the wait is over!

[headrush]

Thanks guys for your comments and your warm welcome!

(11-27-2014 11:20 AM)mad.matt Wrote:  She looks like a tidy stocker what are your plans for it?

Yeah, it's mainly stock except for the upgrades on the suspension (Koni Shocks with Apex springs and a set of Prothane bushings) and the exhaust that is one of the few things I don't like (I think it's even quieter than the stock one!), so I'll be looking for a sweet exhaust sometime in the future. I'd like something that lets our engines breathe and show it's particular sound and tone, but nothing too loud or radical for the street.

My plans are keeping the car in stock form as much as possible, I am a fan of the clean/stock looking cars with some modifications only noticeable to the enthusiast eye. I'd like to restore the interior to a near "like new" condition. The exterior also needs some bodywork, as I said the car had a huge scratch while being parked on the street and it was not so well repaired, it is not so obvious if you don't know it, but it's noticeable if you look carefully; the driver's door was not very well adjusted and the rear fender was awfully repaired. I'd like to chose a different colour for the paint but I've still not decided which one... some shade of white maybe with a pair of OEM side skirts and deleting those ugly pastic trims on fenders is close to what I have in mind

(11-27-2014 12:42 PM)Spitfire Wrote:  86's like this are pretty rare these days, youre lucky!

The OEM LSD is a 1.5way unit so unless youre looking for something with beefier internals like KAAZ or Cusco you might be best off with just simply rebuilding it with fresh parts. I did that with mine (together with slightly increasing the locking power by modifying the clutches) and its pretty awesome.

Thank you! As far as I'm aware, my car did not come with an LSD from factory, I think it came with the stock open diff (I've not tried or checked yet, but it's what the previous owner told me). So I think even a factory LSD will be a huge improvement! I'd like to get a TRD unit, or a Cusco, tho (I've only seen 2 way LSD's from Kaaz).

(11-27-2014 10:25 PM)banpei Wrote:  Welcome and congrats with the car!
I did a quick search but could not find the car on the forum yet, so a bit hard to track its history with regards of the final drive.

Thank you Banpei! Unfortunately I don't think the previous owner was registered on the forums, but who knows! As far as I know, he wasn't aware of the swap for a shorter final drive (I'm sure he would have told me).

He went to the workshop with a noise in the diff and they replaced the crown and pinion with newer ones, but at this point he wasn't driving the car so often anymore (the car ran barely 2.000 Km's in the last 10 years, I know it sounds crazy but I got the inspection sheets as a certificate), so I think he didn't know about this.

I'll try to figure it out with some calculations (I've already seen some interesting threads in this forums! hehe!)

Thanks everyone!