AE71 Haggard Wagon - Moonlight Garage's parts/tyre car ( R.I.P 1984 - 2012 - Gone Too Soon )

[maxhag]

Picked up a AE71 wagon today to be the new parts/tyres transporter and camper/fishing vehicle. I've been looking for a while for a Panel van or wagon for the right price, and got this one today.

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The car has very little rust (surface only really), few small dents, 4AC, runs, but blows oil smoke. It is a manunal 5 speed (T50). Car has 590,000kms!

It shouldn't take too long to get it up to scratch. I will be fitting a 4AGTE motor, simple bolt in job (from my crashed gold AE86), wheels, and the body will stay haggard....

It gets delivered in 2 weeks....


At first, I was thinking the rear bumper had to go, as its massive and hideous, but then realized that since its a work/support vehicle, I can use it as a mobile work bench. I can attach a mini vice to it. :P :P :P

CURRENT SPECS: (always updated)

BODY/EXTERIOR:
"Beater" style body. Has mostly surface rust from home panelbeating. Has a 5c bit of cancer in a rear guard, dents, paint marks, stickers etc etc.... Perfect beater look... Car has done 526,000kms
Everything in the door window line painted black. Ie; Window frames, the bit between, plastic trim at rear.... etc
Headlight eyelids painted black,
Roof racks
Replaced tailights with fresh ones
Removed sound deadening in the rear
Removed rear bumper
Removed Front bumper
MX73 front lip (slightly modified) on a horizontally chopped AE86 front bar
Alluminium splitter and black mesh and indicators above the lip,

INTERIOR:
Genuine Luisi Steering wheel with a XT130 corona boss kit. It puts the wheel in perfect spot.
Stripped rear sound deadening,
Removed rear seat and seatbelts and carpet,
Autometer tacho,
Speco boost guage,
AE82 Oil pressure guage,
Saber water and oil temp guages,
Microtech hand controller fitted to dash,
SSCUS Front reclining bucket seats,
Pioneer Stereo with remote,
Battery re-located to behind passenger seat,

ENGINE:
4AGTE - AE101 4AGZE (supercharger removed)
Microtech LT10s - Current tune (7/12/12) making 186kw @ 16psi
Garrett GT28R turbo,
440cc injectors (7MGTE),
Royal Purple Oil (Have only ever used Royal Purple oil in this motor),
Some braided lines and speedflow fittings where they need to be,
4" custom dump pipe,
"Racetec" turbo manifold (steampipe)
AE86 Golpher Alluminium radiator
KLS intercooler 450x300x76,
9 row oil cooller with speedflow fittings
Custom intercooler piping,
Blitz Blow job valve,
Oil catch can,
Duel cam cover breathers,

FUEL SYSTEM:
Facet Pro-Flo external lift pump,
Modified tank drain plug into a bottom feed,
Bosch 910 main pump (380hp),
surge tank,
Aeromotive fuel filters,
Using the 2 biggest standard lines (inlet and breather lines)



DRIVELINE:
W58 Supra gearbox and bellhousing (AJPS)
Braided clutch line
"Custom" Tailshaft (Used a decent size 1 piece I had from a KE20 with a 4Kturbo and later model KE Borg diff. Origin unknown. Just had to change the yoke to fit the W58)
Standard AE71 wagon Borgwonka diff

BRAKES:
R32 skyline Non ABS master cyl with modified lines,
Hopper Stopper big brake upgrade FRONT - Consists of AU XR8 290mm rotors and massive PBR calipers. Perfect for towing....
Standard rear drums


SUSPENSION:
GReddy AE86 Front coilovers 8kg, GReddy AE86 camber tops,
Strut brace,
Superpro bushes,
AE86 LCAS,
AJPS 40mm RCAs
Rear leaf springs now have the short/stiff leaf on top of the pack - Slightly lower and stiffer....

[john84ie]

Nice, where'd you pull this fine machine out of??

[AIROCOBRA]

Does this mean that the Limo is going to be put down ?

[maxhag]

local guy.... Got it cheap...

[maxhag]

Does this mean that the Limo is going to be put down ?

That would be ideal bob! but for now, I still need that for towing my boat......

[dove grey 64]

Nice one, going to tell us how cheap is cheap?

[maxhag]

500 biscuits.....

