general 86 chat/rant

[dove grey 64]

quite a few engine swaps happening at the moment, but it always seems to be a toyota engine going in, oridos v8, speedhunters 2jz.
when is one of the subaru crowd going to put in a ej20t or 25t or whatever other good flat fours they have.
wouldnt mind seeing a new 86 with a flat 6 porche motor, or one of those flat 6 twin turbo jdm liberty motors.
first smashed 86?

[dove grey 64]

some guys are running massive power out of their EJ's, why not stick with a subaru motor and keep the low center of gravity.
saw this video

one of the first things they do is cut out the firewall.

[t-nol]

OMG how good does it look with pumped guards.....

[dove grey 64]

yep pumped gaurds are a nice thing

[macca1590]

liberty flat 6, camed and itb's would be cool

[AJPS]

the demo at adelaide hills toyota has been crashed twice

[dove grey 64]

would have loved to of seen that happen. do they have a "you broke it you bought it" policy?

[Nikkojoe]

Would like to see the numbers on this

[dove grey 64]

numbers would be good, driving footage would be better. BUT that would be heaps more fun to drive =).
still its a great canvas of a car, good to see more companys making stuff for them early on.
i like the idea of supercharging more, more control/response keeping inline with the whole its about how its delivered etc.
i still think the new 86 nailed the same thing the ae86 did, give people a cheap well balanced car with a FR layout and let all the tuning companys/owners do what they want with it

[Nikkojoe]

Quoted from another forum, not bad numbers but they are just numbers...