Hi everyone, short introduction. I´ve tried to go sideways shortly after I bought my first RWD car, bout 2 years ago. It was a 1979 Toyota Corolla KE35. But having only 60hp and stock suspension with leaf springs at the back set you a lot of limits. But its still a very unique, cool daily driver! I started looking for something more suitable. I came across a mid 80´s RWD Corolla, by the name of AE86, light, enought power for starters and loads of aftermarket parts. I already had a Toyota, so it´s not gonna be that different... Cause I´m a student it needed to be cheap. Budget was around 1000€ for an unmodified car and according to mods I was ready to pay more. Exactly one year ago I found a AE86 in Poland, allready with lots of usefull drift-mods an not to much rust. I payed 2300Euro, wich I still belive is ok for what I got. It had some wrinting one the side, a mate told me about initial D (never heard of that before), went onto youtube and there we go, I suddenly realised the "charism" surounding the car, that I bought a few days go It sat in the shed for half a year until I got some more money to spend. By now I think it´s worth to be posted here Hopefully i´ll find enought time to fix it and get a few more mods to suit my "needs". Should become a nice track drift toy picture of my 2 cars current spec list AE86: Engine: rebuild 4age bluetop engine -new O/S low comp. pistons -new ACL conrod bearing -ported head -crazy high compression (previous owner skimmed the sh*** out of the head) -polished valves, recut seats -HKS valvesprings -HKS adjustable cam gear -genuine Toyota Head gasket -new Bosch timing belt kit -NGK iridium spark plugs -K&N Filter -stock manifold with 2" self made exhaust system fancy bits: -Koyo radiator + Blitz radiator cap with twin fans (Audi) -cusco catch can Driveline: -lightened flywheel (still stock clutch) -shimmed stock LSD in need of a rebuild Suspension (needs new parts, too) -Koni yellow all around (1 leaking) -Coilovers at the front (H&R springs, thread on one sleeve stripped) -camber plates (1 pillowball stuffed) -some polybushes here and there -Whiteline strutbrace -P/S arms for more lock In/Exterieur: -stripped Interieur -rear quater window made of macrylon -grp bonnet -crp/grp hybrid bootlid -6pt cage (probably a Heigo cage...) -OMP Harness for driver/co-driver -HID kit 4000k -TRD gear knob -MR2 AW11 front splitter rolling stock: -Hoshino racing mesh 14x7 +4/ 14x6,5 +11 (need refurb) -SSR XR4´s 14x6,5 +7 (suits more the KE35, but ok on AE86) -unknown white 5 spoke 14x7 +21 current engine status: Next update will hopefully be next weekend, when the engine is back in and running
Engine is back in the car, BUT I couldn´t get it running Very weak/ no spark. There are not many spare parts I don´t have... but ignition coil and igniter module are one of them. I suspect the loom anyway, a common fault on AE86´s. The fact that it was working before and now since I replaced the old loom (had few broken connectors), with a "better" one points in this dirction... I´ll try to get it working next weekend... I kinda hate my Hachi right know, even if my MR2 AW11 front lip and those HKS pulleys look so damn sexy... I want to drive my AE86 so badly, I´ve owned it for 1year and couldn´t drive it ever since, cause of mechanical/ electrical faults
lovely corollas you have there! how did you go about trimming the mr2 lip? i fitted one to the bumper of my 86 when i had it and it required so much trimming along the top and sides. did look good when done though!
It took half a day to get the lip on my car, check out the pic to see what I did. I didn´t trim anything on top just at the back. I think it´s not as cool as the missing zenki lip, but it was way cheaper.
looks good mate! definately agree, the zenki lip is amazing but i couldnt justify spending so much on one, the mr2 lip only set me back £20!
Engine still not running I didn´t get a spare ignition coil/ ignition module by this weekend, wich left me with "troubleshooting with volt/ohmmeter"! I´m not sure were the problem with my weak spark comes from, but I checked the wiring and it seems to be ok, so I´ll swap the coil and module and hopefully, fingers crossed, I should get the AE86 running for the first time since I own it (still needs set timing/ mixture adjusting/ other small adjusting stuff) Just one more closeup Me and a mate have also been very busy prepairing/building this: Got any idea what´s it for?