[Matt]

Nice find and it'll be an awesome beast with your gold sprinters heart.

[joeschmo_57]

how much of goldys suspension will go into it?

[maxhag]

^^ none really. It would be silly to put GReddy coilovers in a beater wagon :P :P

Will get the rear leafs reset, and most likely just run AE86 front struts with shocks and springs....

[ae8zn6]

I'll buy your suspension then =P

[maxhag]

Lets build you a car first :P

[ae8zn6]

touche

[joeschmo_57]

that makes sense. a daily should after all be a little bit comfortable

[maxhag]

The GReddys were "comfortable" in my AE86.... Greatly developed product......


It will be a daily, but more to carry tyres, tools, dogs and spare parts (I go thru 2 pairs a week in the drift car just casually driving), so I am always carrying tyres around getting them fitted, taking dogs to park (2 pitbulls), picking up parts etc etc etc....
It will have enough power and the suspension will still be decent enough. The car will be capable of basic track work, it being the "spare" drift car in emergencys.......

[maxhag]

Well, the wagon finally arrived last friday night. So good to finally get it, as I had been thinking about it alot. Itching to sink my teeth into it.....

The wags is all original, and has not been modded by previous owners. It saying that, it has done over 586,000kms, so it shows signs of that.... Everything works, T50 seems ok, tailights look almost new (came with a faded set too, so had been swapped by someone). The 4AC engine blows a fuckload of oil smoke when it warms up. But it's being replaced by a 4AGTE this week :)
The body is perfect for what I was after. A beater wagon, something that goes well, but looks haggard :P It has dents, SURFACE rust, white paint marks etc.... just perfect!
First thing I did, was try all my differant wheels to see which ones I will use.
Over the weekend I -
Stripped out the back seats and seatbelts
Removed rear bumper
Removed sound deadning in the back
Cleaned and vac inside
Fitted Luisi wheel and Boss
Lip'd and flared front and rear guards (hammers haha)
Changed the smallest/stiffest rear leaf from bottom to top (slightly lower and stiffer)
Painted everything inline with the window pillars black. ie; door window frames, bit between the doors, rear plastic cover etc...... (sort of subtle two tone effect)
Prepared the gold AE86 for engine removal




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[maxhag]

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[maxhag]

I am pulling the 4AGTE and W58 out of the gold AE86 today, perfect 150kw running motor..... I need to get another turbo manifold for it tho, as I used the one it had on my other BLUE AE86 build....
I should have the motor in by wednesday this week.....

Also going to fit the awesome big brake setup out of the 86. It's the Hopper Stopper kit (290mm XR8 discs, custom hubs, huge PBR calipers, R32 master cyl, braided lines etc.....) I will be using the wags to tow my boat too, so the brakes are def needed in this...

With the fuel system, I will just rig up something from all the parts I have around. I am thinking to use a VL lift pump, and a BOSCH 910 main pump, and a surge tank.

I am getting the rear leaves reset and leaf added in the next few weeks..... Height is stupid high at the moment...
I also have a big roll of 5% window tint. Never done it myself before, but I am going to take the rear windows out and give it a go.

Off the top of my head, to complete this, I need to get:
Either AE86 shocks and AJPS springs or get get some cheap coilovers if they come up for sale in the next few weeks
High mount T25 turbo manifold
Fluids
Some intercooler piping
New alluminium radiator

There is always a few extra things, but overall, its fuck all

[s13 james]

the grids look pretty cool on it

[maxhag]

Halfway with the heart transplant......
Motor is out of the gold AE86, gonna spend a day to clean and freshen it up, then will hopefully have the motor and box in the wagon by tomorrow afternoon....

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Its never looked so sad -

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[joeschmo_57]

i like that you are going with the beater look.

[maxhag]

Yeah, I have wanted to do a "beater" style car for a while......

It will look haggard, but go fuckin hard........

[maxhag]

Couldn't get too much done today, but did get time to pull the old 4AC out of the wags......

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[maxhag]

Ok, So, Gave the engine bay a clean and degrease, and it actually came up good.....

Removed all un-needed engine bay shit......

Fitted up motor and W58 gearbox....

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[joeschmo_57]

looks gold!

[AJPS]

you still need a turbo manifold?

can do a deal with some street springs if youre keen?

