Robokill 1984 Levin Coupe 8A9 // building new engine

[banpei]

That is the second hachi I've ever seen losing their topcoating.

[robokill]

I have a floor plate

Lot of work needs to be done. Still need to be doing some welding on the underside of the car. But will do that hopefully next week.

[Ivan141]

Len, your making good progress, but do me a big favor and have a look at all the tutorials on this site:
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk

That should give you a quick impression of how to make decent looking welds (it made a difference for me too).

[Chell]

Ivan141 Wrote:Len, your making good progress, but do me a big favor and have a look at all the tutorials on this site:
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk

That should give you a quick impression of how to make decent looking welds (it made a difference for me too).

very nice site maybe i can weld something better after reading this

[robokill]

thx for the comment on the welding. But I'll be honest. I don't care.

The car needs to be plated and I will protect it with anti rust coating and a fresh paint. I decided to do it like this because I will experiment with the car. I wouldn't want to be puting in alot of body work cash and wreck it in the race.

I also made up my mind when I redo the body in the future I will use a wide body kit. (the one that looks similar to the BNR32 GTR)

I will cut away most of the backscreen then so for now this is fine. I just need to find me a US rear bumper that I can modify to fit the newly AE86 back. First my plan was to make the rear bumper fit like original. But the rear arches look better now so it would be a waste.


Now the list of work to be done:

- weld in the cage
- prepare the body (filling up etc)
- ground paint layer
- colour toyota 040

These things I wanne do first. When that is done I will be going for the remaining stuff. (new brakes etc suspension blabla)

Today I was polishing my spray paint skills with a new front wing for my sisters car. (peugot 205) It worked out pretty well considering it was my first time using 2 componment based paint.


Working on a surprise for the car but not yet sure if it will work out. When it does i'll post it.

[NoHachi]

Hey Lennert, if you want we can swap between the USDM bumper of the Trueno and your original bumper. Been wanting to get rid of that thing for a while now.

[banpei]

I threw mine away two months ago since noone was interested...

[robokill]

:roll: Been away for a while. Lots to do.

The head of the engine is worked now. Still need to order new valves and valve guides.

Engine is suppose to be a GZE but thats not yet 100% confirmed.

I am in serious search of new shocks. Koni sucks for a track car. I will concentrate on the bottom of the car to get it done. Than I have to make it ready for paint.

When its that time. I have more pics.

Any suggesitons on the shocks ? I need short stroke. And it needs to handle 8 and 7kg springs. no coilovers.

[DJexor]

tokico HTS?

[robokill]

hey dj thought of tokico hts but not much use. I don't need adjustable dampers as the car will be mostly used for drifting .... but the koni's just don't do the trick.

I need something cheap and strong enough for teh 8kg springs