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 48 — English draft translation
Captions and page details
It works for driving!
S13/P S13 Silvia &180SX
…improves response!
Parts catalog
Zakeretsu 280 turbo kit
Essential kit: for SR20DET, 360,000 yen
A kit that bolts on an S14 turbo!
88 mm
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For CA18DET: 328,000 yen
This all-in-one kit includes the turbo and supporting components, allowing an S14 turbo to bolt onto an S13-series car. A lower-priced ‘Zakeretsu 250’ kit omits fuel-system parts, and a separate version is available for people who already own an S14 turbo.
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Naprec reinforced SR20DET rocker arms and rocker-arm stoppers
Strengthen the rocker arms if you want to rev it hard
Q&A 1
Get maximum traction at the quarter-mile launch!
7,800 yen (per car)
39,000 yen (per car)
Rocker-arm stopper
Price: reinforced rocker arms
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The reinforced rocker arms receive enlarged oil-feed passages and WPC treatment to prevent seizure. The rocker-arm stoppers prevent the arms from coming loose and support stable engine operation at high rpm.
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Q&A 2
Slash Racing Super Traction Upper Arms · 42,800 yen. Turnbuckle-style rear upper arms let you adjust rear caster. Setting the caster back is said to improve traction…
Adjustable rear caster improves traction…
Integral Knock Meter · 29,800 yen. This meter detects knock and displays its intensity as a bar graph. The stock CA engine knock sensor is not precise enough to show severity, while on the SR engine…
Monitor knock to prevent engine trouble
Top Fuel ZERO-1000 Pro · 248,000 yen. Coilover kit for S13-series cars tuned specifically for quarter-mile racing. It improves tire contact at launch and is claimed to cut about 0.3 seconds. Ten-step damping adjustment; spring rates are 9 kg/mm front and 3 kg/mm rear.
…it does.
The stock sensor cannot accurately determine the degree of knock; on the SR engine…
Q&A 5
Q&A 3
…especially effective.
URAS adjustable tie rods ‘Bunta Ame’
Increase the steering angle…
…and drift angle
Improves signal feel and gives the steering a more direct response…
Q&A 4
Price: 39,000 yen. Adjustable-length tie rods increase steering lock. They allow greater drift angle and are also useful for U-turns and parking.
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Slash Racing reinforced front member · 35,800 yen. In addition to reinforcing a new stock member, this part adds another hole offset from the arm pivot. It allows extra camber and also works as a roll-center adjuster.
Increased strength, plus…
…allows more camber adjustment
Super transmission mount · 9,800 yen
Q&A 6
Stabilizer adjustment kit
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Use of the stock stabilizer permits adjustment of its effectiveness…
A reinforced transmission mount reduces drivetrain movement, improves shift feel, and helps prevent missed shifts. It also makes the car’s movement more direct and predictable through corners and transitions.
Price: 18,000 yen each, front and rear. This kit changes the stabilizer’s lower-arm mounting point to adjust its stiffness. It reuses the stock stabilizer while improving roll control.
Q&A 6
Q&A 5
Q&A 7
Contact details for suppliers 1–4, including Essential, Naprec, Integral, and Top Fuel. Some address and telephone characters are uncertain in the OCR.
Inquiry/contact list
Contact details for suppliers 7 and 8, including Parts Produce Hakairoku-ō. OCR has merged addresses and phone numbers with neighboring blocks.
Contact details for shops and suppliers numbered 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 12. Several addresses and phone numbers are merged by OCR; consult the page image for exact business names and details.
Contact details for suppliers 10 and 11, including YSRT. The OCR has joined address and phone-number lines.
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