Monthly Archives: January 2015


Heh you can only do so much in Street class… and I always wanted Tomei parts for my AE86’s. If all I can do is a cat back exhaust and a sway bar, then I might as well do those things right. In titanium, this Tomei system is rumoured to save 35lbs over the stock system, and given that I […]

3A/2.5V


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I’m working on these 2GRFE headers for a friend. Some long equal length 700mm stepped primaries have been spec’ed, and given limited space there are a number of bends. When it came to checking my work, I was having a hard time measuring lengths. Using a tape measure gave a different result every time as I looked for a happy […]

Hacking Methods 47



… because the ND Miata only makes 155hp. Phffeew… the FT86 is still not the lowest power “sports car” on the market… it’s just the slowest. I never owned a Miata, I never will own a Miata… but I like what the Miata stands for. Shame for ND Miata owners that the Sky-activ PE-VPS engine is reported to be the […]

I Still Sleep At Night




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A stock AE86 is a car with an aftermarket LSD, coilovers, RCA’s, exhaust and intake, seats, steering wheel and baseball bat fenders. No one… I mean NO ONE wants to drive an AE86 that is truly stock, and NO ONE since 1997 has ever owned an AE86 that was truly unmodified. I thought ZN6/ZC6/FT86 would be slightly different, and it […]

86 Stock