Popular Post Mitch.W Posted April 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2020 had this thing a bout 8 month or so now I guess, thought I better make a thread to keep track of what goes on with it. bought it off callum from down in Christchurch. Looked like this when I got it, some people will know this car, basic run down of when I got it. Lisse spec ae85 trueno -Bluetop 4age, t50, t series rear end with dropped lower arm mounts -bc coilovers -bunch of poly bushes, front rca's, power steering knuckles, manual rack. that's about it really, simple fun car. drove back home with some alright guys little Hondas and some fancy gt2 porchse once I got it home I put smaller tires on it and lowered it a bit then after about 3 weeks of ownership I got reversed into and that smashed the front end up a bit, new rad support, new bumper (still haven't put it on yet) and still trying to find a good bonnet and corner lights. went and bought some new wheels, 14x8.5 -15 mk3, rolled the guard and found some bog. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted April 11, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2020 bogged it up and went drifting at manfeild got sick of having a mismatched car so got a rusty bonnet painted to match and got some new front wheels too 14x8 -12 R101 then towed it up to meremere for the annual 86/70 day they have up there, took home a prize for best driving style which I was happy about 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted April 11, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2020 car was going great until the afternoon when It started to get a bit of a bottom end knock. so I cleaned the interior and put a red brix I picked up and Kurt made me a sweet knob that's about up to date, picked up a new motor and a j160 off Phil to slam in, new motor is a fresh redtop bottom end with big port head and 286 cams or something, I will be putting my stock head on for now until I can be bothered going link, ordered all the parts for my j160 conversion too. also managed to get some stock metal rear guards without big in them which ill get thrown on when it goes into the panel beaters for a little bit of rust/im too lazy to do it myself. Discussion - 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted August 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2020 got a bit carried away, ended up with a freshly rebuilt late red top motor, j160 and some Niteparts headers. ended up doing a rwd cooling system conversion which was wayyyy more involved than I ever thought and cost far too much for some crusty old parts. I have no photos of the new setup in the car but its all running and driving now. I just happened to order a set of Whitley tune itb's for my setup, and some kelford cams and a few other goodies to get this thing humming. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted May 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2023 so, afew years later, basic run down, got the new motor and j160 in, being doing plenty of drift days around nz in it and having heaps of fun Then i decided it was finally time to tidy this car up, i had always wanted a levin notch so swapped the front end over to facelift levin parts and purchased a goodline bonnet. i somehow managed to twist Matts arm into working his magic and doing rust work on it for me during the 2nd lock down, what started off as "just 2 little patches under the tail lights and some bog in the guard" to the rear end of the car off and 70 hours or so of work. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted May 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2023 It continued... Then it was all back together and mostly rust free, The car sat for awhile more while i tried to find a panel beater to tidy the car up, ended up flying a good friend up from Chch to palmy one weekend and we had the car panelled and primed in 1 weekend, ended up doing all in the door jams, all windows out etc and painted it in the OEM red Chucked it back together and started to enjoy the car again During all of this i swapped the cars wiring to all AE86 wiring so it was all oem plug and play with the 4age and in tank fuel pump which was nice, i also sourced almost everything for a black interior out of japan in hopes of completing a full GT Apex interior swap on the car too which is much nicer than brown. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted May 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2023 This is how it currently looks, i raised it up as i got sick of how it handled and it made a massive difference. I also too advantage of a Watanabe 40% off sale and picked up a nice set, loving how the car looks now. The car currently has oil leaks like any good 4age does but the rear main leaks and the burning oil smokes out the cabin when i'm drifting which is less than ideal so dropping the motor for a refresh and keep enjoying. The dream of FCR's and some cams is in the pipeline as well as a shaved/repainted engine bay would go down a treat. Discussion 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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