6 The ST185 RC was, at one point, Toyota’s race car for the street. But it’s a big fat pig compared to my AE86. I’ve been spoiled. The AE86 is HAAARRRD. Sure it doesn’t have 250whp, but it’s a sinewy taunt, athletic machine. I’m talking Bruce Lee V Andre the Giant. Bruce will dance around Andre all night, and feel like […]
I am not a truck guy, but I’ve been to the trails a couple times and observed a couple of serious rigs. This is not a serious rig. It is stock with 33″ tires and some armour… BUT… with 6000lbs of downwards thrust, and 3 locking differentials it rolls over a lot of stuff without even a blink or spin […]
3 It’s open and I’ve counted teeth. Lets do a bit of calculating before continuing on. Count six pairs of gears. From left to right they are: input to layshaft gear set, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, reverse, and fifth. Note that there is no fourth gear. The fourth gear selector, far left, simply locks the input shaft to the output shaft for […]
Surprises me how small a T50 is. The appearance of it is normally dominated by the easily removable bell housing and shifter section, and without it looks very small and easy. I’m totally ready to rip this thing open and at least brainstorm some ghetto/hack close ratios for it. I’ve been browsing/asking in Japanese recently… mostly about the 12354 patterns […]
I’ve patched and welded Andrew’s muffler like three times, all with little success. It finally fell off completely on the highway. He had this rad replacement waiting in the fridge for him at home though.
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