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 208 — English draft translation
This circuit-spec Yume Kobo FD3S has recorded over 450 . It recently received Mazda Speed’s new A-Spec front bumper. The body was repainted in Rock Paint, whose color shifts mysteriously with the light. Inside, only the driver’s seat remains; the side and rear windows have been replaced with acrylic to reduce weight. It could lap Tsukuba at astonishing speed, but this FD3S is fully road-legal and can be driven on the street, too. .
The car remains street-legal. The engine has only been modified with side-port work and a bolt-on Trust T78 turbo kit—nothing extraordinary. It makes 450+ . The suspension uses an original coilover setup based on S… with revised stroke and damping. It feels good and remains stable at the circuit’s limits. The engine has abundant midrange torque and excellent high-rpm pull. With over 450, rough throttle inputs can make it twitchy, but smooth driving is no problem. Achieving this with readily available parts shows the high level of tuning. [Draft].
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Its appealing handling comes from an ideal 50:50 front/rear weight distribution and a low engine position.
…creates a compelling driving experience.
Yume Kobo FD3S
Rule 2
Shop demo car—look and ride!!
…side-port… [fragment]
T78 turbo… [fragment]
This shows the high level of the setup. (Tested and reported in the April 1999 issue by Manabu Orido.)
An original side-ported 13B with a T78 turbo; boost…; over 450 .
OUICVERSION
The car uses an RE Amemiya Dolphin Tail muffler. The aero parts are all by Mazda Speed.
Mazda Speed RX-7 A-Spec
TUNINGCAR!!
Mazda Speed’s familiar A-Spec has arrived. Its exterior evokes a GT car, with full-fledged aero parts. The serious coilover suspension was jointly developed with St… The manufacturer-backed lineup also includes many other functional parts.
C-West Westin
This FD3S wears an aero kit. Carbon fiber is used in the duct sections, and the lineup includes an F bumper, carbon-fiber GT wing, side steps, fixed-headlight kit, and MEGA muffler.
FD3S
A fusion of enhanced driving performance and a powerful design.
Improved driving performance is combined with a powerful design… [sentence fragment]
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