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 47 — English draft translation
At first glance, it looks like there's no water sprayer, right? I tucked it inside an aluminum U-channel and mounted it neatly. The nozzles and motor are from a washer system, so it can spray continuously for about 10 minutes. Also, without a rain bar, the chassis and bumper lose rigidity, so I made one myself! But making it too rigid could deform the frame in a collision, so the trick is to add cutouts and tune the stiffness just right.
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The pitch matches too!
SOUL OFGAKUDRIFTER
The spirit of modification
Engine
The ABS sensor is secured with the hub nut!
I was worried it might come loose and cause a fire, so I used a spring as a retainer on the boost gauge. I put a screw into the gauge body and hooked the spring onto it. I bought the spring at a home-improvement store; it's about 5 cm long…
Takumu Koizumi
180SX
Tokyo City University
The spring rate may be a little low!?
…I guess.
(RPS13)
The roll-cage…
Secure it properly so it can't come loose!
Genta Oura
Hyogo Prefectural University
The wastegate's O₂-sensor bung is M18, so an O₂ sensor won't fit. Instead of using an adapter, I welded on a hub nut! It's the same thread…
180SX
(RPS13）
The sensor diameter is M12 with a 1.25-mm pitch…
Red-top and black-top engines use different sensor standards. This should be easy to source and saves you the hassle of finding a special part.
Comment
When checking the oil level, remove it from the tapping and…
Comment
It's easy—you just remove the spring. But I'm a little worried that the spring tension alone may not be enough as a stopper. Even so, it's much better than nothing.
Kosuke Kiyomiya
Some people cap the blow-off piping with a rubber plug, but a brake-cleaner cap fits it perfectly! Wrap it with aluminum tape just in case, and it's secure.
Yokohama Techno Auto…
Vocational College
Silvia (S14)
The electric fan is from an Impreza!
A senior told me, “The G8 electric fan is the best,” so I tried using one. It cost less than 5,000 yen on Yahoo Auctions. It does make a lot of noise! But even after driving for a while, the coolant temperature still goes over 100°C, so I can't tell how effective it is. I couldn't really feel the benefit of removing the clutch fan either…
Teruaki Kunimori
The brace's…
Tokai University
It fits together!
A cap just isn't good enough!
…it is!
（S14）
Silvia
A senior told me it works!
I can't believe this diameter fits perfectly! The cap's diameter is almost…
Comment
They're probably the same, and this is easy to source…
…the same, right?
GC8…
It's a shame he used a cap without really checking how effective it was. The Silvia's radiator shroud fits perfectly, though.
Comment
A smart water-spray system and a properly flexible rain bar, both homemade!
Tetsuya Kume
Daido University
(S14)
Silvia
A setup that protects both the engine and body…
…from damage!
It's great that he considered appearance as well as installing the water sprayer. From the front it looks like a reinforcement bar…
Comment
He welded a steel pipe and L-shaped channel to make the rain bar, deliberately reducing its stiffness much like a GOA body structure. The idea came after seeing Mr. Yokoi of MCR make a rigid rain bar that bent the frame in a collision.
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