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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:48 am
by kOOpA
seems i've seen quite a few 86 builds like this, but this one may be a step above the rest. that's pretty nuts.
can't wait til domi gets the beams motor in his car. he wants to do s13 suspension too.. he might break worlds
or yah know.. never drive it cuz it's too nice.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:30 am
by mynameismike
I think the overhaul on tsuchiya's personal ae86 was better.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:32 am
by mynameismike
I am digging the repaint and such. Hella nice build, my dream build, with the IS300 Beams motor, such a bad ass engine, dual VVT. This guy did his car right, though I still like tsuchiya's better w/ stitch welding and full interior... I dunno if I could own a full race ae86... hehe
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:54 am
by kOOpA
i'm with you on the full interior.
signal auto has the right idea, badass cars that do work while retaining full usefulness.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:27 pm
by Midtenn
kOOpA wrote:i'm with you on the full interior.
signal auto has the right idea, badass cars that do work while retaining full usefulness.
In terms of function, I really like Iida Akira's AE86. Full group A 20v in a clean Levin w/ full interior.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:35 pm
by VRT nenders
so i just went back and looked at this again. is he raising the towers so that it will get a lower body pants, i mean whats the point?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:41 pm
by mynameismike
optical illusions, duh.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:06 pm
by Dr. Marlow
vrt eggroll wrote:so i just went back and looked at this again. is he raising the towers so that it will get a lower body pants, i mean whats the point?
low is cool
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:05 pm
by andysapp
vrt eggroll wrote:is he raising the roof so that it will get a lower buffalo pants?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:31 pm
by Pittsy
vrt eggroll wrote:so i just went back and looked at this again. is he raising the towers so that it will get a lower body pants, i mean whats the point?
No. He says in the write up that the towers were just reinforced for stability.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:43 pm
by icantdrift
vrt eggroll wrote:so i just went back and looked at this again. is he raising the towers so that it will get a lower body pants, i mean whats the point?
he just boxed them in heavier steel to stiffen them up and give more surface to weld his cage/brace bars to.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:36 pm
by revel
iam curious as to what those 2 things in the back seat are for.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:55 pm
by icantdrift
revel wrote:iam curious as to what those 2 things in the back seat are for.
boxed in sections for the equal length 4 link setup.
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:56 pm
by revel
dont fully understand but sounds awesome
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:06 pm
by icantdrift
revel wrote:dont fully understand but sounds awesome
basically solid axle cars either run leaf springs or something like a 4 link setup. the 4 links control the travel of the axle and the springs support the car. most hachi setups are unequal length due to the shape of the bottom of the car, so to have the more desireable equal length bars you have to creat a boxed area for the upper bars to mount/travel in.