When the trueno turned up from jland the original back tyres were shagged and the rear shocks were on 8 which means it was not driven in a straight manner at all times!
At some point it was converted from auto to manual and when the trd lsd was installed they left the 4.3s in it.
i always thought it went pretty well but i've never been in a car with a stock 4age so i have nothing to compare. But its possible it has baby cams/more compression because its pulls up top!
A mate and i drove from Brisbane to Mackay (1000km) with the shocks on 8 because every time we thought of it we said "we'll soften them at the next stop" we never did!
Last edited by Jip86; 25th June 2012 at 07:14 PM.
Haha, those shocks would be brutal on 8. I've driven Cairns to Brisbane and back a couple of times in mine and its been torture. Setting 1 is great for dirt though and the springs are perfect. It always seemed faster than my trueno on the road and the timing seems to be advanced to something ridiculous. Timing mark is nowhere near the marks on the timing belt cover.
The only info on the Trd springs that i could find was measured in N/mm and when i did the conversion the front was really soft like 4.5kg or close to it and the rear was really soft too. they had a trd sticker on them that had a part no.
They called it club sprint level or something like that.
You know what, i never checked the timing. it ran beautifully so i never bothered!
inspirational
Originally Posted by Jdm-Mcc
How the engine looks afterwards
and why
There's a bitumen sprint day coming up this weekend and all but one of the ae86s are still down. Our poor ke70 has kindly offered to take their place.
While it was great for offroad use, we couldn't take it out on the racetrack with that setup, so we've made a few changes.
T18 struts and brakes out. AE86 coilovers with massive bilstein shocks, JDM ae86 brakes and QFM A1RM pads. AE86 power steering arms, new tie rods, steering rack ends and lock spacer. Has about double the amount of lock it had before.
Strut tower brace
T3 short shift kit
Ice tyres off, Federal 595 RS-R's on
Just needs wheel alignment, oil change and rear swaybar installed. Its only temporary though - next week we have to change it all back again!
Really looking forward to more footage and pics mate. Awesome job.
Cheers,
Shazza
Nice battery terminals
its very high for tarmac spec,
also eagerly awaits pics/video
Yeah, those are your rear springs, and the front ones were a bit long too. Had way more body roll than we're used to, but the grip was awesome and it went as fast as Derek's crazy trueno, and 3 seconds a lap faster than mine!
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