Post by chris ellis on May 16, 2005 9:15:35 GMT 10
Well i figure its about time i posted up my ride/rides ;D
As of yesterday i now own 2 cars, one daily and the other to be set up for drift only.
as most of you know my drift car will be my 1983, aus delivered ae86, specs are as follows;
- MAP sensored 4a-gze with front mounted cooler, and twin core radiator, pod filter, 2.5 inch exhaust (now runs under the diff) with a nice big cannon on the back
- Run by a mircotech ltx-8
- RPM heavy duty clutch and pressure plate, the exedy one died
- 1/2 t-18 tailshaft
- t-18 diff houseing, rebuilt, new cylinders and shoes, machined drums, new diff bearings, new Cusco 2-way LSD type-RS.
- Koni 8 way adjustable rear shocks
- TRD 6kg/mm springs rear
- TRD 4 way externally adjustable front shocks
- TRD 8kg/mm springs front
- Cusco camber adjustable front strut tops
- Whiteline front strut brace
- Custom made rear chassis brace out of 3mm ally
- Whiteline adjustable rear swaybar
- Thicker front swaybar, forget what brand, lol.
- Urathane upper and lower trailing arm bushes
- Fresh respray in D1 gloss black, with gold glitter
- Nardi replica steering wheel
- T3 75mm ally steering wheel spacer
- T3 roll centre adjusters
- Autoguage black face boost guage
- Dash mat to hide the cracks!
- SSR dished rims all round, 15x6, a pair of SSR reverse mesh 15x7's for when the others run out of tyre... and 4x 13x5.5 chevoit mesh rims for the d-days, along with numerous stock rimz and 4 x 15" trx rims... i guess ive got enough rims for drift days now, lol.
To be done;
- Fit power steering arms due for arrival next few days
- New pulley, so s/c runs 14psi
thats about all i can think of for now, but id like to thank Jarrod for all the work he's done to it, and helped me do to it, i cant believe he does so much on the weekends after all week at work!! and Pete for the garage space and assistance in mods. Also muzza, steve and jake for various assistance, wether its lending tools that i dont have, letting me work overnight to replace a clutch or assisting in that. And anyone else thats helped along the way.. the list is to long, lol
Now the daily driver;
Its a 1987 Toyota Soarer GT, aka GZ20 soarer
Imported and complied in 1996 (so the rego states its a 96 soarer
) got it with 10 months regoa and 4 new tyres. I call it the pimp'o'soarus
Stock as a rock basically;
- 1g-gte, 2.0L 24valve twin turbo... auto
- Climate control
- Power EVERYTHING
- Seats that can be electronically adjusted to hug u more, so cool!!!
- Immobilizer
and coolest of all is the japanese writing on the climate control and stuff.. just jdm goodness.
Got a few little mods planned but nothing major, and definitly nothing that can be defected.
Will post pics as i get them and as progress comes along on both.
Chris
edit: Pics!!! - Before
the pig in all its half spray can painted glory, LOL
the new tacho set up
thanks jarrod and pete. The light on it works now too ;D
the new strut brace, also a first ever photo of my engine bay.. thanks again to jarrod for putting this on, as all i managed to do was round the nuts, lol.
and the result of alot of hard work....
The Soarer
not the best shots as it has been rained on for 3 days straight, but still its hot. Will get some nicer ones in the future when i clean it up a bit.
As of yesterday i now own 2 cars, one daily and the other to be set up for drift only.
as most of you know my drift car will be my 1983, aus delivered ae86, specs are as follows;
- MAP sensored 4a-gze with front mounted cooler, and twin core radiator, pod filter, 2.5 inch exhaust (now runs under the diff) with a nice big cannon on the back
- Run by a mircotech ltx-8
- RPM heavy duty clutch and pressure plate, the exedy one died
- 1/2 t-18 tailshaft
- t-18 diff houseing, rebuilt, new cylinders and shoes, machined drums, new diff bearings, new Cusco 2-way LSD type-RS.
- Koni 8 way adjustable rear shocks
- TRD 6kg/mm springs rear
- TRD 4 way externally adjustable front shocks
- TRD 8kg/mm springs front
- Cusco camber adjustable front strut tops
- Whiteline front strut brace
- Custom made rear chassis brace out of 3mm ally
- Whiteline adjustable rear swaybar
- Thicker front swaybar, forget what brand, lol.
- Urathane upper and lower trailing arm bushes
- Fresh respray in D1 gloss black, with gold glitter
- Nardi replica steering wheel
- T3 75mm ally steering wheel spacer
- T3 roll centre adjusters
- Autoguage black face boost guage
- Dash mat to hide the cracks!
- SSR dished rims all round, 15x6, a pair of SSR reverse mesh 15x7's for when the others run out of tyre... and 4x 13x5.5 chevoit mesh rims for the d-days, along with numerous stock rimz and 4 x 15" trx rims... i guess ive got enough rims for drift days now, lol.
To be done;
- Fit power steering arms due for arrival next few days
- New pulley, so s/c runs 14psi
thats about all i can think of for now, but id like to thank Jarrod for all the work he's done to it, and helped me do to it, i cant believe he does so much on the weekends after all week at work!! and Pete for the garage space and assistance in mods. Also muzza, steve and jake for various assistance, wether its lending tools that i dont have, letting me work overnight to replace a clutch or assisting in that. And anyone else thats helped along the way.. the list is to long, lol
Now the daily driver;
Its a 1987 Toyota Soarer GT, aka GZ20 soarer
Imported and complied in 1996 (so the rego states its a 96 soarer
) got it with 10 months regoa and 4 new tyres. I call it the pimp'o'soarusStock as a rock basically;
- 1g-gte, 2.0L 24valve twin turbo... auto
- Climate control
- Power EVERYTHING
- Seats that can be electronically adjusted to hug u more, so cool!!!
- Immobilizer
and coolest of all is the japanese writing on the climate control and stuff.. just jdm goodness.
Got a few little mods planned but nothing major, and definitly nothing that can be defected.
Will post pics as i get them and as progress comes along on both.
Chris
edit: Pics!!! - Before
the pig in all its half spray can painted glory, LOL
the new tacho set up
thanks jarrod and pete. The light on it works now too ;Dthe new strut brace, also a first ever photo of my engine bay.. thanks again to jarrod for putting this on, as all i managed to do was round the nuts, lol.
and the result of alot of hard work....
The Soarer
not the best shots as it has been rained on for 3 days straight, but still its hot. Will get some nicer ones in the future when i clean it up a bit.
