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 82 — English draft translation
When I started drifting, I didn’t have an LSD! Rough World is a very famous team. Tanaka has an image as someone with somewhat unusual cars… YV editor (E): Nice to meet you. I picture you with Mark IIs—did you start with a four-door? Tanaka (T): When I first started, I had an AE86 Levin. A senior at high school drifted an Eight-Six, and it looked cool. E: So that got you into drifting? T: Yeah. I went to Mt. Tsukuba and met Mr. Nakai and others. They looked so cool that I got fired up about drifting. One day Mr. Nakai asked if I wanted a team sticker; that’s how I joined Rough World. E: So you started on mountain roads? Wasn’t it scary? T: I went to the mountains from the start, five or six times a week. When it rained, I also went to the docks. At first I couldn’t afford an LSD, so I drove on worn-out tires. E: No LSD? How did you drift? T: Exactly—I drifted without a differential. But it wasn’t…
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Heisei-era street racer profiles
…up to…
…car history…
Nowadays…
…check it out!
…starter…
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The person introduced by Mori in the July issue is Tanaka from Rough World. With his automatic-transmission Mark II and drifting in beat-up cars, he seems a little unusual—but it sounds like we’ll hear another fun story this month!
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Kazuhiro Tanaka
I still go to the mountains sometimes; it’s fun trying not to get noticed!
PROFILE
Name: Kazuhiro Tanaka
From Tokyo
Born July 4, 1970 / Blood type: O / Height: 174 cm / Drifting: 8 years / Team: Rough World / Usual spots: Mt. Wagakuni / Ebisu Circuit / Competition: 1994 Young Battle Cup champion
Third Ikaten national top eight, among other results
Car history: AE86 Levin → GX71 Mark II
GHWORLD
Twin Cam (automatic) → GX81 Chaser Twin Turbo (manual) → AE86 Levin → JZX81 Mark II (with AE86 at the same time)