Option (car magazine)
Option with the subtitle Exciting Car Magazine, is a Japanese car magazine that has been founded by Daijiro Inada in 1981. This was done to meet the growing demand of enthusiasts of modified Japanese cars in Japan to satisfy.
The journal is published by the Japanese publishing San'ei Shobo, which is the parent company of Sunpros, exploiting a dividend of Inada owned company. Inada himself is the founder of the D1 Professional Drift Grand Prix as well as the Tokyo Motor Show.
Structure
In the earlier days of the option has been primarily reported on illegal street races to give them as a certain legality. However, this was soon banned. In addition, we reported for tests of Inada or by members of the editorial staff when driving speed records, regardless of whether it is on the Bonneville Speedway, the German Autobahn or at the Silver State Classic Challenge. Today, reports the option Touge, Drift racing on mountain roads and Wangan race, for example, on the city motorway Tokyo, but also about those that take place on closed roads and are legal.
In addition to speed tests and test of parts for modifying vehicles, there are other regular appearing Columnen. One of these is called Columnen Hot Car Contest, readers sent in photos of their car to be a by Manabu Suzuki, to assess with a certain humor. In addition, Keiichi Tsuchiya busy with different problems, the reader, if this example can not decide what car they should buy. About the problems that occur when drifting, reported in a month Columne called Sugoi yo! Osaru -san (すごい よ!オサル さん), Ken Nomura.
In addition, there is a regularly published D1GP mini magazine, the D1 Grand Prix Times. There, among other things, act Eiji Yamada and Manabu Orido with. For more than offshoots of the option field, including the Option 2, one of the option rather similar magazine, but with the emphasis on more modified cars and detailed technical knowledge, such as the attachment of modifications in DIY style. Next there's the Wagon option, which deals specifically with issues because of station wagon and van. It is a mixture of option and option 2 Drift Tengoku is a magazine of which there are also DVDs that deal exclusively with the Drifting. Records of the D1GP competitions and their offshoots in full length, sold by the Video Option DVD. This also includes reports on various racing events, as well as Fahrerpotrais, the various project vehicles of the magazine and various tuning companies.
Project Cars
Option Stream Z ( Version 1 ) (ストリームZ, Z Sutorīmu )
After an unsuccessful attempt in 1999, at the Silver State Classic Challenge in Ely, Nevada, with one of the company flash modified Nissan Skyline GT -R ( flash R348 ) participate to Inada decided in 2003 to attempt the land speed record on a Chrysler LeBaron in category production vehicles of the Guinness Book of World Records to break. The Stream Z with the starting number 143 is a Nissan 350Z (MJ 2002), known in Japan as the Nissan Fairlady, which has been modified by the company in June car for the Unlimited class. The engine capacity of 3.5 liter VQ35DE engine was enlarged to 3.8 liters. In addition, the unit is equipped with a turbocharger of the type T88- 34D of the company Greddy. After further modifications to the engine, suspension, and exterior and interior, the vehicle had an output of 800 kW PS/593. During the race rubber peeling off the left rear tire, which also lost air at a speed of 240 km / hr. In an attempt to slow the vehicle by Inada switched from 4th to 3rd gear, the car came off the track and rolled over seven times. Inada survived the accident without any major injuries, but was taken to a nearby hospital due to a back injury. The accident was never formally studied, but the inclusion of a camera in the vehicle was checked. It is believed that the tire was hot and peeling in layers. Furthermore, it should have caused the accident, a mistake on the part of the driver. The wrecked car was brought back to Japan and shown in January of the following year at the Tokyo Motor Show at the booth of the journal.
Option Stream Z ( Version 2)
After the show ended, the option Inada and decided to try again. It was again a 350Z but now taken with a Fender Flares order to fit wider tires can. It was rebuilt the same 3.8-liter engine, but this time with a turbocharger Type T88- 38GK from Greddy. This ensured that the power increased to 100 hp to 900 kW PS/667. As a result of the accident, a drag chute was installed on the vehicle and the team hired on the spot a helicopter to be during the race near the vehicle can. For the following year the car was modified at the rear suspension and suspension.
But the team had no luck. Mile speed run damaged the vehicle - Thus, in 2005, on the day before the race, during a 1. Daijiro Inada was the driver and the passenger Susumu Koyama ( owner of the tuning company in June car) was the signal to slow down after passing the finish line misunderstood. 2 km after the finish line was a curve and the vehicle went off the road. There were mechanical damage to the car and the passenger was taken to a hospital due to a calf muscle tear. As a result, they could not take part in the main race. However, you won the 1- mile race with a top speed of 180 mph
While taking place in May 2006 Nevada Open Road Challenge INDada announced that he would retire from active racing and that which takes place in September Silver State Classic Challenge would be his last race. There was a change in the stream C, the paint was changed. But this did not help during the race he had to give up after the crankshaft by a traveled distance of 57 km broke. When he took part in September at the Silver State Classic at the 1- mile shootout, the engine destroyed itself, and so he could not take part in the main race as in 2005.
The version of the Stream Z 2005 is in the game Grand Turismo 4 available.