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 42 — English draft translation
An ideal upgrade from stock-shaped suspension. Before regulations were relaxed, height-adjustable coilovers seemed like special equipment for circuit-only cars or advanced drivers. Now they're common, but even though prices have come down, many people still think they're expensive and assume they'll be too stiff and uncomfortable for street use. That may be why many owners stick with stock-shaped suspension. Apex introduced the WS Damper for those drivers. Its concept is to offer comfort comparable to stock-shaped suspension while keeping the car comfortable on the street. In other words, it's an entry…
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Suspension TUNE.
WS Damper.
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Designed around ride comfort and a low price.
A street-oriented height-adjustable suspension kit.
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Dedicated two-pitch linear springs are designed to work with the factory setup and prioritize ride comfort. The fixed-damping damper uses a large-capacity 40 mm monotube construction.
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The test car is an R34 Skyline 25GT Turbo. Ride height is about 25–30 mm lower than stock at both ends, though it can be lowered further.
The engine has a light tune with boost increased. The ECU is an original full-control Power FC; the R34 version is still in development.
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