HachirokuGTV's 'Knight Slider' project. Reworked. 12.10.08

The story begins about 5 Years ago.
Every morning I would drive past this "amazing" car. A red 84 Trueno. At this time I only knew the AE86 from when my cousin had one years ago. So id drive past this car going to and from work and sometimes go back to check it out late in the night.
After 3 or 4 months of doing this and telling my wife about how cool it was she went down there and bought it for me.
$500 what a bargain!
So I go down there to pick it up (in daylight) and straight away I can see that I had built this car up in my head. ALOT!
So I could see the paint was bad, it has a little bit of rust, an 80's sunroof, its an automatic and also no 4age. WTF.
Too late now so ill just take it and drive it. It'll be sweet. So I start using it as my daily driver. It rolls around alot and spins out pretty easy which was pretty fun but it was winter and of course raining so all of a sudden im seeing water bubbling through the back seat and soon I have a water feature with fountain in the back of my car. I pulled the seat out and found big holes where the rear belts used to bolt to. Fist size.
When I started stripping the car out I found more rust in the boot, in the rear pockets and wheel arches. Also the front guards had been welded on as the sills were gone in the front now too.
And so the project begins..........
I dont have pics of it back so im just going to show what ive done so far.

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

This is it after most or the bad rust was fixed.

Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:

Nice project! Thumbsup

What exactly are you planning to do? Complete rebuild? Blonde question

Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 12:01 pm Post subject:

Those rims... Drool

Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject:

Here is a list of specs.

Engine and drivetrain:
7 Rib Smallport Redtop 4age
Bigport TRD leads and dizzy cap
Blacktop flywheel
Exedy heavy duty 20V 4 puck clutch
Full RWD conversion
Koyo alloy radiator with 1.3 bar TRD cap
12" electric fan
10 row oil cooler with thermostatic adapter and TRD filter
Total 7000 sm 10w/40 oil
T50 gearbox with shortened shifter and TRD knob
AE86 driveshaft
AE86 Kouki Differential
Cusco MZ type 2 way LSD
2.25" exhaust all the way with 4-1 extractors, Magnaflow high flow Cat, tiny resonator and Buddy Club PRO SPEC3 muffler
Fuel lines, nissan efi filter and AE86 fuel tank

Interior:
AE86 Red/brown interior
Nardi wheel with long boss
USDM cup holder in console
AE86 kouki gauge cluster
GT Apex windscreen washer control with 1 billion settings
Carbon panel in hatch to cover wiper motor
Power mirror switch
Air con removed and all heater ducting gutted

Body:
Rust cut and plates welded then tidied up with carbon
Bare metal outside and etch prime
Dupont paint system
Kouki front bumper
Zenki rear bumper with custom pods
Type 1 mirrors
Bonnet lift
Lipped rear arches / rolled front
Carbon fuel lid
AE86 hatch spoiler
AE86 side skirts
Removed passenger keyhole
Raybrig multi reflector headlights and phillips 4000K bulbs
Redline tail lights
Kouki eyelids
kouki indicators

Suspension:
Front: TRD AE92 short stroke strut inserts with spacers and TRD 6.0 kg springs T3 NCRCA's and camberplates
Rear: TRD AE86 short stroke 8 way adjust. shock and TRD 4.7 kg springs
Prothane bushes throughout
Adjustable lateral rod
T3 traction brackets
TRD front and rear sway bars
Front and rear strut braces
All suspension parts powder coated in antique steel (gunmetal) and steering parts, crossmembers, brackets powder coated in gloss black

Brakes:
AE86 Front calipers with vented, cross drilled ans slotted rotors and TRD black carbon metallic pads (dust covers removed)
AE86 Rear calipers with crossdrilled and slotted rotors and TRD black premium metallic pads
New handbrake cables and Cusco spin turn knob

Wheels:
2 piece 14 x 6.5 0+- Work equip 01's
2 piece 15x 6.5 +10 Potenza

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:16 am Post subject:

Little update.
I have basically been gathering up parts and have just finished painting the engine bay. Progress has been pretty slow I know. Just waiting on a few parts from Toyota to finish converting the Smallport 4age into rear drive. So just a few pics of the paint work but soon will have engine installed.
Have also pulled everything out of the front to be powdercoated and should have it all back at the end of the week, and have a Koyo radiator on its way.

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:56 am Post subject:

DAMN!! respect!! Thumbsup

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:13 am Post subject:

Thanks!

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

OMG That car is going to be SWEET Drool

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject:

I like the interior, the colours really give me that 80s feeling!

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject:

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:11 am Post subject:

Only a little has changed since my last update.
Have sucessfully fitted Smallport 4age, partially installed newly powdercoated front steering, suspension and engine brackets and crossmembers, blacktop flywheel and clutch kit. Everything is covered in dust, such is the life of a boatbuilder. Also fitted Koyo radiator and am on the look out for a suitable oil cooler. Here are some pics. (excuse the dust)

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:42 am Post subject:

We had a discussion about oilcoolers some time ago, also for a smallport:
http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/oil-cooler-4-age/t/5757

BTW: Nice radiator! Thumbsup

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:54 am Post subject:

hahaha Night slider LOL!

Can't wait to see the next loads of pics from this project Very Happy

Keep up the good work!! Thumbsup

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:03 am Post subject:

car looks good. what you gonne use it for ?

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:38 pm Post subject:

driving to work and maybe a little track, not really too sure. I just want to get it on the road first.

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 58 Location: New Zealand

Where did you get that beast of a radiator from?

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:44 am Post subject:

Hey Rick.
Got it on ebay. Sad

Cost 290.00 USD + 75.00 USD to ship (which is really good considering some sellers quoted me 450.00 USD just for shipping) and then 65.00 NZD to get it through customs.
Cool radiator but it was a real hassle to sort out.
Still, its in now so im stoked Thumbsup

BTW hows yours coming along?

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject:

Smallport 4age with bigport lead conversion

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

Kouki AE86 cluster
AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

With Work Equip 01's fitted and my own creation rear pods to look like JBlood items

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

Rear brace

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

camber plates

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

24 row oil cooler

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

Raybrig headlights

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

Now its ready for top coat.

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:

Today I started to fit the TRD pads and a different set of 86 calipers in the back. Also the T3 traction brackets. They are marked drivers and passengers but thet come from the US so im not sure if they mean their left or mine if you know what I mean. Sort it out tomorrow.

AE86 : Projects > HachirokuGTVs Knight Slider project Reworked 121008

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:

imba spacers where did you get em ?

Itsuki Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 14 Location: The Hague

WoW really looks like she is coming together!

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:37 am Post subject:

Fair play to,looks really nice and is coming together quite quickly.Well done and hope it's all you hope'd for. Smile

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

The spacers I got here on Trademe.co.nz. Its our NZ version of ebay and is a pretty ok source for AE86 and 4age parts.

Wataru Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 50 Location: Denmark

What a beautiful Trueno you got, nice project Thumbsup

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:26 am Post subject:

love the way it looks Smile