Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition)
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180 available scans from Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition), 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 115 — English draft translation
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A'PEXi GTI-R special begins!
Save with a brake package
Featured
A'PEXi original parts
(through November 30)
+
Super brake pads
GTI-R brake parts
1. Super Sprint front lining
Super brake rotor N256
￥23,000
Rotor operating range: 0–600°C; average friction coefficient: 0.4–0.55.
For a limited time
¥52,000
Regular price ¥56,000, now...
They wear quickly, squeal, and brake extremely well.
For a single hot lap at a circuit!
Wear is extremely fast, so use these at circuits or similar venues.
￥23,000
2. Super road-use front lining
Tuning package
Rotor operating range: 100–700°C; average friction coefficient: 0.3–0.45.
Improves control and lasts through a 55-minute track session. Some brake noise is normal.
Cold performance is mild, so use these at circuits and similar venues.
Power FC (dedicated map)
A'PEXi AX turbo
￥33,000
3. Super brake rotor N256
Z32 airflow meter
Injectors (equivalent to 700 cc)
Front-mounted intercooler (original)
For stock calipers. Compared with stock, they offer better heat stability and durability...
Special heat treatment; six bolts included.
Muffler (original)
Quarter-mile specification (original coilovers)
Used together with the pads above, these address the GTI-R's weak braking.
Special heat treatment makes these an excellent match for high-temperature sports pads.
Pulsar GTI-R original parts keep coming!
Option kit
Super...
Note
New release
New release
Left side of bumper...
Type RS
GT-R
Quarter-mile special
Power FC
No heat fade even at 140°C.
HP420W-6040
Misfiring system...
It's not just for looks.
This is where it cools best.
￥89,000
￥186,000
Now available for regular sale due to popular demand!
Street specification
A'PEXi-specific data map
¥118,000 each
Fits any car.
￥14,000
...works together with the included Power FC map.
￥80,000
Toyota VVT-i vehicles
Also fully supported.
(Other combinations are also available!)
All prices include tuning on the actual car.
Setup...
Boost
R32 Skyline / A31 Cefiro / C33 Laurel
S13
Silvia / 180SX
Pulsar GTI-R
RB20DET
A'PEXi Power FC
CA18DET
Power FC
A'PEXi
SR20DET
Power FC
A'PEXi
250PS
HKS EVC EZ
220PS
AVC-R
A'PEXi
270PS
Profec
+
TRUST
￥183.,000
￥198,000
￥209.000
DA
13BT
FC3S
RX-7
JZA70·80
Supra
AE86·92 Early model
250PS
Street kit
Power FC
A'PEXi
A'PEXi
1JZ-GTE
2JZ-GTE
Power FC
+
A'PEXi
4AG
Power FC
A'PEXi
¥237.000
Profec
¥237.000-400PS
TRUST
￥160..000-150PS
A quick word about the misfiring system!
Recently at quarter-mile events and on TV broadcasts, at launch people hear ‘ba-ba-ba-ba’...
Since opening...
A'PEXi's popular reinforced automatic transmission...
...allowing the car to launch...
...the system cuts spark at launch and then delivers full boost immediately afterward...
Have you ever seen a car launch with violent pops and a distinctive exhaust note? That's because...
The rev limit can of course be set by the user. Now available for RB26; including setup, prices start at ¥8,000.
...and create just the right amount of wheelspin at launch. That is how the system works.
...with a controlled drift feel...
Development is underway for RB25, RB20, SR20, 2J, 1J, 3S, rotary, and other engines. Scheduled for completion by the time this issue goes on sale—call for details!
Feels great!
Longer disc life!
ARTKISS
Toward Tokyo
ARTKISS
Extremely inexpensive!
Sakatsuki-cho
IC
Kaizuka
GARAGE
SWPERTUNING
...works effectively on virtually any automatic transmission.
From light tuning to a full build...
Toward Togane
Heiwa Park entrance
Intersection
(Togane Highway)
National Route 126
Keiyo Road
043-228-6123
E
¥78,000 all-inclusive (amount uncertain in OCR)
Toyota vehicles: labor and ATF...
About 150 m
Heiwa Park
Gusto restaurant
National Route 16
Mark II / Cresta
Chaser / Aristo
Applicable vehicles: Soarer, Supra...
Toward Yamada
Chiba-Togane Road
IC
Omiya
JCT
Chiba East
A'PEXi, Exedy dealer, HK partner shop; Project μ, Trust, and others.
355 Takanecho, Wakaba-ku, Chiba, Chiba 265-0061, along the Togane Highway beside Heiwa Park.
¥58,000 all-inclusive
Nissan vehicles: labor and ATF...
Heiwa Park on National Route 126...
Ten minutes by car from Omiya Interchange.
FAX043-228-6143
Closed Tuesdays. Weekdays noon–8 p.m.; Sundays and holidays 10 a.m.–9 p.m.
Nationwide mail order and wholesale available! Low-interest financing also offered.
Laurel / Cefiro
Applicable vehicles: Skyline, Fairlady Z...
Fifteen minutes by car from Kaizuka Interchange.
Toward Kisarazu
Other audio and navigation installation labor is only ¥10,000. Tires, wheels, and aero parts are also inexpensive!
Silvia / 180SX, Cedric / Gloria...
One-off work available; call for details.