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was on the look out for another project since the kp is basically finished. after missing out on a few old toyota's. the ae85 popped up. yeah, kinda jumping on the band wagon with the ae85/6 thing, but fits my "requirements"

heres a few pics the day we picked it up:

powerhouse 3a-u and sweet fusion speaker wire battery clamp.


panda paint job is on the list to go. but way down the list.



have robbed some choice parts off my starlet(not the kp!) and are currently trying to sell it to fund the ae85 project.

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picked these up yesterday nissan s13 bc coil overs.






i didn't tell the guy i was going to cut them up and put them in a toyota

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out with the old shitters, still had the factory shocks. no wonder it handled so bad



cut the struts down. leaving just enough to aline the threaded tube, from the bc's. had to make a sleeve (middle in pic below) as the threaded tube id was 2-3mm larger than the outside of the strut. the nissan mounting points were chopped off as well.


pressing the lot together

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ready for test fit


top mount holes needed to be slotted a little to fit the nissan camber plates.


on lowest setting. sitting on some blocks of wood and jack stuck underneath, sweet


just need to remove and weld properly. then onto the rear.

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heres the fronts finished.





car actually turns now, but still handles shit, since the back is shit

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sold my ep82, and finished working on other peoples shitters so time to get back to the trueno.
now i don't have to work on it in the garden, time to cut some holes!


heres whats funding the ae85 build. robbed some of the choice parts off it for the ae85, before i sold it.

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done a bit more, was a bit of a cunt to cut the holes, as couldn't holesaw them like i done on kp. as drill wouldn't fit. had to rape it with the angle grinder. plus it actually is made from metal not tin foil like the kp.

final height should be close to this, need to cut the bumpstops down.


managed to chop the drives side hole a bit big somehow, so gotta fill the gap.

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rear is finished. unsure if i will brace to floor yet. handles so much better. but still has steering issues. a manual quick rack maybe on the cards. as the ps rack is pretty rooted, and has poor feel, plus its too slow!



whole thing can go down another 50mm or so from this height. while everything is still captive etc. need to cut the bumpstops down so it has travel in the rear before going any lower. even at this height there's not much travel .


now i need a smallport 4age head, w5* box and a hilux diff now. if anyone has them hanging about?

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picked some special parts up from the slipway boys..

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no so exciting update.
3a is out. should have engine and box to mock up stuff on in next few weeks.

test fit of new steering rack.


quaife ae86 quick rack, kp steering rack housing. ps steering knuckles. kp housing is shorter than the ae one. so has some sweet lock. still gotta weld passenger side rack mount on that i cut off kp x member, plus mod passenger inside guard as tyre hits. will have bit more lock then in pic when done

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hmm how not to fix rust, news paper, expanding foam, bog and racing mesh for good measure. stuff on floor is what i dug out of it


metal again


even modified my dead person/engine lifter. sweet new wheels, note the awesome caster. has obese guy rating up from fat guy now.


got a engine and broken box for mocking shit up, moved engine mounts rear as much as possible without doing major mods. modified sump slightly. need the rubber mount that attaches to a w5* box if anyone has one ??


half made low mount alternator bracket, got lazy and didn't finish

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actually done some work on this today, finished the inlet manifold.






some pics from ages ago i was too lazy to post:
inlet manifold under construction & mocking up turbo,still haven't decided if im gonna leave it in this location yet.





comments and mockery most welcome

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manifold.
looks a bit wack, but equal length and runners go into collector in correct order.







i ran out of pipe hence all the gaps and random bits of exhaust tube in places. so made a drop pipe

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exhaust manifold finished, other than running out of paint.


went on trademe one night half chopped, which wasn't my best idea ever. brought an intercooler. its huuge but fits surprisingly well. top brackets still to be made then its mounted.




and yes it fits behind the bumper!(which is rooted yeh) will most likely paint black so cant be seen at all.

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more stuff

nissan radiator cut down, yet to be mounted. intercooler and pipes done etc




deshielded valves and tidy up. ready to got to engine builder.


modified fwd pulley rwd. yeh you can buy them. but nar, i made one instead.

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right update time.

got a bit happy with angle grinder and cut up my front guards. then.,

welded them on here!


fired a bit of bog on it



thread requires new page, will split over few posts.

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got some glass front guards to replace the cut up front ones. can kinda see them here, nothing interesting just stock copies



there was some pretty major reconstruction work when doing the gards, not showin in pics. as found more expanding foam repairs. cant weld to that shit!

at this point got the shits with panel work, start on front brake upgrades.
283mm rotor vs stock

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caliper bracket. kinda changed it a bit since pic

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back to the guard. one side pretty much done.

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more!



mean fitment


again


what ya recon?