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 98 — English draft translation
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Zero-four tuning
Every detail, down to the last bolt, is polished to a shine! The reason: to break into the 10-second quarter-mile range.
KSP FC3S.
The low-mounted rear wing gives the car a drag-racing look and can be mounted using the factory holes. Its natural front-to-rear balance keeps it from looking like a dedicated quarter-mile machine.
Careful work, including shaping the front and rear fenders, and many small details cover the car. Candy pearl paint gives it a beautiful finish; this is a painstakingly prepared machine built for the quarter-mile.
The abundance of gauges makes the dashboard area stand out.
An Auto Meter is fitted as well.
With S tires fitted and a 10-second quarter-mile target, this owner cares about the shine and freshness of every part. The car faithfully embodies the owner's enthusiasm for a zero-four build. The engine has been bridge-ported, and the GT3037S twin turbines and polished piping look striking; even the bolts are new...
A racing battery is mounted in the center of the cabin, subtly improving weight distribution and reducing weight. The whole build shows the owner's meticulous nature.
The rear camber adjuster corrects camber changes when ride height is lowered, keeping the rear tires properly planted and improving traction.
Parts are carefully managed. The intercooler is a custom 100-mm-thick GT-R unit; the radiator is a space-efficient twin-core type. A Nismo GT-R fuel pump and other upgrades improve fuel delivery. Chassis rigidity is increased with added spot welds and an eight-point roll cage; KSP's original drag-spec suspension reveals the car's full potential.
The turbine is an HKS GT3037S twin, one size smaller in trim than the unit used on KSP's works FD. The engine is bridge-ported, and every bolt is replaced with a new one. At 1.1–1.2 kg/cm² of boost...
...it produces about 600 PS.
It pulls hard from 5,000 to well over 9,000 rpm! Know-how makes the TD08 usable.
Three switches for the electric fans sit beside the exhaust-pressure gauge on the center console, giving the cockpit a distinctly drag-racing feel.
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The fuel tank is a large-capacity type for a Porsche 959-class car. Moving the battery to the rear of the luggage area increases rear weight bias.
Photos: Masakatsu Sato / Tomonari Chihara (331 Foot Service) / OPT
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Report: Rater Yoshizawa / OPT