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 20 — English draft translation
With Tanabe coilovers and a Nismo LSD, I'm aiming for drifting that drives forward even after the slide begins! Rear toe-in is another trick. Of course, suspension and a diff are enough to get you drifting. I've been doing it for about three and a half years, mainly practicing on mountain roads. I visit a circuit for fun about once every three or four months. My favorite part of this car is the engine: an RB25 assembled by a race shop using GT-R N1 pistons and other parts. The people around me are getting faster, though, so I've started wanting a little more power. I'd like to fit something like a GT2535.
Captions and page details
My [heading fragment].
TUNE
Skyline
1993 model year
GTS-t
The RB25DET uses GT-R N1 pistons. The bonnet is a factory aluminum GT-R part with bonnet pins fitted.
Three friends and I resprayed it in a factory March color! But I already want to change it again!
S
The flared rear fenders house 17-inch ZE-series wheels . The side skirts are East Bear's Nismo-style items.
Noriyuki Iwama .
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A Trust boost gauge and Omori oil-temperature, oil-pressure, and water-temperature gauges fill the cockpit, providing reassurance on the circuit.
GT-R N1 pistons; metal head gasket; factory GT-R [intercooler description partly damaged]; EARL'S 19-row oil cooler; R33 engine computer; and more.
Here's the tuning setup!
Near Miss
Engine and power.
Tanabe.
F=12kg/R=10kg
Spring
Clutch.
Coilover suspension
Drivetrain.
Suspension
Nismo.
Nismo Type B.
Grand Prix M7R 215/40-17 [product name partly damaged].
LSD
Various.
Various.
Front
Rear
Front
Tires [damaged table label].
8.5JX17
9.5JX17
ZEIT
ZEIT
Rear
Wheel
The rear spoiler is a Nismo GT-R item, combined with the standard GTS-t rear under-spoiler for a fuller-looking rear end.
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Rear toe-in!