Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition)

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Tuning shop guide!!

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Garage Bomber

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Dirt Izumida Jr.

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OPEN10:00~19:00

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Hokkaido

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From Asahikawa City

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395-83 Kamui-cho Daiba, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 070-8022

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Closed Sundays and public holidays

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Gifu Prefecture

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From Kakamigahara City

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3-29 Suohara Zuiun-cho, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture

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Sunday

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T504-0821

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OPEN10:00~20:00

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Closed on

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80166-61-4232

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Tel. 0583-71-5692

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At Garage Bomber, we work with everything from L-series and RB26 to 1J and 2J engines...

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Bring together the Showa and Heisei eras

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Izumida, known from Video Option as 'Destruction King,'...

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Parts production

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All makes and engines welcome, including 7M and FJ...

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...handling both smoothly. We can install the latest ECU tuning chips in classic cars...

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Bring them together

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From car tuning to drifting, our customers...

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...we can advise you. Our original mufflers are exceptional...

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Destruction King

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...and the feel changes completely. For example, a Pulsar ECU for an FJ...

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...we highly recommend it. The car's response changes dramatically...

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Asahikawa

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Takasu Interchange

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Asahikawa New Road

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Hokkaido Expressway

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The 'Destruction Sound' circuit-spec model is, amazingly, all stainless steel...

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Stainless steel, ¥39,800! For the 70 Supra and 20 Soarer...

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—

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— Central

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Road

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16M

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—

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HONDA

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...how about that? Models such as the S30Z can use a NOS system...

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They tune using an air/fuel-ratio meter and data logger...

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Toward downtown

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B12

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D-y=

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GS

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Toward Sapporo

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An aero kit for the 81 Mark II is planned for release in 2000...

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The well-stocked lineup, including parts for , is another selling point.

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Bishi gas station

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Suohara Station

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Time attack

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R156

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...from 200 PS to 300 PS, with a quarter-mile time of 11.8 seconds...

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...we'd be happy to. Come visit the shop sometime!

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Shop sign

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— Santa's

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★

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Daiba branch

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Usami

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Sanita

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...and we look forward to your visit.

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Please feel free to visit us. We look forward to seeing you.

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McDonald's

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R21

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Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway

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Let's have a friendly chat about cars.

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1e-7

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Kakamigahara Interchange

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R22

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Car Shop K-Style

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Tuning Q: What is this?

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Weekdays: 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.

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OPEN

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Fukushima Prefecture

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From Nihonmatsu City

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Sundays and public holidays: 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

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Saturdays: 10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.

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Tuesday

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Closed on

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0243-23-7814

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265-10 Matsuoka, Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture 964-0905

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How can you build a car that is easy to drift without spending a lot of money?

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For drift fans...

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...parts popular with drifters, ready for you...

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...building a car that is easy to drift is K-Style's philosophy...

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Drop by!

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...we look forward to your visit. We also have plenty of Yokohama...

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M7R wheels are on sale at a special price. Call for pricing...

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Nihonmatsu

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Tohoku Main Line

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Toward Fukushima

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...please ask us. We have also begun selling clear turn signals for the late-model S14...

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...for ¥14,800. We hope you like them.

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City hall

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Road

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Nihonmatsu

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...and we appreciate your support. Even small jobs...

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Feel free to ask us anything. Our friendly staff...

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Convenience store

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...will respond helpfully.

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Toward Koriyama

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4644·

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C&Y Sports

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Duke Group

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Duke Toyama

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DUKE FUKUI

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Duke Toyama-Kugou Branch

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Aichi Prefecture

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9:00~20:00

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OPEN

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Toyama Prefecture

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Sundays and public holidays: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

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Weekdays: 10:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

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OPEN

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From Aichi-gun

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32 Taishi, Togo-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi Prefecture

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Open year round

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T470-0100

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05613-8-8325

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Closed on

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From Toyama City

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Race days

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Closed on

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2-1 Kugou, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture 930-0865

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...friends with our staff...

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Tel. 076-491-9019 (Duke branch)

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These days, a larger share of our work is on quarter-mile cars...

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...setups, drift builds, road-legal inspections, and boost increases...

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Let's be friends!

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The Duke Group has a long history in tuning...

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...and, of course, we know the 1980s inside and out.

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...is our motto.

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Reliable and careful service...

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...and offer many kinds of work. Of course, we also handle engine...

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We are very experienced with engine swaps, especially domestic reciprocating engines. We listen to our customers...

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Toward Toyota

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Toward Toyota Interchange

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We make sure to do the things that need to be done properly...

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...and carry out our work carefully and reliably...

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Toward Toyama Station

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...we're fortunate to have friendly relationships between staff and customers...

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...that's one of our shop's features. Please come see what we're like...

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Toward Chiryu

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Fukuda

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...so everyone can enjoy driving their car. We hope you'll come by.

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...we're always hoping you'll stop by. Cars from the 1980s...

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Museum

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Toyama Elementary School

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Takayama

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If you contact us, we can pick you up at Miyoshi Interchange.

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Feel free to visit. If you're coming from far away, contact us...

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R56

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Miyoshi Interchange

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Tomei Expressway

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...a thorough tune-up can make it run much better. The latest...

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Cars from the 1980s have weak points such as their ECUs, so we can convert them to full-computer setups...

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R41

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Jintsu River

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★

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— Toward

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Yufukuji

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$IC}$

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Toward Nagoya

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With our tuning know-how, we can make your car run much better...

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...and give it a proper upgrade.

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Toward Toyama Interchange

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Arisoe Line