Battle Magazine May 2002

The May 2002 Issue of Battle Magazine, titled "Silvia & 180SX Special!" covers popular Nissan drift cars in Japan during the early 2000's. This is the 97th issue of Hyper Car Style Battle Magazine. The Cover design work was done by Imaki Design. Other design work was done by T-BONE, Lifeworks and Studio Balam. The drifter featured on the cover is Hideki Matsumura, and the cover photo is by Yoichi Watanabe. The magazine was printed by Toppan Printing.

##### Summary

The issue contains special articles on driving and tuning the popular Nissan Silvia and 180SX. Featured are iconic Japanese builds of all variations including the S13, RS13, PS13, RPS13, S14 and S15. Also featured is coverage of the BM Cup 2002 opening round at Nikko Circuit, articles detailing the weak points of various cars and how to strengthen them, as well as coverage of night street drifting.

##### Special Articles

* Page 10 - "M-Sports S15 Silvia"
* Page 12 - "With Run S14.5"
* Page 14 - "Inside PS13 Silvia"
* Page 16 - "AN-tech Auto PS13 Silvia"
* Page 18 - "GP Sports S15 and S14 Silvias"
* Page 22 - "ZEEK RPS13 180SX"
* Page 24 - "180SX of a Man Who Started Drifting at Age 40"
* Page 25 - "S14 Onevia with 180SX face"
* Page 132 - "Body Reinforcement with STR Wakai Engineering"
* Page 134 - "S14 Suspension Settings with GARAGE Tsuchiya"
* Page 136 - "GT-1 Parts for RPS13 180SX"
* Page 140 - "The Best S15 Drift Tune!"
* Page 143 - "Silvia & 180SX Drift Machine Street Tuning"

##### Features

* Page 3 - "Night Street Drifting Coverage"
* Page 26 - "Shop Tour: Koguchi Power"
* Page 32 - "New Parts Test"
* Page 38 - "BM Cup Circuit Guide Part 1"
* Page 59 - "Makuo Brothers A31 Cefiro"
* Page 60 - "BM Cup 2002 Opening Round at Nikko Circuit"
* Page 76 - "Strengthening the Weak Points of Your Car"
* Page 100 - "Expert Tuning Tips for Drifting Beginners"
* Page 102 - "M&S Racing Team Fusion Interview"
* Page 148 - "Female built AE86 with Power Special ZEEK"

##### Regular Articles

* Page 28 - "Doriban Search Team"
* Page 36 - "Run & Risk - Nobuteru Taniguchi Column"
* Page 47 - "Drift Technical Lesson"
* Page 51 - "Readers Page Drinko"
* Page 82 - "May Calendar (GP Sports)"
* Page 84 - "BM Cup Information
* Page 86 - "New Products and Information"
* Page 96 - "CTA Ken USA Column"
* Page 107 - "Upcoming Drift Event Information"
* Page 113 - "Editors Note"
* Page 114 - "Free Market"
* Page 116 - "Magazine Submission Guide"
* Page 118 - "Kazumicchi Times"
* Page 123 - "Must have parts for racers"
* Page 129 - "Drift Network Meeting"
* Page 130 - "BM Video Information"
* Page 138 - "BM Special Drift Car S14 Silvia"
* Page 150 - "Extreme Drift!"
* Page 152 - "BM Special Shop Introduction"
* Page 156 - "Street Machine Check"
* Page 158 - "Model Car Factory"
* Page 159 - "Charidori Column"
* Page 161 - "Reader's prize"
* Page 162 - "Next Issue Preview"

##### Related Links

* Garage Quest
* AN-tech auto service
* GP Sports
* ZEEK
* Koguchi Power
* S&A Auto Create
* Kei Office
* STR Wakai
* Tokachi Speedway
* Ebisu Circuit
* G Corporation
* OSS Park Circuit
* Nikko Circuit
* Trust
* Garage Tsuchiya
* GT-1
* Mobara Twin Circuit
* Rally Kids Ina
* Nihonkai Mase-Circuit
* Kazama Auto Service
* Mac
* Inside
* T&E