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There has been some good progress on this.

I got the rear drive shaft section from Japan, fitted a new center hanger bearing and slapped it in
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@Mitch.Wdecided he wanted my Levin front, and I too wanted his Trueno front. An exchange happened and i've ended up with half his car
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BC Gold front suspension upgrade time. But first, some old Barry needed 8 cable ties to hold this brake line off. 
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Fitted a new front fibreglass bumper. Looks the tits, managed to get it to fit with the original bumper irons with ease. nice nice. Also BC's are in here, and lowered down to a good height
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PartsShopMax rear coil overs. Gone away with the separate spring/coil and now have this true all in one unit. I may get some support added to the lower shock mount as I don't think the load that there will be on this diff now was intended from the beginning.
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A few weeks passed and I got some time in with Glenn at Syndicate Fabrication. Whilst he worked, I pinched his bench and did a few small jobs.
Hub refresh
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Courtesy of FLOS.ie. Great kit!
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MRP Spec Willwood brake upgrade. I can only fit the brackets for now, they are suited for 15" wheels. The rally wheels on there (which are to go...) are 14.
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woop
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Nice spanking exhaust. if it's too raspy we'll chuck a resonator in there, but for now will test it and see how it goes. Muffler is an AdrenalinR 2.5", with race baffles $$$
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Planning seat rails. there's a massive hump in the center of the car which makes mounting seats a bit annoying. Can't really use factor pickup points as they sit too high, and as a tall man i'd like my head squished as little as possible against the roof as I can
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Tacked in for now, will come back to this at a later date when Glenn has more room to fit me in
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Mike Shaw bonnet arrived. Really happy with fitment and quality. I'll have to do absolutely nothing to it to make it align any better. highly  recommend.
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Next on will be wheels and rear flares. Then will go back to get the seat rails fabbed!

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This car has laid dormant for a while.

Back before when this was N/A...I had low oil pressure. I mean there was some oil pressure, I could drive it around but it never was as high as it should be. I had to swap the sump over on the motor for the turbo drain so out came the motor, thought i'd check the bearing caps. they weren't perfect and not perfect on a motor that had done 1500 k's since rebuild was not good enough. Took the short block in to the machine shop. Turns out the thrust tolerance was too loose and it was loosing a lot of oil pressure out of there. This was a good find. I had to get the block line bored too. that was expensive.
Anyway, $4000 later for a short block rebuild. should be safe to run now. i'm just excited to have everything back and now progress is taking shape

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How the cars been sitting for the past 6 months... booo
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The motor went back in
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I paid the front bar a nice white.
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Yes, i'll fix the bumper. it annoys me too
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Next, i'm getting the throttle body modified to get a ISCV sorted for it to be controlled by the ecu
Then I save some money and take it to NZ Wiring in Petone to get tuned.

Discussion:

A few months ago a little rusty nugget was presented to me for sale and I couldn't help but add it to my fleet (I really shouldn't have but sometimes you just can't say no...)

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I got it home, parked it up. forgot about it for 4 weeks whilst I waited for a few things to come from Japan.
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The wiring loom that was in the car was the stock AE85 loom which was hacked and fudged. I thought it would be much easier to start with a clean base so I bought a set of AE86 looms. Now I know where everything is, it has wiring for a fpump, has EFI relays and wiring. I can just put in a stock 4A-GE loom and get it going with ease
Cabin loom
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Engine bay loom for headlights etc
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Looking tidy enough
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I've got everything there to get it going except a T series diff... (it has an S series diff so if anyone knows of a full T Series diff for AE86 I am a man in need)

Discussion:

It's been an exciting few weeks getting updates on the car as more gets done.

Here's a drop of what's going on at the moment. Not long now!
 

To start with, I deloomed the original headlight hardness, removing odds and ends I won't use on there
- Ran another wire which controls the fog lights
- Relocated the battery wires to inside the cabin, the battery will sit under the passenger seat. I'll get a professional to do the rest from where I got it to
- Relocated the alternator wiring so that I can run it with the engine harness
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Decided to change the wastegate to a v-band style gate just for a bit more flexibility:
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Dump pipe beginning to take shape:
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Bits and bobs:
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filter setup:
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BOV to go here:
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Money shot: hngggggg
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Big plug to Glenn, he's doing a bloody good job!
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Discussions and feedback is always welcome

Alrighty
The car has undergone a few changes.

