Akira Iida's Workbox Levin

[Kid Karola]

JGTC GT500 driver Akira Iida's "Passion of the Levin" to build the ultimate AE86.
Including full TRD Group A AE101 with dry-sump, MoTec M4, generating 217PS and complete restoration.
Estimated cost for the project was 10million Yen ($100,000) to complete!
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Video Option "Best of AE86 (http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/13395737)", Option2 Vol.32

The Gr.A 20V heart :heart:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/35672.jpg

Tokyo Auto Salon 1999
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/35673.jpg

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水戸納豆レーシング Akira & Orido's hashiriya crew :yeah:

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/35677.jpg

[Kid Karola]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/548938.jpg

TIOS cars were customised by Tsuchiya, Iida, Orido and Suga. These are the TIOS Trueno (HKS turbo kit) and Levin demo cars from the Tokyo Auto Salon 2000. Basically you supplied car and paid 2 Million Yen ($20000) and got it back like so...
http://response.jp/event/auto-salon/image/2241.jpg
http://response.jp/event/auto-salon/image/1539.jpg
http://response.jp/event/auto-salon/image/2243.jpg
They also did GT-R, 200SX and Civic...

Anyway back to Iida's masterpiece...

Clash of the Titans: Orido (in Iida's Levin) vs. Tshuchiya Treuno
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AE86 Club vol.2

[shift_rook]

that last vid was great to watch, love how Tsuchiya cheats, that guy's car had much more balls though

[Kid Karola]

Well Iida's Gr.A 20V had 217PS (metric HP) so 214HP vs. Tsuchiya's AE111 175HP, so about +40 horses so definitely had the legs! Keiichi's car also had tall gearing a 5.1 final drive which assisted acceleration on the short tight course. I'm just surprised Akira let Manabu drive it after breaking his gearbox in Option2 #32 :P I guess they were good mates as well as team mates in JGTC after all.

[Kid Karola]

On display at the Cusco stand during Tokyo Auto Salon 2000.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/35889.jpg

Few years on at Bee-Racing workshop. Destickered, Carbon Mirrors & GT wing fitted.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/35890.jpg

Not really a fan of the 18" Advan Racing 2 wheels here. :thumbdown:
Much prefer the dishy 17" Advan Oni or 16" Volk TE37's :thumbup:
(16/17's to clear 4-pot Brembo 350mm front discs & R32-GTR 2-pot and rear discs)

[Touge Boy]

TBH, I always thought 17's/18 would look homo-as on a 86.

I actually dont mind them.:)

[Slimer86]

I noticed early in the first vid that the intake cam pulley is a Toda vvt eliminating unit, but on the dyno and after its a TRD without the VVT bump? Similar to 16v pulley.
Its not super aggressively cammed either, 288&294 (TRD rally cams?) however I would assume lift to be in the 10mm+ region.
Can't find any detail on those camshaft's in the TRD bible.
Interesting to see they chose the M4 over local ecu's,(Freedom etc) with AE86 ignitor and coilpack.

KK have you got a breakdown of engine components? Google is vague.

[Kid Karola]

Being silvertop 20V - you need to look up the Group A AE101 20V-4AGE section of the TRD Corolla Bible for the parts list.
Pretty much everything is TRD, but some TODA and custom parts. I'll try to decipher as much as I can and list.
Suspension is all Cusco: Formula Link (Equal Rear. LCA & CR, ARB etc) and Kei-Office custom setting coilovers F/R: 12K, 8K.

http://club4ag.com/images/IIda%20Ae86/100.jpg

Correct the VVT on inlet eliminated. The IN/EX: 288/294 duration (10.2 lift). Although the race engines with 304/312 (10.8) were capable of 250hp revving to 11000rpm, Iida's is limited to 9000 redline @ 210hp for engine preservation :P
MoTec M4 ECU is a superb unit (but proabably out of the price range of most Corolla tuners $3000+Dash logger!) When we first saw this vid, was so cool to see an Aussie ECU used in Japan (too bad they fried the 1st one :bones: ) but as you said it has many functions that are redundant on this setup.

http://club4ag.com/images/IIda%20Ae86/115.jpg

There's more screen shot pics and some translated details here: Club4AG - Iida Project (http://club4ag.com/faq_and_tech_pages/IIda%20AE86%20project.htm)

[Kid Karola]

Video clips from Video Option - The Best of Vol 3 (http://www.v-opt.co.jp/86.html) AE86 Spl.
Akira & Orido aka Mito Natto Racing 水戸納豆レーシング Chockets and their antics :hehe:
Collection of assorted clips (http://www.nicozon.net/mylist/13395737)from V-Opt, Option2, Akira's work-box...
(please be patient as each clip uploads)

