just for display.