[maxhag]

Just a few more pics of progress.....


Engine is done now has all the turbo gear installed, (only thing to do is the turbo Water lines, but I need a AE71 heater core first as it's leaking inside the cab.)
Dump pipe fitted,
All new fasteners/bolts etc for turbo setup (replaced all old nuts and bolts with new quality ones)
completly wired up,
Custom fitted Golpher Alluminium AE86 Radiator with twin 10" fans,
Autometer Tacho, boost guage and Microtech hand controller fitted,
Re-located battery to behind passenger seat,
I've bought some SSCUS recliner buckets and modified rails to suit....


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STILL TO DO:

Intercooler piping,
Fit sandwich plate and oil cooler,
Fit coilovers and front brakes,
Fit R32 brake Master and modify lines to suit,
Make up fuel system, (modify and fit intank VL lift pump,
Fit up Bosch 910 main pump and undercar surgetank,
Fit seats,
Fluids,
Change rear yoke on tailshaft and fit to car

[maxhag]

Ok, so done a bit more on this in the last few days.......

Oil cooler setup all done.....

Fuel system is done now.
Consists of - modified tank drain plug into a bottom feed outlet, Pierburg Extenal lift pump, surge tank, Bosch 910 main pump. I had to mount it in the back of the wagon, but it is off to the side and I am gonna make up a cover for it.....

Car is 100% wired up....

Front brakes and coilovers are in. R32 master cyl fitted with modified lines..... I have ended up using the G'Reddy coilovers anyway, As I dont want to pull the blue 86 apart anymore to rape parts off it....



BEFORE:

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AFTER: Greddy Coilovers, Hoppers stoppers Brake kit (XR8)

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[john84ie]

Good progress with this,How come you couldn't keep the fuel setup underneath?

[maxhag]

Couldn't find a spot I liked.....
Cant put it above diff, Cant put it near wheels, cant put it near outside panels....... Nothing safe in my opinion....

[maxhag]

The wags is entered in this weeks hillclimb, So I have less than a week to have this all sorted

[nelpd96|]

Sweet, be good to see the thing run. I have got mine booked in for the final tune this week and will be back out there Sunday. Hopefully the smoke issues are gone

[maxhag]

Change of plans Paul, No way I can have the car ready in time this week.... No Spirited driving for me....... :(
I totally forgot about tuning (engine now has bigger turbo GT28R), so that throws me way out. I still need an intercooler, and get the exhaust I have modified slightly....... I really cant afford it this week :(
Instead, I am going to go drifting at Wakefield on Saturday in the SR86.... I got 14 tyres ready to smoke :P :P

[ae8zn6]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[maxhag]

Even once the wags is running and registered, sadly there will be no Spirited Drives in it yet, because of the diff..... I really cant see it liking any power/torque through it.... I will be doing something about it, but for the mean time, I just need a running daily (current VS Statesman is just about fucked).....

[maxhag]

Ok. Really getting excited now.... Stuff all left to do..... Just money really holding me up, as maintaining and building my cars are sending me broke.... :(

Anyway, Got to the point of turning the key this afternoon!!!!!!!! Well, not all the way to start it (no engine oil or intercooler), but to test if everything electrical is working etc...... As expected, everything powered up perfect, first time :) :) Dash, Microtech hand controller, fuel pumps.......

It is sitting nice at the front now with the GReddy coilovers. I just need to sort out the height at the back,,,

I have a chrome bumper, but didn't really like the look of it. So I deceided to make my own front, still keeping the spirit of the beater theme of the car. After trying differant bars and lips from the "pile" up the back, I found a combination that will give the front a "better, rougher" look... :P :P :P

I ended up using a stock ADM AE86 front bar, cut horizontal in half at the bottom. I then used a MX73 front lip on the bottm to finish it off..... I still have to fit an intercooler, and I will leave that visible, with some sort of black mesh and some indicators on the sides to fill the final gaps....

It is really close to running and driving. Still a bit to do to make the car "finished" in the styling department :P

To Do:

- Buy and mount a intercooler and piping etc,
- make a bracket for the HKS turbo actuator,
- Engine oil, gearbox oil
- Weld flanges to exhaust
- Fit bucket seats
- Reset rear leaves


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[maxhag]

This is it's change since the 15th of October :P 1 month...