Hell yeah! These are going on there next spring--> TUV time (German MOT) SSR Longchamps XR4´s 14x6,5J +7 Replacing the 155/80R13 with some 185/60/14. These were bought for the AE86 but suit the KE35 very good as well. Hoshino Racing mesh 14x7 +4 (rear) and 14x7 +11 (front) I´ve also collected parts to swap over the old suspension setup from the AE86 including front brakes at some stage, but first I need to get enough money for the new AE86 suspension. Also plans to renew the leaf springs and add a stiffer swaybar to the front and one for the back. I wanted DW C2´s but it looks like that they are no longer avaliable for AE86 I also got a longterm engine build, allready collected parts over the last 2 years. -bored out Toyota 4K (1,3l) engine to 1,5l with o/s pistons -lumpy cam (max lift with stock springs and nice torque band) -TRD o/s Valves -rebuild Weber single carb 32/36DGV -Twin squish head -Martelius 4-2-1 extractors -chrome moly piston rings -a few new bearings -genuine Toyota Gaskets General n/a tuning with lightening/ balancing/ refacing/ matching/ porting/ will be performed as well. I´m aiming round healthy 100hp, wich should make a good daily (820kg), while keeping the fuel cost allright. (sidedraughts are to thirsty round town!!!) I´ll probably attend a few classic racing competitions, but nothing crazy, especially no drifting. I´ve done that and it doesn´t feel right, just afraid of crashing a beautifull car So it´s not really a matter of Driftworks than... Tidy up the rough interieur, and most important,fight the rust, that starts again to pop out on certain places. Bloody old cars!
last update before winter! I found out my ignitor had an "earthning problem" Got it started, but we already flooded the exhaust with petrol, resulting in this: I send the AE86 to "hibernation", the KE35 will follow in 2 weeks. They´ll be back around April. I´m gonna leave for now with a before after pic of my engine bay!
christmas time! christmas time = goodies time I made myself a nice stiff carbon trunk lid for the AE86, weights only 2,1kg (!) the old one is about 8,3kg. Currently getting the final clear coat. I can´t wait to see it finally on my car. What you think? I also decided to give my rear axle a full rebuild since the wining noise of my crown and pinion was just a pain in the ass (time for a solid spacer). I just hope I can use the C/P again... Unfortunatly I didn´t find the TRD LSD that I got promise by the old owner, it had a shimmed stock LSD. What to do? Yeap go on auctins yahoo and buy one Nice fully rebuild with new bearings and 300€ cheaper than a new one (including shipping/tax etc.) Bad news: During last drift action for this year I managed to crash the KE35 I was drifting on a huge spot with concrete slabs, I was driving the course it the other way around, 1st time, and on a right corner there must have been a gap between those slabs and a few more unfavourable circumstances wich caused my car to roll over 360° scratching and denting every single panel of it! Not much happened to me but the chassis is fu****. Now I feel bad for ruining such a nice car... Whould have been half as bad with a cage in it... Time to reshell! If anyone knows where I can get one, let me know Thanks!
Thanks, yeah still hurts, when I see it in my garage... Good news, it took a long time, and a lot of effort, but at the end it was worth it... What you think??? I really like it, carbon just looks so hot... 8) If you like our work, and a few of you want to have one of these, I´ll soon be opening a thread in the for sale section, with more informations about it. This one weights now with 2 layers of clear coat about 2,7kgs. It has carbon front and rear layer, the rest ist GRP. Let me know if you´re intrested...
Small update: I refurbed my taillights. The indicator glas was very dull and I removed a a faded clear coat layer from the rest of the light. I just need to buy some plastic polish to finish it of. I also fitted the boot lid, and it looks great. But it was quit a job to drill the holes in the right place first time! :shock: Thanks for looking
Thanks. Let me say we didn´t count the hours, whould just make us look foolish... Prepairing everything takes for ages! All the polishing on the old boot, the mould and the finished item...
Nice i like what you did with the boot lid, Did you have to make a mold of the top and bottom of the boot? Then make two carbon fiber copies and merge them together?
i like your KE ^^ i had the same KE35 a little bit older and rustier but i love them(i put a sr20det redtop in mine xD ) do you got pic's from the building or the carbon trunk?
NICE Hachi! The bootlid looks superb. Actually, where are you from? Are you in a club or something? Maybe you´d like to meet, would love to see your Corolla live :-) Ciao