Bullet 13B "Super 0-100" AE86 (http://www.nicozon.net/player.html?video_id=sm7555650)
13B Pro Street 13BT (T88-33D turbo)
Orido in BOSS Auto Produce Trueno 5.5AG (See V-Opt #57 for more)

Nishikawa Racing Hashiriya (http://www.nicozon.net/player.html?video_id=sm7641305)
The Nemesis: 西川レーシング - green 4AGZE :wub: the other guys cars are ghetto fabulous!
*Not sure why the 3rd clip isn't working properly... fixed? But there's a couple more pics below.

**Also missing is Triple Rotor 20B (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vw7knViMOM) :heart: (one of the most re-posted clips ever!) But 600hp of awesome!!!

ジロハチ Jirohachi Option2 N2 project (http://www.nicozon.net/player.html?video_id=sm7556438)
Grip Grip Grip

飯田 峠 "Lets have fun on the mountain road" (http://www.nicozon.net/player.html?video_id=sm7641495)
Touge Touge Touge


C&Y Sports 2JZ "Streeto" AE85 (http://www.nicozon.net/player.html?video_id=sm7642102)
Top Secret 300km GTR with "Smokey" Nagata and Ken Nomura in Daikoku parking area.
(The other clown was doing a cross Japan drift road trip see V-Opt #67)

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/35949.jpg
織戸 Boss Truneo & 西川 Nishikawa Levin

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/35950.jpg
ジロハチ Jiro from Option2

Youichi Nishikawa 西川雄一 Legend of the Hakone (National Highway Route 1)
http://img02.eshizuoka.jp/usr/max/IMG_0009.jpg
A semi-pro motorcycle racer, hence the Kawasaki green of his lightweight Levin 4AGZE built for Touge
And also competed in grass roots grip events hosted by Option2 (http://cat.zero.ad.jp/~zat02640/01opt2rd3.html).

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/1/1/9/35952.jpg

(Frak translate this page (http://max.eshizuoka.jp/e92985.html) you'll laugh!)

Nishikawa came to the motorcycle shop where I had been working to buy tires.
The man who had gotten VFR-400R (1989 model) said,
"Please give me the tire that grip most".
At that time "YOKOHAMA 003" assumed to be the best was recommended.
Nishikawa came to the shop three days later.
"Please give the same tire as the other day to me. "
What?!? I looked. Both sides of the tire were worn completely!
Tires were exchanged, and I asked where he rode.
"Highway 1 in the country"
I went up to Hakone by the car on that evening. To see the car that drove
insanely fast in the corner (nostalgia~) and the motorcycle were looked at.
The second headlight, I was blown away at his speed. Quite different from the others.
It is Nishikawa. It was a speed that deviated from common sense!
Nishikawa came to buy tires again three days later!
"Please give the tire to me."
Do you race!
"Are you serious?"
If Hakone runs, you'll probably die.
"There isn't that, I ran for a circuit"
I was concerned/watched for trouble!

haha :yeah:

[Frak]

(Frak translate this page (http://max.eshizuoka.jp/e92985.html) you'll laugh!)

Nishikawa came to the motorcycle shop where I had been working to buy tires.
The man who had gotten VFR-400R (1989 model)

ha ha, my first bike was a VFR-400R back in 1991 ;)

[Kid Karola]

Best of Option AE86 Special (Disc 1/3) Iida Akira Workbox.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCCtqA9am1k

And the complete Option2 Volume.32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqVMrhp9bBM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUcksd7IXjQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycqNO-abH_w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSa5T7atl7E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljA25LA6SSg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwHh_cCRtAU

[Kid Karola]

Meanwhile more recently...

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Akira set an amazing production car lap-time of the Nürburgring Nordschleife at 7.14:64 OEM Bridgestone Potenza RE070 tyres.
It was pipped by monster 510ci (8.4l) Dodge Viper ACR 7.12:13 a fortnight later on Michelin Cup Sport tyres.
Just shy of the hyper-car Gumpert Apollo Sport 7.11:57 (4.2l twin-turbo)

[Kid Karola]

Video-Option "The Best of 86" #2 & #3 in HD uncut (L)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCi1jT_jUY0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4z1sAND45I

[Kid Karola]

Akira's new toy! Fresh out of Bee*R
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/521432.jpg

edit: Kiyonori Imai (Bee*R Boss) says "This car is the second Stock Engine overhaul with BR-ROM in the ECU control"