CJ's AE86 project

[cj]

Here is my project. As introduction I may say that i've owned the car for the past 3-4 years. I was particularly looking for ae86 and it was quite an adventure untill i finally found one. This is how it looked like when i bought it:




The first mod I ever did was taking off that huge cossie wing. Step 2 was removing the metal imitation of corner lights and installing real ones. I also did some refreshment of the body and the engine. Here are the results (pics taken 2-3 years ago):





This is the moment when the car looked the best, because after that i switched to "car abuse mode" , or in other words - decided that it's time to get to know each other better. Ever since that moment, it's been a real adventure to drive our "friendship" further ahead (especially having in mind that i've never driven a RWD car agressively before).

Okey dokey, this is what i have done so far and what i intend to do in the near future:

BRAKES:
Front cross drilled & slotted rotors (italy custom made)
Rear cross drilled & slotted rotors (italy custom made)
Front brake pads: Mintex C-tech
Rear brake pads: Mintex C-tech





SUSPENSION:
Shocks: Tokico HTS102 all around.
Front coil-over suspension with 40mm case shortening
Paradise Racing coil over kit
Front Upper Hat System (bg custom made)
40mm Roll Center Adjusters
21mm tube inserts
Front springs: Paradise Racing 7.15 kg/mm (400 lbs/inch)
Rear springs: Swift 6.0 kg/mm (335 lbs/inch)
Rear adjustable lateral rod (bg custom made)
Replaced rear arm bushings (bg custom made)
Tein Adjustable Camber Plates










DRIVETRAIN:
KAAZ 2-way LSD
New Koyo differenctial bearings (all)
New Koyo halfshaft bearings
Shortshifter (custom made)







These are my plans for the near future (hopefully):

ENGINE: (status: in the closet)
Minimum burnishing of head and block (if required after inspection)
Multilayer Steel Headgasket: Cometic
9 mm rod bolt kit: ARP
Crower Stage 3 camshafts
Toda Racing valve springs
T3 Adjustable cam gears
4-1 header (bg custom made)
Adjustable fuel pressure regulator
295cc injectors
Intake Adapter (custom made)
Individual Throttle Bodies (Webber carbs)
Megasquirt unit
Underbucket shims (to be ordered after inspection)
Raplacement of whatever is needed after inspection of engine parts













As you can see, at this stage i'm planning a N/A setup. I don't have any intetions of bulding a super-dooper drag monster or what-so-ever. On the contrary - i'm looking for a modest fun driving car

[dAYTONA]

Nice work, and good choice in parts. Those ITB's will make it sound nice ;-)

[cj]

Here are some of the lates pics of the car with the new suspension on:

[Eircamae86]

Well done, cool 86 mate

[Mux213]

Looking good man!

[mr monster]

now thata low

[dAYTONA]

One thing that makes it look odd at the front is the 'reverse' style paintjob on the bumper...

[banpei]

Very nice!
Isn't your car too low for normal street use?

[Mux213]

Art,

good chance mine is heading that way too lol

[Ivan Petrov]

The best AE86 in Bulgaria
Why don`t you write this info in http://www.drifting-bg.com