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29-11-2005, 15:20
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| kudo fruiting ![]() Join Date: May 2005 Location: London
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On the back window? It was for a friends birthday card- we all decided to say HBDay in random ways rather than get him pressies as he was away in Japan. A picture of my Super5 rinsing round an airfield was my effort. Was pretty funny, though I got a few odd looks on the day!
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29-11-2005, 15:43
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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There's cars we should just never sell... Your 5 is one of them. I slid on hail stones and climbed a kerb at 5mph with the brakes locked on my GTT and did a couple of £1,000 worth of damage to the chassis and subframe, etc. Thought back then of buying a basic R5 and swapping the running gear over, then stripping it , roll caging it, then fitting (wide) steel alloys with centre caps. I never did it, just got it repaired, kept it a year and finally got fed up with it's unreliability..but had I - it would have been awesome to end up with one like your's. Looks sorted!! ![]() My next car after the 5, back in 1992 was my first of now 4 AE86's. Can still remember my friends in the back being impressed it would snake up a wet road in 3rd with 3 of them in the back Always loved the handling and the engine and so my interest in Jap cars grew.... Now I'm back where I started, in a way |
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02-12-2005, 23:12
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| spl dori master Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dme Motorsport Ltd, Unit 125 Leyland Trading Estate, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 1RT.01933 442030
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Miguel beautiful car, well done.. sorry but i have to also say to T.K. amongst all the people who slate the fwd (probably because all they drove were there mums metro ) well done!! proper little motor.... oh did i mention i still have my 90 gt which i have had for.....10 years am i mad or just still in love with the old girl.
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07-12-2005, 09:51
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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For those who are interested, here's the full spec. so far: Engine: Base engine – Late model AE92’s 4A-GE engine. Cylinder head and piston surfaces gas flowed. Inlet valves 3 angle cut, Exhaust 2 angle cut. Head skimmed. N2 Racing TRD Valve Springs, Toyota Yaris 1 piece bucket shims, Tomei Power Procams of 304° Duration with 11.0m m lift. Valve timing: IN ATDC102°, EX BTDC104°. TRD Head Gasket 0.8mm, 82mm diameter Techno Pro Spirits racing pistons, AE101 conrods machined, lightened and balanced with oil hole processing, AE111 crankshaft with journal surface mirror polished, TRD bearings, (0.054 mm of connecting rod bearing clearances &(0.060 mm of crankshaft bearing clearance). Machined AE92 oil pump with 3mm shim to enhance hydraulic pressure, Techno Pro Spirits uprated and (10mm) lowered engine and gearbox mounts, AE101 throttle bodies with 70mm bells (No. 4 is cut to clear the brake servo), 327cc Denso injectors, SW20 GT-S fuel pump, Freedom ECU. Compression Ratio 11.5:1. Power: 197 bhp @ 8,600 rpm. Rev limit set at 9,250 rpm. Twin left side Cam covers refinished in Cackle paint, Jubiride lightweight alloy pulleys, TRD comp. spec. ignition leads, Techno Pro Spirits custom equal length 4 into 1 stainless manifold, stainless catalyst replacement pipe, Toda Power 60mm bore 2 silencer stainless racing exhaust. Grex/Trust 13 row oil cooler – complete with custom carbon fibre shrouding & remote oil filter housing. Greddy alloy top hose, 3 x normal capacity Oshumi racing radiator, 1.3 Bar TRD radiator cap, Twin 12” Billion electric fans – with 90 degree thermoswitch and override switch for drifting. Laile alloy radiator shroud. Custom built large capacity oil catch tank with 1 breather from each cam cover. Techno Pro Spirits Oil caps. Oil: 5W50 Trust F2 Fully synthetic. All engine work, installation and mapping completed by Techno Pro Spirits, Japan. Transmission: Late model rear axle (Thicker driveshafts and larger bearings), TRD 2 way differential specially shimmed to lock earlier, 4.778:1 final drive, TRD paddle clutch, Toda Racing 3.7kg flywheel. TRD Quick shift linkage, Oberon fully synthetic racing LSD and transmission oils. Suspension: TRD Coilovers at the front with adjustable castor plates, TRD adjustable rear shock absorbers and springs, 20mm alloy upper spacers (Jubiride) TRD competition bushes, Adjustable lateral rod, Cusco Vacanza uprated rear anti roll bar, Cusco pillow ball uprated tie rods, GTV steering knuckles, Cusco rear strut brace, Nobby Booth Carbon & alloy strut brace. Brakes: FC3S RX-7 4 piston front calipers and discs with Endless CC-X performance pads front and Project Mu drift spec. pads for rear. Braided hoses, Cusco brake master cylinder brace, New hand-brake cables. DOT 4 brake fluid. Wheels & Tyres: Original RS Watanabe 15 x 8J with Zero offset combined with bolt on 15mm spacers front & rear. Bridgestone Potenza RE-01R 195/50/R15 tyres. Alloy wheel nuts. Exterior: Original Paintwork. Global FRP rear hatch with rear wiper removed, Jubiride rear bumper, Budou Nouki front bumper with Billion carbon cold air duct, J-Blood Vented Carbon Bonnet, Trueno late model rear lights, standard skirts and arch trims with carbon fibre stone chip shields. Privacy