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.
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Here we go!!
The exterior uses a modified factory-option Aero Form bumper, side skirts, and rear under-spoiler. Naturally, there is no rear spoiler.
The front line of grip tuning!
Super fast
Drift versus
Go-for-it [stylized heading].
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Factory-option aero, without a rear spoiler!
The naturally aspirated-style exhaust note is another selling point.
A drift car should stand out, and its sound has to be cool too! Kazama Auto's S15 produces a high-pitched exhaust note almost like a naturally aspirated engine. Its distinctive
large-diameter exhaust layout apparently contributes considerably. The heat-colored exhaust manifold is from GP Sports, with a front pipe from . A GP Sports all-stainless EXAS Spec II exhaust is fitted. A GT2835 turbo conversion is planned next.
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Tubular exhaust manifold!
COCKPIT!
The steering wheel is the familiar Nardi Classic. HKS auxiliary gauges are fitted into the air-conditioning vents.
Exhaust!
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SEAT
The red BRIDE seats are a Zeta for the driver and a Brix for the passenger.
SUSPENSION!
On a lowered car, wiring routing also
Here are the main specifications!
Stock engine internals; K&N air cleaner; GP Sports exhaust; HKS F-CON V; R32 GT-R fuel pump; GP Sports Megatech radiator; Trust intercooler and oil cooler; and more.
Engine and power
must not be forgotten!
F=10kg/R=8kg
Kei Office Airfolg Kei .
Cusco MZ Type RS (1-way).
Damper
Spring
LSD
Suspension
Drivetrain
Same as above (table ditto mark; OCR unverified).
Same as above (table ditto mark; OCR unverified).
Grand Prix M7R 235/45-17.
Front
Rear
Tire
9J×17+30
8J×17+30
Same as above (table ditto mark; OCR unverified).
AVS Model 7.
Front
Rear
Wheels
An extremely low stance is part of the formula too!
On Silvia models, the wiring harness runs inside the driver's-side front fender and may be cut when the car is driven low. Kazama's S15 addresses this by rerouting it through the engine bay.
The coilovers' movable lower brackets let them retain ample suspension travel while achieving a seriously lowered appearance.
being able to keep driving lap after lap is obviously better! The suspension uses Kei Office S14 Airfolg Kei coilovers, because no S15 version was available when the car arrived. Surprisingly, the balance is not bad,
not only for drifting but for grip driving too.
and it apparently feels quite good to drive.
Next, they want to reach the higher places in competitions,
They plan to work on the turbo, cams, and other power upgrades to aim for a high-speed drift setup capable of challenging for the top places.
but for a beginner's first step [continuation].
But as an initial first step, this approach to building a drift car should offer plenty of useful ideas for us too!
the suspension is Kei Office's S14 version. BRIG pads are fitted front and rear.
If the front were made a little softer,
KS
and intercooler and oil cooler are so large that they may seem excessive. That is because they understand how demanding cooling becomes in a drift car that stays sideways and spends so much time at high revs. You want to keep going without worrying about rising water and oil temperatures,
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a048-745-2026
635-1 Kanasaki, Showa-machi, Kitakatsushika-gun, Saitama.
With cooperation from Kazama Auto Service.
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