Young Version — August 1999
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The August 1999 issue of Young Version explores drift setups versus grip tuning through 22 shop demo cars, including S15 Silvias from Mine’s and Kazama Auto. Features cover front-wheel-drive builds taking on high-powered 4WD rivals, choosing a first drift car, and reviving a used AE86 Trueno on a ¥1 million total budget. Suspension fundamentals, engine-oil selection, rotary maintenance, new-parts tests, and reports from Hiroshima and California round out this look at Japan’s late-1990s tuning scene.
242 available scans from Young Version — August 1999, 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 139 — English draft translation
That driver may have set up his car this way because oil temperature should not get too high, but it shouldn’t be too low either. On a circuit, repeated laps quickly raise oil temperature, so an oil cooler is needed. In a quarter-mile run, you only drive about 400 meters once, so the oil may not get warm enough. That’s why he blocks airflow to keep it warmer. You need different adjustments for different driving situations.
I had no choice because my boyfriend of six years asked me to marry him in July. I’d mentioned it to my mother, who likes stock mufflers. She said she and Dad would meet him if I returned to the stock muffler, so I decided to do it. A year after switching back, I still look at the dusty muffler in the corner of my garage every day before going to work.
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The muffler is installed…
This is my first time writing a letter like this, so I’m a little nervous. Three months ago I saw an AE86 in Omiya with a “Fujiwara Tofu Shop” sticker on it…
Tune Network: useful info!
Autech Version
Young version
Found a sticker!
Should you block the front bumper duct?
Sixteen-inch wheels fit an HNP10!
In the July Young Version issue, page 27…
I read that blocking the left front-bumper duct on a Silvia shuts out airflow and raises oil temperature. Why is that necessary? If higher oil temperature is better, why have an oil cooler?
Until now, my P10 had FET…
I’m 21 and drive a P10 Primera.
I’ve upgraded the plug wires, spark plugs and more; next I plan to install a Nismo muffler. At last my P10 can keep up with everyone!
Kazunori Iimura, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
(Kazunori, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
Anyway, here’s the point…
Congratulations
I was so surprised and said “Wow!” I never thought a car would actually be driving around with that sticker. Then, a week ago, I saw a private taxi that was different from an ordinary one: it had an aero kit and a modified muffler that made a deep sound…
My senior gave me his 16-inch Inter Milano R wheels for free because he was changing cars. They had scratches and the tires were bald, but I thought 16-inch wheels wouldn’t fit my stock 14-inch P10. I was completely wrong! They look great—white wheels on a black body. Thanks, Naosaku!
My first submission
This time I wrote about my beloved 86.
Letters to RED ZONE
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OUNG
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AE86
One sticker, please!!
(Taiki Matsuoka, Ebetsu City, Hokkaido)
Jin Shimahara, Chiryu City, Aichi Prefecture
Changed…
It even had a wing, which surprised me again. The driver was middle-aged—amazing! My boyfriend drives a Chaser, a Tourer V, so I’ve learned a little about the difference between a Chaser and a Mark II. I wasn’t into cars before, but now I love them.
I’d love to ride in that taxi! I wonder if one drives around Tokyo. The trip to the destination would be so much fun.
Muffler…
…and that inspired me to write.
SUPER GRAN TURISMO
SOARER
Sticker
About two years ago, I finally installed a Fujitsubo Legalis muffler on my Mira. It’s naturally aspirated, but it sounded great (back then). For about six months my family and neighbors complained: “A girl shouldn’t…” and “Put the stock muffler back!” Eventually, under a condition, I had no choice but to switch back…
3.0GT(MZ20)
YOUNG
TUNING CAR MAGAZINE
(Kyoko Maehara, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture)
VERSION
…and got it!
Pika No. 1
Publicity vice-chair, CROWS, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture
Hello, editors. This is my first letter in six months. I drive an ’98 Integra Type R and recently got the coilovers I’d long wanted. They fixed the tricky behavior of the multi-link rear suspension…
Oh, you finally installed coilovers? Congratulations!
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It felt like the best handling…
…height…
Even with the stock setup before, it was… Installing coilovers made it sharply more stable…
Once I try them, even more…
…and it has great handling. I’m thrilled!
Hope you’re doing well…
I plan to have them swapped back right after the wedding. Her father is very understanding. Mr. Matsui, I disagree with changing your muffler for your brother’s odd excuse. Mine can’t take an inner silencer; if yours can, try that and keep the aftermarket muffler. But I understand your family’s view too, so talk it through.
Yes, it’s best for both of you to keep talking until you agree.
And then…
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(N.F., Nakatado District, Kagawa Prefecture)
Integra
Integra
Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture
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I finally got coilovers!
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