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 18 — English draft translation
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CA
CAJ
It revs to 9,000 rpm!? The destructive king’s CA street and drift setup
0583-80-2485
3-29 Sohara Zuiuncho, Kakamigahara, Gifu 504-0821
Hakairoku-ō Parts Produce
18DET
Hakairoku-ō (Destruction King)
Cap Secet
BRI0E
Faster than an S13 with an S14 turbo
Low-cost CA tuning!
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S13 Silvia showdown
Latest tuning for a Showa-era car!
Tuned Silvia showdown
RSP
The main engine for an S13 tune is usually the SR20DET. But the SR20DET has drawbacks, while the older CA18DET has its strengths. So let’s run the PS13 from Ukiya Shōkai (with an SR20 engine) against Hakairoku-ō’s S13 (with a CA18 engine). You can make your own call!
CA camp
The suspension uses JIC coilovers with an original setup, spring rates 8 kg front and rear. The front and side aero parts are by K-Style…
Orido Manabu
088
…the parts are fitted. The body is painted candy red.
apSeat
Rapid
‘Even with a CA engine, an S14 turbo makes it faster than a boosted SR. Honestly, it won’t break even if you over-rev it. Add high-lift cams and balance the bottom end, and it’ll rev to 10,000 rpm. I shift after the tach needle goes off the scale. Unless you’re entering the national Ikaten competition, this is plenty.’ (Hiroki Izumida)
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