Drift Tengoku — September 2004 · Page 145
Page 145 — English translation
They're regulars, more driving friends than a formal team. All six have full aero, five fully repainted. Captain Takenaka admired their finish and inspected interiors/engines, questioning owners.
Guide Tanaka says repaints have surged, including an all-green group. We spotted an S13 with Integra taillights and wanted a closer look. Around2am the rain eased enough to drive; everyone except Morioka, sidelined by gearbox failure, entered the course and judging began
Captions and page details
A mountain pass somewhere in Fukui Prefecture
This crystal…
Raid [title fragment]
One of the few Tourer V drivers!
Interior replaced with late-model parts, glitter accents, subwoofer; a respectable date-car setup too
…shift knob…
It's my favorite!
Bracket
Cresta JZX90, Akihiro Kawabata,24
A young talent competing on skill!
Main specifications
HKS air filter / Trust intercooler
…so changed from S14 to JZX90
Kawabata likes the1JZ engine sound…
HKS air filter
Main specifications
Skyline HCR32, Yu Takebayashi,20
Takebayashi drives a candy-orange Skyline…
ORC single clutch, LSD, [brand fragment damaged]
GP Sports front pipe / Yashio Factory…
Two-row radiator, oil cooler
Lots of Silvias on this pass; Tourer…
…switched cars; straight-pipe exhaust.
Metal [product damaged], LSD, [brand damaged] coilovers
Trust oil cooler / Nismo ceramic…
Formed Orange Group to rival Green Group; Orange has…
High-school campaign girls, among some schoolgirls…
Tires/wheels
[Brand damaged] coilovers, Final Konnexion front bumper…
…rear bumper, [brand damaged] side skirts
Front: [tire name damaged]225/40-18, unidentified wheels
…V drifting is Kawabata alone…
…Green Group gathers five/six cars…
…apparently only him. Green cars…
BN [truncated product label]
Front: Neova215/40-17
[Wheel name damaged]9J-17 offset+5
Tires/wheels
…Orange Group is now talked about…
…but a skilled driver who has won competitions.
…he says. Stock RB20 engine, no power…
Spacer
25 used [spacer fragment; unit missing]
9.5J-18 offset+30
Rear: FM901235/40-18, [wheel name damaged]
Takebayashi made his shift knob by shrinking a500ml bottle label with heat
…a member; mechanic at a dealer.
Completed
Spacer5 used
Rear: unidentified tire215/40-18, unidentified…
Unidentified wheels
Spacer
Offset+37
With VIP styling in mind, [brand damaged]'s oval…
20 used [spacer fragment; unit missing]
…10J-18… [fragment]
Age [isolated fragment]
Degree [isolated fragment]
…gains exhaust ground clearance, so…
…fitted. Front pipe…
Welded on an oval tailpipe…
Power [isolated fragment]
Hard to believe it's home-made…
Rear bumper scrapes before exhaust…
…apparently.
T
…drives a Skyline [fragment]
Fabrication
A small elite group indeed!
inlator
Oval works…
Welded the tail myself…
…too!
100% full aero
Over80% have complete repaints!
…attached it!
Rear fenders rebuilt to match wheels…
…remade…
…inside too [fragment]
…25mm wider per side…
…wider. Inside fender…
…don't interfere…
…raised, so wheel…
…and tire/body…
Looks first
…apparently.
19-inch rear wheels!
Today…
There was a fireworks festival…
Takahiro Morioka,22
Silvia (PS13)
Came to watch in yukata…
Lots of spectator girls photographed
Ayumi,21
,21
…comes to watch, and Kawabata's…
-
comes every week to watch…
…has ridden with him too…
…‘like a roller coaster’…
…surprising! Recently Ayumi…
…has been invited along…
Our husbands…
…apparently .
Main specifications
GT2835 turbine
Complete repaint in Celsior white… [remaining specification damaged]
Morioka's Silvia has a2835 turbine…
Cool, right?
Final Konnexion
OS
HKS
Unidentified size [product label damaged]
BNR32 fuel pump
Front bumper
LSD / one-off exhaust
…with19-inch rears for looks…
…harder to drift, transmission/diff quickly…
With19-inch wheels the rear returns easily…
Tires/wheels
F5R
Front: [tire name damaged]235/40-18, [wheel name damaged]8…
…5J-18 offset+20
…rear bumper
…a concern, but considering looks…
…can't abandon19-inch looks. Today too…
10J-19 offset+10
Rear: [tire name damaged]245/35-19, Vienna…
…transmission failed before we arrived
Masami [age damaged], Miki [age damaged]
Miki is [husband's name damaged]'s wife; Masami is Tanaka's wife. Often…
…not every time, but they've watched here for years. ‘In town…’
…if seen around town, say hello/take a picture; husband's car…
Yoko,17
Chiemi
Yuka
About the car or themselves?
…for Orange Group…
We're promotional girls
…someone asked about Takebayashi…
…brought here because…
…high-school girls who began coming…
…three friends. Parents are told…
…staying at a friend's house… [fragment]
You can see cool cars here…
…they say while coming to watch
Takebayashi's orange car…
…lots to see, especially…
…she said, but did he make her…
…not forced to say it, right?!
ZR
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