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[sundee]

Huge huge effort man! Liking the look of it, can't wait to see it with its butt slammed!
Can't remember - but are you running a front bumper?

[maxhag]

Thanks Joel. Doing this wagon, while doing everything that goes with the SR86, full time job (night shift), Drift fest, etc etc etc, you can imagine I am pretty busy... My life aint cheap, but cars I love, and cars I shall do... pretty happy with the timeframe so far, and it is all done well, not just slapped together with wires and shit everywhere.
I am going to have to get some sort of diff for the wagon, the stock Borgwonka surely wont like 170kw+, and would give up it's spirit..... hahhaha...... I would guess a Hilux leaf diff would be the way to go, but I still need to research which model hilux has the good LSD diffs etc....

No bumper. With the empty space above my homemade lip, it will have the intercooler in there, which will be left visible, and the the gaps to the sides will have some black mesh with indicators mounted in the mesh.....
Having no front bumper, removes the 'pointyness' of the slant front I reckon....

[maxhag]

I have a "Specs list" on Page 1, which I constantly update.....

This is how it looks now....


CURRENT SPECS: (always updated)

BODY/EXTERIOR:
"Beater" style body. Has mostly surface rust from home panelbeating. Has a 5c bit of cancer in a rear guard, dents, paint marks, stickers etc etc.... Perfect beater look... Car has done 526,000kms
Everything in the door window line painted black. Ie; Window frames, the bit between, plastic trim at rear.... etc (just some small sections to do, need more paint)
Roof racks
Replaced tailights with fresh ones
Removed sound deadening in the rear
Removed rear bumper
Removed Front bumper
MX73 front lip (slightly modified) on a horizontally chopped AE86 front bar
Black mesh and indicators above the lip

INTERIOR:
Genuine Luisi Steering wheel with a XT130 corona boss kit. It puts the wheel in perfect spot.
Stripped rear sound deadening,
Removed rear seat and seatbelts and carpet,
Autometer tacho,
Speco boost guage,
Saber water and oil temp guages,
Microtech hand controller fitted to dash,
SSCUS Front reclining bucket seats,
Pioneer Stereo with remote,
Battery re-located to behind passenger seat,

ENGINE:
4AGTE - AE101 4AGZE (supercharger removed)
Microtech LT10s - Was tuned making 158kw at 14psi with the old turbo (T25G),
Garrett GT28R turbo, still untuned with the bigger turbo,
440cc injectors (7MGTE),
Some braided lines and speedflow fittings where they need to be,
4" custom dump pipe,
"Racetec" turbo manifold (steampipe)
AE86 Golpher Alluminium radiator
9 row oil cooller with speedflow fittings
Custom intercooler piping,
Blitz Blow job valve,
Oil catch can,
Duel cam cover breathers,

FUEL SYSTEM:
Facet Pro-Flo external lift pump,
Modified tank drain plug into a bottom feed,
Bosch 910 main pump (380hp),
surge tank,
Aeromotive fuel filters,
Using the 2 biggest standard lines (inlet and breather lines)



DRIVELINE:
W58 Supra gearbox and bellhousing (AJPS)
Braided clutch line
"Custom" Tailshaft (Used a decent size 1 piece I had from a KE20 with a 4Kturbo and later model KE Borg diff. Origin unknown. Just had to change the yoke to fit the W58)
Standard AE71 wagon Borgwonka diff

BRAKES:
R32 skyline Non ABS master cyl with modified lines,
Hopper Stopper big brake upgrade FRONT - Consists of AU XR8 290mm rotors and massive PBR calipers. Perfect for towing....
Standard rear drums


SUSPENSION:
GReddy AE86 Front coilovers 8kg 32 way adjustable, GReddy AE86 camber tops,
Strut brace,
Superpro bushes,
AE86 LCAS,
AJPS 40mm RCAs
Rear leaf springs now have the short/stiff leaf on top of the pack - Slightly lower and stiffer....

[maxhag]

I am still un-deceided if I will be running these wheels. They need spacers at the front, to clear the coilovers. With the Hopper stopper front kit, I cant run wheels with any more + offest than 0....... Buy hey, anything more than +0 doesn't deserve to be on the car ... :P :P :P

[sundee]

Was going to say that, needs more track up front.
I reckon the Grids look good.

