86'LEVIN

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:27 pm Post subject: 86'LEVIN

As I posted on my first topic, heres a brief summary of the work done so far in my AE86 Levin.

The car belonged to a friend of mine, who started the project.

Then, I bougth the project car a year ago and I'm continuing with the work.

Here it is when I bought it:

Assembling the Legos... Smile

The "cockpit" still unfinished....

After some interior work done:

"Wheight reduction stage 1": Smile

And some idiot bumped into me at the parking lot!!

I took the chance to instal the front spoiler:

And painted the cam covers as well:

After mounting the front bumper:

Some fun helped by the 2way Kaaz LSD Cool

Some rubber changing... Yokohama A539... very good front tyres

And finally, after a long wait, the wheels arrived from the US!

Sportmax 002 15" 8J Puh

Toyo Proxes T1R to the front...

And Potenza RE720 to the rear axle (a friend gave them to me! eheh!)

Some photos of the 86....

The previous owner and my friend Joel:

Last month the Megasquirt ECU arrived.

I'm thinking about the 4A-GE 20V Blacktop.... maybe!

Well, it's all for now!

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject:

Nice job done on the Valve covers,can you do min as wel,hehe

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject:

Nice car... Smile

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject:

Real nice!

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

very nice, i like the valve covers as well.

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject:

Where did you order those rims?

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject:

More one nice AE86 from Portugal.

If you want to see nice AE86, visit Portugal. That's a nice spot for tourism

Iketani Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 37 Location: Austria

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:09 am Post subject:

hey champ looking good,how u like the T1Rs on the front,i love em

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:11 am Post subject:

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:46 pm Post subject:

and portuguese chics... After the summer they become hotter... Thumbsup

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject:

I order my wheels from Pack Racing Products. The service was great.

The Toyo Proxes are being loyal to their owner so far... Cool

Really good grip at the front wheels. You can really "tackle the corners" with confidence.

About Portugal, Rasteirinho and Lipinhu are absolutly right! Come here to our nice sunny spot! I assure that you will see some nice 86s and hot chicks as well ehhee!

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject:

About the car, I was really thinking about the 20V blacktop...

I gather lots of information along the time, but I was counting with a litle help from some members that did this engine swap as well. Smile

I need to be sure about all the parts I have to order besides the engine it-self. I seen that some of you are also using the Megasquirt ECU.

Well, next month I will star assembling mine. I'll keep you all posted about that.

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject:

This is not really about the car but... it's something that it's also included in my 86 project. Smile

My new helmet!

Sand it...

Grey it...

Looks familiar to you guys....? Cool

Green it....

Isolate it AGAIN!! (almost 4 hours of pleasure with mask tape..... Puh

)

Black it...

After the final coating.... here's the result:

(That blue tape wasn't supposed to be there.... Puh

)

Thanks to Joel and Luís for their help! Thumbsup

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject:

Here's a nice photo of my 86....

Photoshop helped to enhance the spirit of the hachi, thanks to my friend Luís, aka CorollaTTE.

You can see some of his great work at his site: http://www.corollatte.pt.vu/

BestMotoring... Cool

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah! Drift Day pictures Thumbsup

btw: If you want I can help you with the stickers seen in this photo, so you can make a more realistic helmet Wink

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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:30 am Post subject:

No problem about the pixel, I have some of those logos ready por printing, and the ones I have not I can "vector" them, so we can print them in any size without loosing quality.

Give me a ring to work thar out Thumbsup

or we can talk in the next AE86 meeting in pombal.

oishipg@aeiou.pt