silver/black trueno coupe

[john84ie]

so after buying a white trueno coupe last week i got the opportunity to buy another trueno i had wanted,so had to take it!i had a wanted thread looking for a jdm 86 and a nice chap named lim contacted
me saying he was thinking of selling.i eagerly awaited pics and was excited when i seen it was silver over black and had a long list of mods including a built 4age.......

long story short i ended up flying to melbourne on thursday,buying the coupe and driving it back.i was delighted when i seen it,no rust in sight or sign of any previous accident damage.
lim had loads of receipts for full engine build and general servincing.it seemed to get everything it needed and was cared for.

anyway a few pics

as i bought it,first night in its new home

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371900.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371902.jpg

i immediatly threw in some raybrig headlights,new bulbs,and new kouki eyelids and indicators to freshen up the front

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/365850.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371906.jpg

end result

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371908.jpg

next the wheels had to go,i robbed my panno of its shoes.the watts really suit this with the colour match

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371910.jpg

much better

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371912.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371914.jpg

wash

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371916.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371918.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371920.jpg


fitted a genuine momo dished wheel to replace cheap e-bay one

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371922.jpg

the cockpit,minty

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371924.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371926.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371928.jpg

[john84ie]

this sounds angry!

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371930.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371932.jpg

one to many truenos here
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371934.jpg

and a few doughnuts to see if the lsd is working ok!

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/371936.jpg

[johl]

woooh holey ram tubes batman. looks great. any thoughts about swapping interiors between the 2 trueno's?

[john84ie]

no way man!i love the early spec front seats,doubt i'd find a mint drivers one though.the headrests on early spec jdm is far more comfortable..black interior would look pretty stealth though!

[McLEVIN]

Lol the other one has no interior

Oh when you decide to sell this nxt week pm me.

[Seventy]

Awesome base! Needs some white lines and jdm interior with matching brides, would be close to perfect then

[timbo]

I am really starting to like zenki trueno's, this just reinforced my thoughts. Are those 13" hotwires? sell?

[john84ie]

Haha chris this one won't be for sale anytime soon!

@seventy, it has jdm interior, it's zenki gt apex. Silver over black came with blue interior

@ timbo, the hotwires are 14'

[Seventy]

Woops, well I meant black JDM haha

[dove grey 64]

nice, i thought gt apex models all came with power windows?

[john84ie]

Nah power windows were an option.. Gt apex all came with power steer and elec mirrors which this has

[Low Style]

what size are those hot wires?

[john84ie]

14x6 I think

[sloth4]

Dope coupe mate!

[ke_70]

so mint! dont see the panda silver much.

[shift_rook]

That is ridiculous.

[muncher]

you want to sell your longchamps now?! haha! Good pickup! If you part out the other coupe, I'd be interested in a few bits !

[johl]

grab another s-o-b zenki mate http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/toyota-sprinter-1984-12876516?base=1216&vertical=Car&eapi=2&page=1&sort=Price&cr=6&__N=1246%201247%201252%201282%204294962861%2042949 64187%201216&silo=Stock&Range=Price:Min,Max~0.5

[john84ie]

haha whats the chances of another silver/black panda popping up for sale!was thinking there might not be another this colour trueno coupe in aus!

[johl]

track hack and clean streeter..... just saying

[john84ie]

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/538066.jpg

no more room in the inn!the poor white trueno is living on the street at the minute because i brought the submarine up to my new place

[john84ie]

fitted clear cam cover yesterday,broadway mirror and some new front speakers

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/376610.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/376612.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/376614.jpg

[maxhag]

track hack and clean streeter..... just saying

Johnny is afraid of the track :P :P :P

[john84ie]

ive been out on track a few times now actually jojo:pinchme: has been ages though! wouldnt want to damage my new baby!

[HachiRoku]

haha whats the chances of another silver/black panda popping up for sale!was thinking there might not be another this colour trueno coupe in aus!