Something that drastically needed attention was the rear spring perches on the diff. The diff is an F series out of a Liteace Van and had the AE86 mounts swapped on to it. What a great idea I thought! as I purchased this off TradeMe..
Check out the state of this. No idea what it did to the actual ride of the car being like this but it's always crippled my brain bones when I thought about it
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Cut bracket off:
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Tack in better position:
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Glue in and appreciate the view:
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After market cams from Auckland Cams have been acquired and installed:
Handee-Dandee printable cam degree wheel.
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I forgot to get a pic with the dial indicator gauge sitting in there for cool effects but.. they're dialed in!
They're a fast street.. turbo cam which leads me to my next photos
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Into the shop she goes at Syndicate Fabrication in Feilding to get some bloowey stuff sorted:
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I think i'll be relocated my battery..
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Intercooler mounting:
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I'm excited, it's looking the tits, I will  update as I get more pics!

Work done by:
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Discussion:

Howdy fellow isolated friends.

I got my crossmember adjusted for my W55. I couldn't figure out where a vibration was coming from and narrowed it down to the driveshaft. Doing a UJ angle check I got it pretty much dialed in with spacers under the box to get it 2.5 deg on both ends, then got the member remade to sit where the  spacers took it to

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I made a patch harness by cutting a plug out of another small port ECU. Got the Link to fire up the motor and had the timing set. I did't have time to get it tuned for Toyota Fest so ran the old ECU down. Least I know that I can start having a play with the Link once I have some time... like ISOLATION TIIIME!

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before the lock down we were lucky enough to head down to Toyota Fest for the weekend and what a treat that was. Such a good event and so grateful that Toyota put it on for us every year.
The car drove down with no issues at all, and drove up with no issues at all. I couldn't believe it!
Thrashed it around the track, thrashed it coming over the pass to Cromwell. drove it home easy.

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Now that i'm back i'd like to increase the drivability.

I've installed the A/C compressor and A/C lines again, once the lock down is lifted i'll buy a new O Ring kit so I can put the new AirCon gas through it (i watched a YouTube vid on how to do it.. wish me luck!). 

(no photo, oops)

Added some conduit over spaghetti junction under the guard, surprising something so little/cheap can make things 1000x better

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Before the lock down I went and got some offcuts of underlay. Shame, I just missed their dump of proper big sized pieces but ah well. chopping and sticking in puzzle sized pieces will still do the jerb.

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For places that are vertical i've used some double sided tape. my god it could stick a 50kg weight to a wall, it's the tits

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Puzzle completed

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This was the work station.. pissing down with this rain but i'd rather knock my jobs out now

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Onto the front doors tomorrow, i'm not expecting silence but definitely less harsh doinks.

That's all for today

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Discussion:

It's been reasonably quiet in the past year. I've done next to nothing on this car...

since Toyota Fest last year:
Drive shaft remade/balanced
New rear hub centric rings for the rear discs. This was necessary due to the BMW rotors. I had the centres drilled out to be the same as the Longchamps on the rear. They're nice and snug. The Longchamps have a tapered centre bore so the spacers can't fall out..
Swapped in my 4A-GZE motor that's running on the stock small port ECU for now. Turbo time after Toyota Fest this year
Swapped in the original Intake Manifold, runs heaaaps better on the stock ECU which makes sense.
Replaced broken fuse box (exciting)

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And FYI this is the shifter location with a Rear Shifter type W5X box using the SQEngineering sandwich plate with the T50 bell housing. Perfect
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I'm also looking for a replacement fiberglass bumper as mine is broke...
 

It's been a long time since i've done a post, because it's been a long time to get me motivated to install the wiper linkeages. I ended up just buying some M18 x 1.0 pitch nuts off ebay for $15, and a week later they arrived. instead of procrastinating about it for 4 months i really should have done it sooner....

Since last update:
Installed AE92 FX-GT front seat belts
Installed previous exhaust from old KE30 which is 2.5" to the extractors and a nice dumpy at the end
Rebuilt front brakes, it's nice when they work properly.
installed a new healthier 4K motor and went to a chinese carb from eBay that actually performs quite well. I will go with a weber 28/36 if I can find one but it's good for the interim
New Coils, plugs, leads, fuel filter (the other new one i bought has clogged up with garbage. Not surprised)
Installed 3.9 ratio diff head from a KE70 to fix it's awfully high revs with the 4.3
Fixed rust on the under chassis rail

TODO:
Fix brake pedal on the brake switch because sometimes it doesn't disengage
Get centers repainted on the SSR Mesh's
Get underside sand blasted and painted/under sealed
Find center trim chrome for rear lights
 

ugly photos. will get some nicer ones this weekend

I repainted the plates with satin black paint, it looks really good, I didn't completely sand it back to the bare metal which i'm actually happy about. makes it look a bit dated in a way with some of the left over paint overtop

Then I went to VTNZ. The guy loved it.

