Drift Tengoku — September 2004 · Page 8
Page 8 — English translation
...a hood that lifts upward from the middle was a first. What do you even call it? Amazing work, Kawamata! 'I put my brain to work to impress Drift Tengoku. It's not about competing with sport compacts: I wanted fashion and functionality together, with the simplest possible construction. A name? Someone from URAS might call it Paka-bon! Ha ha!' A hood that pops open—Paka-bon? Even the name is wild. But...
The more you look, the better the design gets. Despite its elaborate movement, the mechanism is simple and requires almost no modification to the body. It doesn't appear to cost much in materials, either—sorry!
Anyone good with their hands could probably copy it, and would want to. 'Feel free to copy it, but remember to mention Satoru Works when you show it off,' he grins. What he most wants to emphasize isn't the spectacular appearance or the way it displays his painstaking hood artwork, but its practical usefulness. First, it opens normally...
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This month's
Absolutely amazing!
Satoru Works' AE86 began entering the D1 Grand Prix at round three. Its flashy paint immediately grabs your eye, but a car built by one of Japan's greatest AE86 enthusiasts has more to offer than its appearance. An ingenious hood-opening mechanism combines beauty with functionality in this ultimate AE86.
Beyond sport-compact styling!
Satoru Works' ultimate AE86 unveiled at the D1 Grand Prix! This Trueno embodies twelve years of Kawamata's AE86 tuning experience. It was built to show a large D1 audience both its performance and its looks. The engine is a 7A-G, and Togasaki of the Sugita drifting team was selected to drive it.
Satoru
Satoru
AE86
The main color is bright pink. Areas that look silver are actually covered with holographic sheet. Good Line aero is paired with new Gram Lights wheels: 15-inch, 8J, zero offset. Custom artwork covers the entire car; that alone makes it spectacularly flashy.
Configuration 1
Normal opening
Satoru
Photo supplied by D1 Corporation
The ultimate show-off styling for drifters! Forget gullwing doors—this hood is something else. Seeing it for the first time was genuinely impressive: what an extraordinary opening mechanism! We had seen reverse-opening and sideways-opening hoods at sport-compact events, but one that rises from its center...
This alone isn't that surprising, but...
This is its ordinary, inconspicuous form. There seems to be something unusual underneath the hood, but otherwise it looks normal.
Configuration 2
Half-open
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Satoru
Satoru
200% more attention!
Does the hood look as though it's sticking into the engine?
Release the rear hood pins and lift: remarkably, the whole hood rises around its central pivot. Insert its front end into the radiator-support bracket and it becomes half-open. This is the position for attracting the crowd in the pits, and the artwork on the hood really stands out.
For the spectators in the pits
Fully open
Configuration 3
Satoru
300% more attention!
Excellent maintenance access!
Put the support rod in place and the hood stays in this position. Its weight balance has been carefully considered, so a light breeze won't knock it down. This makes engine swaps much easier, too. And what an impact!
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