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.
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Hiroshima ’89 event report
It has been more than a decade since an event like this was held in Hiroshima, so interest from the Chugoku and Shikoku regions seems especially high. Come see hot machines that can hold their own against Tokyo and Osaka trends! .
This year’s… [headline fragment]
Especially compared with Tokyo and Osaka… [sentence fragment]
It’s the trend! [caption fragment]
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Garage Fukui
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Compact… [caption fragment]
Garage Fukui specializes in sports cars. The SW20 has original aero… [sentence fragment]
…gives it a taut, compact shape… [fragment]
…with an HKS turbo and other upgrades for more power. The interior has also been thoroughly modified, making this a highly capable machine. .
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Hiroshima Service — S14 Silvia
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Kenji Iwata / Takao Yokota
Report
Kenji Ishida
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This shop specializes in Silvia tuning, from drag racing to mountain roads. This overfender setup is especially imposing: 245/45R17 tires fit neatly inside. If an S13 like this came up behind you, you might have no choice but to move over! .
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082-871-2684
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Technical Service
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13 Silvia
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It looks fairly understated… [sentence fragment]
…but the engine has a GT3240 turbo, 87 mm pistons, Step 3 cams, a GT-R intercooler, and other full tuning. It produces 500 . It is described as a zero-quarter-mile setup; I’m curious what time it can run! .
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