Ive been busy.. F20C AE86 (56k badness!)

[Miguel - Newera]

Hi Paz,

That's cool. I'd be sick to death of mine too if I put as much work into it in tight confines in freezing weather as you've just done!

Yeah, I realise the F20 swap's an issue of budget / power. There's nothing to say you won't get it all working OK after ironing out the inevitable challenges that come with a swap like this.

If I'm not mistaken, from memory and from seeing my engine compared to standard ones, TRD mounts are slightly shorter than standard ones, so this might cause further problems with clearance and perhaps with dropping the F20 engine closer to the ground too?

Maybe a solution for the chassis rail would be to strip the area where it's close and paint it with high temp red paint...? Or you could cut away a part of it, then re-build it slimmer, with strengthening inside (Or both!?)
Or take off the exhaust manifold cut it and re-weld about 1.5cm closer to the engine block?

I guess you just gotta try it and see if there's interference and if so where , then deal with come what may..

Once you're all done and it works good, make a kit so other mere mortals can copy it - or some detailed instructions. You'd maybe sell a few to recoup some of your costs that way?

Keep us posted!