AE86 Project, Lots to do

[70XIN]

Hey guys,

History:

I bought this car some 3 or so years ago, it was originally a 4AGTE with a small T28 turbo on it, made roughly 130rwkw, and was pretty fun, even with failtown springs and an open S-series diff. It was a fairly clean car, but it did have some well-hidden rust, which took me a while to cut out and fix.

After a year or so, i had changed turbo setups multiple times, eventually getting up around 200rwkw, or more than enough to shame a fair few 'much better' cars. It broke a gearbox, and a diff or two, so eventually i took it off the road and stripped it to nothing, selling everything in the car for about the same i purchased it for

Present:

During its life, i/others/previous owners did some very average modifications, which i am now going to rectify. Before anyone decides to point it out, i whole-heartedly agree that it is car is a POS, and one that never looks like it will run again, but in a few months i that will be a very different story.

Now i might also point out, i'm no mechanic, nor do i have any 'experience' with cars or anything mechanical prior to buying this car.. i didn't even do 'tech/shop/woodwork' at school, but after 3 years of research, and fiddling on friend's cars, i'm getting there I'll also be welding a fair bit with this car (manifold, plenum, exhaust, etc), doing the paint myself, and building the engine myself, everything self taught... so if i can make this car sick, ANY of you can. In fact i'll be doing just about everything on this car

I have amassed a fair few very cool parts for this car, all of which will be revealed in due time

Peace

Today it begins.



The not-so-good (bare shell, basically nothing)



The bad (was discoloured white, but then painted over with black export cans..)



The ugly (was originally massive D-MAX overfenders, now removed, to make way for some from Custom Compact/Dimitri

This thread will be updated frequently

[Robo86]

this will be the shit

[samoo]

gl with the build dude .

ill be frequently reading this thread (y)

[Gunner]

theres no better way to start a project, good luck dude

[chaRwie]

i have always wondered what your car would be like....you have the most shit!!! This will definately a build to watch!

[wideslider]

Looks like a good project, All the best

[patience]

You have been teasing us all with insane parts for too long now, glad you have put something for us to ogle finally :2thumbs:

There are some damn nice 86s coming out of QLD these days

[Casey]

Can't wait tox, this thing will be wicked...

[blair]

bout time you actually did some work on it

[Delazy]

very keen to see the progression of this thing...