glass in the rear. Front number plate is mounted on a sprung hinge shrouded in Carbon fibre – Retracts flat (& upside down) at over 50 mph. Driving lights mounted behind the high flow grille. Interior: Defi instrument panel housed inside original binnacle displaying Revs (With adjustable shift light), Water Temp, Oil Temp, Oil pressure complete with LED’s for warning lights and original fuel gauge and Defi link Controller. Apexi Rev Speed Meter with Ultra mechanical - electronic speedo output conversion kit, Apexi G Sensor for measuring cornering G forces and engine power output with the Apexi RSM. Original Air Conditioning retained. Webasto electric glass sunroof, Bride Exas III bucket seats with Bride seat rails, Custom made floor mats, Nardi Classic steering wheel with quick-release Rapfix II Prodrive boss, ARC titanium gear-knob, Cusco racing pedal covers, J-Blood carbon sill trims, Poineer hifi, Greddy multi Switch Controller, Willians Racing Harness, Fire extinguisher. |
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14-11-2006, 03:45
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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Haven't posted for a while about this car. Now it's finished, it's used whenever I get the chance! Below are some pics. Changes I've made since last posting have been to fit a custom made Kimizu Motor Services (KMS) N2 racing manifold, complete with spring attachment, to allow some flex during drifting. This required another remap of the Freedom ECU, so I left the car with Asano San, at Techno Pro Spirits for 2 weeks, for him to take his time any time he drove it. It's perfectly mapped now. The close ratio TRD box has made a lot of difference. Really keeps the car on song in the first 3 gears, especially and allows me more speed into corners. Got rid of the C's quick shift - Standard shift is longer, but kinder on the box and ultimately the quickest of all. TRD quick shifts are rubbish for AE86's.. Have recently retrimmed the Cusco roll cage in all black foam - without cutting it lenghways (Compressed air and cabletie on end blow it up like a ballon) and put in polished alloy door bars, plus diagonal rear bar. Car's proving to be completely reliable - Nothing ever falls off, breaks, or fails. Really pleased with the way it's turned out. It gets a full oil change every time it goes drifting, with 10W60 Castrol Synthetic Racing Oil, 75W90 Wakos synthetic gear oil for the box and 140W synthetic gear oil for the diff. These are the recommended oils for hard use, by the tuners we've spoken with who race AE86's here in Japan. Plans for the future include fitting a brake bias kit and a Starlet EP91 brake servo (Smaller than standard - to allow better air flow to the 4th trumpet). Someday may have the shell and interior stripped and all restored by Carland, near Nagoya with some seam welding too - but as it's used in anger, I don't want to tempt fate right now.. plus the thought of building it all over again doesn't seem tempting! Anyways, here are a few recent pics of it in action. I use it for both grip and drift. Took it to Izu with some GT-R owning friends... It's as quick from 50 -100 mph as a stage 1 tuned 350 bhp R34 GT-R...Which was the first surprise... On the mountain touge roads, only my other car, the RX-7 was quicker (A lot quicker! ). Weight and response play a part, I guess - although the GT-R's weren't trying as hard, and their cars are set up purely for road use. Loving the raw and pure driving experience this AE86 gives. Never found any other all round car more fun to drive on the road / track yet! Some of these pics have been posted elsewhere, but for those who haven't seen them and so they're all in one place I've shown here, together with a few more recent pics. Hope you guys like! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Last edited by Miguel-Newera; 14-11-2006 at 04:00. |
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14-11-2006, 11:01
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Dude, thats one sexy looking manifold ![]() ![]() Are the pipes equal length? And its obviously stainless ![]() When you say custom made, do you mean that they only make it to the car?! Do they actually sell 86 manifolds that they dont have to have the car with them? If so, how much for a 20v one
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14-11-2006, 12:22
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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I was recommended to them by TPS, after the race manifold they'd fitted in the engine build cracked for the 2nd time due to drift transitions. Wasn't cheap - but top quality never is. Performance on cam is now even better than before - surprisingly with more torque low down too. Miguel. | |
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14-11-2006, 12:27
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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14-11-2006, 13:48
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| LOX Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: LONDON
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Miguel dude, all i have to say is
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15-11-2006, 03:14
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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Cheers Bro's... It gets well loved.... But used hard too. Can't resist using all the power it can make. It's addictive ![]() In hindsight I'm glad I didn't fit low drift bodywork to it.... Would definitely have been smashed off by now, if so! |
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