timbo Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) First post here since migrating from the kindergarten that is AE86DC... 11/1985 AE86 Levin APEX Suspension: Front: -TRD Coilovers, steel sleeve, TRD Green 8kg~ spring -Tokico HTS 102f -Cusco camber tops -T3 33mm RCA's -Urethane bushes -Whiteline strut bar Rear: -TRD blue 8 ways -TRD springs -Whiteline adjustable panhard rod -Whiteline 4 link with adjustable tops -T3 traction brackets -Urethane bushes Engine/Diff/Driveline: -Rebuilt AE92/3 smallport 100kw motor -TRD 272 degree 7.5mm lift camshafts -TRD 0.8mm head gasket -T3 adjustable cam gears -Billet aluminium harmonic balancer and oversized water pump pulley -Penrite 15-60 -cut and shut manifold -Top Gun 8.8mm leads -NGK R plugs -TRD copy extractors -2 1/4" extractors back, under diff exhaust -VT commodore oil cooler -TRD/Exedy heavy duty clutch -TODA 3.6kg 200mm flywheel -TRD short shifter -Cusco brake stopper -Cusco oil catch can -TRD 2way LSD in rebuilt diff - new bearings/ 4.3 cw&p, Penrite 140 LSD gear oil -Rebuilt rear calipers -RDA slotted rotors and A1RM pads (all round) -Braided lines (all round) -PBR brake fluid -Homemade air box with K&N pod -Brand new manual rack with T3 maunal rack adaptor bushings and super pro bushings (power steering crossmember) -AJPS Motorsport tie rods -AJPS fully sealed ball joints Interior: -Velo drivers seat -Nardi wheel -TRD resin gear knob -stripped interior -Cusco 5 Point half cage -Speco electric oil temp gauge -Omori mechanical oil pressure gauge Exterior: 13 x 7 Enkie +0, 205/60 Federal 595 Brand new front bar Brand new bar indicators Reconditioned rear bar and the latest picture after wrangling with a semi trailer... actually went down to the smash repairers today to sort out some issues and good news is that the car is well on its way to recovery. brand new front bumper, lights, parkers, bumper mounts, brand new steering rack and tie rod ends, couple of welds on the chassis rail (more on that later 0_o), another LHS guard, paint bonnet, guard, door, rear quater bot bumpers and mirrors. Edited January 17, 2013 by timbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miximus Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 sweet car mate! if you see a Gold AE86 in Brizzy its my mate who's name is also Tim lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chobis Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Welcome to RC Tim. Love the car mate. The above photo scares me a little though. The Return of Ghost Cat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 hahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Awesome car dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 First post here since migrating from the kindergarten that is AE86DC... He he. Join the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungi mods Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 got wheels here for you to test fit tim talk to Matt when your ready... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 haha agreed on the ae86dc comment....they have a porn sub forum now.....? anyways always like your car tim, so nice and clean but with some nice mods too. what happened with the semi trailer? sounds nasty...good to hear it on the mend though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 cheers terry, will hit you and matt up once i get the car back. semi trailer story goes: i was travelling inbound on the centenary highway just after the centenary bridge where the bend at figtree pocket goes around to the right. i was in the right hand lane just on the approach to the start of the bend in the road when a semi with a three axle flatbed trailer snaked into my lane. as the concrete divider was to my right and the road was pretty wet from the constent rain we had before the floods, i had absolutely no where to go and not enough space to brake in time. the back end of the trailer collected the front LHS on my car and i got stuck between the two rear axles and was dragged along for roughly 20-25~ metres. just before the apex i somehow became unstuck, i guess as the trailer was straightening up, and realised it has smashed my steering rack so i had no other choice than to tap the brakes and let the car slide across both lanes into the gravel and armco on the left hand shoulder. luckily there wasn't anyone else directly behind me. worst part is the truck nor anyone else stopped. tow truck rocked up pretty quick (as they do...) and was towed to their holding yard at sumner park. the following monday the car was towed to crawford smash repairs where it has been since. almost a month later the parts have finally arrived and the car is on the mend. i made a police report and tried to get cctv footage from tmr but the camera which would have captured the whole thing was facing the other way... so i'm left with a $750 excess and the shit fight that is insurance and their half arse work ethic when it comes to import cars which they apparently specialise in. i spoke to the assessor at crawford yesterday (nice people) and discovered that there is a crack in the chassis rail which he believes was previously there, which could be true as the car had been involved in an incident previously (most likely track related). however i don't think ruling out the latest incident as the cause is completely fair, even though they are going to weld it up for me. he did make the comment that he thinks the wheel alignment will be difficult as a result, but here is where my luck starts to turn around, well sort of! if they can't align it then it will become their problem as i got an alignment done one day prior to the accident and have the copy on the specs infront of me, all quite aligned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.L.Z.BUB Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Can't believe no one stopped. And I feel your pain about insurance people. Ay least your getting yours fixed. They looked at mine and said Nah, here's some money keep the car. Though I did get 400 more than I paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEhendo Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 even if they are having alignment problems surely there are enough ae86 specific adjustable suspension components to get everything straight again. welcome to the club btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 haha agreed on the ae86dc comment....they have a porn sub forum now.....? yeah wtf is going on there? whats the need/point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 righto, here as some pics of the coilovers before they went in. got them from some guy's girl friend down the gold coast for $350? i can't remember but they were cheap! and this was taken at a jdmst meet a while back. notice the old rally style height! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) by rally height you mean functional height:P Edited February 3, 2011 by ke70dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 by rally height you mean functional height:P haha yeah i guess. mind you the trd springs that were in there were quite stiff. as a plus, i now have a complete pair of stock struts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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