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
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Yah.  Stuff’s here.  Now we’ll see if I can actually make anything out of it.  From the compressor outlet to the throttle body will be 2 inch, while the AFM into the compressor and the downpipe will be 2.5 inch.  I bought a tubing cutter this time, and am looking forward to not using a messy grinder! I think about […]

Tubes and Bends

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Recently, I imagine that this is all going to bolt together nicely, make good power, and be totally drivable right from first start up.  Certainly, all this research and planning will add up to something right?  And I now completely understand why I’ve had these same parts on my shelf twice in the past, and never gotten around to installing […]

Levers and Welders

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Last thing I said was that turbocharging would wait until 2012… but I’ve ditched that.  It’s happening… but with only 6 weeks until the first auto-x, I feel like the rush is on.  It really shouldn’t be a problem assembling everything and making the car look like it’s turbocharged, the concern is getting it running to a point where I’m […]

Time Is Ticking Away

Not a good picture, because the AE86 wiper motor on the left has been mutilated and disassembled, but compared with the TCR10 wiper motor on the right, it’s a behemoth.  After making and welding on some shakkito plates, I was embarrassed to discover I hadn’t left enough room for the wiper motor. The legs, and wide base of the AE86 […]

TCR10 Contribution

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Last year I was pretty happy to discover Dunlops renowned Z1 Star Spec was available in 185/60 14.  Good fourteen inch tires are becoming a very rare thing.  In fact… of the supposed “Maximum performance” street tires, only two are available in 14″ sizes.  The other one is the Falken Azenis RT615K.  I ordered new tires today.  I thought about […]

Rubber Review

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Ha. I’m here for a moment. Nice weather got me out to the barn for a few minutes this week. Nothings happening yet though… except a realization that I don’t have the time I thought I did. The turbo is not going to happen… at least not in the next few months. Recent happenings in the racing world, do however […]

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