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 30 — English draft translation
Drift master Yoshinori Koguchi’s subtly perfected 180SX supported his driving. Its just-right ride height and camber, aggressive hood vents, and sleepy-eye headlights looked great without being excessively flashy. The style became so popular among 180SX owners nationwide that ‘Koguchi replicas’ became a trend. Refined into a drift machine by a master, this 180SX is as capable as it looks!
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Thrilling!
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Circuit and…
The suspension uses K-Style coilovers, with 10 kg/mm front and 8 kg/mm rear springs. The turbo is an HKS GT2835 and the intercooler is by Trust. It has a Nismo differential and an OS twin-plate clutch. The exhaust is a K-Style circuit-spec system, and K-Style body aero is fitted. The seats are Bride fixed-back buckets. (Photo from 1998.)
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The legendary technique of kicking the clutch at … km/h…
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…made Koguchi replicas popular.
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Nationwide
An exquisitely beautiful drift machine
K-Style Koguchi lowered 180SX
The suspension uses original Showa coilovers, with 12 kg/mm front and 8 kg/mm rear springs. R32 brake calipers are fitted.
The key to tuning a PS13 for drift circuits!
One thing you cannot skip when stiffening the Silvia and 180SX…
Are pillow-ball tension rods all upside?
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The stock tension rods can crack when you drive hard. Rubber bushings also feel vague under braking and at full countersteer. That’s why pillow-ball tension rods are an essential modification. Ride comfort hardly suffers, and the steering feels satisfyingly precise.
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Photos: Shinya Hattori (MPS), Tadashi Saitō, and OPT · Report: Mamezō/OPT
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