Don't you dare... I want that coupe haha

Id prefer yours though John, what if I buy it we swap ;)

[john84ie]

Yeah no worries, and I throw 2k cash your way to make the swop better for you?! Lol

Get it bought, cheap trueno there

[HMRacing]

That car sales one has a fair bit of cancer in it. The photos make it look pretty good in the ad. The seller sent me some photos of the worst of it. Mainly in the boot, but would be a good track hack still!

[HachiRoku]

Sounds good John, if its still fs on the weekend ill go check it out hopefully, because 8k for a jdm trueno notchback that is registered is a decent deal & it has greddy type S coilovers.

I guess its not as epic as your white one but, but then we can be s/b buddies haha -I cant even find images of them in google must be shit rare.

[maxhag]

Starting to sound like real homos now........

[john84ie]

You know all about that being king of the homos! ;)

[ke_70]

wow! so much win in that garage!

[john84ie]

the rear height was annoying me

had a big gap betweem tyre and guard

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395619.jpg

so out came the grinder

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395621.jpg

end result

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395623.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395625.jpg

may need to flare as have about 5mm between guard and tyre now,probly gunna rub with the 9's on rear

gave the muffler a polish while i was down there as it was looking grubby

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395627.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395629.jpg

bought some nice freshly wrinckle painted cam covers.look better in person..

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395631.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395633.jpg

pulled off my filters,nice cusom ram tubes underneath..good or bad idea running open?

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395635.jpg

toda cams confirmed

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395637.jpg

random shot of the panno

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395639.jpg

gave the champs a lick of polish.before and after

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395641.jpg

and random shot with skidders on rear

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/395643.jpg

thats all for now..not alot happening,next update will be hopefully 4.77 purchased and being fitted.
pissing rain here so probly head out for a play later,need to get heater sorted.winter in canberra with no heater sucks!

[ke_70]

wheel come up good, what'd you use?

[john84ie]

just some autosol,spent about an hour polishing them with a rag..sore on the fingers!still a bit more to do

[shift_rook]

Spend less on cars and more on power tools

[Rice86]

to be honest, you dont want a small small small little screw or bolt flying into them open quads.. 1 in a million chance but speaking from experience 1 in a million is 1 to many!!

bloody nice car would be a shame if the engine went bang because of open quads =[

[Jacobxxx]

Id run filters.

Or stockings folded over a couple times and sewing machine oil.

[Jimmee1990]

Even if nothing large did fall in there, running them open sucks in all the small dust and grit in the air and will wear the rings and bores much faster.

[maxhag]

Dont be silly Johnny...... Cars have air filters for a reason....... Use THEM!

[ke_70]

man up run em open. just don't drive on dirt.

[maxhag]

man up run em open. just don't drive on dirt.

^^^ are you 12 years old? Are you gonna 'man up' when you need a rebuild?

The car is a street car not a race car, you dont need the extra 400kw you get by taking the filters off.....

Forget about stupid shit like taking off filters Johnny, and go and get the car tuned because it needs it.

[meadan]

^^^ are you 12 years old? Are you gonna 'man up' when you need a rebuild?

The car is a street car not a race car, you dont need the extra 400kw you get by taking the filters off.....

Forget about stupid shit like taking off filters Johnny, and go and get the car tuned because it needs it.

Even though I havent run filters for the past 2 years, I understand the benefit of a proper filter.

BUT, its not even funny how crap those uni filter socks are, they basically ruin any benefit of having a half decently made bellmouth. You may aswell put golf balls in the trumpets instead of sock filters....

This car looks awesome though! Majorly jealous of all the ae86 loving which must go on at your house!

[Matt]

Nice collection of win you have there. And + 1 on running filters

[john84ie]

Need more power in this! Been having loads of ideas and don't know what to do! Would love to ditch the aircon and power steer and throw some other engine in it.. But at the same time it's a gt apex so nice having the comforts and would effect the re-sale value if I took those bits out.
Wanna get this tuned again but don't know if its a waist of money, everything I've read reckons bigports are a waist of time.. Goes alrite as it is and runs sweet and has a fresh rebuild. Any suggestions? 7age or something would be nice maybe?