He also stuck something on my windscreen..

Time to fix the small issues with the car, and drive her around for a bit. happy with how it's come out in the end, proud for a first time  project of this scale for it to have come out so well. Looking forward to starting on another!

Build discussion:

So, a lot has happened and the car is now running around again for the first time in a long time.

I decided that I didn't have time to get an after market ECU and tune sorted, but I did have time to buy a crashed FX-GT with a small port inside, which I could pinch the loom and ecu from and get this motor I have here running. I swapped in some stock small port cams. The stock ecu should handle the rest of the mods fine! so far so good anyways...

anywho:

Stock small port loom:
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Unmasked, and all of the unnecessary stuff removed. Like the cold start circuitry, the alternator loom (AE86 run a separate loom from the engine loom from factory), the diagnostics plug (although would have been helpful, required a bit of extra effort to incorporate it with the original AE86 body loom),  and I think that's it...:
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I had a spare motor on the engine stand so dummied everything up against that then dropped the new small port loom in:
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spaghetti junction down below to check that the engine works before taping and conduiting together
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I made one big boo-boo on this swap and completely lost the body loom plug for the ECU. I definitely cut it and put it somewhere safe, the problem is that the safe place is even hidden from a 24-hour later Phil.... dammit. So I headshrinked the terminals over and just put them on the ecu terminals. they're in there fine and will not pop out but it still annoys me. Hopefully I can find another ECU plug at some point and do a proper job of it...
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I went for a drive and forgot how low the dam thing was and sort of broke the front bumper over a small drain.. dammit. lucky it was just a cheap fibre glass one and can easily find a replacement. TODO at a later date.
Attached the front license plate, not in the middle as I was having problems on the track with head and thought I would get one last thing out of the way of the radiator. That was with a stock bumper so maybe this one will be better regardless
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filters on, dizzy lines looking pretty ecu. Need to mount the fuse box properly..
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This is the vauum line, seems to be working okay. Blue line goes to FPR, small black line goes to the MAP sensor which works (the other one in the pic is broken and took me a while to diagnose! eurgh. other line goes to the brake booster. This should work fine going forward unless anyone has any suggestions of another way to do it??
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Rear long-boiz
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Front long-boiz (I am getting new tyres on the front with less wall so they'll match the rear better)
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first sort of run underway, yes the timing belt was a bit tight, that's since been fixed. I'll get a proper video of it running once it's proven itself to be good

On  to Toyota Festival!

Discussion:

Getting close now!

I got a new center console installed. It's from a KE35 SR and looks the tits

I got some SSR 13 x 7 meshies with 215/50 tyres on them

 

Then i decided to tackle the bonnet. it took 3 days.... crikey.
Sand

Fibreglass bog:

More sanding and bogging

Guidecoating:

More sanding and spot filling

I attacked the underside with a wirebrush and then some cans out. 
Etch primer -> black gloss -> clear coat

And painting!

Left todo for WOF:
Install seatbelts
Install wiper linkeage
Carb tune
Wheel alignment

Build discussion:

I've been ticking away at the small jobs left on this car.

Badges:

New Door seals all round:

Mint back seat (back piece). Would love to find a mint cream one or at least a black bum piece

Got it out for a clean in the sun, paint is looking great!
Ignore Long champs on rear, they don't suit the car and I only had them on there so I could take it for a drive

Will crack into the bonnet next weekend and get it fixed properly! hopefully....

Discussion:

Another productive weekend. Was able to get the doors mounted and hanged correctly so the line up with the latchey-loopey thing on the chassis perfect so the doors close with ease.

Windows going in

from the outside lighting you can see it took a while to get everything sorted: Window cleaning, rubber channel moulding, remembering how the divider piece went between the rear glass and rear quarter glass, then finding the correct bolts/screws...

Proud owner of NOS rear vent trim

Outside photoz
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Loving the hi-deluxe chrome

Door cards a bit dirty, rear seat very very very dirty, undecided if will keep or find the other 'full vinyl' type

BIG battery which is just there for temp use. I may relocate to the back yet if I can be bothered, is fine where it is for now

Time to start putting the dash back together

I am waiting on a KE35 loom before I install the instrument cluster as they vary between KE30 and KE35.
*KE35 instrument cluster has factory tacho meter, KE30 does not

Yes... I missed a spot on the LF door... will have to fix that

Build discussion: