AE86 Sprinter

[Eircamae86]

Thanks guys and the thick head gasket is definitely a good suggestion.

I had enough of this big spec engine for the moment & decided to build something more sensible.

A Irish friend of mine got me a good deal on a new build Powertune competition rally head with cams, just a basic refreshed head with mild porting, rally cams, valve springs etc.

Just my luck, I dont know what happened to the head in transit, I think they dropped it from the plane

It arrived badly damaged, inc a bent cam.

I had to get a new cam and repair the head.

An Australian friend of mine sold me a rebuilt 3 rib so 40mm crank. Not ideal but stuff is hard to source.

At this point I had bought some bits from an overseas shop, wont bother mentioning the name as they seem to have disappeared (Good). I purchased CP pistons & rods to suit 40mm crank. The CP pistons arrived but the rods never did so I was stuck with 18mm pin CP pistons. This shop messed me around for about 18 months promising an 18/40 rod...... anyways, money lost, life goes on.

Eventually I gave up and bolted the Rally head to a stock 3 rib bottom end, I knew this was not a great idea but I just wanted to get this thing on the road.

I have recently found a shop in Europe who will do 18/40 rods for approx 700eu, so maybe in the future I will purchase these.





I fitted ST20v ITBs.
The adapter I had turned out to be a very old adapter which runs the throttles upside down,, no issue I thought until I went to install it and the TPS fowled on the water outlet.



I was actually parked again for a few months until Rob slpery86 in japan located a 4age water outlet for old carbs. I will find out the name if anyone needs one.

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Got the car tuned, not expecting much from the low comp pistons & total mismatch of I think 9mm cams.
It made like 133 bhp at the rear wheels but just didnt feel right on the drive home, like it was terrible.

Brought it home and flushed the tank, new e85 fuel filter and got the injectors checked.

Went for a drive to get a full tank of pump e85, and this happened.

Why is the pasteboard image so big?



I have a healthy respect for the law but this was bullshit, I wasnt speeding etc, they didnt like the look of the car, they were drawn to the camber on the front & how dangerous it was to have tyres showing past the metal arch, meanwhile in Australia like 20 4x4 drive past with mud tyres outside the bodywork. Cop didnt care, he was a revenue raising tool.
Car got defected. Total disaster, I had to remove all modifications.

A year later I got it registered again but had to source stuff like JDM brakes, brake servo etc etc, which is not easy now.