Few other plans/parts needed
New kouki bumper
Kouki mounts
new kouki bumper lights-have
Fit zenki lip to said kouki bumper
4.77 weir cwp
Ajustable trailing arms-have
Omori tacho to replace digi tacho/speedo
Brake upgrade of some order

[john84ie]

Need more power in this! Been having loads of ideas and don't know what to do! Would love to ditch the aircon and power steer and throw some other engine in it.. But at the same time it's a gt apex so nice having the comforts and would effect the re-sale value if I took those bits out.
Wanna get this tuned again but don't know if its a waist of money, everything I've read reckons bigports are a waist of time.. Goes alrite as it is and runs sweet and has a fresh rebuild. Any suggestions? 7age or something would be nice maybe?

Few other plans/parts needed
New kouki bumper
Kouki mounts
new kouki bumper lights-have
Fit zenki lip to said kouki bumper
4.77 weir cwp
Ajustable trailing arms-have
Omori tacho to replace digi tacho/speedo
Brake upgrade of some order

[dove grey 64]

nah john big ports are where its at, get some cams and a ecu, exhaust etc, all the usual stuff that lets you retain all the visual factory goodness.

[john84ie]

I already got all that shit!lol maybe just needs a good tune,I talked to the workshop that built motor and they said there's more in it bit the last owner wanted it as a daily so wanted it to run real sweet and not be a pig

Haven't thrown up a spec yet so will give what the last owner gave me plus what I've done

1985 JDM trueno ae86 coupe gt apex
5spd manual
grey&black colour
power steering
Electric mirrors

engine#
koyo radiator
oil cooler and oil filter relocation
cusco oil catch can
cusco brake booster stoper
cusco front strut brace
16v bigport full rebuild
toda piston
toda spring valve
toda high lift camshaft
toda cam gear
toda under bucket shim
toda conrods
metal head gasket
blacktop itb
toda flywheel
cusco single clutch
trd engine mount
trd gearbox mount
jubiride extractor
jazma exhaust
dry cell batter relocated to the back#
wolf ecu

interior
Momo deep dish wheel
works bell hub
dakota digital tacho&speedo
defi din gauge
razo gear shifter
fire extinguisher
Snap on seat covers


suspension
front tokico ht102r#
front revolver spring
Custom coilovers
cusco rca
rear Koni shocks
rear revolver spring
cusco front swaybar
cusco rear swaybar
whiteline panhard#
surge tank
bosch fuel pump
trd 2way mechanical diff
techno pro spirit final gear diff
ebc green pads front and rear
metal brake lines
14X8.5/9 wantanabes -13/-19

exterior
carbon fibre colour bonnet
aero catch bonnet lock
Raybrig headlights
New kouki eyelids/indicators

[john84ie]

Have no way of confirming all the engine spec, I've pulled off the cam covers and there's deffo toda cams and pullies in it, don't know what lift or duration though

[dove grey 64]

damn, nice spec list. i'm pretty much at a loss for recommended mods seeing as your car is pretty much already at dream spec. if its already really nice to drive as a daily maybe just take it for what it is, a perfectly modded ae86 that is still able to be driven daily.
do you FEEL like the engine has more in it? i'd say ditch the wolf ecu, the two people i know that run them cant say many good things about them. either that or get a good tune to see what else you can get out of the motor. 4.7 ratio would help too.
build a 10,000rpm screamer :P

[JinxD]

^^^ are you 12 years old? Are you gonna 'man up' when you need a rebuild?

The car is a street car not a race car, you dont need the extra 400kw you get by taking the filters off.....

Forget about stupid shit like taking off filters Johnny, and go and get the car tuned because it needs it.

quoted for truth!!
sweet as ride dude jelly as!

[maxhag]

As I said Johnny, after you letting me drive it, the motor felt healthy, but needed a re-tune for 'spirited' driving in my opinion. Was torquey, but was lacking towards the top end, which is where these engines love. Autotech in Hume know 4ages well and are good at their work. If it was me in your situation, I would take it in there....

See if your still unhappy after that.

[johl]

why not just leave it as is. correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have this for a daily and the panno will be your 'fun' car?

