Tanuki!

[Touge86]

I have a new project. Although I am taking on someone else's project I still want to keep track of everything I do to it. He has a lot done to the car, but it needs even more.

Original FS Thread:

"This is a 1985 Toyota Corolla. I started this as a ground up restoration 3 years ago, putting all my time and money into it! And is about 95% complete. I want to have the perfect car, one that you be for the track but perfect in everyway. So I started with stripping the car to bare chassis, having a 12point chromolly scca/ fia spec cage than rotating the car UPSIDE DOWN to been the underside could be painted. Every nut, bolt or bracket was either bought new or re zinc plated. All suspension conponents were powder coat in coulding the rear end. The motor was built by the top Engineer and designer and Banks Power. From changing my mind a couple times I have extra swaps, rear end and bunch of other stuff. So I'll try to make a list. here it goes! lol

Motors:
in car, 20v blacktop on Tec II by DansToy
fully built motor, (NEW) 16v Red top:
-ported and flow benched head
-Toda valve train
-Toda Cam gears
-Weisco 12/1 pistons, ceramic on top and teflon on sides
-Shot peened rods
-Plane Edged Crank
-ARP head and rod bolts
-Web Billet cams
-Mukuni 44mm Carbs
-TWM port matched intake manifold

Suspension:
-(NEW) JIC full coil overs
-(NEW) set of four Tokico HTS sturts
-(NEW) TRD rear springs
-(NEW) heimed four links
-TRD Bushings
-and about $500 in teflon heim joints with off sets

Brakes:
-Brembo slotted only! rotors
-Project MU pads
rebuilt calper kits

and a bunch of other stuff... Spacro Pro 2000 seat, few nardi's, spare rear end
spare motor, maybe a car trailer...

Call me if you have any questions. Olen at (909) 915-8532
and I will post pics at myspace.com/OlenMain"

Here are the original Sales Pics I got from him:

[Touge86]

We went down and brought the car back from Yucaipa, CA.



The guy that I bought the car from acted like he had spent every moment of his life working on the car, but after talking to him when picking the car up I would have to say that it seems that he had most of the labor donated by friends. Also he said the car was 95% its more like 50%. The other thing we lucked out on was that the car didn't fall off the rear axle and crash down to the trailer when we were driving. Olen hadn't tightened down the 4 links and as we pushed it off the trailer they completly came off and the rear axle teetered on the springs alone! Anyways we jacked it up and got them fixed. There was no way that they had been tightened at all even though the original owner told me "they probably rattled loose."

I bought a tent thing and put up shop.


Here are Current Pics. Also got the windshield put in.

[banpei]

Looks like the worst part already has been done: it appears to be rust free!
What are your own plans btw? Just finish what the previous owner was supposed to to?

[mc68]

wonderful, simply wonderful

alot like mine but yours is MUCH more neater.

very tidy work

[Eircamae86]

Total respect, thats exactly what I was planning years ago until I was messed around.

[Touge86]

i wish i could get a totaled sti motor/ complete drive train to fit in this. that would be the ultimate car, but I want to part out the blacktops eventually and do a f20 or something along those lines as well.

[banpei]

Sti? I pressume you mean the SR20? Or do you mean the EJ series from Subaru?

[Touge86]

^subaru EJ, but they are too big. I wouldn't be able to fit it in the bay. plus it would throw off the balance of the car. I will finish the blacktop swap, and then down the road find something else for it.

[Uzelac]

EJ205 certanly wouldn't fit, at least not low enough but it would be really great drive with RWD only drive train. AWD is no really for AE86

[Touge86]

I agree. either way it will be good when done. I wouldnt mind the f20c, but I think i ll stick with the blacktop until something more intriguing comes available.