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 24 — English draft translation
You can't expect the power of a turbo car, so its inability to disguise mistakes is part of the appeal. This is a two-owner car that originally had an automatic transmission. Suspension and other parts came from my previous Hachiroku. My favorite feature is the carburetors: Weber units I bought for ¥10,000. If you're going to fit carbs, though, I'd recommend FCRs because parts are plentiful!
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It looks fairly tidy, but this is a practice car, dedicated to Ebisu Circuit. The body is probably where the most money has gone. It was built by none other than “Break Ito,”
Richi Osaki .
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180SX
Omega Brea
Rapid
and the engine is stock apart from an S14 turbo. Cooling gets attention with a GTO three-layer radiator and Trust 10-row oil cooler. A favorite part is the K-Style coilovers. Carbon panels around the instrument panel are another highlight.
This is for drift practice! I call it the Missile 180SX!
The turbo timer is hidden inside the console box like this.
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Panels replaced with carbon items.
The steering wheel is Battle Club, the shifter is TOMEI, and the seats
An HKS air cleaner and JC exhaust handle intake and exhaust; the computer has a K-Style tune.
My [damaged heading fragment].
and passenger are Brix seats.
for both driver
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A five-point roll bar of unknown make is fitted, and, like the cockpit, it is very neatly
finished.
The mechanical look is irresistible.
HKS and Toda cams, both 272 degrees .
He loves the intake sound above all, and the Weber carburetors are very cool too [end fragment].
Weber carburetors!
The cams are [continuation].
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Unlike a turbo car, it doesn't let you hide your mistakes—that is the appeal.
This is my fourth Hachiroku!
The body combines a factory color with a secret added shade. Interior, exterior, and engine bay are all very good!
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Shuji Murayama .
Trueno
1986 model.
A’PEXi
TRUENO
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