Corolla GT Coupe - Royalty Black

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It all started here....

"....The buy - All started out in January 15th, 2011. That night i couldn't sleep, woke up by 7a.m, with only a couple of hours of sleep, my dad drove me to the register department to sign up the paperwork.

It was mine finally!...."

So this is a pre 11 Year Ownership post to maybe summarize this small adventure with the AE86 a car that is now part of my DNA and also helps me forget sometimes the issues in life just by working on it!

So... what happened?

2011 i thought, wow, i have an AE86 and now I'm going to slowly put it back together and in the future paint it and... that's it!

No! I was wrong! On the 1st of January 2012, i've crashed my car into the bridge!
With the help of friends i got it back together and also with people from this forum, i was able to recover it back to Trueno!

Mid 2012 to 2013 was a year of discovery! I've adapted the digital cluster with the digital fuel sender in my AE86, and I've run silver top ITB's with the 16V using a mega squirt!

It was really good! 10HP tunning it myself!

But... i lost reliability!

So..... in 2014 i was already with the car stopped, 16V engine out! And gambled all in into the 20V Blacktop madness!

And guys.... what an engine! Totally different from the 16V the 20V screams for track! And that was it! Trackdays with my AE86!

I've upgraded basically everything i could.....

Coilovers, RX7 brakes, 15inch wheels with semi-slicks on them... you name it!
It was all about power!

And so, as we keep growing up and being adults... this fever of tracks transformed itself into something more.... "i just want to drive this car...."
And that's what happened! I've come across some manuals, read a bunch of books, used my Japanese skills and really transformed this car...

It is now a more JDM standard model, no big exterior stuff, and the interior is all pretty much original needing a bit of TLC.

Spec list after 10 years ownership:

- Trueno kouki spec;
- SSR MK2 2x 7.5x14 ET-6, 2x 8x14 ET-6
- Dixcel SD Front brake rotors
- Dixcel EStype Front brake pads
- Dixcel PD Rear brake rotors
- ProjectMu HC800 Rear brake pads
- TEIN front struts with Cusco inserts and 8kg Tein springs
- Cusco camber plates
- Rear Cusco shocks
- Rear TRD 5.5Kg springs
- Full Bushing Kit Prothane
- Cusco adjustable Tension rods
- Cusco tension rod mounts
- GPR4 fabrications Panhard bar
- Cusco Front Sway bar
- Cusco Rear Sway bar
- 4.55 Liteace Final Drive
- OEM Kouki LSD
- Redline Rear Brakes
- DEFI link kit (oil pressure, oil temp, and water temp)

- 20Valve Blacktop
- Spare 20Valve Blacktop (in the works)
- SQ distributor kit
- Mishimoto Radiator
- 5Zigen 4-2-1 exhaust manifold
- HKS Hi-Power 409 Exhaust
- Fujitsubo LegalisR Exhaust (spare)

Wow... this is a big list...! hahahha

That's it!

Tomorrow it marks the 11th year with the AE86 so.... let's keep pushing!