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Drift Tengoku — September 2004 · Page 71

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An intensive tuning course

Let's

Get your car running at its best!

Adjustment

Cusco

nisme

Wheel alignment

Wheel alignment describes the mounting angles of the wheels relative to the car. These angles improve steering and stability. They include caster, camber, steering axis inclination, and toe in or toe out, measured with the car level. — San-Ei Shobo, Daisharin automotive dictionary.

FWA

The basics of building a drift car start here!

Good driving begins with accurate alignment!

A powerful engine and effective suspension mean little if wheel alignment is wrong. Shop adjustment can be expensive, while doing it yourself feels uncertain. Competitors commonly check it before important events, but many drivers know it matters without ever measuring accurately. This feature aims to make alignment and its adjustment clear.

Contents: professionals explain; try it yourself; questions answered; easy alignment tester catalog

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P70

Making use of a four wheel alignment tester; toe adjustment need not be intimidating

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How alignment adjustment works in different situations

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About this issue

ドリフト天国 (Drift Tengoku), September 2004, is a Japanese drifting magazine. This archive preserves 316 scanned pages in their original right-to-left reading order, including the covers.

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