Young Version — August 1999
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About this issue
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 171 — English draft translation
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power…
Tuning…
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…are doing it together… (OCR fragment).
What are they doing?
Nationwide reader submissions.
That guy’s car…
Have you made your summer vacation plans yet?
Everyone, it’s fun just to…
Before you head out, check out everyone’s machines here!
Of course…
..
Blue metallic body boosts attention!
Yasuhiro Sugiyama, 22, Tondabayashi City, Osaka Prefecture.
At the end of last year I had an accident, and while repairing the car…
I also fitted a later-model Durack Aero Wyvern front bumper and repainted the body blue metallic. It looks pretty good, right? Now I’m thinking it may be time to replace the transmission… Main exterior parts: front spoiler, front grille, side steps.
Recently, fourth gear has started rattling.
Durack.
Kawa… (name/label fragment).
TBO
Rear spoiler.
Rear under spoiler.
Rear: Sparco NSII…
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Front/rear: Durack RSV…
Wheel
Tire
mm·DR21
Trust BL…
F/R:kg
HKS Power Flow…
Exhaust
Air cleaner.
Spring
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…III (part label fragment).
1992 model.
F/R:HKS
Damper
21 years old.
Ikuo Kasuya, Takasago City, Hyogo Prefecture.
The view from behind is awesome!
My pride and joy is my homemade engine hood.
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It pairs perfectly with the ARC Super Magic rear wing. The powerful rear view is truly fantastic. There’s a video-camera setup in the cockpit. I film my driving on circuits and mountain roads so I can study it.
Model year 1994.
Main exterior parts: front spoiler, front grille, side steps, rear spoiler, rear under spoiler.
… (part label fragment).
Garage Fukui.
… (name fragment).
AR
Front/rear: RE Amemiya AW-7; front RE711 / rear GRβ-RS; Garage Buddy original; HKS Super Power Flow; front/rear: …; front/rear: Cusco… (parts list OCR clipped).
Wheels.
GTIS
Tires.
Exhaust
Air filter
Spring
Shocks.