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 214 — English draft translation
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DUNI
Dunlop
JZA80 Supra
RE
Apex… [shop name fragment]
Motorsports AMS Silvia S15
93-8
The Supra looks like a full-on race car—almost NASCAR-like—and it’s really cool. It wears Formula FM901 tires and ROZEST SS-01 wheels, completing the suspension upgrade. I’d love to try driving it at least once! .
The engine itself is stock.
The engine remains stock, but the turbo system is upgraded with an Apex AX53B70 turbo, Power FC, and an original titanium muffler. The suspension uses Ohlins shocks and Nissan factory Brembo brakes. This looks fast! .
sparco
SEIFD
Racing Service… [shop name fragment]
Feast
S14 Silvia
RECARO
RECARO
RAYS
ADVAN
BO
MASTER
SPEED
BEorst
m
Buddy cub
SSPEED
Westin
THACTION
SERSCK
GReddy
SARD Altezza Turbo
The stock suspension was not enough… [fragment]
To make up for the lack of power and torque, a KKK K26 turbo kit is fitted. It produces an appealing 345.8 PS and delivers street-friendly drivability and response. The suspension and body are also upgraded, not just the engine. .
Feast in Ehime Prefecture is a drag… [sentence fragment]
This is a shop active in drag racing. This Silvia was built as a drag machine to seek the fastest SR-engine title. It is astonishing that a car this clean can cover 400 meters in just over 10 seconds—and it is still street legal. .
Blimp — Lancer Evolution V
…from street use to special stages… [fragment]
Equipped with an RMS? racing shock kit that can cover everything from street driving to special stages with one set of shocks. Recaro seats are famous, but these shocks also look promising and are worth keeping an eye on. .
TOMR
CEMD
HKS
Min Power
RECARO
DMS
HIYE
DMS
RECARO
Mobiln
sport
This ultra-fast machine runs a front-wheel-drive-based setup in the 9-second range… [fragment]
This Celica is an ultra-fast machine. It uses a GT3240 turbo and 86 mm forged pistons, with a tuned engine and drag-spec suspension. It may be Japan’s most drag-focused front-wheel-drive machine. .
DMSPAUO
334 participants… [number/label fragment]
42-2
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