nzae86's trdn2 Race Car Project 2

Well I decided one day that the ultimate AE86 to own would be a TRDn2 car, as there doesnt appear to be alot of these floating about I figured I would have to build my own !

I have studied the TRD manual for some time and came to the idea that one of these should be easy to build , the only thing I was going to need was a huge pile of money! Stupid

I happen to have a good shell that looked like it needed a purpose in life so that is where I began.

After stripping the car and removing everything from inside, I started on yet another cage

As the car is having the N2 fenders there is a lot of work in cutting and reshaping the rear wheel arches to make all this happen, this is where the body shell is at the moment so when I take some more photos I will come back to the body shell

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:24 am Post subject:

Probably the most difficult part of building one of these cars to the correct specs is the engine. I managed to find a engine from a formula Atlantic swift DB4 so there can be no doubt if this engine is "atlantic spec" or the real deal.
Stripping the engine down and starting from the begining is the only way to go .I bought new TRD pistons that I found had been sitting on a shelf with another set for over 10 years .The steel billet crank is shown in this picture along side a standard smallport , supercharged,20v, crank

The rods are TRD , and I bought another dry sump set up that is more suited to RWD ,it is a TRD sump with a Barnes pump

This is the bottom end mocked up to make sure everything fits

My engine builder was not happy with the size of the oil pump belt so the front pulley setup is in for a change, the atlantic cars never ran an altenator so all this needs a rethink

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

The early Atlantic engines used carbs so did the N2 cars so the head and carbs were stripped down crack tested, rebuilt and put back together again

The inlet and exhaust cams are both 320 deg with 10.6mm lift TRD #881

The Atlantic flywheel is to small to run a sedan type car so I had one made from high tensile billet, looks a bit like a steering wheel

The clutch is a twin plate Quartermaster 71/4 inch

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:42 am Post subject:

Well after some time and careful design by my engine builder it is all together and waiting for me to finish the rest of the car

I hope it goes as well as it looks !!!

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:54 am Post subject:

The good thing about building one of these cars is that alot of very expensive development had been done by TRD, so using the information that they had it is easy to find what these cars need to work .

these shocks have been taken from the N2 manual

I have fitted a coilover set up as TRD ran with a spring rate from the middle of the range to start with

And the finished strut with Tein strut tops

Some front caster rods will match well with the TRD front and rear swaybars

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

The gear kit is the same as what I use in my tarmac rally car but this one will be combined with a TRD 5.3 crown wheel and pinion and a TRD 2 way LSD

These cars also ran a diff pump and cooler so that is what this will have

As TRD do not make a gearbox mount any more I managed to get a cusco item and engine mounts

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 55 Location: New Zealand

Iam so jealous Worship

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:27 am Post subject:

What I thought was going to be one of the hardest thing to find for this project was one of the easiest and cheapest !

The wheels came on a Datsun 280Z that I bought just for the wheels , but I managed to sell the car for more than I paid with some steel wheels on it !

The fronts are 15 x 8.5 and the rears are 15 x 9 SSR

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:38 am Post subject:

I will put all this in order as the project continues

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject:

damm give me more. i want to see more:-) i want one also:-)

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

More! More! More! Thumbsup

Takumi Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 460 Location: EIRE

Fantastic build there mate, Serious Enthusiasm Keep us posted, this I want to see,

Iketani Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 29 Location: england

fanstastic spec. can't wait to see it.

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: wow

nice projekt you have going there.

have you bought the bodykit yet?, or are you going to make it your self,

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

Wooaa...... That is unreal, Dream car for me right there

Iketani Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 37

looking good Thumbsup

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject:

This is pure porn! Thumbsup

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:55 am Post subject:

man u got deep pockets there,alot of money.well done

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:23 am Post subject:

These photos show the extent that the rear wheel arch needs to be removed to fit the N2 body kit , the outer is cut up and the inner wheel arch is then folded out and welded together , all this is as per TRD's instructions in the N2 manual

This allows for large wheel offset and being able to have the car set very low

The back floor has been reshaped to take the new fuel cell , which will be mounted more to the left (RHD car) to get a better balance to the car when full of fuel,

the area on the right hand side of the tank will house the fuel surge tank , pumps and filters , with also enough room to take the diff pump as well

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject:

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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:59 am Post subject:

i saw a bit of this on club4ag this is spectacular, cant wait too see finished build, but you need to get some watanbes just like trd n2 car Drool

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:35 am Post subject:

Why are the camcovers so high on front, is there something underneath which needs that space?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:39 am Post subject:

Nice project can't wait to see and hear it when it's finished. How much power do you think the engine will make? This should be heading past the 200 mark right Blonde question

Wataru Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Hungary

nzae86, you've mentioned TRD N2 manual several times. It's the same as TRD Levin Trueno Bible? If not, would it be possible to get a copy of it somehow?

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject:

Nice built.
Thumbsup

Can't wait to hear that. Drool