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.
Page 54 — English draft translation
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Because it's simple, its functional beauty stands out: a front lip and air deflector. There's a small sticker on an unusual spot…
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Front lip!
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Wheelie bar!
Depending on the road surface, only three wheels may stay in contact, making it look pretty dangerous… But it is very effective for gaining traction!
Cockpit!
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Best time…
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With a GT3040 at 1.5 kg/cm² of boost, it currently makes 540 horsepower. The flatter power delivery is different from last year, and they may bring it back up to 600.
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The surge tank is borrowed from an EK. That makes throttle control easier. It's a tuning approach often seen on S cars too.
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The cockpit is finished very neatly. This one is too, but cars over there are incredibly clean.
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