[maxhag]

Ok, getting real close now... I have a torn tendon in my left arm, so it's making this really hard... Pretty much only have use of one arm. I persist, and haven't given up spirit :P .............

Over the last 2 days, I made the actuator bracket, mounted intercooler and most piping (gotta buy another bend tomorrow), painted eyelids, added more to my homemade lip/front :P, filled engine with oil (Royal Purple), finished off all the gauges (Tacho, water temp, oil temp, oil pressure, boost)


It's 2am, and calling it a day.... Here are pics... Everyone likes pics.......

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[maxhag]

If all goes to plan later today, I will be trying it's first start :)

[Gunner]

This has to come to raleigh... Hope all goes to plan today jo jo

[john84ie]

Where did ya end up getting intercooler?fit good?

[maxhag]

The SPIRIT lives on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finished off the cooler piping today, which brought me to the point of trying to attempt start it for the first time....

Fucking ace'd it...... :P :P Started FIRST GO, only after a couple of cranks! Bit loud (no exhaust, dump pipe only), but runs well still......

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[sundee]

I dig Penrite oils ;)

[maxhag]

Yeah, I use Penrite for everything except engine oil in my race cars..... I have expensive taste when it comes to engine oil.....

[sundee]

I run Penrite in all my cars everywhere oil or fluid goes.
Can't go wrong I reckon

[maxhag]

As my SR86 is now out of action for a while, I have made it my mission to have the wagon (Charlie) all done by the HR annual next weekend. The wagon is my only option... Will be the longest test drive I have ever done :P

Much thanks to Paul who came around today and did some welding for me. He welded a Dash 10 turbo oil return fitting to the sump, as my screw in fitting was leaking... He also made my exhaust :) Straight thru, with hotdog and stainless blast pipes :P Holy shit! This will scare spirits away! This is going to be my daily!


Been doing all the small things, seats fitted to rails, lowered the rear, fitted indicators to front , also, when I changed the diff oil and only 500ml came out... haha Looked old, but nice and clean, zero metal filings on the magnetic plug....


All thats left to do is - Rego, Wheel alignment, tuning, boost controller and speakers for the stezza.... Then it "should" be a driveble car.......

[maxhag]

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[maxhag]

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[Gunner]

Coming along nicely dude, lookin tuff

[maxhag]

cheers mango....

[sundee]

This is looking great man, love the style!
Exhaust shouldn't be toooo loud ;)

[sundee]

Ps, what's holding the SR86 back?

[maxhag]

Pm me and I will tell Joel....

[seabiscuit]

Nice work Joe :) I've picked up an AE71 wagon in totally opposite condition to yours. "Overrated" paint job and shitter of a driveline haha. Props on the quick work. I hope you can enjoy the engine more than you did in the Gold 86.

I see you're gonna meet up with the Sydney 86 guys on the HR cruise. I'm keen to trek from Berra to the Bay and then join the rest of the club. I might jump in with your schedule, though mate. Where will you meet up with them? (please don't say Liverpool)

[seabiscuit]

Just heard news of rear guards.. MISSING! If anyone has seen them please report to JoJo immediately ;)

[maxhag]

Yeah Vince, meeting in Liverfool at 6am, and doing the whole drive...... :P


Here is what suddenly happened to my guards....... :P :P

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[AIROCOBRA]

Jezz !!!! Jo Jo you are an animal , when I am a bit better we must make those rear flares look like they where meant to fit a van. Congrats on getting her on the road , top effort when all things are considered.

[maxhag]

Thanks Bob.... YThey look much better than my hammerjob, and clears the wheels, so it's better...... What makes you think they are not suited for a van? :P

I do need to do some "sealing" tho..... To give you some idea, while driving yesterday, I had a stone fly around the cab and land on the passenger seat.... (come in thru the wheel arch hahaha) Plan is to either seal it off, or just drive with a stackhat on......


I hope you are well soon mate.....

[AIROCOBRA]

The big hole at the front of the flare is a bit of a give away .
Yeah a stone in the cab at 100kph is never good thing , mind you last time it happen to me I was upside down , front windscreen was missing and my bloody navigator screeming something about ,I MENT TURN LEFT ON CREST !!!!!! or some such shit.