[peter_soj]

why not just leave it as is. correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have this for a daily and the panno will be your 'fun' car?

Leave the engine in there, see if getting it tuned puts a bigger smile on your face or not.

This might be a stupid reference but have you not seen tsuchiya in his best motoring dvd's, or even in any of his youtube videos where he drives a hachi. He loves getting back into an n/a hachi after driving 1000hp+ drift cars. Appreciate it!

[john84ie]

Yeah another tune is on the cards...

@johl nah I have a ae92 daily, this is just a weekend car. Heater isn't working so to cold to daily it at the minute!lol

@Peter I do love it as is. I've had lots of 4ages and this it by far the quickest! Just the guy I bought it off had like 10k in receipts for the motor build so would be expecting a bit more really! We'll see how a tune goes anyway.. Need to get it out for a track day or something and enjoy it

[Robo86]

this thing is sweet man, needs more pics!

[john84ie]

Cheers robo, if I could only drive it like you use to drive yours I'd be sorted!

Have no Internet at the minute so can't put up pics..

Anyway full kouki front on the way!

I bought
brand new kouki bumper brackets
Brand new kouki bar
New indicator units
New trueno emblem

So should be sweet, just looking for brand new lip to complete!

bought and fitted some chrome wind deflectors, just need the little trueno stickers for them.,

Also have new brembo disc's on the way, drilled and grooved for front and rear. Just need to order some good pads now..

Thinking of removing tint from front 2 windows, yay or nah???

[john84ie]

pic dump..................

got these

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/396519.jpg

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/396520.jpg


http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/396521.jpg

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http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/396530.jpg

[muncher]

Looking good mate, where are you getting these parts?

[maxhag]

lol, you are taking your pics at the wrong corners johnny :P

[BLIPAE86]

hahaha when you selling that one when the rego runs out???

[john84ie]

@muncher, which parts? Got the visors on eBay!

@blip, ya know me to well! Lol nah planning on holding on to this one, but as the saying goes, everything is for sale for the right price;)! Rego until next year so i'll have it for awile!lol

[maxhag]

hahaha when you selling that one when the rego runs out???

Hahahahahahha... :P

Good call Dan!

[kdashh]

So nice! I'm jealous haha :p

[john84ie]

Now sporting kouki front and more low, pics soon as haven't figured out how to post pics from iPhone yet?

[ke_70]

download the photobucket app! so easy to upload pics!

[john84ie]

Got it! Been trying to just do it from photobucket website with no luck

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/397794.jpg

[johl]

kouki front is awesome.

not much left to do on this now? would look great if you could grab some 14x9ish hoshino g5's

[slpery86]

kouki front :(

[maxhag]

Looks good Johnny....

[johl]

or these....
http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b136290403

[ke_70]

bonnets letting it down now.

[maxhag]

bonnets letting it down now.

^^ This is a fact Johnny....

[john84ie]

@ johl theres always more to do,or more money to spend more like!!

@splpry- yeah I did like the zenki front but kouki is nicer at the end of the day and looks lower which is the look I'm after

@ clint/ Jojo yeah usually don't like bonnets with big vents and shit, this one has kind of grew on me, if I was to change will be non vented carbon bonnet or just standard

[maxhag]

carbon (standard) +1

I like the bonnet you have, but because the fitment is out and it's warped, it needs to be changed for the car to be uber clean.....

[john84ie]

Alot of the time carbon bonnets aren't perfect fit, I got a varis plain trueno bonnet from Japan a few years ago and it was the same, wasn't cheap either

No plans to change Alford the minute anyway, wanna get 4.77 in soon! And drive the bitch!
Haven't drove it in awile, been working the last 3 weeks straight!

[maxhag]

What C & P is in it now?

[john84ie]

Seems to be 4.3...

