Newbee: Calavera

[Calavera]

Hi everybody,

A little bout myself
My name is Quoc, 22 years old. And i'm the one who bought the black AE86. I;m very excited about it, cause the AE86 is truly an ICON for the driftcars It was always a dream to own one levin or trueno. And now I finally have one
Furthermore, I'm still studying, just have to graduate. Fan of driftcars, jap cars and fast cars

The car:

Well this is it:




It;s a GT Twin-cam.
According to the display it has run 350k km. But according to the seller it has a new engine with 90k. And I've to say... it runs very very smoothly... no weird sounds around the engine.
It does has somewhat rust on the rear end... but hey, it's a car build 1984! So i have to work on this.
Nice tires, good behaviour in the corners and a lot quicker than i'm used to. Slightly lowered, apparently stronger/ more progressive shocks. And original toyota spoilers.. yeeeeeaaah


My daily car and used-to-be project
I also have 2 Toyota Starlets EP71. One of them was a project to custom convert this 2E engine to turbo engine. With help and with parts of my friends we started in Januari. (the parts were from a different brand actually, but hey... it works for me) The progress was about 60%. I already had every part i needed to build it in. Including a lasercut metal head gasket to lower the compression (if i'm saying this correctly ) I even got my EP71 Turbo S bodykit from japan. And alot of other stuff.

A short list of my stuff i've done to my daily car in prep for the conversion:
- lowering springs -40mm
- GAB front swaybar
- Yellow Koni Sports shock front and rear
- Turbo S OEM front strutbar
- Cusco Camberplates
- Cusco Lower Arm Bar
- Cusco rear strut bar
- 195/55-R13 Semperits with R5GTT PH2 rims
- P7S vented brake disc system in stead of the standerd solid discs and brake calipers with Apexi brake pads. Damn, what a difference, before and after!

Already ordered, but not yet shipped
- Whiteline custom rear sway bar
- Whiteline Castor-kit
- Whiteline adjustable Panhard-rod

And had chosen not to install the full bodykit untill the conversion was finished. So it looks very standaard, but you'll be suprised bout the corner behaviours It drives super with the setup i already have... it only missed the speed and torque

But alas, I just threw away these turbo plans as soon I saw this AE86 for sale. So I arranged a meeting on very short notice. And bought it.
I hope to learn a lot bout the AE86 in a short while, it's a bit different than the simpel carb engine with no ECU at all.

Well this about it... A bit longer visit card... But hey, I think I've introduced myself properly this way

Cya laterz,

Quoc / Calavera

[Widar]

Welcome!
Nice zenki Levin you got there!

[banpei]

Welcome!
Good to see you found your way here. And judging from what you are writing the car is in good hands.

[BastianAE86]

Hey

Welcome to the forum.. Nice looking levin.. And true, sounds like its in good hands with you

[nmwisima]

Very Nice. Wellcome.
Hope you become a tactical here

[The Doctor]

Heey Calavera!
Now i know why you're selling the Turbo S parts

Welcome onboard!


And in some way i think the starlet P7 is the same as the AE86.
It doesn't look fast, but with some suspension mods, you can scare people

[Mux213]

Welcome dude, nice to see that black beauty is in some good hands!

Good luck fixing her up, hope we'll be seeing pictures of the work

[Calavera]

I forgot to tell, I did buy this car but I do not have it yet...
There are some paperwork needs to be done before I can actually pick it up and drive it Can't wait till that day... I hope this upcoming weekend.