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.
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tuning it in one go! Before that I'd just increased boost. Now it has a GT3037S at 1.2 kg/cm² and around 420 ps. My Tsukuba time was 1:06.4, but today it was no good: the suspension couldn't cope with the power. Next I want Hyper Dampers to gain more traction. The straight-line acceleration is fantastic, though—it feels as if the car has become much lighter.
commuting, with occasional quarter-mile runs, but lately I've become hooked on circuits! Quarter-mile starts were hard on the clutch. It has an original high-flow turbo, Trust front-mounted intercooler, J-Speed computer, and other parts, making 283 ps at 1.0 kg/cm². That is plenty for circuit driving. I've also reduced weight; now I just need to drive and gain experience!
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When the turbo failed,
I started tuning it all at once!
The front line of grip tuning!
Super fast.
Drift versus.
Go-for-it [stylized heading fragment].
A Blitz boost gauge and Omori oil-temperature, oil-pressure, and water-temperature gauges are fitted, with boost controlled by an HKS EVC. The engine also has degree intake and exhaust cams, and HKS blow-off valve, wastegate, and intercooler.
CHASER
Raltne
Chaser Tourer V.
1995 model.
ADVAN
61
Lπ
I fitted a wing too!
The large, prominent wing is an Active rear wing. It suits this sedan well!
Fun [fragment].
The turbo's failure prompted me to start
Weight reduction for track days!
My [heading fragment].
Kentaro Kimura .
It costs nothing and should make a difference, so he removes everything he can, including the rear seat. The front seats and steering wheel remain stock.
TUNE
I bought it new and have driven over 100,000 km, mainly for
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Yuji Tamura .
The stock engine uses an original high-flow turbo and a J-Speed computer tune.
Switching driving venues from quarter-mile runs to circuits!
Stock [fragment].
Impreza.
MASASHI PROJECT
MARCH
WRX
1995 model.
A Trial Bazooka exhaust with a 120 mm tailpipe. A J-Speed misfiring system is also fitted.
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