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 77 — English draft translation
Using a lower-viscosity, thinner oil can reduce friction inside the engine and improve fuel economy. For example, using 0W-5 automatic-transmission fluid as engine oil might seem to improve mileage considerably. But you’d need to change it very frequently, and at high rpm it may not maintain a protective film and could damage the engine. We absolutely do not recommend it!
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Become an oil expert!
On-the-spot interviews
“How do you choose your oil?”
“I guess it comes down to brand and price!” / Impreza Turbo WRX STi Version I
How do you choose BP oil?
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My car has a different muffler and air filter, and I mainly drive on the street…
My car only has intake and exhaust tuning and is used on the street. For oil…
I’ve settled on Castrol at around ¥4,000. I change it often…
…I drive on the street. Oil? For me it’s brand and price! If you change it regularly, even inexpensive oil should be fine, right?
…for my turbo car I use fairly thick 10W-50, 100% synthetic oil. BP is my favorite brand, and considering my budget I naturally end up with BP Visco Racing!
Oil Q&A
Simple questions…
…answered!
Can engine oil improve fuel economy?
Is 100% synthetic really better?
Compared with mineral and semi-synthetic oils, 100% synthetic oil is indeed better! Why? Above all, it withstands heat. It also contains fewer impurities, so it produces less sludge. The downside is that it costs more than other oils.
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Is there a way to make oil last longer?
Why are oils different colors?
Is it okay to mix different oils?
Oil gets dirtiest when starting the engine and at low rpm. For example, a car used only for short trips…
The ingredients can cause some color variation, but oils with dramatically different colors are apparently dyed intentionally by the manufacturer. Huh. Why would they do that? It’s curious.
Mixing mineral oils is fine, but don’t mix different synthetic oils. Their ingredients vary by manufacturer—and even between products from the same manufacturer…
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…compared with one that spends more time on the highway. If you want it to last, avoid unnecessary short trips.
…has different contamination even over the same distance. If you want the oil to last, don’t drive just to pop into a convenience store!
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