AE86 N2 (big update)

[86Pilot]

Now, pics from last Sunday trackday at Vasco Sameiro Circuit, Braga, Portugal.





























And a couple more by the great photographers @ http://www.overdriveclub.net











Small video I was able to shot with a camera phone... not the best picture quality but its better than nothing. :wink:

Regards to you all!
Luís Pinto


P.S.:Now back to getting that beasty 20V ready for assembly

[Lajoosh]

great shots mate! must been an awesome weekend!

[86Pilot]

OT

Hey Lajoosh, I've been to Debrecen while my gf was overthere studying medicine.

Huge fan of the Carpe Diem caffe, right in the city center

[Lajoosh]

86Pilot Wrote:OT

Hey Lajoosh, I've been to Debrecen while my gf was overthere studying medicine.

Huge fan of the Carpe Diem caffe, right in the city center

greetings from debrecen mate! i used to visit Carpe Diem often, before i fell into 86 madness

[nmwisima]

Great car and great shot

[86Pilot]

Time for a long overdue update.

This goes back to September 2010, during my last weeks of vacation at Portugal.

Began working on the 20V, and luckily had a friend driving in witha van full of tools.
Kinda reminded me of the build video of Ilda Akira's Levin.




Loads of tools. Lets get to work then...




Tsuchiya-san helping out via satelite...




Manual is a must have




20 valves, finally!




Good and healthy block






Engine stripped and we called it a night... morning actually





Next day.
Cleaning lady mode - ON





























Second can of oven cleaner...





Carbon deposits, nothing major







Magic foam at work...







Internals...





While waiting, it was time for me to attack the ITBs





While Ricardo carried on at high pressure mode...




Some late night test fitting...







Day 3


Even after deep cleaning and scrubing, the ITBs were still not looking very good






The silica blast takes a long time but damm it is worth it!


Oil pump and throttle bodies








Silica blast working miracles...













water pump cleaned and ready





Coolant bypass done







Soon to machine a blanking plate for those



The ITBs and trumpets really came out great, complete with new bolts










Cling film around it and that's a job well done.




The parts are still resting on that same shelf till today, and hopefully try to get the engine assembled at the end of December.






Head and block are out on the machine shop to check for concentricity, redo the valve seats and calibrate the rotating masses.






Now back to September 2011, I'm gonna fly to Portugal tomorrow and get my hands on the 86 again.
Trackday next Sunday!

In the mean time, been playing around with teh Megasquirt, trying to come up with a decent control strategy for when the engine and wiring are all sorted.





Regards!

[86Pilot]

Some pics from September trackday at Portugal.





And a couple of onboard footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym1a3e1V_C8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHPz_KNHt...ideo_title

[86Pilot]

Given that we're rolling past mid 2013, I figured it is probably time for an update.

Did some trackdays:












Got the remaining 20V bit and pieces together to build the engine:





At the beginning of the year and after a small misfurtune with the front end I decided that it was a good time to advance to the next phase with this AE86.

My ultimate goal for this car was always to build a track only N2ish version, so I started planning, buying, dissasembling, cutting, grinding... you get the picture....


Here's the picture report


First job, engine out:










Car finally dismembered and a load of parts to store and tidy up:











Keeping things organized:







New headlights and corner lights. Gotta love new old stock





Trying my luck with the dry ice:








Got some designing done rollcage-wise:









And back to the chassis:





Got rid of the battery support and other bits and pieces in the engine bay:







And finnaly the front end was fixed:






Time to clean some of the parts that will be going back to the car






And after some weeks the car was coming together nicelly:








The N2 test trials:






More chassis work:
















Time to kill some quarter pannels:




And to fix some badly battered N2 arches:






The interior was getting under way too:








4 Link system underway








Got my fuel cell compartiment made, and tryed to combine low CG with a drag free underbody after the axle:










Jack stands support






4 Link system almost finnished:






And pedal box in plac:








And that's how it is at the moment.

I'll keep you guys posted

[thanos]

Great work keep it up

[Apsogos]

f@cking Unbelievable !!! WELL DONE!!!