[joeschmo_57]

Venetians and a mattress?

[AIROCOBRA]

Venetians and a mattress , what for , he's not that LUCKY !!!! to need either . Ha HA ( aren't I funny ) NOT !!!!

[maxhag]

Ok, Just got home from getting the car tuned.....

Engine made a healthy 186kw at 16psi............. Fugg yeah!
I cant put any power down tho yet, axle tramp is way too severe!
Something for me to work on...

[maxhag]

Pretty happy with the power curve....... :)


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[nelpd96|]

Just did a quick comparison to my graph from the other week and it looks like yours is making the same or more power everywhere and doesn't seem to be any difference on how fast it is coming onto boost. At least the power that it is making at around 100km/h is around the same as mine. Debating weather to take mine back down for more boost to see what it does or to rebuild the little turbo and see how that goes when we screw some boost into it. Very interesting to be able to put the cars on the same dyno so close together and see the different results.

[maxhag]

Boost is coming on noticably later with this turbo......... Has heaps more legs tho...

I wouldn't push that old little turbo too hard Paul..... Be happy with what you have. Thats good power from a T25G... Cant really expect any more from it.
I would get the rear sorted, and just drive the thing.....

[nelpd96|]

Really, at 100km/h it is making around 100kw which is about the same as the T28 that is on mine and pretty close at around 140kw at 120km/h. It is after that that mine starts to flatten off. Maybe it just feels like it is coming on late because it pulls so nice in the top end????

[maxhag]

not much happens untill 4000rpm

Yours is a T25G, not a T28...

[sundee]

Wagon needs fronts on rear conversion for sure Jo Jo.
Actually quite an easy job.
Nice power aswell,

[maxhag]

Yeah joel, My hard efforts do pay off every now and then :P

[sundee]

Best to flare the fromt fender while bolted to the car, then cut off and weld on rear ;)

I'm going to pinch this rig from under your nose... You will have no idea

[anastasios]

poor wags :(

[maxhag]

Yeah Taz, the poor wags....... But really, I am just happy to be alive still..... So close to death...... This shit ain't funny......

In simple, I took the wagon on the HR annual cruise on the weekend....... Yesterday, It was in a major accident with a Landcruiser with a 4x4 caravan.......
The landcruiser caravan rolled over twice and destroyed, while the wagon didn't shand a chance against 3.8 tonnes, and is totalled......
I have injured my arm, whiplash, and very sore all over, but still alive.....

[maxhag]

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[johl]

fuck me. hope everything is relatively ok with you man

[AJPS]

shit hope youre ok

never good to see

what actually happened with the crash?

they at fault?

[maxhag]

Ned to get an X-ray STAT! I thnk I have a fracture in my arm..... Very sore all over, feel like I've been bashed.....


Fault is disputed....

Copper blamed me tho and gave me a NEG driving charge...... I intend to fight the charge.
The massive rig was in the centre of the road on a blind corner. I had nowhere to go.........
I was not over the speed limit and the police agree with that, but too fast for the "recommended speed"......... Some bullshit....

[Matt]

I've spent a good hour or so looking at those skid marks from diff angles and diff pics.... Sure the skid marks stop on the wrong side of the road, but if you look at the damage, the caravan rolled up over the bonnet of the car. This means the momentum of the wagon didn't stop dead at the impact zone, hence why the skid marks continued onto the wrong side of the road.

Either way jojo glad you're ok, and let us know as a community if there is anything we can help you out with...

[maxhag]

love you all, so many great dudes in the 86 community.....

[maxhag]

Either way jojo glad you're ok, and let us know as a community if there is anything we can help you out with...


Another cheap wagon shell would be good.... :P :P

[willeE7]

Far out man, you're not having the best luck lately. Good to see you're still breathing. Looks like it could have been much much worse.

[HachiRoku]

SHIT! Glad to here that you are safe, well & in good spirits, especially after you put in such effort to get it going for the Annual.

But remember lives are more important than cars as lost lives can't be brought back but cars can be.

[AJPS]

Ned to get an X-ray STAT! I thnk I have a fracture in my arm..... Very sore all over, feel like I've been bashed.....


Fault is disputed....

