Zenkei 2 Door

Oops. The car that twice I said I would never get rid of is gone. The final explanation of that is that sometimes ones appetite is bigger than one’s stomach. This car simply got too hard for me, and it was all my own doing. If I had more money it would have stayed in storage forever, probably tuned even harder and driven any less.

And I say driven even less, but that’s probably impossible. In the last few years of it’s time with me I only found a couple opportunities to take this car on a closed course and really enjoy it. It was amazing there, but an embarrassment and pain in the ass on the street. I loved it dearly, but don’t miss it at all now that it’s gone… especially when I see it rolling hard around town all glassed and vinyled up.

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Crab Migration - Thanks Wei
Snowy Day
Snowy Day
D-sport
Star Sharks and Pylons
Anglefactory
Mochi
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Running Fast at Auto-x
Cruising
On the way home

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Specifications of the Machine

attributes-ae86-2011-1 FOOTWORK

POWER UP

DRIVETRAIN

  • KAAZ 2 way LSD
  • Illegal Garage DS
  • TPS Flywheel + Illegal Clutch
  • Innovate LM-1

INTERIOR

EXTERIOR

OTHERS

SHOES

  • 14 6J +6 Advan A3A/A3C/A3E
  • 13 7J 0 SSR MKII
  • 14 8J 0 SSR MKII
  • 15 7J +12 SSR MK2-R
  • 14 7.5J -12 SSR Star Shark
  • 14 6.5J +9 SSR Star Mesh
  • 14 7J +5 Watanabe Type R
  • 14 6.5J +5 SSR Star Mesh
  • 15 6.5J +12 Volk Racing 370
  • 13 7J -2 Mario
  • 15 6.5J +14 Hart Racing Hart 7G7
  • 13 7J -2 Enkei AP-Racing
  • 14 6.5J +9 Hayashi Bomber
  • 14 7.5J +10 Weds Strato Upsilon
  • 14 7J -9 Konig Rewind 😐
  • 15 7J +22 Prime Hammer

There have been some niggles. 1.  Wire RSO had a loose connection at the ECU plug, occasionally tripping a code 33 CEL, preventing the idle speed control valve from closing, and causing a high idle. 2. 195/60 Azenis are way bigger than the 185/60 Dunlop’s of 2010.  Fender massage and zip tie work has been needed to minimize rubbing, although […]

Check In

Wife was excited for my recent successes and chose the AE86 as her vehicle of choice for some errand running.  That won’t happen again.  Partly because my balloony 615K’s rub everywhere and open stacks are crazy loud, but mostly because the starter relay blew and left us stranded and 20km away from two crying kids and an overtaxed grandmother.  Luckily […]

Excited Guy

Just a quick drop to say it runs and it’s awesome.  There are still some bugs to sort out (fault 21 and 33) as well as a few details to look after (oil cooler lines, vacuum mess and finalizing the wiring harness), but I’m damn happy.  I actually got it all put back together yesterday, and then suffered a few […]

QUAD YEAH!

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Little things are getting done, but I’m still waiting for a few critical pieces: MAP and AIT sensors… as well as an ECU.  The mechanical bits are largely in place though.  You’ll notice the coil mounted on the bulkhead, distributor tucked in a nice box, a header peaking over the valve cover and of course some open stacks.  If you’re […]

Progress Report

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