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 217 — English draft translation
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Leg Sport
FD3S·RX-7
Netz Toyota
Altezza Square custom… [headline fragment]
Tuning… Hiroshima ’99 report
#ETESPORTS
OWERSPORT
ALTEZZA
The 13B-RE engine is upgraded with an HKS T04E turbo and an original exhaust system. It also has original suspension parts and has been lightened to 1,190 kg. At Mine Circuit it ran 1:39.081—a true rotary rocket! .
Customized by Netz Square… [fragment]
raousa
This Altezza by West Sports is packed with parts: factory aero, Potenza ERS suspension, HKS Hyper muffler, Cusco tower bar, and Bride seats. The body has been repainted in an original pearl color. .
West Sports
Chaser
MASTE
LEG… [shop label fragment]
Fukuyama 33… [caption fragment]
85-94
This JZX100 Tourer V with a TRD aero kit uses an HKS GT3037S turbo and produces 420–430 PS. Even as a tuned machine, it serves as an everyday car for shopping and drives, balancing speed with usability.
STANDARD
Win… [brand fragment]
Win Corporation Altezza
Value Sports
VALUE BB1 Prelude
In American drag racing… [headline fragment]
The car set an 8.470-second record in a race. The familiar MAX Pro machine was tuned to produce 1,037 PS and 90.2 kg·m of torque. The WS muffler and WS damper also drew attention for delivering international-standard quality and pricing. .
OAEX
With its wide, low stance, it looks striking… [sentence fragment]
The familiar Value Sports Prelude has been transformed into a sporty machine. Add light covers and overfenders, and it looks like a superhero’s machine—much cooler. .
…makes the Altezza more sporty… [fragment]
Win Corporation offers distinctive front and rear styling, as well as tower bars and coilover suspension. The parts are designed not just to improve appearance but also to make driving genuinely fun. .
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