Copper blamed me tho and gave me a NEG driving charge...... I intend to fight the charge, then sue the guy for the damage to me.

The massive rig was in the centre of the road on a blind corner. I had nowhere to go.........
I was not over the speed limit and the police agree with that, but too fast for the "recommended speed"......... Some bullshit....

yeah only reason I asked was because - caravan and 4wd (cop sees them as sensible and trustworthy)

younger guy in a modified and old turbo car, on a car cruise (cop sees as hooning, showing off etc)

Best of luck with it,

what did the guy in the caravan say about it?

[davidgarratt]

Sorry to see someone's hard work to go to waste like that. Hope you feel better.soon mate :thumbup:

[sundee]

Gutting to see man, but your alive, that's the main thing.
If the speed limit on the road is say 80km/hr... And there are not speed advisory signs for that particular corner, then as the driver you can assume that is it safe to take the corner at the nominated speed limit.
If there was an advisory sign, it is just that, a mere guide at which speed to use.
So I think what the cop said about your speed is just reasoning with no backing.
If you were in the right, make sure your fight this

[maxhag]

Thanks guys.....

Had an X-ray today. Cleared of fracture but have bone bruising........ Was very sore this morning, but feeling better tonight......
It's really starting to sink in of all my hard work and money I put into getting this car ready for this weekend....... It makes the last month of my life seem quite surreal.... To spend every minute, of everyday I am not at work or sleeping, working on the car, buying parts, immersing myself in a focus that controlled me, all to have it taken away in a second......... Last friday, my hands were literally so sore and worn out from continiously working to get the car done last week.

With my bad luck of my other two fucked cars this year, shit is taking it's fucking toll....



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The Wagon was looking pretty Boss..... :P

[burcoty]

Sorry to hear man.
I'd be shattered if that happened to me after all that hard work.
I'm guessing from the sounds of it you weren't insured?

Main thing is you're safe. Could've been a lot worse.

Don't think I have any spare parts you'd find to be of use but if ya pm me some deets I'll happily donate some $$ towards a rebuild.

Regards,
Tyrone.

[maxhag]

^^ A true Gentleman

[blake.]

Shit man. That sucks. Good to hear your ok tho.


There should be a jojo's corolla foundation for people to donate parts, money, or labor to help build the next one :)

[john84ie]

Just forget about cars for a few weeks,go fishing, get pissed,chill...

New year, new beginning

[Matt]

^^^ good advice

you will be back sliding soon enough... If anyone wants to help out, send me a pm and we'll discuss options.

[maxhag]

Just forget about cars for a few weeks,go fishing, get pissed,chill...

New year, new beginning


Yep, thats what I need to do Johnny....... BUT I have no Daily/tow car for boat either.......

[maxhag]

Pics (LOTS hahaha) from its one and only voyage....... HR annual 2012 1st day - Canberra -> Syd -> Jindabyne NSW - - Lots of perfect running kms..... ;)

Car was finished last week, with rego and tuning on the Thursday, only 2 days before the annual cruise....

No particular order...

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[maxhag]

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[maxhag]

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[maxhag]

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[maxhag]

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[maxhag]

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[jakel]

That is pretty bad, as said lucky to be OK! I would defiantly fight that charge if you are sure you were in the right will at least get money to do up the next car from the cruiser owner if they find him at fault, same deal with cars up mt glorious here in QLD so many people cut corners up there.

That road looks like a very nice long drive, winding roads next 65kms! Sounds good!

[maxhag]

The roads down there are great for quite Sunday drives in our prides and joys, but the hazards on the road are almost deadly as I found out the hard way....

Thought I might say, that looking at the car now, it looks like the strut brace played a big part in saving the strut tower hitting the firewall/cabin..... Great value for the $50 I paid for it :P

[jakel]

Yeah I have seen a ke with stitch welded engine bay in a decent crash and made a bit of difference.

[maxhag]

Yeah I have seen a ke with stitch welded engine bay in a decent crash and made a bit of difference.

Nothing left of the strut tower spot welds...... Only held there by the strut brace...

[ae86 drifter]

so wats salvageable on it max?? didnt get much of a look on the day

[maxhag]

Hey Pete,

(The name is JoJo BTW, Not Max)

Really not sure man, I havent even looked at the car............ As a Guess, not much could be unbolted, the front will have to be cut up to get to stuff.......

