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15-11-2006, 03:22
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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I thought I'd destroyed the TRD clutch that day (Turned out to be a badly scored disc, but would have been OK to keep using, doh!) so I left to meet TPS's recovery truck on the Motorway near Tokyo, driving all the way back clutchless. It's now got a better clutch disc - that feels a lot more progressive and so far's taken a lot of hammering  We'll have to meet again next time... Preferably without rain!Remember Allen's Purple AE86 you saw there? Here's a couple of pics of both the AE86's we got for him. His previous Trueno and the replacement Levin. The Trueno's now sold to a UK customer friend... It'll perhaps be making more appearances here in the near future. Possibly the mintest AE86 to come to the UK this year and an almost perfect Initial D replica car... Allen's new AE86 you saw at Fuji is developing...When you saw it, we'd just bought it for him the week before. Still a show car that hadn't been set up.. It's now registered and we're fitting a Tomei 2 way diff with softer springs on the suspension so it doesn't grip so much like sh*t to carpet! The handbrake works now too, lol. The Power FC Needs mapping as it's way too rich, so we're getting Tomei's engineers who set up Ueo's car to to do that for him... and that major sound system's going to be taken out. Then it'll be used for what was meant        Last edited by Miguel-Newera; 15-11-2006 at 07:15. | |
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15-11-2006, 08:16
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| Tá me sasta :D  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cambs
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I've seen pics of aftermarket exhaust manifolds where there is a slotted hole at either end of the manifold flange to allow fitment to either 20v or 16v.  The manifold also has the runners at 90degrees to the head. Big improvement there over most off the shelf brands. It's using constant radius bends etc  Miguel weve a customer on the market for an exhaust manifold. Perhaps you can get me a quote from those chaps. | |
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15-11-2006, 09:29
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| spl dori master Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ireland/yokohama
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 thats the only real reson i was going lol it took us a whole day to get there, and i was talking about your car all the way there, and when we arrive you left ya *****d i wanted a spin sooooo bad, il be back in june hopefully for about 3-6months you can bring me out then  yeah, i came down from ebisu to the village in that car!!! the sound was amazing, we went by some road workers at around 8500rpm they didnt know what was happening! lol  heres some pics i took when we stopped at the shop  
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15-11-2006, 11:29
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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....It wasn't looking it's best that day - My old Dori Mesh rims on the back, which we'd fitted in a vain effort to reduce the amount of grip it had... made bugger all difference! We'd thought you'd all given up and not come at the way to Ebisu on account of the rain... ...should have known better, you's all being Irish n'all |
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15-11-2006, 13:31
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| spl dori master Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ireland/yokohama
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EXACTLY, we live for rain we took four trains to get there and left at 9am that morning  what a hike. we got a spin in the FD tho so it was cool enough, and i got a spin down the touge in an ae86 which was sweet too thanks to dino. its 2 marks off my "to do before i die" list lol 1. drift around ebisu-check 2. come down the japanese touge in an ae86 on itb's - check 3. get a spin in miguels car - pending.... why didnt you come out to roppongi with us anyway ya pansy? 
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15-11-2006, 13:40
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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Live for rain - drink like a fish!! I always drive home - can't stand the thought of catching trains, lol. Rarely drink as I can't handle hangovers! Had I known it was a "Do before death" situation I'd have made an exception. Next time, Bro!  Last edited by Miguel-Newera; 15-11-2006 at 14:30. |
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15-11-2006, 14:37
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| The End  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Dublin,Ireland,UK and Japan now and then
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 Should have sobered up........Always next time Loved the car for the few seconds I saw it Miguel
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04-03-2008, 13:42
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| touge runner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan!
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About time I posted an update, so here's some recently taken pics. Once it had been finished mechanically, I looked to the bodywork, to perfect it. Bumpers had chips on from drift use, etc. After getting our local bodyshop to spray it, I spent last weekend painstakingly putting it back together with all new trim parts, etc. Whatever could be replaced as part of re-assembling, was. I figure these parts won't be around much longer, so it was wise to replace them whilst I could. Even the rubber seals for the window / trim on the interior were changed. Note also the carbon wind deflectors and carbon panel below the windscreen. New items recently released here. I've also recently fitted a few new parts in the engine bay... The PAS bottle, combined oil catch tank / expansion tank replaced the old ones - I hated that plastic reservoir tank. Also fitted a new screen washer bottle as the old one had turned yellow over 22 years or so, KMS Manifold (Fitted last year, but I have't posted a pic of it fitted till now - it's holding up very well - not cracked or given any problems but noticably improved top end power). All suspension is pillow ball now, too with Greddy's new mini 6 pot kit at the front. I've got a set of new TRD Anti roll bars to fit next weekend, as I've been running a Cusco rear with standard front till now. Might also fit a brake bias valve sometime, but it doesn't need one - might only improve brake performance a little, I guess.. So it's pretty much finished...Sure there will be small improvements to be made as I find the need for them, but I'm pleased with the results after 3 years of work during spare time on some weekends & evenings. It's proving to be totally reliable, and despite the work that's gone into it, I'll still use it hard on the track, and have fun with it on Japan's mountain roads making kills of much more powerful cars.. I've only had to do regular maintenance on it. All the parts chosen seem to be lasting well with no quality issues and notably it's not needed any re-mapping at all. Engine still runs sweet as a nut. Aside from regular oil changes and occasionally squirting the ITB inlets with carb cleaner to remove carbon deposits and restore correct idle - I've only had to balance the throttles once, when they went slightly off tune. Thought about cutting out the arches and making it wider, but in the end I couldn't bring myself to butcher a completely rust free body. It's huge fun to drive. Can't get enough of it :P Despite how it looks, it'll get used for what it was meant. Sideways fun Cheers for looking!                   |
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