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.
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WORKS
AUTO
FF
A wheelie bar was added this year. It helps generate traction at launch as they aim for a 9-second pass.
TRIST
Cockpit!
NEO
AUTO MECHANIC
JUN
The EK originally has a rod-type shifter, while the H22A uses a cable. That's why the shifter is positioned here.
OIL
SYNTHETIC
MACHINE SHOP
AUTO WORKS
JUNY
CUSCO
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Wheelie bar!
This is the fuel tank. To reduce weight as much as possible, it's very small… Refuel after each run; about 100…
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Fuel tank!
Setup.
This is the tuning specification.
H22A engine (JUN pistons, valve springs, connecting rods; intake cam 74 degrees / exhaust cam 76 degrees; 0.8 mm head gasket), T88-34D-15 turbo, Trust intercooler…
Powertrain.
Cusco RS
Twin-plate clutch.
ZEAL Function ZERO.
Coilover suspension
Clutch
LSD
Drivetrain.
Suspension
YH
MH 27.0×10.0-15
Other
Front
Rear…
Tires.
GO
DRAG
JUN
185/60-15
TE37 6J×15
Center: 8.5×15.
Front
Rear
Wheel
…even…
…is…
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CIVIC
SPORTCOMPACTCAR
AHYPER
CUSCO L.S.D.
TUA
YO
CReddy
03·3920·1953
3-1-7 Sekimachi-kita, Nerima-ku, Tokyo.
JUN Auto Mechanic.
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