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Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 6:44 pm
by isatoyuy
Re: Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 8:03 pm
by scalpel
looks like a nice start
Re: Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:04 am
by isatoyuy
Yea. It's in good shape other than the pistons. But seeing as it needs that, I was planning on doing a full build on the internals with a good tune to make sure the motor will run for a long time. Other than the engine it's pretty much done. Might beef up the drive train some but all the major work is finished.
Re: Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:02 am
by aukword1
Not bad at all, even has a turbo in it. Nice come up!
Re: Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:16 pm
by isatoyuy
Got an old pic from the seller. I feel like it's a good goal for the car once it's finished.
I'll keep updating as I work on it. Going to pull the motor this weekend to send to the machine shop.
Re: Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:22 am
by jinx
drifting, racing.... with a FMU ?
must have switched wheels... normal AE culture is wide rims poking out beyond the bodywork & silly stretched tires
looks like u got a good base to work with
Re: Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:39 pm
by isatoyuy
I'm going full stand alone once the engine is done. Already have a place with a dyno to tune it properly so it will not blow up. Don't know what ecu to get yet. Need to do more research and decide.
The guy I bought it from is old school so he wasn't about stance or stretched tires, just like me. The wheels I got with it are 14" panasport but it was proving hard to find tires in the same size so I got some 15" wheels just to run with for a bit.
Already have the motor halfway out, just need to get the hoist and pull it. Once that happens, I'll disassemble and drop it at my friends shop for cleaning and machine work.
Re: Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:20 pm
by Jayrdee
Thats one hell of a good start!
clean chassis, cage, suspension, plenty of engine mods, nardi steering wheel, etc.
Should be a sweet ride once you get it running again
Re: Bringing back an old AE86
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:55 pm
by isatoyuy