New guy here from San Francisco. Originally from Cork, Ireland. I have been a lurker since Phil's S14 was being put together when it was still black. Currently building an AE86 daily drifter. / driver / occassional track day etc... Bought it in 2009 when it was a bogo standard US spec Trueno: 1 Year later it looked like this ( I know, I know, typical Paddy ! ): Fast forward once more year & it's getting this ( Atlantic spec Hasselgren 20v with slightly milder cams for DD): And just for shits, here's a drift car belong to a friend of mine:
Thanks. Yes, I work there. I run the Bentley, Lamborghini & Lotus service department. She's not just a "cut-spring around a cone donutter" either. It has coilovers front & back, front & rear uprated sway bars, usually runs on 185/60/13 AO48s & has front & rear strut braces. It's an ok starter suspension kit but once I have some track days under my belt when the engines finished I am going to upgrade to something a little better.
To be fully Irish spec I hope thats a Janspeed on there! And there's no Cibie Oscars on the front! Hope you're leaving rings at every T-Junction in the USA! Messing aside, awesome 86, looks in brilliant condition
Woah, nice work place!! And the corolla's not bad either Hopefully I'll be out in San Fran in July for a year with my current work, if I get the job I'm after anyway
Thanks Stav, Having watched all of your projects over the years that means a lot ! You're correct, there is a distinct lack of "wanker CBs, I like driving around in circles listening to repetitive music while 15 year olds idolise me" lights but I think I just made clear how I feel about them. I have to admit though, the 1st time I drove it I did ruin an intersection.... I have always had Corollas since I was 18, almost 12 years ago. There was a 325i sport in there for a brief period too but that was short lived. Well spotted, it actually is a Janspeed on there but the system is tool small for the new engine so it will be replaced in the coming weeks with a flowmaster series 10 box & a custom 2.5" system I will be making in house. We have a nice fabrication shop in our workshop. I will post up the engine dyno in approx. 2 weeks when we do it. It's going to be dyno'd with the ecu that will be used in the car along with the engine harness to make it truly plug & play. Thanks everyone else for your nice comments...!