Young Version — August 1999
An archive project by Flock MFGNew issue alerts →
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 27 — English draft translation
one of the few Japanese cars that can be called a sports car! I had an FD before this too. It has to be a rotary! Even with an upgraded radiator, summer circuit driving is hard, and the engine can be fragile, as people say. There are various drawbacks. I overhaul it every 20,000 km—maintenance is essential. The engine details are a little secret, but since it is a circuit car I haven't pushed the power too far. With the Apexi RX-6 turbo it makes about 360–370 ps. It is an easy turbo to drive and lets you put in lap times confidently!
Captions and page details
The front line of grip tuning!
Super fast.
Drift versus.
Go-for-it [stylized heading fragment].
Here's the tuning setup!
It needs maintenance, but rotaries are still the best!
Apexi RX-6 turbo; BCNR33 fuel pump; Knight Sports radiator and intercooler; Okada Engineering exhaust; F-CON V.
Engine and power.
ZEAL Function 2. ZEAL Function 2.
Coilover suspension
Mazdaspeed.
Mazdaspeed.
Spring
Clutch.
Other
Drivetrain
Suspension
540S 235/45-17 540S255/40-17
Rear
Front.
Tires.
The ARC GT wing provides strong downforce. The hatch supporting it has been reinforced with urethane.
TE378.5JX17 TE379.5JX17
Rear
Front
Wheel
The wing is ARC!
Among Japanese cars, this is
RX-7
RB Bathurst.
1996 model.
A circuit-only machine with an exceptionally clean engine bay; the maintenance looks meticulous. The red seat is a Recaro SP-GN. To match it, the steering wheel is a bright-red VeilSide item.
COO0
My [damaged heading fragment].
TUNE
The exhaust is Okada Engineering. Okada Engineering also tuned the F-CON V.
Kenichi Miyata .
(28）
27