[maxhag]

U gonna send that my way? ;)

[john84ie]

Yeah soon as you send me the microtech out of goldie!;)

[john84ie]

So new kouki front end including bumper, indicator units,trueno emblem, and mounts

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398033.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398035.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398037.jpg


This is what is needed to fit zenki lip to kouki bumper
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398039.jpg

Here's the brackets fitted
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398041.jpg

All the new bits fitted yo bumper
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398043.jpg

Naked trueno
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398045.jpg

All fitted up and front lowered another 10-15mm

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398047.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398049.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398051.jpg

[Master__09]

Nice. Loving how clean it's looking.

[bradae85]

Fuck yea! Looks sooo clean.

[shift_rook]

Nicely done John

[hao.]

Good to see my parts went to a good home. :) Nice work on polishing up the longchamps too, John.

[ae8zn6]

Spotted you on your way home today Johnie. That was me in the Evo at the lights. Car looks great in the flesh. Living that na roar too

[john84ie]

Cheers robbo, yeah I spotted your big head in the drivers seat!lol only playing;)
Did ya get sorted with a 86 shell yet?

[john84ie]

Cheers dudes

Few from today

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398677.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398679.jpg
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http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398683.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398685.jpg


Had alot of rubbing in the front since I lowered it. So had to pull out the guard liners and get out the lump hammer!


http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/3/0/2/398687.jpg

It's still catching where the bumper mounts to the guard, any ideas to stop this??

[john84ie]

To paint the top of bumper or not??? Can't decide

[maxhag]

You realise you parked out the front of my work..........

[maxhag]

Johnny, smashing that bit where its been rubbing is a REALLY bad thing to do on AE86's. It splits all the seem welds. Sure, looks fine, but not a structually wise thing to do.... I Found out the hard way with the gold 86....

[maxhag]

yes, paint the top of the bumper :)

[john84ie]

Serious??haha what's the chances of that! I went out to Hume for a look, deffo heading out there the next night it's wet, loads of room to play there!

[john84ie]

Ah well, had to be done to run wide wheels, I won't be down sizing the rims anyway! Seen plenty of 86's with that bit folded over

[maxhag]

Serious??haha what's the chances of that! I went out to Hume for a look, deffo heading out there the next night it's wet, loads of room to play there!

DONT EVEN THINK OF DOING THIS!!! HUME IS COP CENTRAL...

The cops are always in hume at night. Trust me dude, I work night shift in hume 6 nights a week..... They hide, waiting for guys like you to come. They impounded 2 cars 2 weeks ago...... They have operations out there to catch hoons.

You have been WARNED!

[maxhag]

Ah well, had to be done to run wide wheels, I won't be down sizing the rims anyway! Seen plenty of 86's with that bit folded over

Just cause people do it, Doesn't mean its good dude.....

[john84ie]

Well it had to be done for how I want the car, and it's done now anyway so doesn't really matter, don't loose any sleep over it:P

Is the red car any closer to seein road?

Did a bit with the submarine too today, would love to get it on the road and drive up to that track day in Raleigh if I could get a spot

[bradae85]

Yea I folded that seam over too, didn't think it was a big deal until I saw maxhags Hachi with its speed holes. Is it a better idea to cut these seams off and weld it? Or any ideas of how to combat this? Stupid place for a seam if u ask me.

[maxhag]

Yeah brad, I never thought it was bad till I had my acco. You can tell from mine that the seams welds had seperated when I folded over the seam. I can tell because the spot welds were already rusty...

Next time I will fold it over, but will get it welded again to seal it up....

[maxhag]

RE; Red SR86

Going in for the final tune on tuesday. I had to fix a few things up with the fuel system. All fixed now tho. It already made 178kw with bad fuel pressure.......
It frys the tyres so easily :P
Will be racing it for the first time this sunday at the hillclimb. Come check it out Johnny!

I am having second thoughts about engineering and rego. I am highly considering just buying a good car trailer instead. Would be more useful. (I can also make some money back when I travel interstate to pick up cars for you :) )
Not 100% sure yet...

[ae8zn6]

DONT EVEN THINK OF DOING THIS!!! HUME IS COP CENTRAL...

The man speaks the truth and its been that way for a loooong time.

There is essentially a permanent detachment there.

[northy]

John where did you get the brackets for fitting the zenki lip on the kouki bar