JoJo

[Tim.duncan]

When your ready to pull it apart let me know
I'd be keen to come up and lend a hand if you wanted

[maxhag]

Cheers Timmy....

[maxhag]

so wats salvageable on it max?? didnt get much of a look on the day

Main things of value that I am worried about is the GReddy coilover (which I never really wanted to put in anyway), and my big brake kit ($1200 kit (custom hubs etc....)..... The rest (intercooler, radiator, fans etc....) are not big dollar items on the scale of things.....
Cant see yet if the front has been pushed into the crank/pulley, but it looks like the engine might be ok. Top cam cover plastic is squashed, so not sure if the timing belt survived....
The only oil that leaked was from the oil cooler lines, and that was all after the engine had stopped. (engine stopped instantly)

Not sure if the ECU (Microtech LT10s) survived. The POSITIVE + terminal in the engine bay (battery mounted behind passenger), is pushed up hard against an earth in the engine bay.... Hopefully the fuses saved it...

The Good:

I lived, with all limbs.......
The turbo setup survived. Manifold (steam pipe), Garrett GT28R, dump etc are all fine......

[anastasios]

haha i think i called you max a couple of times on the weekend, its just how i know you now

[Low Style]

OH man! nasty crash - glad to hear you are ok!

If you need any Bigport/Small parts let me know and if I have it, it's yours free!

[maxhag]

Thanks for your kindness Jon......

[maxhag]

Ok. Well after the accident, I didn't touch cars for the rest of the year.... It was a good break from cars. I needed it.....

Anyway, the new year is here, and the yard is full of work.....

Here is what occured yesterday.......

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Car is a bit shorter now...

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I had to do this in the driveway as the yard is full of cars awaiting repair.... :P :P

[maxhag]

Also, I have inspected the GReddy coilover and it looks fine... Everything around the coilover bent but not the coilover :) These GReddys are tough as! This coilover has survived 2 massive front on hit accidents, in a AE86 and this AE71 acco.

Brakes and custom hub all fine too :)

[maxhag]

Ok, so I took the top cam cover off to find this -

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Now, I have checked all the timing marks and they all still line up correctly. So nothing skipped teeth.... Thats a positive sign...
The engine turn over by hand, just as it should....

As far as the engine, I will obviously change the pulleys and get a fresh timing belt. The TPS plug on the loom copped a whack too, so I need a new TPS plug, which I dont have........ Anyone got one they can send me.... Toyota dont sell individual plugs....

Suprisingly, the intercooler seems to have come off best. not really a mark on it! ???? Everything else at the front is scrap metal.....

[Matt]

try anthonyfrom kaizen first but pheonix tuning if you want to pay allot for essentially 1 plug...

[Low Style]

if you have a picture of what it looks like i may have one of a loom i have at home

[maxhag]

Thanks Jon. I will put up pic later when I get home

[blinded]

...The TPS plug on the loom copped a whack too, so I need a new TPS plug, which I dont have...

I know it is not ideal, but if it came to it, you can use tiny female spade terminals on the end of the loom to connect to the TPS. My 4AGTE was wired like that when I first got it and it did work fine. I just swapped them for a propper plug as I had a spare loom here.

[dove grey 64]

early exels and protons use the same tps/plug as early zenki looms with a metal press clip, later kouki use a plastic press on type fitting, which do you have?
could grab one from a wreckers for free for you or i think i have a spare one on a hacked loom i have for free

[maxhag]

It's a late model 4AGZE (AE101), so I have the kouki type,,,,,,
Thanks guys

[maxhag]

Well, I guess this was the last stage of my relationship with this car......


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[AJPS]

RIP!

[joeschmo_57]

Is the glass worth salvaging?

[maxhag]

I had multiple ads around the place telling people to come grab what the want for free...... No one came for anything!!!!!!! Car is crushed now....

Doors and glass are no use to me, as the new replacement is a panelvan....

[stahlz_ae86]

Whenever I get a 71 stripped that far I always cut a rectangle of the firewall section around the heater core, because once you remove that it's one phillips head screw and it slides stright forward. Everyone breaks heater cores :P

[maxhag]

I strongly believe that AE71 heater cores were made to be rusty from the factory...... :P