Firehawk's N2 racecar project

[firehawk]

Widar, I'll up the ante a bit - how about taking it for a spin at Alastaro at, for example, a FinToys trackday?

Superhessu, yeah - S.K. already recommended to me a guy who adapts 4K/5K distributors for use on the 4A-GE. I'll probably see first if there's a way to run a simple electronic system with stock components and then go for a K-series dizzy if my plan doesn't work out. Regarding the rear arches, I'm afraid that on the left one the outer metal has completely rusted (and been partially cut) away and the right one had been completely removed and mostly remade of body filler and some strips of metal. I do have one AE82 rear arch I bought from Motonet and while it's not exactly the same, it could be adapted to the AE86 as well.

I had a busy weekend working at the garage and finished most of the reinforcement and rust repairs. It only needs a few finishing touches to have it ready for the first spray of primer. I've added new photos to the project gallery, starting from page 3;

http://www.r5r.net/photo/v/projects/ae86...?g2_page=3

In addition to the seam welding, I made some integral reinforcements from rectangular tubing, somewhat replicating the Ueo Style saikyo and bomber bars. Photos below. The front bar should also double as a handy location for mounting an oil cooler.

Oh yeah, the spare tyre well is gone as well. I tried to figure out a good way of mounting a ~20l fuel cell to the car and finally decided to build a light "cradle" between rear frame rails and place the tank on top of it. The top surface of the tank should come flush with floor of the boot so an aluminium sheet with a hole for the filler cap can be riveted on to form the new floor. I'll put this subproject in hold for the moment until I can buy the actual fuel cell - right now I need to save up some cash to get the N2 kit.

My brother and I also assembled the engine back together with all new gaskets, bearings and piston rings. The block has been decked 0.1mm and 0.4mm milled off the head. This gives me, with the TRD 0.8mm head gasket, a static CR of 11.0:1. A few photos here but I'll add some more when my brother sends me the photos from his camera.