First Post, A Question

Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

Hey, this is my first post in this forum, i`ve been reading a lot for the last few days in here, and i decided to do an acc., first of all let me say u guys have quite a community here, keep it going Thumbsup

. Im from Dominican Republic, im 20 years old and of course, i love the AE86 and toyotas in general.

So here`s the thing, i wanna start a Drift daily driver project but im on a very tight budget....and by tight i mean TIGHT (i think thats how u write it Puh

) i have seen a few 86 coupes for sale, wich are extremely hard to come by here and im not even going to talk about a hachirokus...but they are in a terrible state, i mean i`ll have to invest a lot more than what i can in ANY car right now, so then i came across a chasis....its almost perfect, not even scratches and my mechanic tells me its not going to be hard to put in a 4AGE (16V or 20V, depends on how much i pay for the car) but i got two problems with it, the car was going to be a drag racer with a 2JZ engine so it haves a HUGE differencial from a pick up truck, my ppl tells me that i should find an AE86 LSD to adapt it, and the 2nd and most troublesome thing....its NOT an AE86...its not even an Coupe...its an KE50 or 79 corolla, the car its in perfect state i just gotta get the LSD and the Engine, and thats it, but idk if i can actually drift OK in this car...thats why im here, i wanna know if anyone have seen a project like this, or if its doable and if its worth all the trouble, sorry for the long post and thx in advance for the responses.

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:

The fact that it's not an AE86 works in your favour Smile

You will not
feel so bad when you have to cut and weld and drill on it to adapt
parts to fit. Since it has no engine, you can fit almost any suitable
Toyota (or Nissan, GM, Ford etc) engine/gearbox that you can find
at a good price. If you locate a suitable wreck, you maybe can get
the differential at the same time Smile

Don't be afraid to mix and match... and cut and weld !! The AE86
LSD differential and axles are not the strongest around. You can
probably find stronger alternatives for less money. Try and find an
engine that has decent power stock, rather than spend countless
hours and a bucket of money modifying a 4AGE. A 2 litre turbo
engine would be a good base for an all round fun car Thumbsup

Cheers... jondee86